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  1. Trouble in Ladakh

    Blog: Seat of Our Pants - 10 August 2010

    It’s been almost a year since we visited Ladakh. Now, news out of Leh is that flash floods have killed hundreds of people in the region. Both locals and foreigners remain unaccounted for, and the whole area is cut off from the rest of the world. Normally it never rains in Ladakh.

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  2. Outskirts of Leh, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India

    Blog: Sherab's Photography - 18 March 2010

      Ladakhi houses and green fields of Leh’s outskirts  

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  3. Tourist district of Leh, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India

    Blog: Sherab's Photography - 18 March 2010

      Leh city center with restaurants, shops, bookshops, gift shops and  internet cafes  Open air restaurant and Leh Palace in the background

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  4. Muslim part of Leh, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India

    Blog: Sherab's Photography - 18 March 2010

      Old mosque and Leh Castle in the background

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  5. Ladakh Festival, Leh, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India

    Blog: Sherab's Photography - 18 March 2010

      Every year at the beginning of September Ladakh Festival starts with Parade, traditional dresses, dances and a lot of joy:   Smiling Indian authority

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  6. Old Town in Leh, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India

    Blog: Sherab's Photography - 18 March 2010

      Old Town of Leh from above

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  7. Sankar Monastery, Leh, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India

    Blog: Sherab's Photography - 17 March 2010

      The Sankar Monastery of Gelugpa tradition is a seat of Venerable Kushok Bakula, the main lama of Ladakh.

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  8. Women’s Alliance of Ladakh Festival, Leh, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India

    Blog: Sherab's Photography - 17 March 2010

      Every year Women’s Alliance of Ladakh organizes festival to promote local culture, foods, products.

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  9. Indus river white rafting, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India

    Blog: Sherab's Photography - 14 March 2010

        Indus river white rafting begins on the outskirts of Leh

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  10. Shanti Stupa or Japanese Peace Pagoda in Leh, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India

    Blog: Sherab's Photography - 26 February 2010

        Shanti Stupa nad small Japanese Monastery in Leh

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  11. Back in Ladakh

    Blog: Timothy Allen on BBC Earth - 22 February 2010

    Reminiscing in the Indian Himalayas

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  12. How to make the best momo soup in the world - recipe!

    Blog: 99 + 1 countries - 20 October 2009

    I sneaked in to the kitchen of Tenzin Dickey Tibetan in Leh to see how they make their potato and cheese momo soup for which they ought to be world famous and millionaires. And this is how it's how it's done. Teenage son chops veggies. Mom makes momos of course and then dad cooks them.Momos

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  13. The other unforgettable journey: 21 hours from Leh to Manali

    Blog: 99 + 1 countries - 30 September 2009

    People taking the bus from Leh to Manali were told to show up on the Main Bazaar of Leh at midnight. The bus was to take off at 1 AM.When I arrived a fight had already errupted.

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  14. Leh: 10 small things I liked

    Blog: 99 + 1 countries - 28 September 2009

    Okay. So Leh did not quite do it for me.

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  15. Srinagar to Leh in one go - a very bad idea

    Blog: 99 + 1 countries - 26 September 2009

    I have only myself to blame. I was told to spend two days on the road from Srinagar to Leh, making a stop half way at Kargil.

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