Arrived in Leh yesterday, after only getting 3 hours of sleep, with a plan to sleep after arriving. However after arriving at Shanti Guest House and meeting fellow BCMTian Sandeep, we decided to go for a small walk, which turned into a trek to Shanti Stupa. In the evening, went Leh Palace and took some [...]

In winter, majority of the hotels and guest houses in Ladakh are closed, since a. there aren’t many tourists around and b. many of them are actually run by people from outside Leh/Ladakh. So finding a suitable place to crash is important, more so as one hopes to get a comfortable place with hopefully, some [...]

Today I went on a photographic equipment testing and familiarization exercise. The goal of the exercise was pretty simple; get accustomed to the newly bought photography gear and check whether or not, everything is up to satisfaction. This in my view is quite necessary before leaving for a trip. Because the last thing you want [...]

While there are a lot of variables which are still playing out and any itinerary one tries to follow during a winter trip to Ladakh is going to be severely dependent upon the weather as well as the condition of the travelers, I have nonetheless come out with an itinerary for my winter trip to [...]

With just 18 days to go for my Ladakh Winter Trip, it is time to get all the supplies and things in order, so I have been rather busy for past couple of weeks, buying and ordering stuff, mostly online and mostly for photography. As of today, I have the following things ordered, which are [...]