Travel Writing — Leh

Easter Day Snow in Ladakh

• Karsha Monastery • Ladakh • Lamayuru monastery • Leh • Trekking in Ladakh • Zanskar

Easter Day Snow in Ladakh

Last week they had more heavy snow - and no electricity, the wires are down and the roads over the 5000 metre passes are blocked.

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An old Buddhist Shrine returns to the Indus River in Ladakh

• Avalokiteshvara • Bodhisattva • Buddha Images • Ladakh • Leh • Stupa

An old Buddhist Shrine returns to the Indus River in Ladakh

The old stupas and paintings were taken apart by a lama, broken up and cast into the river Indus which flows less than half a mile away.

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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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