Blogs from Leh, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India, Asia - page 7

All, This blog is an attempt to explain my experiences on road from Bangalore to Leh!! I’m also trying to put a blog that will help travelers in future! Our destination was Khardung La pass (highest motorable place on earth) …. This trip was being planned for about 2 years; we had our own trouble in making this a success story. One fine day we thought that we have to make this a success or it will be grey spot on our traveling history! With very limited knowledge about how things will work out, we finalized 18th June as the start date.. Fortunately all the guys got the leaves approved (very lucky). We thought that getting everybody together was the biggest problem, but when in reality it turned out to be least of our concern. Out ... read more

hi, I am coming to india in mid june and thought visiting the himalayas and the north east would be a great idea for this season. I need some help in plannig the itenary from hyderabad to ladakh, and if possible i would visit varanasi while returning. I am keen on my ladakh trip from hyderabad which is my hometown. so i would come to hyderabad first and then prepare myself for the trip.. I need help on how to plan my trip espacially from delhi to leh and return trip from leh to delhi ...most importantly what would be the best mode of transport for those destinations. any help will be appreciated... ... read more

I’d been wanting to do some volunteer work for a while, but it’s hard to find places that aren’t dodgy or don’t expect you to pay them a fortune for the privilege of working for them. I’d heard about an NGO/school called SECMOL near Leh, and emailed them before I went to Leh last time (the blogs two and three blogs ago). Their webpage said that they sometimes take a week or two to reply. Just as I was leaving Leh last time, I emailed them again, as by then it was nearly two weeks. They replied that they’d got me mixed up with someone else. Apparently another “Daniel” from Australia turned up just after I emailed and they thought he was me. By the time I discovered this I was back in Delhi. I’d tried ... read more

Hi Friends, After a long thought I decided to publish my travel to Leh along with Arun, Rajiv and Rajesh my classmates from School DPS RK Puram New Delhi, which we passed out in the Year 1982. All of us had been planning this Trip since a long time and finally with the Help of Ms. Yangdu at Remo Travles were able to Plan the entire trip for a period of about 11 days which included the driving and the site seeing at various places in the ladakh region. I will keep adding to this entry as and when the time permits. ... read more

The states of Jammu and Kashmir is 700km north of the capital, alongs the Indus River and West Himalayan Plateau, most of the areas are situated 15,000 ft above sea levels, covers 15% of Indian Subcontinent, however, has the least population in India and one of the most isolated states in the world. Most places are only open for tourist few months a year, from early March to late October - The rest of the year are quiet, totally isolated and very, very cold. Leh, is the main town in Jammu & Kashmir, set in dramatic surroundings and scenics alongs the Indus Valley to the north, the city was closed for locals and tourists until late 70s, seized fire by both Pakistani and Indian Government, the city opened and more than 100 hotels were opened along ... read more