The glacial water being used to keep the cold drinks cold !!
In the Nubra valley @Dusk
There is a monastery right on the hill.Very difficult to reach there
The shop keepers son.Nubra valley
Nubra valley dusk time
In the hotel garden
Hotel garden
Right beside the Diskit monastery...
Monks at Thiksey Monastery.The views are breathtaking
landscapes of Ladakh
This biker group had come here all the way from Bhutan
The road just disappears.Terrific blinders all over the place
Turtuk.The locals
We were walking thru the narrow alleys of Turtuk when a few school children...
The landscape just before Tso Kar
Local Beer I suppose
Tibetan Snowfinch @ Puga
Kiagar Tso.A small lake but very beautiful !!
Korzok village.It was very cold.Had a hard time.
from shores of Tso Moriri situated at an altitude of 4,522 m (14,836 ft)
Shortcuts used.Just before reaching...
View from monastery
Lamayuru Monastery (will confirm)
Indus river flowing thru the Ladakh valley near Leh
At Chang La (la means pass)
one of the boards put up by Border Roads Organisation (B.R.O.).Witty and effective
From shore of Pangong Tso (Tso means Lake).The colors change many...
Buddha statue at Diskit monastery
Wall paintings inside monasteries
Sunflowers
Buddha statue inside the monastery
Rizong monastery
Lamps
From the garden
Butterflies in the garden
Smooth Roads and the Mountains
View from Monastery
Thukpa - local food
Monastery courtyard
Houses built on hillside
The milkyway was right there by the tree side.My first attempt.totally screwed it :(
Shanti Stupa -lights being put on
Flowers in the...
Black Billed Magpie
Found these at 16000ft while crossing Chang-la (la means pass)
Marmots , Rodent family
Pashmina goats
Wagtail
Chukar Partridge
Griffon Vulture
Black Necked Crane (endangered)
Common Hoopoe
Local cat a resident at the Hotel we stayed in Leh
View from our rooms at Hotel Omasila
From one of the temples inside the monasteries (photography is not allowed at all places )
Prayer Wheels , Alchi Monastery
Paintings on walls known as Thankas , depict the story of Lord Buddha...
View from plane
Place called Moonland
From a farm in Alchi
Phyang Monastery
View of Leh
Pangong Tso (Tso means lake)
At Hunder , Nubra Valley
Disket Monastery , Nubra valley
At Dusk in Nubra Valley
Turtuk Village
Leh Town , on way to Khardung-la
Near Tso...