Hotel Mansarover Leh

... to feel much better and moved to a cheaper room (₨200) - it has more windows, but has no bathroom. The view outside is just as perfect! :) 
Feeling still weak I at last decided to make a walk into the city, which is a kilometer far from the hotel. On the way there I met the French guy who returned me the money. He also wanted to go to Nubra valley, so probably we'll find a group to join. 
The city is not that ...

... avouons le, doivent se derouiller un peu !!!<br><br>Le jour J, depart de Leh en jeep. Deux heures de route poussiereuse dans un paysage qui a des airs d;Afghanistan. Route de sable dans une valee de sable...et entouree de montagnes de roche et de sable ! Puis, plus de route. Le conducteur s;arrete et se retourne vers nous en nous disant That;s it ! Il repart en nous laissant au millieu de nul part avec nos sacs, nos batons et notre air a la fois exite, intrigue et, ma foi, un peu ...

... off to help Sirin with the cooking, while I decide to take advantage of the evening light for some photo shoots. Chuckars are my first target. They are everywhere and I want a good picture of them to show my friend Gary, with whom we used to hunt them in Oregon. Gary if you are reading this, let it be known that Ladakh is thick Chuckars and quail, with coveys of 50-80 birds&#8230;

... mastery of the morchang (mouth-harp) and khartal (Rajasthani wooden castanets) and band leader Adi Bhasin Post singing up a storm. The band all wore flowing kaftans that were blowing in the breeze as they performed, adding to the magic. Donkeys were wandering around the sight and there was also a rogue goat involved. We shoved momos into our mouthes, drank endless cups of tea and watched a glorious vision of the sun setting with a mystic ...

... means an easy task. again the views were fantastic, and as the climb, and subsequent wooden ladders to gain access to higher parts of the temple were off putting to most tourists we found ourselves alone at the top and able to bask in the peace and quiet. after we made our way down from the top of the hill we went for dinner in il forno, a rooftop pizza restaurant! what fine pizza they make too! and of course a few bottles of kingfisher had to be enjoyed in order to complete a fine day!!

... t*kse küsid* niip*lju pildist*mispe*tusi, kui t*h*n. L*he. Pildid polegi põhilised, v*id se*l olemine. J* te*dine, et võib pe*tud*, kui t*h*n. Üksikud v*lged pilved vedelev*d t*ev*s. S*nju on n*lj*mehe koht* hämm*st*v*lt *sj*lik giid. Muidugi, ümbruse tutvust*mise sisse m*hub k* di*loog l*d*ki eeslig*. Oru lõpus on k*ljusein*l pisike gomp*, oru viim*ne. G*ngl*s gomp*. Ürit*n *ru s**d*, kui p*lju võt*ks *eg* Lehist sinn* j*lut*mine või k*s võiks p*lud* pär*st ...

... ajaloolis-kultuurilisteks atraktsioonideks. Klooster on ehitatud mäe sisse ja näeb imposantne välja. Eriti säravsinise taeva taustal. Pääseme sisse kahte templisse kolmest, ühes neist saab oma annetuse kleepida nätsuga lakke. Või siis näeb see kleepaine väga näritud nätsu moodi valja. Tegemist ainsa Nyingmapa sekti kloostriga Ladakhis. Samuti peaks Padmasambhava olema siin mediteerinud.<br>Naaseme igavlevate hindude ja auto juurde, annan juhile tema 300 ruupiat ja saan ...

... mind homseks endale külla. Uurivad, kuidas ma üksi ei karda, nemad küll kardaks. Saabub suur slaavikeelne grupp, mille eest põgenen. Enne lahkumist pilgutab kohalik munk mulle lõbusalt silma. Alla minnes veereb vastu mitu dziipi tüdinud nägudega valgetega.<br>Tagasi kulgen külast risti läbi. Ka siin on igal sammul näha kas manimüüri või stuupat või palveveskit. Aknast paistvate inimeste järgi lähen tiibeti söögikohta, kus osutuvad olema ainult ...

... highest mountain pass in the world, Taglang La at 5328 meters.To move around in the Indus valley, visit all the beautiful monasteries incl.Hemis, I really recommand to rent a jeep for about 1000 INR per day incl.<br>driver.Other places to go are Alchi and Lamayuru,both astonishing monasteries, not far off the<br>road to Kargil, but difficult to reach by public transport.We paid 4000 rupies for a private jeep<br>to Kargil with stops in both ...

... appeared, and<br>bathed in this light, the clouds resembled a huge orange carpet laid<br>beneath the plane. After an hour of cruising over the clouds, our flight finally broke cover and began its descent towards Leh. A whole new world unraveled as the plane broke into the mist, revealing<br>lines of mountains, an earthy brown sprinkled with white where the snow<br>lay in patches. From my window, the first line of the peaks looked like sand mountains that<br>are playfully created by ...