Travel Writing — Ladakh

Trekking in Ladakh - Kanji to Chomotang

Ladakh Travel Diary Trekking in Ladakh

Trekking in Ladakh - Kanji to Chomotang

Kanji village is beautiful in the late afternoon light. The houses here seem to have grown out of the landscape and many are crumbling back into that same landscape. 

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Trekking in Ladakh, over the Timti La to Kanji

Himalaya Kanji Ladakh Silk Road Timti La Travel Diary Trekking in Ladakh

Trekking in Ladakh, over the Timti La to Kanji

One of those days where things don't go to plan. The paths are blocked by rockfalls, progress is slow, we finish the last three hours by the light of iPhones and arrive several hours after sunset.

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Trekking in Ladakh, from Gyal to Kanji

Gyal village Ladakh Sarbantan La Silk Road Travel Diary Trekking Yoma La

Trekking in Ladakh, from Gyal to Kanji

We leave our camp above Gyal village and trek over the Sarbantan La and the Yoma La on the first two days of our three day trek to the village of Kanji.

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The Silk Road: Pangong Tso and Changtang

Changtang Himalaya Ladakh Leh Merak Pangong Tso Travel Diary

The Silk Road: Pangong Tso and Changtang

Shadows are lengthening by the time we arrive and it promises to be a cold night. The people here look more Tibetan than Ladakhi, faces are broad with sunburnt red cheeks and Tibetan eyes.

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