Lunar landscape of Ladakh
Steep bank upon arrival
Indian military bases everywhere
Monastery in Leh
Looking Northwest up the valley
Tikse Monastery
Chanting away
Tikse in the distance
Monastery in Shey
Deserts of Ladakh
The ascent to Khardung-La Pass
4000m
Very motivational
Made it to the top (after a very bumpy ride up)
Traffic jam at 5600m
Shrine above the pass
Complete with stupas
The road back down
Above the snowline
Overlooking the city of Leh
The Royal Palace
Looking North
World Peace Stupa
Bread
Cheese
Zanskar and Indus River meeting
High altitude cricket (just as exciting as regular cricket)
Aichi
Local ladies
Weather-worn stupas
Tibetan headdress
Occupation: Road crew
Local accommodations
The open road
Tikse Monastary
More desert valley
Hemis Monastary
Settled amongst the mountains
Nearby Stupa
And Golden Buddha
The road back to Leh
Trying to earn some good karma by picking up this hitchhiker
Stok Monastary
Prayer wheels everywhere (remember always clockwise)
Stupas at Tikse
The road to Srinagar (Kashmir)
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