Long ass crazy drive to Leh

Trip Start Mar 10, 2009

Trip End Nov 09, 2009

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Hotel Yak Tail Leh

(Leh hotels)

Flag of India Leh, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Hey everyone! CMB here from my remote office in Koh Tao. Uploaded some pictures from my trip to Leh in the Indian Himalayans. It was a 16 hour drive to get there on probably the worst road I have ever seen. It is the highest road in the world as it passes through the Himalayans. Unbelievable scenery as we drove though.
The drive went from the green parts of the Himalayans to the barren dry rocky parts of the Himalayans. Truly unbelievable but I will definitely not be doing that drive again. The trip was topped off by getting a flat tire about an hour before we got to Leh in the middle of nowhere at about 10pm and it started to sleet. Funny now to look back on. Who else can say they helped change a flat in the middle of the Himalayans?
I am actually surprised we didn't blow the tire out earlier since the roads were so bad. We got stuck in a ditch earlier on the drive but I was so caught up in helping to get us out I forgot to get pictures of the moment

clowns in a VW have nothing!

. Finally got out when about 10 other guys piled out of the back of a truck that happened to pass by to help us. Crazy adventure.
I hope some of the pictures and vids do it justice. I went to many very old Tibetan monasteries which were really amazing. I also went river rafting through the mountains as well. The rapids were not as good as I hoped but the scenery was amazing. Jumped in the water as well which was painful it was so damn cold. Won't be doing that one again either.
Enjoy and I will try to get some Egypt and Africa pics up soon.

Sawadii krap! and take care
CMB

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Now this is a traffic jam!	On our way up	High road pass drop off	Close to K2
Lunch stop in Drass	I think my back is broken	The road less traveled	Amazing scenery everywhere
Close to Pakistan now..	Errr.. the Himalaya are big	It's all about who you know	Check out the road
Fellow travelers	CMB Monologue	Random monastery on the drive around Leh	Courtyard at Hemis Monastery
Old drawings of daily routines at Hemis	More detail at Hemis	Hemis Monastery	Row of Tibetan (Buddhist) prayer wheels
Inside the prayer room at Hemis	Monk unlocking Buddha room for me at Hemis	Tibetan Buddha	Monk housing at Hemis
Funny speed warnings everywhere	Thiksay Monastery	Another view of Thiksay	Huge prayer wheel at Thiksay
View from Thiksay	Lazy day at Thiksay	Courtyard at Thiksay	Courtyard at Thiksay
Enjoying the view	One of many Buddhas at Thiksay	Buddha close-up	Major prayer hall at Thiksay
Ancient prayer room at Thiksay	Library at Thiksay	Crazy statue in prayer room at Thiksay monastery	Monk taking it all in
Shey Palace	Another of Shey Palace	Me at the top of Shey Palace	View from Shey Palace
About 2 head out 2 some rapids thru the Himalayas	On the Indus river	Success thru the rapids	Dramatic scenery of the Himalayans
This water was painfully cold!! Look @ my face!