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Leh Palace

Himalayan India

June 17th 2008
Tuesday 17 June Visited 15th Century Spituk Gompa (Monastary) 8km from Leh this morning. Lots of steps - we should be used to this by now. I don't think we are quite so breathless as we were yesterday so perhaps we are getting used to the altitude. It must just be my general level of unfitness that makes it so hard to climb up so high. Anyway great views all around from the top. Lots of st ... read more
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Indian Flag 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
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