Sundarbans forest- the largest mangrove forest in the world (5770sk.km)  and the home of Royal Bengal Tiger. A network of River and creeks criss – crosses their dense evergreen forests. You often find tiger crossing the river and crocodiles basking in the sun. Deers, wild boars, otters river Dolphin, over 270 species of birds, 120 species of fish, 50 species of reptiles and 8 species of amphibians are still found there. THE WORLD... (more)

Have you ever wondered what 450 acres of tulip fields in full bloom would look like? I haven’t; mostly because I am not the sort of person who wonders about tulip fields; but also because till a few years ago, I would not have been able to tell a tulip apart from a pickup truck. Then I moved to Washington and it all changed. Puget Sound area in Washington, of which Seattle is a part of, is notorious for its gloomy... (more)

Nestled deep in a narrow valley, the Hemis monastery is the largest and the most important monastic institution in Ladakh. Hemis has more than 200 branch monasteries around the Himalayas and over 1000 monks under its care. It is an important living monument to the heritage of the Himalayas and its people.

The monastery belongs to the Drukpa lineage or the Dragon Order of Mahayana Buddhism. The main driving... (more)

The TsoKar ('White Lake') is one of the three high altitude salt water lakes in Ladakh. It is located at an altitude of 4660m/15280ft in the Changthang region of South Eastern Ladakh. The reason why it is called the 'White Lake' ('Kar' - White, 'Tso' - Lake) is obvious when one visits the lake and sees all the white salt deposits all over the lake shores. In fact in the years gone by, the Changpa... (more)

For most people Tangtse is no more than a passing signboard on their way to Pangong. But you owe yourself a couple hours stopover to explore this beautiful village.

Situated at an altitude of over 4500m in the Changthang Plateau, TsoMoriri is one of the most beautiful lakes in Ladakh. Ringed on all sides by high mountains, TsoMoriri lake sits in a perfect bowl like depression. On the western shores of the lake lie the Korzok village. Inhabited by the Changpa nomads, their main source of income is by rearing the pashmina goats around the grassy shores of the lake. Owing... (more)

Located 15km to the south of Leh on the Leh-Manali highway is the Shey Palace. The 3 storey palace is perched on a hillock overlooking the beautiful Shey village. 'Shey' loosely translated into Ladakhi means mirror (or maybe reflection) and it is the reflection of the palace on the still waters of the lake below which gave origins to its name.

Shey used to be the capital and the home for... (more)

Situated at an altitude of around 4200m, Pangong Tso ('Tso' being Tibetian for lake), is the largest and most visited of all of Ladkah's high altitude lakes. The lake is around 130km long.. so long that over two-thirds of the lake is across the international border in China. The lake is brackish and it is one of the largest and most beautiful brackish lakes in the country.