Leh, India

My final days at altitude... for now
Monday, September 26, 2011, Leh, India. By: taikuncio

"Although I was feeling a bit down about being in Leh and not being able to trek, now that I'm leaving I'm realizing how much I really love it here. Maybe its the fact that there's..."

Bit of a setback... recuperating in Leh. :(
Sunday, September 18, 2011, Leh, India. By: taikuncio

"So the trek started out great. It was a bit cloudy but the sun is so strong here that it's nice to get a bit of a break from it once in a while. We ended up having to hike an ext..."

Flying over the Himalayas to Ladakh
Sunday, September 11, 2011, Leh, India. By: taikuncio

"After a short reminder of "real life" in Australia, i flew via KL to Delhi. Not wanting to waste any more time since the trekking season is quickly ending, i decided to fly to Leh..."

Peace at Last
Friday, December 12, 2008, Leh, India. By: Damo

"While I would like to be able to say that we completed our epic journey by entering Leh in a triumphant blaze of sparkling spokes and powerful, confident pedal strokes, in actual f..."

And this is why...
Sunday, July 23, 2006, Leh, India. By: sabtravels

"The Road to Leh.. The past two days, I’ve been on the most grueling road journey of my life. More importantly, I’ve been on THE most outstanding road journey of my life. Will dw..."

Ju-Leh!
Monday, July 24, 2006, Leh, India. By: sabtravels

"Juley is a ladakhi greeting - a multi purpose word if I’ve heard one – seemingly stands for hello, bye bye, how do u do, going somewhere?, come inside etc etc. Cute! Leh as a to..."

The Land of Monasteries
Wednesday, July 26, 2006, Leh, India. By: sabtravels

"Two days later. And it’s an overload! Overload of gompas (English speak - monasteries), Chortens (Tibetan Buddhist memorials) and Prayer wheels. . Not to be mistaken. All of ..."

Phyang Tsedup
Friday, July 28, 2006, Leh, India. By: sabtravels

"Day One: 'High Altitude Desert’. Experienced the true meaning of this word today. Good lord, what an event. For the first time since I left Bangalore, I found myself smack i..."

return to manali
Thursday, June 12, 2003, leh, India. By: lomotravel

"the chaos and cacaphony of leh was left behind. we ordered a jeep ride from a travel agent, but due to some festival or demonstration or something they told us we had to be dropped..."

gompas and tenzin dickey
Sunday, June 01, 2003, leh, India. By: lomotravel

"about 100 meters from our hotel is the best restaurant in leh; tenzin dickeys! owned by the sweetest family you could encounter, and cheaper than almost anywhere else, a cosy, smal..."

city of labyrinths
Saturday, May 31, 2003, leh, India. By: lomotravel

"morning broke softly in leh. I did a quick once over to make sure that i was alive. the hotel we had been thrust into was quickly checked out of and a charming hotel down a small a..."

11 people in a jeep for 19 hours
Friday, May 30, 2003, leh, India. By: lomotravel

"so the journey to leh commenced. 2 am in the morning, 11 people in a tata sumo jeep, none of us with any room to move, but heck.. thats adventure. we left on towards the end of ..."