Manali to Leh

Useless Wali

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September 20th 2007
So here I am at the top of the world... In Leh, which consists of shops, advertising their ware as 'Useless Wali' or 'More Rubbish Upstairs', travel agents, hotels and restaurants... In the middle of this is the former Royal Palace of the Kings of Ladakh, which has seen better days... Yes tourism has reached up to the stars... How did I get here? Why did I come? I suppose I was lured up here l ... 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