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Call of the Mountains -Monasteries

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Call of the mountains -Ladakh

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Work had been keeping me on my toes , but just then an opportunity knocked on the door, with some friends driving down to Ladakh. Last time I was in Ladakh was in 2006 and the pull was still there. A similar trip last year with the same friends ,had to be called off in the last minute. However, this year too,it seemed it would remain a distant dream for me. Call it a momentary lapse of reason and I decided the call of the mountains was far greater at that moment. So I called up my friends and flew down to Srinagar ,since they were already on their way. Thus, started a wonderful trip . Pics here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/anuradhac/sets and some more here Mountains first:      

Journey into Ladakh -2

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Here's the 2nd post on the trip. The week ahead turned out to be tons of fun and lots of camping at sub-zero temperature. We headed to Pangong Tso(lake) , a 5 hours drive from Leh via the third highest pass in the world, the Changla pass. Pangong Lake is the world's highest brackish lake at 14,256 feet above sea level. It is 134 km long and extends from India to Tibet. Two thirds of the length of this lake falls in China. It is only 8 km wide at its broadest point. You need special permit to visit this lake. The placid, salty and calm water takes up various shades of blue,green, purple at differnt times of the day. We had plans of c amping at the lake side but wasn't granted permission by the authorithy and hence headed a few kms back and pitched our tents there. I was amazed at the super luxury camping that evening .We had a cook and helper traveling along with us and had access to mouth watering, piping hot food and also a hot desert that night.Simply awesome at such a d...