http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Jammu-and-Kashmir/Ladakh/Hemis/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , India , Jammu & Kashmir , Ladakh , Hemis en-us Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:32:17 +0000 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:32:17 +0000 Hemis Gompa is the wealthiest bestknown and biggest monastery gompa ofLadakh. It is located at 40 km west from Leh. The major annual festival of the monastery is Hemis festival which is celebrated in summer and is the main cause for its popularity. The major celebrations can be witnessed here at the biggest and wealthiest monastery of Leh Ladakh. Hemis monastery was built in 1630 during the re http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Jammu-and-Kashmir/Ladakh/Hemis/blog-728100.html Ladakh tourism is the backbone of ladakhs economy. This industry has provided employment to a huge number of local people. Ladakh tourism offers great scope for adventure activities amidst landscapes of breathtaking rugged beauty. The most popular among these are trekking mountaineering and riverrafting.Nestled in the snowy peaks of the alarming Zanskar Range Zanskar is a subdivision of Ka http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Jammu-and-Kashmir/Ladakh/Hemis/blog-728092.html Quelle journee benie Le matin notre hotesse a fait comme d39habitude le tour de la maison avec le pot d39incence brulante en incantant son OM. Ca nous a mis sur la bonne voie. Nous sommes partis en vrais touristes en taxi vers Hemis a 45 km de Leh. Quel bonheur de voir le paysage du Ladakh les montagnes arrides en roche beige les sommets couverts de neige la verte riviere Indus sauti http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Jammu-and-Kashmir/Ladakh/Hemis/blog-662270.html On our third day in Ladakh it was finally time for our first longer excursion. We were still quite groggy in the morning after yet another exhausting night it seemed we were not yet fully recovered from the change of altitude. The thought of leaving the warm bed now a fortress of blankets and jackets layered on top of each other like the Earth39s geological strata and setting foot on what mu http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Jammu-and-Kashmir/Ladakh/Hemis/blog-617900.html