simple homestay, friendly and knowledgable host..

❝ When i visited Maan back in October 2010 there were no signboards advertising homestays or guesthouses. I asked around, and villagers pointed me to a local home (check the map above for the exact...

Beautiful scenery, diverse wildlife. A photographer's and nature lover's paradise.

❝ I visited the TsoKar lake back in October 2010 while cycling the Manali - Leh highway.

The Tso Kar lake is located close to the main highway and one can always do a short detour to the lake...

breathtakingly beautiful... imo the most beautiful of ladakh's high altitude lakes.

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In my opinion, this is hands down the most beautiful of all the high altitude lakes in Ladakh. I visited the Tsomoriri lake back in October 2007 on a rented Enfield motorcycle. The trip...

stunningly beautiful.. perfect for extended stays

if you buy only ONE book to get to know Ladakh, let it be this one..

❝ This book provides a wonderful introduction for anyone looking to learn more about Ladakh. Its author, Janet Rizvi, lived in Ladakh for a few years during the late 1970's. In a few hundred pages...

a collection of few interesting articles about the Tsomoriri Lake.

❝ A few other articles about the Tsomoriri lake that you might be interested in.

- Travelogue : The...

a few other titbits about the Tsokar lake

❝ A few other articles about the Tsokar lake that you might be interested in.

- The story of how the...

palace under renovation, not much to see inside but great views of the valley

❝ The Shey palace is pretty impossible to miss when you are driving on the road out of Leh (towards Manali).

For me personally, the best part about visiting Shey is the expanded view of the...

a memorable visit to Hemis during the Angchock festival.

❝ The Hemis monastery may not look as pretty or spectacular as some of the other monasteries (Thiksey, Chemre, Spituk etc) in Ladakh. But i love it for its simple and practical design which makes it...

My home in Leh on and off for a month..

❝ With a plethora of guest houses and hotels in Leh it can sometimes be hard to pick one. I have a feeling that you can walk into any guesthouse and more often than not the place would be warm and...