Having arrived in Leh on 24th April, it transpired that my most recent e-mail did not reach any of my contacts in Leh. They thought I was coming around 26th! Hence, there I was at the airport...all aloooone... and the Journey had started in earnest. I got a taxi to only place I knew of...through a dusty road, away from Leh town and up the hill to the Spitok Gompa (monastery). Unknowingly, I took a picture of if from the airplane as we were leaning in to land. Breathing heavily I climbed the steps from the road base and tried to find anyone in the labyrinth of stairs, prayer flags, courtyards, Buddhist symbols and amazing buildings. Aha! I saw typical dark red robes of the monk fluttering down one of the courtyards...tried to run (slow
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