On June 1st, 2015 Maia, Ian and I travelled to Leh in Ladakh in north-west India. It was just the start of the season there - because it is in the Himalayan mountains it is high and thus most of the year fairly cold. However, who would have thought we would need hats, gloves and long underwear in June ... IN INDIA!!
Taking off from Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi early in the morning.
Flying over the Himalayan mountain range, well, part of it anyway, was very impressive, especially in the morning light.
Yeah, it was early!
Leh, a high-desert city in the Himalayas, is the capital of the
Leh region in northern India’s Jammu and Kashmir state. Originally a
stop for trading caravans, Leh is now known for its Buddhist sites and
nearby trekking. Massive 17th-century Leh Palace, modeled on the Dalai
Lama’s former home (Tibet’s Potala Palace), overlooks the old town’s
bazaar and mazelike lanes.
We arrived so early that our room was not yet ready for us, so we had breakfast in the hotel restaurant - which was on the roof top outdoors!!
Because we had landed at 3,500 m above sea level, we had been warned about altitude sickness. As soon as the room was ready we went to sleep to let the body adjust without us interfering. A short walk to a restaurant in town in the evening was the sum of our activities on that first day in the Himalayas.
Taking off from Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi early in the morning.
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