Travel Writing — Trekking in Ladakh

Padmasambhava & Avalokiteshvara, Sani Monastery, Zanskar

Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva Buddha Statues Ladakh Trekking in Ladakh Zanskar

Padmasambhava & Avalokiteshvara, Sani Monastery, Zanskar

Continuing our look around Sani monastery we find statues of Maitreya, Padmasambhava & his consorts Queen Mandarava and Yeshe Tsogyal.

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Chomotang, Getting High in Ladakh | Trekking in Ladakh

Buddha Statues Ladakh Travel Diary Trekking in Ladakh

Chomotang, Getting High in Ladakh | Trekking in Ladakh

Photos from our recent trek to the lower base camp of the 6000metre peaks of Chomotang in Ladakh. Snow, glaciers and weather in this little visited part of Ladakh.

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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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