Saser Hotel Leh

... young monks, of course) serve hot drinks and some food in the intermissions. The young monks are released after the first part of the pray. It seems like they are the only working force in the monastery - later I saw them cleaning the yard - it looked like child labor, actually. 
Well, the pray is over and I can continue my journey in Nubra valley. That's what I thought, but first thing (after I got fueled up at the Tibetan Food) I wanted to fill up the Vespa. Getting to the ...

... 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 ...

... outsourced to him the care about finding an ATM and choosing a hotel - I saw him holding an LP :). All the ATMs were closed, but people at Oriental Guesthouse agreed to pay for the taxi. They were giving impression if a reallly nice folks, actually it was a single girl who was in charge of everything. She proposed me a room with bathroom, etc. for Rs600. In my condition I could not care less about the price. And was infinity happy to have some rest.<br>

... David et moi descendons et Nicolas choisi de faire le trajet dans le couloir. <br><br>L&#8217;alternative à la NUBRA VALLEY est PAGONG LAKE à huit heure d&#8217;ici. David nous loue une moto pour 2 jours et demis pendant que je vais à la recherche d&#8217;un endroit où photocopier le permis (il en faut donner une à chaque poste de contrôle policier) avant 10h du matin et en étant en coupure d&#8217;éléctricité. J&#8217;en trouve un petit magasin qui est d ...

... to h*ve * ch*t *nd * cold drink, col* not beer!! we enjoy the view from the terr*sse b*r *nd spot * book shop in the corner *cross the street. We he*d over *nd *m*zingly i find P*ulo coehello's (i don't htink i've spelled th*t correctly) book "Brid*". Of course i h*ve to buy it... gre*t re*d if you're interested in his books. <br>We he*d b*ck to the hotel for some sunb*thing *nd p*ck our b*gs for the nesxt d*y *s we're tr*vel to sri****r the l*st pl*ce of our journey here in indi*!

... plagisema. Ehk olen ma nüüd teinud midagi jumalatele meelepärast. Fotoka aku otsustab tühjaks saada, aga pigistan siiski välja veel mõned pildid. Tagavaraaku on all kotis, mis paistab siit vaadates miniatuursena. Kogu rahvas on kurult kadunud, ainult ameerika kamp istub poolel teel rajal nagu värvilised helmed nööril.<br>Allaminek läheb tunduvalt kiiremini. Tunni aja pärast olen Angis. Jään õnge sildile, mis reklaamib teed, nuudleid ja külmi jooke. Teed paraku ...

... hääleks tuul ja palvelippude laperdamine. Manustan shokolaadi ja vett ning üritan kogu nähtava mällu ja mälukaardile talletada. Ei tea, kaua seal nõnda istun, enne kui alla varjulisemaid kohti otsima lähen. Allpool istun veel mõnda aega kivil ja kuulan tuult. On kuulda, kuidas tuul käib mööda oru vastaskülge, tuleb siis lähedale ja kaob, jättes ainult kauge undamise kusagil eemal. Ja siis vaikus. Selline vaikus, et silmi kinni pannes võiks sellesse lahustuda.<br>Lennukih ...

... my insides went berserk the day before the trek. 3 weeks in India and not a hint of 'Delhi belly' but suddenly everything I swallowed rapidly reappeared from one point or another. Figuring it would be a 24 hour episode, I ignored it but by morning 3 of the trek I was horribly weak - the body can't really generate much energy when all food is going straight through it and it ...

... landscape, white trails of vapour rose<br>from our mouths and dispersed into nothingness a few feet above our<br>heads. I had been warned about the effects of rarefied air before I touched<br>base, and as per the advice, I decided not to rush with activities. At<br>first, things seemed quite normal. But as we reached the conveyor belt<br>to collect our luggage, the first effects started manifesting. In low<br>oxygen air, the slightest activity produces breathlessness, similar<br ...