We left Leh very early Saturday to allow enough time to navigate the 5 separate security checks .... had my spare camera batteries confiscated!!! Not sure what they thought i would do with 4 AA Duracell's!! Flight from Leh no way as scary as coming in!! Reached Delhi in no time and our delightful driver Mr Satisfaction was waiting for us in a brand new people mover!!! Very impressive ... off we set for Agra ... only a couple of hours on the brand new freeway Jass...

17/8 Early start to our last day in Leh! Once again we ride along the challenging, death defying roads of India - this time we wind to the top of the worlds third highest roadway (and worst toilet so far!!) enroute to Panong Lake. Once at the top the altitude bit me again and I took a visit to the army medical centre feeling very poorly! Oxygen check, more Panadol and 'be getting lower now' we set off down the other side on equally horrendous roads... Ten hours...

14/8 Death by Monasterys!! Serring our local guide (who's English is getting easier to understand) had told us about a refugee place for displaced Tibetan aged folk in Leh. We decided on our final assault on the only three remaining monastery's in Ladakh we hadn't seen .... we would visit the home . Sharis Neighbour is a mad knitter and had knitted a heap of jumpers and hats for an orphanage Shari is associated with in Thailand. Some of these were too big for t...

Uletokopo - West Ladakh Resort Camp Not quite glamping .. not quite a resort .. Ready for an early start for our trek but stretch time India meant it was later than planned ... and the hot water is still coming ... Beautiful 6km walk through a winding road than ran alongside a creek. Starting at 3130 meters and climbing to 3570 meters - so uphill most of the way! We crossed a suspension bridge over the Indus River (in so much better condition than my Nepal t...

Ugh once again we enjoyed the delights of India throughout the night ... dogs fighting, cars tooting and best of all just when we were finally dozing the 3am call to prayer from the nearby minaret!!! Oh joy!! And there is another at about 6am.... so between all that and by Delhi belly ... I'm not loving India as much as usual!! Today was special though .. We packed and headed to West Ladakh by 4wd with a guide. The scenery was amazing - we passed by dozens of mi...