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Trekking & Monasteries in the Mountains of Buddhist Ladakh

Buddha Buddha Images Buddha Paintings Buddha Statues Dalai Lama Himalayan Goats Karsha Monastery Ladakh Zanskar

Trekking & Monasteries in the Mountains of Buddhist Ladakh

This year, because of Covid, we can't see our friends in India so this blog brings together all our previous blogs about Ladakh & Zanskar.

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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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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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