TweetThe road from Kargil to Zanskar is one of the most trying you will drive on. It is either pot-holed, or just a rocky track. When I heard of the soreness inducing drive, I almost turned back from Kargil; on hindsight, I am glad that a stronger will prevailed! [The Kunzum Travel List is a compilation of great holiday ideas [...]
Tweet Are you planning to visit Ladakh and drive to its various attractions? Here is a guide based on my personal journeys in Ladakh. Enjoy the drive on Kunzum Route K12. The route takes covers the following circuit (not necessarily in this order): Delhi – Kullu – Manali – Jispa – Sarchu – Leh – Pangong Tso – Tso Moriri – [...]
Tweet This post has been updated and you may read the new one by clicking here. Are you planning to visit Ladakh and drive to its various attractions? Here is a guide based on my personal journeys in Ladakh over the last two seasons. Enjoy the drive on Kunzum Route K12. Click here for more routes.Before you continue, you may [...]
Tweet I am sure I have been present at monasteries around lunch time, but only at Karsha monastery did I hear a conch being blown informing all the resident lamas, about 120 in all, it was time for the meals. The 11th century monastery was built by Buddhist master Zanskar Lotsawa Phakpa Sherab who introduced Buddhism to this valley. Its [...]
Tweet When driving around Ladakh, always have a spare seat in the car. And stocks of chocolates and sweets. [Click on image for a larger view] Coming back from Zanskar, I stopped to capture the image of yellow and green fields of a village glowing in the setting sun. Three passing village women stopped to ask for a lift. The [...]
TweetWhat do the eyes in the image above say to you? Do they say ‘take me with you’ and show me the world beyond my village? (Click on any of the images to see a larger version) This is Zarina, a class seven girl I met in Maita village (at least this was the name I understood the children saying), [...]
TweetWhat would you think when a girl in the third grade says she wants to be a cop when she grows up? And this sounds interestingly ambitious when this girl lives in the small town of Padum in the Zanskar valley in Ladakh, a full day’s drive away from the nearest urban settlement of Kargil. That’s Zarina for you (with [...]
TweetBoys will be boys, even when they are being groomed to be Buddhist Lamas. When I started taking pictures of some young Lamas at the Karsha Monastery located near the town of Padum in the Zanskar Valley (in the Ladakh region of the Indian Himalayan state of Jammu & Kashmir), not only did they start posing specially for the camera, [...]
TweetI have just come back from Ladakh (in the Indian Himalayas) which I would describe as the trip of a lifetime. I was on the road for 23 days, and personally drove over 4,000 kms (about 2,500 miles) during this period. Yes, the best way to enjoy this region is to drive yourself. A rugged vehicle is a pre-requisite though. [...]
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