day 1 on the minibus

A Town Called Leh

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July 30th 2012
Leh is the largest village in Ladakh, and by village, I mean town. It is similar to anything one might find in the USA: it has banks and post offices, hospitals and taxis, all of the hustle and bustle that is completely unavoidable in India. What lies beyond Leh, even just 20 or 30 kilometers away where the roads end, is where Ladakh begins. The landscape is high mountain desert. The low points ... 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