Ladakh & Kashmir 2007

Asia » India » Jammu & Kashmir
October 3rd 2007

Published: October 24th 2007

To start off with… First of all, JULEY 😊 Well, that’s ‘Welcome’ in Ladakhi. Actually it can be any greeting - hi , bye, good morning, evening, anything really ! BTW La-Dakh means ‘Land of Passes’. Ladakh is a desert mountain with arid terrain in summer and snow during rest of the year. You will find some green or yellow patches of shrubs only in the valleys probably along with ... Read Full Entry

Photos are below

Photos: 93, Displayed: 21

Leh Palace at night

Looks so grand and royal ! But ....

Leh palace during day

What a let down :-(

Maane at Leh

Kind of mini temples on roadsides, these colouful structures are all over Ladakh. When you rotate the centre, the bell rings loudly - really loud !

Thiksey Gompa

Gompa is monastery. Thiksey is on the outskirts of Leh.

Diskit Gompa

In Nubra valley. Regret not visting these big gompas. Hope to visit in the next trip !

Shanti Stupa in Leh

It is brand new, built by the Japanese. The artwork here is very exquisite.

Camping site near Indus valley around Leh

Very idyllic, seems just straight out of a movie !

Leh berries

Very tangy but I could a try a few.

Polo match in Leh !

Ladakh has lots of 'first's and 'highest's. This is the world's highest polo ground !

Sarchu - Himachal ends and Ladakh begins !

Funny to see a liquor shop at a police checkpost, that too selling "English" and Desi stuff !

Lama in Tangste, enroute Pangong Tso

Every town in Ladakh has a Lama (priest), who has to be these for all religious ceremonies.

A naturally designed mountain ! At Pang

Such naturallly formed mountains are all over on both the Manali and Srinagar routes to Leh.

Sunflower in Tangste town

It was pleasing to see such colours amid arid mountain terrain.

A blue flower !

A marigold

A stream at Khardung village

Indus river on Leh outskirts

Great place to camp around !

Top view of Kargil town with the Suru river

Main bazaar in Leh - as bad as any modern city

Korzok town

Had minimal facilities. This was the road for 25 kms. Despite that there were many tourists.

Lal chowk in Srinagar

It was good to see a sense of normalcy despite the presence of Army all over.

28th December 2010

Patel snap of me meditating at Pangong Tso !

chenu yadav
non-member comment

what a great picturization. Awesome, i have seen ur full trip. by seeing ur picture i can imagine what a place it is. great job done bro. Thanks for showing this ammazing pixs. thanks Chenu yadav

Tot: 0.148s; Tpl: 0.01s; cc: 10; qc: 47; dbt: 0.0679s; 1; m:domysql w:travelblog (10.17.0.13); sld: 1; ; mem: 1.2mb

Do not copy images or text from this page without requesting and receiving permission. All rights are reserved by the author and photographer.

Contact Dharam Khoday (DDK72) - a lack of a response does not mean that you have permission to use material from this page.

Ladakh & Kashmir 2007

Copyright Notice: All Rights Reserved