My Camera Log

We were in a dilemma because of last moment cancelation of Chadar Trek, not sure what to do for rest of the days. Couple of friends in our group went back to Bangalore. Lot of debate was happening and finally our Singh Sab (well known as Mestru) contacted one of his friends, Jayo who runs ‘Mitra Tours & Travels’ (they organise trekking across Leh). Jayo suggested about trekking around Stok, We happily agreed to follow his plans. Stok, a village with a population of about 1500 people, located 15 km away from Leh.  In Shanti Stupa there is a direction board written as ‘Stok – the home to the royal family of Ladakh’ (First time when I visited Leh I have not noticed that board). We planned to stay for 3 days at Stok. Jayo Bhai only arranged for accommodation for us.   We stayed in a home stay run by Jayo Brother in Law, they charged 800/- per day (because of off-season). After seeing the hospitality & the place we felt it’s too less J     First ...

It was my second visit to this beautiful place, but totally in odd timings. Basically Leh-ladhak is open to tourist from month of June to September (that’s the ideal time or season to visit).   Just 5 months back i had visited this place for bike ride. And this time i was here for Chadar trek. Chadar trek was cancelled in last minute due to some reasons and we planned for Stock Kangri trek, but before that we had couple of days left to explore Leh-Ladhak. It was totally a different experience compared to my list visit in summer. We started exploring this place from Hemis Monastery which is around 45 Kms from Leh. On the way back to Leh stopped near Thikse Monastery. Some of the pics clicked on the way back to Leh. Spent some time near Shanti Stupa. At top of the world again – Khardungla Pass, first time when we visited this place we were standing in Que to take a pic near this board, but this time it was all e...