Spituk Goemba / Namgyal Tsemo Goemba

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April 8th 2011

Published: June 7th 2011

(continued from previous blog entry). Doubling back from Phyang village we had time for a visit to Spituk goemba before lunch. Located on the southwest outskirts of Leh, the monastery sits on a hillock just south of the airport runway, meaning it is a place of dual interest to me. On the way up the hill we drove past a few triple-A emplacements, their crews seeking shelter from the noon sunlight u... Read Full Entry

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Johan

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Meh... readers beware. I originally started this log to keep my mother up to date during a longer trip, but I quickly realized I wasn't about to waste my precious time off by sitting in some shady Internet café updating a blog nobody will read anyway. Nowadays it is more of a personal nostalgia and ego thing, but by all means, feel free to enjoy the speculations and hybris which will no doubt get reality checked soon enough. I will add older travel logs as time permits.... full info

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taking a break at Spituk

Take five!

Sonam and Sonam waiting for a certain photographer to finish plane spotting

Random hot wheels Part CXII

Oh, just a random Leh view

hard to believe you are riding down a street downtown the provincial capital

Lunch time at the hotel

The ever present daal taking first seat. Also in the picture is paneer and rice and of course we had chapati bread too.

Leh palace overlooking downtown

Central Leh as seen from Leh palace

Namgyal Tsemo goemba

What do you mean we have to get up there on foot?

Leh palace

Scarred hills around Leh

The traces of last year's rock and mudslides are still clearly visible

Leh is at the mercy of the mountains

Flags near Namgyal Tsemo goemba

Downtown Leh and the palace

From up here the vulnerability to rock slides becomes much more evident

Namgyal Tsemo goemba, Leh

Leh from Namgyal Tsemo goemba

Looking north toward the mountain range separating Leh valley from Nubra valley

Kay above Leh at Namgyal Tsemo goemba

*woof*

Riding around Leh

Namgyal Tsemo goemba, Leh

Notice the shortcut used by monks from Sankar goemba downtown

Shanti stupa, Leh

A recent structure founded in commemoration of 2 500 years of Buddhism

8th June 2011

tracey
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Leh
it's a place I've longed to spend time - I'm envious - It looks and feels just as I imagined. i saw sleepy dogs like yours when i was in gyanste - their coats were real hound fur. beautiful.

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