The Ancient Kingdom of Ladakh

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November 8th 2009

Published: November 8th 2009

Probably because I’d come from Manali which is about 2000 metres above sea level, and come over the higher passes, the altitude in Leh didn’t affect me too much. Leh is at 3500 metres. I still found that I’d get a bit out of breath, and times when I’d suddenly feel a bit like I hadn’t been breathing enough. Other people also reported weird dreams, which I also had to some degree. It ... Read Full Entry

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Daniel Gerber

Drinkthewater

UPDATE (April 2013) This site was the blog I kept for my long-term travels, mainly through Asia, in 2009-2010. I'm not maintaining it any more. I've done numerous trips since then but haven't kept them on this blog. I did run my own blog for a year but unfortunately lost that data. END UPDATE For those who're not familiar with blogs, note that this part is only my profile, the blog entries are linked from the bottom of this page (or subscribe, so you'll always know when I have a new one) Having always dreamed about travel, previously mainly done it as three-week or four-week sort... full info

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Indus valley

I think this was taken from the way up Khardung La, on the way to Nubra Valley

Khardung La

on the way up to Khardung La, to get to the Nubra Valley

Khardung La

on the way up to Khardung La, to get to the Nubra Valley

Nubra Valley

on the way down to Nubra Valley we passed this truck which was incredibly lucky as it's an almost straight drop down on the right

Nubra Valley

a small town where we stopped for tea

Nubra Valley

prayer wheel at the small town in the previous photo

Nub ra Valley

Khardung La

near the top of the pass

Khardung La

on the way up (these photos are out of order)

Khardung La

looking down from just after the top

Nubra Valley

I forget the name of this place but this photo of this large Buddha image was taken with a zoom, it was probably a kilometre away from the monastery we visited

Nubra Valley

see previous description

Nubra Valley -monastery

looking across to where the festival was going on. I think the big Buddha image in the previous photos is off to camera right.

Nubra Valley

India needs more of these signs.

Nubra Valley

at one spot it has sand dunes. Ladakh is a desert after all, like the rest of Tibet

Nubra Valley

wheel of life again

Nubra Valley

me admiring some of the artwork in one of the monasteries

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