We only spent one night in Kargil, serving as a stop to break up our journey from Padum to Srinagar, where we were going to spend several days before returning to...
Finishing in Leh we headed out on a wonderful road trip through amazing scenery. It was so amazing that the majority of this post is going to be photos in an...
Our first stop of the day was early, 7am, at Disket Monastery to observe the morning prayers. The monastery, founded in 1433 for the yellow hat sect, has five temples and...
Our goal today was to explore the Nubra Valley, cut over the centuries by the Nubra River which originates from glacier and snow melt. The Nubra River merges with the Shyok...
We headed out of Leh around 9am to climb through the Khardung La Pass, the second highest pass in the world at 18,380 feet (the highest is, of course, also in...
Unfortunately, I did not feel better in the morning, having had a sleepless night due to a splitting headache. I was really bummed as altitude had never bothered me before (this...
Northern India, specifically the Ladakh Valley, has been an area I have long been wanting to visit. About a decade ago I explored treks in the area looking at routes designed...