News — Himalaya
Return to the Silk Road
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Caravans would come down to Leh across the Karakoram through Kashmir and from the Chang Tang and Tibet carrying wool and salt to be traded for cotton, silk, dyes, spices and dried fruit.
Trekking in Ladakh and Zanskar
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2016, we returned from the wonderful landscape and culture of Ladakh and Zanskar, a Buddhist region in northern India sandwiched between Kashmir and Tibet, an ancient culture often called Little Tibet.
Buddha Statues and Images
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The face of the Buddha is one of the most iconic images in the world even though representations of his face vary widely from one Buddhist culture to another. In common is the sense of peace and liberation.
In Spiti: Tales from the Buddhist Himalaya
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Rocks the size of buses perch on the slopes over our heads; the road is covered in the smaller stones that roll down the hill. A thin path zigzags down from the track to a stone building by a curve in the stream far below.