Riding shikara in Srinagar |
Honey mooners |
Padum |
Copy cats |
Along Tsarap |
Tsarap in spate of monsoon rains |
Riding a yak |
Lugging our stuff on a horse for a day |
Towards Purni |
Bridge by Phuktal |
Phuktal Gompa
situated in a cave |
|
Child monks, Phuktal |
Loading our gear on a donkey |
Unexpectedly we found ourselves
travelling with
four donkeys,
a donkey driver, and a monk |
Tea break |
Rope bridge across Niri |
Our monk friend and interpreter |
Second bridge of Niri. The donkeys refused to
cross it;
so on the other side we were on our own again. |
Crest of the north route around Tso Tok Phu |
Tso Tok Phu |
Making bread |
Camp |
Shallow lake above Tso Tok Phu |
Wading across |
Camp in the gorges above Tso Tok Phu |
Snow bridge |
Camp below Nishing La |
View south from Nishing La |
View north west |
North slope of Nishing La |
Camp Nishing Tokpo |
Descent to Lapurba |
Crux |
Lapurba |
Khurna gorge |
Camp |
Fording Khurna |
First sign of humans
for ten days |
Tanje |
Ibex on the ridge tearing down lose rubble |
Ascent of Zalung Karpo La |
Latå of Zalung Karpo La |
Kang Yisay |
Nimaling |
Using a donkey to the crest of Kongmaru La |
South slope of Konmaru La 5300 in August |
Latå of Kongmaru La |
Resturant of Hemis Gompa |
Hemis Gompa |
The approach to Hemis from Martselang |
Tiksey |
Leh bazaar |
Marketing turnips |
Kerosene, dried apricots, etc. |