Hotel Namgyal Palace Leh

... some four pillars holding the cellar, these are decorated colorfully with some sort of banners. One of the walls is a kind of alter, I guess. It is covered with all different images of Buddha (i think:). A big portrait of Dalai Lama is hung there as well. Some blinking lights are attached all around - honestly these look pathetic. The monks are sitting in symmetric rows, facing the center of the room. There is a principal who sits closer to the alter and conducts the process. There are ...

... The serpentine started to become more casual and less asphalted from one hand and more perilous from the other. Needless to mention that it was all remarkably beautiful around. The mountains I was approaching, the valley I was leaving, the perspective that was opening. There were road-stones every kilometer - there were some 10 left, but the progress was very sluggish. I also was fighting all the time with the klatch of the Vespa - the gear wasn't really in perfect condition. <br ...

... on the left side) to Stok - a village where the former kings live. After all it's not that difficult to ride a Vespa, event in India. Stok it nice, and it's possible to see Leh on the other side of Indus river. The Shanti Stupa (which is 3 minutes from my hotel) is distinct and special. I driver deeper into Stok to find a place where the rout to Stok Kangri starts. There I meet two folks who just descended from the mountain. They explain me that it's ...

... 1. Take a small ball of dough (size of a golf ball)<br><br>2. Flatten it with a roller (Sirin used the salt as a roller)<br><br>3. Put some paste in the middle. <br><br>4. Fold it in half (like a half moon)<br><br>5. Use a fork to blend the edges. <br><br>6. Fold each edge of the half moon and flatten it with ...

... y repenser...<br><br>Ici, le temps coule tres lentement. La saison touristique vient de terminer. Le matin tot, un melange de priere emane des mosques et des temples bouddistes. La cohabitatiuon semble paisible. <br><br>Cote temperature, j&lt;ai eu un mini--choc thermique a mon arrivee... je suis partie d&lt;un dehli ou il faisait pres de 30 degre avec humidite le matin...pour arriver une heure plus tard a Leh ou il faisait un 10 degre sec. J&lt;ai du me ...

The gorgeous dark blue and sunshine sky greeted us when we woke up in our Upper Karzoo guesthouse in Leh. The clouds were all whipped up into fluffy bits. We had views of the snow capped Himalayas and the ruined Royal Palace and even a terrace to roll out the yoga mats for the morning session. The weather was perfectly divine. We were laughing when we discovered that Leh was beautiful and full power Shanti. After the chaos of Delhi, the silence here was ...

... put for a day and walk faster the rest of the trek. Erm, the final day I got really sick and threw up whenever necessary or morally hilarious. These days were incredibly beautiful, walking on nevees and seeing massive glaciers, but much of the time it could've been Wales.<br> After this special time spent acclimatising we took two coach days to Ladakh, staying at a tented hotel in a bowl surrounded by mountains one night. It was the furthest apart ...

... stuupaga, mis on esimeseks teetähiseks. 3710 m. See läheb lihtsalt. Tagasi vaadates näen hulka inimesi endale järele sammumas.<br>Lähen kurult alla ja tagant kostva hõiklemise tõttu jään poolel teel kivile istuma, lastes endast mööda prantsuse filmiperekonna, ameerika-hindu segaperekonna ja kamba ameerika noori. Kõik on giidiga. Hindu naine on ainus, kes tundub saavat aru kivil istumise mõttest.<br>Ees on pikk tõus Mepteki kurule, mille käigus möödun ...

... walked us back to the stupa where the trail began. Note to Jeroen: write "turn left at the big white stupa". And then we began the TREK THROUGH THE PASS TO HELL. We came upon a spot where the trail split. We chose the easier looking sand path to the left, not the switchbacks of rock to our right. Bad choice. The switchbacks led to the gently sloping road. The sand path turned into the world's longest ...

... down from the mountains and munch on them, but it wasn't to be, so I moved hostels. The new one was nice but my room was a bit dingy, however it did have en suite bathroom complete with non working flush toilet, which was just what I needed as I had gotten the runs on day 2. With the runs cleared up I decided to splash out and upgrade to a 4 pound a night room complete with big window and snow capped mountain views (Pic 14). The ...