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laddakh
Our trip to laddakh especially covered in this slide shows our 11 day walk from Darcha to Padum.
A wonderful experience which I would recommend to everyone.
A wonderful experience which I would recommend to everyone.
53 photos
27june, 2010 Manali , India.Just entering the Himalayas Great place to relax, lots of apple orchards
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27-28 June, 2010 Keylong – last township before starting our trek Limbering up with a walk to the Monastry on the other side of the valley
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View of Keylong village from the monastry
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29th June,2010 Darcha -stepping off point for our trek to Padum. A 11 day trek(113km)
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30th June, 2010 on the way at last. The way starts along a road which when finished will eventually destroy this pristine part of the world. Darcha to Zanskar Sumdo is a full days walk.
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Looking back down the Darcha River
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Noryang , our two horses and me of course
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From Zanskar Sumdo the path leaves the main valley and climbs towards Shingo La. The easy part is over , now climbing , breathlessly and age is wearying me.
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snow in the distance. Now joined up with Paul from Austria and Kathy and Simone from US ( well sort of)
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Two days to get over the pass. The halfway stop is Chumig Nagpo. The weather is unpredictable and everyone is on edge as the weather can change quickly.
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Nearing the top, Ann is on one of our two pack horses. Noryang is carrying his new stove
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onwards and upwards
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trekkers coming the other way
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At last at the top. Prayer flags in the background. Paul providing moral support. A great feeling!
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On the way down now. Paul wanting to ski.
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At last at our campsite. Still very cold but comraderie great. Tiensin is also in this picture. He is the guide/horseman for my friends.
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Noryang our guide and horseman.
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Simone- forever optimistic. Makes a great coffee on the trail
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Our faithful accommodation- 30 years old and doing better than me. This campsite is at Lhakhang Sumbo. Really this place is one of the origins of that great river the Indus.
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The view from our tnet.
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The great rock monolith Gumburankan. (5320m) We get to this this rock most of the day.
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edelweis flowers but otherwise barren mountain sides. The geology reads like a book.
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Appraoching Kargyag. The stupas mark the edge of the village which is in the next depression.
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Now we can see Kargyag in the distance. A hard life faces everyone who lives here
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The main crop is barley. Yaks and goats are grazed away from the village in summer.
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beautiful alpine flowers pop up everywhere.
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Our host in Kargyag. Chapaties and sweet tea are a mainstay in summer
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leaving Kargyag for Testa and a wedding ( well sort of)
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Elders to represent the grooms family from Reru much further down the valley.
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beatiful kids everywhere
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ladies full of wisdom
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After leaving Testa the trail can sometimes be testing. Obviously not for the faint hearted.
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Ann putting up with a little drizzle. An unusual feature in Zanskar. Heading for Purne.
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Phugtal Gonpa. One of the highlites of this treak. About 11/2 hours walk from Purne on the side valley Tsarap Chu.
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Puga back at Purne. The farmers were worried about the harvest as the weather this year was very cold.
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Bardon Gonpa. Just down the road from Mune Gonpa where we spent the previous night. This was taken from the other side of the river where there is a very nice track. The road way is now quite ugly.
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how about this. Looks like a retreat for the monks from Bardon Gonpa. To me it looks like a house from one of the Grimm's fairy stories
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Karsha Monastry – across the valley from Padum. The end of the trek for us.
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views from ther roof of our accommodation
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another view liiking towards Zangla
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this is an impressive place
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Our host lama Wangpo.The kindly monk who made us more than welcome at Karsha monastry.
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Back in Padum. Hows this for a home. I know evryone talks about building on a rock but under it?
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Tenzin Lobsag our hosts at the Phugtal Monastry Guesthouse in Padum. Don't read the writeups Padum is a very nice place to stay and we were made to feel very welcome here. Thanks to evryone who made our trip so enjoyable.
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27-28 June, 2010 Keylong – last township before starting our trek Limbering up with a walk to the Monastry on the other side of the valley
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27-28 June, 2010 Keylong – last township before starting our trek Limbering up with a walk to the Monastry on the other side of the valley
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fantastic memories, thank u guys for sharing this beautiful adventure with me, thank u to Laddakh for be so pure and frendly. Simone
dear friend!
as much as i try to write a mail to you and send you some fotos-i always fail, your old mail adress eurekafarm@bypond.com does not work any longer. Please let me know another contact adress
great to see your fotos-i miss Ladakh
big hug
paulus
dear paulus, my email address is eurekafarm@bigpond.com not bypond. look forward to hearing from you. Am planning another trip to india, this time just kashmir. Walking from kishtwar to pahalgam. Plus a little more. should be in india, delhi on june 16th. Come along!
regards Denis.
sorry about the delay Paulus. But you didn’t reply to my earlier email. I have had a great trekking summer in Kashmir and Himachel Pradesh. Some of my stories are on this web site if you are interested. My contact detail is eurekafarm@bigpond.com