Hotel Yak Tail Leh

... and worth it. As for the other days they were equally great, walking mainly through a river valley and seeing all sorts of different landscapes. Compared to Pahalgam where I also was Ladakh is much more dry so there where a lot more bare rocks in Ladakh than in Pahalgam. That didn't meant the views where boring though! I liked it more than Pahalgam in fact. Must also be caused by the fact that this trek was 8 days of ...

... de l’aide à l’armée indienne. Le soldat-docteur m’administre de l’oxygène et me donne des médics (aucune idée ce que c’est). Je vais un peu mieux, mais je sens que j’ai besoin de descendre. Pas question de dormir à 5320m.

Il est 18h et il va faire nuit dans deux heures. Que faire ? Toujours pas de véhicule pour TANGTSE. Là, …. une jeep s’arrête (des anciens officiers de l’armée) est le Garif nous ...

... and may have slight concussion and a broken rib. Make no mistake about it – this is a really tough ride.

A lot of trust is involved in driving or riding on these roads, trust in the oncoming vehicle pulling over enough to let you by, and trust in the slow trucks ahead of you as they indicate with different waves of their hands as to whether you should wait or pass even on blind
bends as they can see that the road is clear far enough to allow you to overtake.

... stuupaga, mis on esimeseks teetähiseks. 3710 m. See läheb lihtsalt. Tagasi vaadates näen hulka inimesi endale järele sammumas.
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.
Ees on pikk tõus Mepteki kurule, mille käigus möödun ...

... hetke. Pole kindel, kas see üle jõuab. Otsustan, et kui mina koos kotiga korraks vette ninali kukun, ei ole see siiski nii hull kui see, kui kott ilma minuta minema ujub. Astun vette. Saapad peavad esimese hooga vee kinni, aga edasi on külm. Ja tugev kiire vool. Aga kui lehm sellega hakkama sai, miks siis mina ei peaks saama? Väänan teisel pool sokid ja püksisaared kuivemaks, valan saabastest vee välja ja edasine kulgeb mõningase lurtsumise saatel. Ilm ei ole just supluseks ...

... ja nendime lakooniliselt, et läheme samas suunas. Mõlemal on kavas õhtuks Yangtangi jõuda. Lasen tüübi ettepoole ja lähen siiski üksi omas tempos. Las näitab teed.
Mäest alla, üle oja, mäest üles. Kõik vastutulijad juhatavad teed. Ei tundu veel turistidest väga tüdinud olevat. Päike tuleb välja, kollased väljad helendavad ümberringi, veenire vuliseb. Lahe. Pärast küla lõppu algab kivine rada, jalgade eest põgenevad sisalikud ja pisikesed rohitirtsud. Turnime m ...

... sleep but were too wound up from our day. In the middle of the night a cockroach fell from the ceiling near Krista's head and in the light, she discovered little beetle bed bugs crawling on her mattress. A killing spree took place the likes of which no Buddhist would ever want to witness. Krista sat huddled sleeplessly in her bed bag while Lisa slept on...and woke with bites all over her arms and neck ...

... Lake and read the new Harry Potter book.





Huge thanks to everyone who has been sending me messages, it's great to get them! And apologies for not replying individually but, despite the many internet cafes around, the connections are feeble and it's just not possible to send many emails...but please keep sending me the goss!

... Zeus. We arrived at our pick up point just before 12, with our pickup time been noon. In India they tend to add a couple of hours on to times, so the jeep didn't arrive till 2 before returning us to Leh. The four of us left having seen some magnificent scenery, met the physical and mental challenges the trek had thrown up and made new friends. Whilst the pony man left with his remaining pack animals, a big smile on his face and a fistful of rupees. GPS ...