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Category Archives: India

Delving into history in Delhi, India (09/2018)

June 16, 2019by matt-travels 8 Comments

What a change in scene – and weather – between the cold Himalayas and hot Delhi! I spent the last days in India with packing and organizing, but also got […]

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Delhi, India, India 2018

Farewell from the Himalayas at Leh, India (09/2018)

June 9, 2019by matt-travels Leave a comment

Our work in the Indian Himalayas was finished and we were ready to leave the mountains behind. On our last day, we wanted to visit the remote Pangong Lake, but […]

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India, India 2018, Leh

Celebrating the Ladakh Festival in Leh, India (09/2018)

June 2, 2019by matt-travels 2 Comments

We were quite lucky that our return to Leh coincided with the start of the Ladakh Festival. The Ladakh Festival is celebrated over a couple of days with many individual […]

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India, India 2018, Leh

The long way back from Padum to Leh, India (09/2018)

May 26, 2019by matt-travels 2 Comments

We finished our work near Padum and started our long journey back to Leh. New direct road connections from Padum to Leh and Manali were under construction, but not yet […]

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India, India 2018, Kargil, Leh, Padum, Rangdum, Suru Valley, Zanskar Valley

Entering Zanskar from Rangdum to Padum, India (09/2018)

May 19, 2019by matt-travels 4 Comments

After finishing our work, we left Rangdum and continued our journey to Padum in the eastern Zanskar region. Only 25 km east of Rangdum, the road took us across the […]

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India, India 2018, Padum, Rangdum, Zanskar Valley

Through the Suru Valley from Kargil to Rangdum, India (09/2018)

May 12, 2019by matt-travels 2 Comments

At Kargil, we branched off from National Highway 1 southwards and passed through the Suru Valley all the way to tiny Rangdum Monastery. The morning greeted us with splendid sunshine […]

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India, India 2018, Kargil, Rangdum, Suru Valley

Along the Indus River from Leh to Kargil, India (09/2018)

May 5, 2019by matt-travels Leave a comment

We left Leh in the early morning for a rather comfortable drive along the Indus River to Kargil. National Highway 1 is the main route connecting Leh and Srinagar in […]

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India, India 2018, Kargil, Leh, Mulbekh

Inside the Himalayan kingdom of Ladakh in Leh, India (09/2018)

April 28, 2019by matt-travels Leave a comment

After lots of traveling during the last few days, we were happy to spend a day in Leh getting ready for the last leg of our journey and visiting some […]

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India, India 2018, Leh

Across high passes from Keylong to Leh, India (09/2018)

April 21, 2019by matt-travels Leave a comment

We stayed in Keylong only for the night and continued our journey deeper into the mighty Himalayas in the morning. Just before sunrise, I put my GoPro on the balcony […]

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India, India 2018, Keylong, Leh

On bumpy roads from Kaza to Keylong, India (09/2018)

April 14, 2019by matt-travels Leave a comment

Following several days of field work in the Spiti Valley, we left Kaza for the long drive to Keylong. Although the distance between Kaza and Keylong is less than 190 […]

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India, India 2018, Kaza, Spiti Valley

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