Tent camp in the middle of the dessert on day two

Manali to Leh

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September 3rd 2008
It has been a few days since I updated my travelblog, and though I would like to bring everyone right up to speed with what I have been up to over the last week this is going to have to be a really small post. I made the trip from Manali to Leh in three days, but was really quite sick for most of it. I am not sure if it was a mild case of altitude sickness that ended up becoming a migraine heada ... 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