Travel Writing
Chomotang, Getting High in Ladakh | Trekking in Ladakh
Buddha Statues Ladakh Travel Diary 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.
Trekking in Ladakh - Kanji to Chomotang
Ladakh Travel Diary Trekking in Ladakh
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.
Trekking in Ladakh, over the Timti La to Kanji
Himalaya Kanji Ladakh Silk Road Timti La Travel Diary Trekking in Ladakh
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.
Trekking in Ladakh, from Gyal to Kanji
Gyal village Ladakh Sarbantan La Silk Road Travel Diary Trekking Yoma La
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.
The Silk Road: Pangong Tso and Changtang
Changtang Himalaya Ladakh Leh Merak Pangong Tso Travel Diary
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.