Lha-Ri-Sa Resort Leh

... tables in front of the monks who are sitting closer to the center. A very specific cymbals are placed onto these tables. In the corner there are two horns (these are very long - some 3+meters) placed on a special stands. These alone produce terrible sounds, but when accompanied with the cymbals the cacophony reaches it's zenith. The situation is rescued by the monks singing. It is relatively enjoyable. 
I didn't know that the morning pray could take 3 hours, but at least they ...

... m meeting Victor, it's so funny to meet the same folks you saw once. The meeting place this time was a decent local eatery - "Tibetan Food" they called it, located at the main "plaza", on the second floor of some shop. We exchanged the experiences and the pictures. He has got some really interesting ones from Dha - a village to the west of Leh. We decide to go there after we return from Nubra. He proposes me to visit the local gompa in the morning to watch the morning pray.<br> <br>

We move on to Diksit, the bigger village of the Nubra valley, only 9km further. The local bus is crowded and it's a game of where can I lay my foot without stepping on yours.<br><br>Diskit proves to be somewhat dustier, but we find a friendly guesthouse (the Siachen) and an ...

... trouve sans tarder une jeep avec un autre officier retraité qui nous reconduit au col de CHANG LA. David y reste pour ramener la moto à TANGTSE pendant que je descends en Jeep jusqu&#8217;à Tangtse. Sur le trajet, les gens aimables me posent les questions habituelles : Quel pays d&#8217;origine ? Depuis combien de temps ici au Ladakh ? Quel métier ? Marié ? A cette dernière question, je répondais par l&#8217;affirmative, bien entendu. <br><br>Je me retrouve ...

... out his name) that we were 2 hours from the top. After walking 4 hours.<br>We walked and walked and this bit was mainly just rock. Oh, before this, Gladys was pimped out to Georgie, who's nameless crampons, appalled at the lack of a name, were too big too fit. Nothing important yet... About 2-300m from the top I got really bad altitude problems, a headache, feeling sick not helped by gratuitious Milkybar, and kept up my attempts to paint the mountain yellow. I took codeine, as I ...

... paksu sakslast. Istume ka nemad üle. Päike kaob mäe taha, lehvitan norrakale ja võtan suuna alla. Allaminnes ilmneb, et nii hotellimees kui ka väike tüdruk juhatasid mind tegelikult õigesti, ainult mina tahtsin ikka põikpäiselt mööda seina üles ronida. Taipan äkki ka, keda norrakas mulle kangesti meenutab - Ken-Marti Vaherit. Nüüd jääb veel ainult välja mõelda, keda Anu mulle meenutab. Eestlastega muidugi võib vabalt olla, et nad meenutavad neid endid mõnes ...

... kui muidugi aprillikuine kümblus Halliste jões välja arvata. Mõne aja pärast tuleb kordusetendus.<br>Jõuan kohta, kus tuleks kolmandat korda jõgi ületada ja pean parasjagu aru, kus oleks selleks sobivaim koht, kui märkan Alexit ja Nathanit giidineiuga. Nad nimelt võtsid oma matka büroost, kus töötavad ainult naised. Giidi arvates saab samal kaldal jätkata ja järgmised pool tundi veedame jõe kohal mäekülge mööda turnides, hoides ennast küünte ja hammastega kivide küljes ...

... Leh and enter a transformed town - the tourists are now up and about and the sleepy town of early morning is replaced by just another traveler ghetto, full of hippy clothes, pancake shops, internet cafes and shopkeepers giving the hard sell.<br><br><br>Time to move on...my multi-day trek in the Indian Himalaya begins in a couple of days... nobody up in those mountains to give the hard sell!

... add) bus ride, I found myself in Buddhist Ladakh, part of the Jammu/Kashmir state (the Northernmost state in India). I have been here for about 2 weeks, taking in monastery after monastery, admiring the monks, feeling the "shanti vibes"...this truly is like a whole other country. It feels more like Tibet, I would imagine, than India. We headed by Jeep into the Nubra Valley, which borders Pakistan, and ran into nomads with their sheep...the 8 hour ride was ...

... and their annual report. The next 40 days are<br>going to be busy. Of course, it will not be without adventure, as we will be making field<br>visits with our energy demand questionnaire, something I am looking<br>forward to. Today we made our presentation to Mr. Dawa and Mr. Namgyal, the advisor to<br>and director of LEDeG. We will be doing a pilot test of our survey for<br>the next one week and then discuss the results with energy consultants.<br>(Will outline the approach later ...