As apparent from the title and book-cover itself, the book The Lost World of Ladakh is a collection of century-old photographs of the trans-Himalayan terrain of Ladakh. Tastefully captured by a talented amateur photographer, Claude Rupert Trench Wilmot who was…
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Category: Books, Talks and Rants
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The following is a page entry from On Road through the trans-Himalayan Region. To read complete travel memoirs and trip report, please visit here. Chapter 22 of 22 Previous Chapter The following morning, I chose to ignore the otherwise routine morning activities, which…
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Category: Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Spiti, Trans-Himalayas, Travels
Tags: Himalaya, Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir, Kalpa, Kargil, Kashmir, Kinnaur, Ladakh, Lahaul, Leh, Manali, Photography, Postscript, Road Trip, Rohtang, Shimla, Spiti, Srinagar, The Treaty Road, trans-Himalayas, travel
The following is a page entry from On Road through the trans-Himalayan Region. To read complete travel memoirs and trip report, please visit here. Chapter 15 of 22 Previous Post …
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Category: Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Trans-Himalayas, Travels
Tags: Glaciers, Jammu & Kashmir, Kargil, Ladakh, landscape, Leh, Nun-Kun, Padum, Panikhar, Parkachik, Pensi La, Photography, Rangdum, Road Trip, Sankoo, Shafat, Suru, trans-Himalayas, travel, Zanskar
The following is a page entry from On Road through the trans-Himalayan Region. To read complete travel memoirs and trip report, please visit here. Chapter 14 of 22 Previous Post …
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Category: Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Trans-Himalayas, Travels
Tags: Alchi, Bodh Kharbu, Fotu La, Indus, Jammu & Kashmir, Kanji, Kargil, Ladakh, Lamayuru, landscape, Leh, Leh-Kargil, Moonscape, Namika La, NH1D, Photography, Roadtrip, Srinagar-Leh, The Treaty Road, trans-Himalayas, travel, Wakha
The following is a page entry from On Road through the trans-Himalayan Region. To read complete travel memoirs and trip report, please visit here. Chapter 13 of 22 …Returning from the market, we almost got lost in the narrow lanes…
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Category: Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Trans-Himalayas, Travels
Tags: Alchi, Basgo, Indus, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Leh, Likir, Magnetic Hill, NH1D, Nimmu, Saspol, Spituk, trans-Himalayas, travel, Treaty Road, Vijayak, Zanskar