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High in the Himalayas

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September 17th 2012
The plane is gently descending but we are still crossing miles and miles of high mountains. The mountains are bare rock, each with a patch of snow on the north face. This is the very western end of the Himalayas, hundreds of peaks over 6,000 metres, some a lot higher. A small green valley appears and we spiral down in to Leh, at 3,500 metre above sea level this is Ladakh's only airport Leh ... 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