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Scenes from Leh, Ladakh
The most renowned view in Leh,the Leh Fort & Gompa, perched high atop the craggy hilltops surrounding the village ...
Scenes from old Leh village ...
The tandoor-oven cook at our favorite out-doors restaurant in Leh, The Ibex ...
The backstreets of Leh are a real Central Asian bazaar, packed with small, colorful Indian & Kashmiri shops ...
The Kashmiri Sabji Bazaar, or fruit and vegetable market, where we do our shopping for the treks, right in the center of Leh ...
Leh Palace
Tibetan-style windows in white, ochre, black and yellow ...
The central prayer hall, or Lha Khang, of one of the oldest gompas in Leh ...
Leh, looking north over Changspa towards Nubra and the second-highest motorable pass in the world ...
A gompa door in Leh village ...
The chortens and hills above Leh's polo grounds, where you can see real Central Asian style polo matches ...
The once-yearly Leh Festival, held on the polo grounds ...
The Wheel of Life from Thikse Gompa ...
Monks looking out over the Indus Valley at Thikse Gompa ...
The Hemis Gompa rooftops, where the monks blow the horns to start and finish each day of the Hemis Festival ...
A Ladaki woman returning down the valley from watching the Hemis festival ....JPG)
An ancient mural from Basgo Gompa, along the Indus valley ....JPG)
Basgo Gompa & Fort ....jpg)
The Hemis festival, lively and colorful lama dances ...
The Hemis Festival, a packed courtyard ...
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