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