View of Leh from Leh Palace

Leh - Northern India

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June 24th 2008
Hello everyone! Just a quick installment to let you know what we're up to and to write a bit on Leh. After Srinigar we took a 17hr Jeep ride to Leh which was pretty hair-raising. The driver thought he was Lewis Hamilton and he overtook every vehicle in sight...no matter how close to the edge of the mountain track/road we'd be! We actually drove through a small town called Drass, which, in the ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more