Useless Wali

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September 20th 2007

Published: September 20th 2007

So here I am at the top of the world... In Leh, which consists of shops, advertising their ware as 'Useless Wali' or 'More Rubbish Upstairs', travel agents, hotels and restaurants... In the middle of this is the former Royal Palace of the Kings of Ladakh, which has seen better days... Yes tourism has reached up to the stars... How did I get here? Why did I come? I suppose I was lured up here lik... Read Full Entry

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Leh

Leh Palace and Namgyal Tsemo Gompa in the evening...

Stok

Stok Palace

Alchi Gompa

Intricate carvings at Alchi Gompa

Alchi Gompa

And Buddhist wallpaintings in one of the Stupa's

Bazgo

View of Bazgo fort and Gompa

Bazgo

One of Bazgo's Gompa's

Bazgo

Entrance to the prayer room

Bazgo

Buddha statue inside the Gompa

Bazgo

Monk...

Bazgo

Bazgo village

Alchi Gompa to Leh

Where the Zanskar (blue/green) river meets the Indus

Alchi Gompa to Leh

Me on our scooter...

20th September 2007

Ingrid
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mooi
Heeey Ralf, Tibet is inderdaad erg mooi! Jammer dat het zo touristisch is! Hier alles zn gangetje! Doedoei Ingrid

21st September 2007

Vojta
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Gompas
So how was the gompas there? Not enough from the Sikkim monastic track? :-) Leh Palace looks greate on the picture! Yes I know, picture is often nicer then reality, how is it here? Pictures of the mountains are perfect, once I must go there.

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