Fortress built into the mountainside on the way back from Alchi to Leh

Himalayan India

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June 22nd 2008
Saturday 21 June We walked & climbed around Alchi & saw lots of vegetables & barley growing in the fields surrounding the village. There was a woman washing her turnips in one of the waterways alongside the path & we were invited into the house of one of our guide's, Dolma's, friend. It was a traditional house with a large kitchen, lots of pots & an attractive stove. We drove back to Leh s ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more