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Ladakh - "A place of many passes"

Srinagar -> Kargil -> LEH. The road from Srinagar to LEH is usually open from the beginning of June to Oct. It is all frozen during winter. The winding trip took 2 days with an overnight at Kargil, the second coldest habitat town in the world. We were once only 30KM away from Pakistan !

We passed by valleys like Glacier Valley and some steep and vast oasis river valley in an old bus.

Once in Ladakh we can immediatly notice the difference. It is dryer than Kashmir and the Tibetian influnce is everywhere. ... (more)

Glacier valley
Near the Kolahoi Glacier on the way to Drass.

The road guardian
Soldiers can be found every 1 KM along the road to Ladakh. This road is still...

The one road in summer
The goat also sharing road with us.

Back to the mother nature
The glacier flows into the river to begin life in another form. All mountains...

Waterfall beneath
The glacier water melt and flow beneath the rock hard glacier.

River bank resort
The glacier flow into the river and camps are all over the river bank.

A town pack with buses
Maybe is Baltal. About 600ft below the road we were traveling.

Art of the nature
The glacier form a very nice texture on the bare mountains.

Against the nature
The super highway cut through many glacier even in summer. Cross in...

The winding road
Zig-Zag up the hill, cross the mountain. We put our life on the driver's...

Valley
A valley near Baltal town.

Line up
This was the only stop we had from Srinagar to Kargil. We all released...

Sheep territory
Free flow of grass.

Sheep again
The melting glacier form a lot of stream in the valley.

The rushing sheep

Sheep 1 sheep 2....
I remember I met this on a sleepless night...

Oasis valley
On the way to LEH

River valley
Valley along the road to LEH.

Vast green valley

At your own risk
Some creative road alert along the way to Leh.

Stupas at a tibetian monastery

Red and blue

Tibetian temple

Over see the Leh town

Praying lama
A lama hitting drum while praying. 3 round objects together.

Japanese monk ?

Living in harmony
Tibetian culture and tradition has a deep influence to the people in Ladakh.

Taking picture is fun !

Holy gate

A buddha statue inside a temple

Tibetian Monastery

Little lama
Little monks curious about the outside world.

My PEPSI
Red should be coka-cola right ?

Lucky spin
Default action when visits a Tibetian temple.

Hemis Monastery

The holy path...

House 'in' the cliff

Thiksey Gompa
A Potala like monastery.

Monastery rooms

Lama
The senior lama at Leh Palace.

Tea break
The 2 senior lama walking back to their living room for afternoon tea.

Waiting for blessing

The young lama
The new generation of Lama. Looks more like urban citrizens.

Lonely
Perhaps god knows.

Color
Some color on a cloudy day.

Model shooting
F.I.R.

Bollywood
Our handsome guide posing near the stupas.

LEH town

An evening at Leh town.

Mix culture
Islamic and Tibetian culture in LEH.

A church in Tibetian colony

Local souvenir
Never buy because no space in my bag.

Chit chat

Faces
Leh town market.

Smile
Only one teeth left :)

18SX
Naked.

Twilight at LEH

Leh in led
In the evening.

Interesting lighting
Leh town

Pick one
Souvenir shop at LEH town. Foreign tourist are everywhere in LEH.

My products
Come on, I m sure u can choose at least one from here :)

What is so interesting there ?

Future handsome

Ladakh cutie

Doesn't look like from India
Ladakh kid.

Ladakh kids

The smile of beauty
Innocent girl

Yellow flowers

Village
Near Leh town

Super model
Our fren showing us what is a good jump :) He did a good job.

Portrait time
When the sun is off, it means model shooting time !

My turn
People shooting there I also want to shoot ! No-eye-see....

Beauty and the handsome
Our representative and the local pretties.

Summer resort of Dalai Lama
Dalai Lama will celebrate his birthday and stay in this house every...

Colorful Leh
From Leh Palace

article published 12/10/2005

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Helping me relive my trip
I have just returned to Australia after completing the Manali, Leh, Kargil, Srinagar.....trip by road. Your photos have helped me to relive the experiences I had, albeit scary at times. I am now "addicted to looking at other peoples photos. Yours are great.
— Janet Kuhl, November 1, 2007

Great place and excellent photography
Your photos are great work of art, it makes the place live. Thank you and keep the great work up.
— Kalyan, July 1, 2007

hi i visited this site it's really very good 2 promote tourism this way
— Ammad Naseer, November 13, 2006

remind me of those days ....
wow, awesome snaps. Just made me remember about our trip, we did a couple of years back. Thanks for sharing such beautiful photographs of a heavinly place. Do find some time to go through my article as well on worldisround.
— G-4 !!!, March 31, 2006

What a wonderful world
you see the unspoilt world thru the eyes behind your lens, and we see it thru your pictures, what a wonderful world.
— Hooi Kuan Tan, January 1, 2006

Karma of human life is to breakthru what's meaning of death & life. Karma for travelling is to across the border of country & seek for a meaning of life. And, you manage to find one in Ladakh(honestly, I dunno where is it), a peaceful town. Wish you continue more similar journeys in future. Thanks for sharing.
— Teo Say Wei, December 19, 2005

remarkable shots
This brings a lifetime memory forever
— HELEN LIM, December 15, 2005

I think my hubby is going to hate you. This will be on my list to bug him to bring me to.... :P
— ML Shee, December 13, 2005

An Incredible Planet!
Haha... I just like step into your photo-world! Your Attractive photos bring me to the fantastic world of Ladakh! Dont pull me out! No...no... :)
— Chloe Pui Yee, December 13, 2005

All the photos are great, i personally like these pieces: "Interesting lighting","The Rushing Sheeps","Sheep1 sheep2", "A church in Tibetian colony" are quite unique & nice :)

cheers
— selena, December 12, 2005

it is really a mini Tibet. peaceful and beautiful scenery, and the lovely group member as well, i can see that some member enjoyed a lot being a model ! :>
— Ernie Teh, December 11, 2005

Compliment for your beautiful pictures ! I haven't seen them all, but I will do that in time. Ladakh is on my list to travel to.
— Reggy, December 10, 2005