It has been more than a year since I started writing a travelogue series on my travels and experiences in Ladakh. When I began writing these stories, I was determined not to make it a quick travelogue about where I went, what I did and what I saw. I wanted it to be a comprehensive compilation of my experiences of this remote region, my understanding of its culture and observation about its people. Of course, this would go hand in hand with description of all places that I visited—pretty much all the well-known locations—in Ladakh. With a lot of things to tell, the story did not end quickly and went on for a long time. Now the series is more than a year old and has seen more than 40 posts in the last twelve months. Yet, I am only half way with my travelogues. I thought it would be a good time to look back into posts written so far and make a compilation of them in one place. Here they are. Also, if you like to read the entire story in one go, it begins from here, with each post having navigation links to next and previous posts.
Introduction and Beginning of the Journey
Manali – Leh Highway: Travelling to Leh by Road
- Transport Options, Costs and Time Taken
- Manali to Rohtang Pass
- Rohtang Pass to Keylong
- Stopping at Keylong
- Keylong to Sarchu
- Sarchu to Pang
- Pang to Leh
Leh town – travelogues, travel guide, information
- Arriving at Leh.
- Leh, the first impressions and an overview of the town.
- Spending an evening at Shanti Stupa.
- Seeing places – Leh Palace, Namgyal Tsemo Gompa and Soma Gompa
- The guesthouse at Leh with friendly owners, a spacious garden and some Ladakhi food.
- The complete guide to Leh – places to see and things to do.
Monasteries of Ladakh
- Thiksey Gompa – I
- Thiksey Gompa – II
- Alchi Monastery
- Likir Monastery
- Spituk Monastery
- Namgyal Tsemo and Soma Gompa
People of Ladakh
- The cheerful people of Ladakh
- Ladakh – Good Samaritans
- A few bad experiences with people of Ladakh
- The Kashmiris in Ladakh
- The confident Ladakhi
- Ladakh – Locals and Tourists
Pangong Lake – A bike ride from Leh to Pangong Tso and staying in Spangmik Village
- Hiring a Bullet Thunderbird and heading to Panong Lake, climbing over Chang La
- Descending Chang La and seeing a beautiful lake on the way
- Trouble with the bike and getting helped by strangers
- Crossing the troublesome pagal nala on the way
- Pangong Lake
- Spangmik Village on the bank of Pangong Lake
Tso Moriri Lake and Korzok Village
- First impressions of Tso Moriri Lake and Korzok Village
- Tso Moriri Lake
- Images of Tso Moriri Lake
- Photos – Monks at Korzok Gustor Festival
- Korzok Gustor Festival
- Photos – Ladakhi Children at Korzok
- Photos – Faces of Ladakh – Changspa women at Korzok
- Pastures of Korzok Fu and Changspa Nomads
And here is what I will be writing about in the coming days.
- Lamayuru Monastery
- The tourist trap and Dha-Hanu
- Nubra Valley
- The long way to Zanskar
- Nine day trek from Padum (in Zanskar) to Darcha (in Himachal)
- The last and lasting impression.
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