Traditional Ladakh costumes

Julley from Ladakh!

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July 7th 2010
Maybe the pictures speak for themselves - we loved Ladakh! It has been about a month since we've been in Leh, Ladakh, north India and for various reasons this blog has taken ages to upload. And since we have been there the area has been hit by real tragedy with landslides and flash floods killing nearly 200 people in Leh town alone. It seems that a change in the jet stream meant the monsoon ... 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