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Ladakh, Goats, Cashmere, the Changtang and Modi
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This is in an area called the Changtang, a place of nomads - and with nomads come goats. And with goats come the soft pashmina and cashmere wools.
Trekking in Ladakh
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We plan to make a short trek & visit some smaller monasteries & nunneries & drive out to Hanle, the site of a large ancient monastery & Indian's Astronomical Observatory.
LITTLE TIBET: Photographs from Ladakh and Zanskar
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The remoteness of Ladakh - the Land of High Passes - has isolated it from the rest of India and preserved its traditional Buddhist culture of ancient monasteries, friendly people, remote villages and dramatic landscapes.
Karsha Monastery, Zanskar | Trekking in Ladakh
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The large, 11th century monastery makes a dramatic sight as it comes into view clinging to the steep rocky hillside. Below, the valley opens wide into a flat plain that reaches the town of Padum.
Trekking in Ladakh and Zanskar
Buddha Buddha Statues Buddhist Himalaya Ladakh Tibet Travel Diary Zanskar
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.