Oriental Guest House Leh

... ;                We stayed at the Oriental Guest House in the Changspa suburb of Leh. I can recommend it as the best place to stay in Leh for several reasons. They have a vegetable ...

... There were some spectacular scenery before we landed in Leh. So make sure you either fly to Leh and drive out of Leh or vice versa Oriental Guesthouse. It was a very good place with decent food (breakfast and lunch) and very nice hospitality. This place ...

... 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 ...

... then 10 times, every half hear or so for music studying. But he never had a chance to travel around. 
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 :). ...

... a Neurophen, and said to drink alot and eat. Hope they'll make it. 
All out of sudden there is a guy who came to my homestay house with a non-diesel car, and he has 5L of petrol to sell! What a luck! HE even says it'll be enough to get to Leh! The ...

... to get through - the road is not terrible, but quite bad. The traffic is not huge, but it's scaring. When I finally get to Leh it's way dark and I understand that I can't find the way to the rental office. I'm totally devastated, frozen alive and hungry. ...

 I'm sitting in our cozy room of the Oriental Hotel in Leh, Ladakh (part of India). A gas stove hums near the door while the birds, enticed by the budding leaves, twitter outside the window. I can't see the snow-capped mountains from where I sit, but ...

... 70 km/h kihutamisena. Kihutamegi siis läbi Stakna, Thikse, Shey ja Choglamsari Lehi (3500 m) poole. Sisse seame ennast Oriental Guesthouses, mille Ester on igaks juhuks reserveerinud. Seesama, millega minagi alguses suhtlesin, aga kust siis enam midagi ...

... showered and enjoyed an evening of food and cards with Rich; the Kiwi we had met on the bus. Our first full day in Leh was spent orgainsing some activities for ourselves, as in all the other 'activity' towns we have been in; Queenstown, Cuzco, ...

... lasen endale tuua suure toobi külma kohvi. Vaade on Jameh mosheele, raamatupoele, sularahaautomaadi juures vonklevale sabale, Leh View restoranile ja Lehi paleele. Tuuakse taldrikutäis imehäid praetud momosid tshillikastmega ja klaas ...

... stated to appear in the skies. So probably I'll take a bike for another ride tomorrow, and then will see if there is anyone going to Nubra. If not, I'll be probably leaving Leh - it's pity, but there is a chance that the weather window is closing here. ...

... . There are many buildings that are renovated/constructed - all are decorated with the local ornament, very impressive. It feels nice in Leh! 
On the way back to the hotel I check with one of the travel agencies about climbing that Stok Kangri peak. ...

Pannkoogiklubi saab täiendust Estri ja Kadri näol, oleme enamuses. Suure osa päevast veedan sellega, et üritan Charlie Lorami juhatuste järgi leida Lehist Sabosse suunduvat jalgrada. Kirjeldatud maamärke on ilmselt kõik kohad täis (kolmnurkne ...

Järjekordne jahe hommik pannkookidega. Saame Kaarlega oma punti Anu. Ja hiljem paljastub ka Marttis salapannkoogisööja... Võtame taksopeatusest auto viimaks meid Sheysse, Thiksesse, Mathosse ja Stokki. Tee kulgeb mööda rohelist Ladakhi orgu, ...

Hommik on jahe, tibutab, öösel on vihma sadanud. Ladakhis peaks kuulu järgi vihma sadama kolmel päeval aastas. Gobi kõrbe kogemuse põhjal ma muidugi ei imestaks, kui see aasta oleks erakordne ja vihma sajaks näiteks seitse päeva. Suundume ...

Sat having a drink with the French couple that I met on the bus: Julian and his lovely wife Clare. Very French. He smoked 24/7 and she had a very chic way about her. Julian leans over, cigarette in mouth and says in a slightly stuttering French accent ...

Still feeling my legs because of that trek, and being lazy :) 
The weather is good, but the clouds are covering Stok Kangri and other mountains, interesting how Fernando's doing up there... 
Eventually decided to take a bike to Nubra. ...

I slept very well - no alt-effects. The day seemed to be lovely, but it was quite cold - I think it was around 10C in the room. Padma brought me some chapati with gem & butter and proposed to prepare me some for take-out - reminds me a mom or ...

I'm feeling all right, even despite I didn't sleep much - was too busy with the face detecting on Picasa. 
The weather doesn't seem too good - the clouds are all over the skies... It seems like there is no Nubra for me :( 
Can't waste the ...