Lharimo Hotel Leh

... big windows, but there was no power and it was pretty dark in the room. Before I had time to get rid of the backpack and the coat the table was served with a nice bread, yogurt and tea with milk. Needless to mention that all were delicious (well, on that day I only had breakfast, oups..). Then she brought me a dish that reminded me pasta with rose & cauliflower sauce - also absolutely yummy. Finished all that I decided ...

... hear or so for music studying. But he never had a chance to travel around. &#8232;We climbed the Leh's Palace, by mistake using a shortcut that brought us to the rear entry of the building, so we didn't pay the entrance fee :). The prayer room was very impressive. The rest of the palace needs urgently some renovation. The views from the roof were beautiful. <br>Too bad we used the official entrance to exit the palace, the monk ...

2 :00am Sonja has a cystite. Good thing we have a complete pharmacy. By morning, it's already better.<br><br>Pancakes breakfast and then « go » at 9 :00. Four hours of walking. This is the hardest day for me and Sonja. We are out of shape and the altitude is ******* us. Finally we reach Lasermo South camp at 4700 meters ...

... Joanne Lefson and run by caretaker Padma Dorje where the cute donkeys recieve medical care, food and a sanctuary away from Leh's vicious dogs. It's a good life for a donkey here eating, mating and playing with a warm space to sleep. What a wonderful idea. Nadine left a whole lot of hugs and a healthy contribution and we bought bunches of carrots to feed to any other abused donkeys we found in the street. <br><br>What's hot? Donkey ...

we rose at 430 and were on the road at 5, yet again winding our way up through amazing mountainous countryside, although the green trees and alpine like surrounds have been long since replaced by rocky outcrops and barren wilderness. it took us a long time to cross our first pass, baralacha la at 4950 m and when we descended the opposite side we stopped in another nomad camp where we ate a breakfast of omlettes and aloo parantha, a sort of flatbread with spicy potatoes, all washed down ...

... a few people who have been travelling around. One from Essex hasn't been home in 2 1/2 years and only has just enough money to keep going. I expect when Tom and Amie are finally ready, we'll be going to the 'english bakery' down the road which is amazing: the best apple crumble ever, the biggest slice, for 50p.<br><br>There is no structure to this entry, I know. On the way from the trek to Leh, we visited two monasteries, Hemis and Thikse. They were ...

... but it's the only way I can climb at that altitude. The other guys would still charge off and then wait but every time we caught up I just motioned them on. That finally got us to the top. By the final day when we had to cross 15900ft "Dung Dung La", we had the routine down.<br><br>I think I'll just hang out in Leh for the rest of the week. Next Monday I'm off to Pakistan!<br>

... tagasi jõuan pisut enne kahtteist. Lasen endale teha omletti chapatiga ja piimateed. Proovin meelde tuletada, kas eilse õhtusöögi eest ka makstud sai. Maksmise episoodi ei meenud. Asja uurides selgub, et üks hindudest on minu eest maksnud ja olen talle seega 35 ruupiat võlgu. Eriti tore.<br>Tagasiteel paigutun vahetuse mõttes tagumisse ritta. Aga niipidi, et näha vaateid teisele poole. Sundpeatus tee-ehituse juures. Nõuan enda väljalaskmist, palun Inelt salvräti ...

... kinnitatud turistid. Kaamelid Himaalajas... Baktria omad.<br>Seiklen rohelise ogalise tihniku ja oja vahel. Oja teeb nimelt tiiru ja nüüd peaks sellest üle saama, kui tahta Diskitini, st järgmise külani jõuda. Tempel juba paistab mäe otsas. Minu tarbeks ei ole sinna enam silda ehitatud. Teisel pool vett kulgevad mööda rada kaks turisti giidiga. Küsivad, kas minuga on kõik korras. Muidugi on. Oja on kitsas, aga päris sügav. Üle hüppamiseks liiga lai. L ...

... it is definitely not for the faint hearted. This historical trade route was linked to Yarkhand and was severed by the India-China war in 1962, and later was transformed in to military supply road. Reliable access is limited from mid-June to end-September, as it is blocked by snow for rest of the year.We left Manali at<br>2am in the morning with a private jeep,we were just 12 passengers, all from different corners of the world.The first confusion was ...