By Achin Gupta.
I read somewhere: “There are ii kinds of travellers, those who create got journeyed on the Manali-Leh highway together with those who are planning to”. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 few months back, I graduated to the showtime kind. These are memories from a trip I can’t forget; a trip that took me to Leh, Nubra Valley together with the purplish Pangong Lake. Disclaimer: All photos inward this storey are taken amongst a regular signal together with shoot camera, together with non edited.
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1. THE MANALI - LEH HIGHWAY
One of the world’s highest motorable roads. To larn inward in Leh, the capital of the ancient Kingdom of Ladakh, nosotros must cross five high mount passes through the mighty Himalayas.
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2. SPECTACULAR AND STRANGE LANDSCAPES
In the delicate Himalayas; they were submerged nether H2O thousands of years ago, together with these granular pointy structures were
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3. TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE IN LEH
I ever savage brusque of words inward trying to depict this lovely city. Very humble together with honest people alive inward this business office of the world, together with simply about greens live on the harsh atmospheric condition too.
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4. SUNSET FROM THE SHANTI STUPA
; a magnificent landmark situated on a colina top, from where the sunset paints the stark chocolate-brown mountains inward golden colors, inward the backdrop of a pure blueish sky. Soak inward the peace equally you lot gulp your eve tea from the top of the world.
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5. SOLITUDE AT THE TSEMO MONASTERY
Perched inward a higher identify Leh Palace, Tsemo Monastery is a brusque hike from the palace, together with a tranquil identify to pass simply about "me" time.
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6. DRIVE TO NUBRA VALLEY
Across the world’s highest motorable pass, ‘Khardung-La’, at 18,380 feet.
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7. BACTRIAN CAMELS OF THE "SILK ROUTE" ERA
A remarkable attraction of Nubra valley, the other beingness its sand dunes. Locals claim that these camels were used past times traders during days of the famed ‘Silk Route’, together with originally belong to key Asia. How did the sand hit this attitude? It is testify that this corking valley was ane time submerged underwater.
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8. THE SKYLINE OF NUBRA VALLEY
is dominated past times a giant Buddha statue at the valley's biggest monastery, together with is a sight to behold against the backdrop of dramatic blueish skies.
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9. THE LOCAL MEANS OF TRANSPORT
aka yaks! I spotted ane walking over the snowfall far away.
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10. THE FAMOUS PANGONG LAKE
Surrounded past times stark chocolate-brown mountains, bluer than the sky, together with then build clean that you lot tin come across pebbles at its base. Words together with pictures tin create no judge to its beauty.
Ladakh is habitation to a real delicate together with sensitive eco-system. Please endeavour to cut your carbon footprint equally much equally possible past times using local operators together with guides, staying at family-run homestays, choosing populace transport, eating local food, together with carrying all your plastic waste matter dorsum to the city.
AUTHOR BIO: Achin is an information technology professional, together with a traveller at heart. He wants to come across the world, inspire others through his experiences, together with come across Republic of Republic of India on the basis map for its heartwarming hospitality.
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AUTHOR BIO: Achin is an information technology professional, together with a traveller at heart. He wants to come across the world, inspire others through his experiences, together with come across Republic of Republic of India on the basis map for its heartwarming hospitality.
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