Northern India travelogue
Trip outline
Ladakh [Page 1] - Manali & Hampta Pass trek [Page 5]
- Chandra Tal [Page 10] - Dharamshala/McLoad [Page 12]
- Pakistan Border, Wagah [Page 13] - Amritzar [Page 14]
- Shimla/Rishikesh/Manali [Page 15] - Nagar to Jari trek [Page 17]
- Rishikesh [Page 22] - Corbett NP [Page 23]
- Nainital [Page 24] - Taj Mahal [Page 25]
- Delhi [Page 26]
Nubra valley
The Nubra valley is a remote valley with a few villages, quite close to Leh. We rented a jeep with a nice Italian couple, went over
the highest motorable road in the world, and visited this interesting place. I think the nicest bit was actually
the way to the valley...
The villages in the valley are these little green places, usually located below a small waterfall to irrigate the fields. They are really lovely. We also
got to see a female Yak near one of those rivers, that was cool.
The first village we went to in the Nubra valley was Hundur. We (Michal and I) road on a couple of camels over the sand dunes, to the village
of Diskit. The camels are really nice, with two humps. They are really small compared to the Israeli camels...
The village of Diskit has a nice Gompa (Buddhist monastery) above it. Michal wanted to go and hear the morning Puja (prayer). So we got up at about 5:00AM, and
climbed up. It was a beautiful morning, and a nice monastery. The Puja was disappointing - basically we set there and watched some old monks
having breakfast while mumbling some prayers...
As usual, the views from the Gompa were breathtaking... We really enjoyed the Buddhist prayer flags (And we even have them now in our porch in
Tel Aviv).
The second village we stayed in is Sumur. Obviously it has a nice Gompa, and we also had the chance of walking home with some school kids, which
was rather fun. In that last photo, you can see (From the left): Norbu (Our driver and guide), Me, Marco (AKA Benito), Michal and Arianna.
On the way back from Nubra to Leh, we had to wait a few hours for the way to open to our side of the traffic. So I took some
photos of buses and trucks. There's nothing fancier than a good Indian truck...
