Leh, Ladak, Northen India

We started our trip in Delhi where Tuval met his first cow in the streets of the main bazaar. The main bazaar is a busy, colorful, and lovely area where many low-budget tourists stay in Delhi. We stayed for there for about 12 hours just to arrange a flight ticket to Leh which is in the Ladak area in the Jammu and Kashmir state in northern India. We arrived to Leh on September 7th at 8:00AM. The area is a desert because of its altitude, 3500m, and it's dotted with green oasis around the many streams that come from the Himalayas Mountains in the area. Basically it felt like reaching the moon. We took a couple of days to get used to the altitude and went to a 3 days trip to the Nubra valley. The Valley was part of the ancient Silk Road that connected India with central Asia. The road to the valley passes through the highest pass in he world, 5600m, that can be drove with a car. We got stuck there for about 4 hours due to a snow storm that blocked the road and made lots of trucks to get stuck, but eventually we went through and got to the valley itself. We visited the villages of Sumor, Diskit, and Hundar, where Iris rode a two hump camel. The Ladak festival was celebrated at that time so we saw a traditional Buddhist mask show, polo games, dances, and singing. We bought appels and honey in Leh market before our journy, and met other Israelies in our guest house in Hundar that had also bought pomgranate and we celebrated Rosh Hashana together.

We are at Ben -Gurion airport before the flight to Mumbai

Delhi - main bazzar

View from our guest house in Leh

Apples in Leh

Donkies in Leh

Mask show in Thiksay monastery near Leh

Polo match in Leh

Kardung La pass - on the way to Nubra valley

Nubra valley

A praying bell in Sumor monastery

Sunset in Sumor

Iris on a camel in Hundar dunes

Traditional dances in Hundar

Hundar

Rosh Hashana in Hundar