[Leica] Nubra Valley

[ric at cartersxrd.net (RicCarter)]

beautiful

ric


On Sep 11, 2013, at 3:42 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> 
wrote:

> The Nubra Valley is accessed through the highest motorable road in the
> world, touching 18,380 feet at a pass called Khardung La. From there
> you descend gradually into a valley, of altitude of an average of
> around 10,000 feet, which was a part of the ancient Silk Route - it
> leads to Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan on the western end, and into
> Xinjiang in China through the famous Karakoram and Saser La passes on
> the north western end. The northern end is the high altitude
> battlefield, between India and Pakistan, of the Siachen Glacier. I
> never got past the valley, which has a tributary of the Indus, the
> River Shyok, flowing through it. Another river the Nubra or Siachen,
> drains into the Shyok. The valley is famous for its sand dunes, though
> why it beats me, because I found them rather underwhelming. The area
> around the dunes has wild Bactrian Camels (double humped), which are
> also captured and tamed for use as beasts of burden. The usual
> monasteries are there and a small town called Diskit is the
> administrative centre:
> 
> Camel Ride 1: 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/Ladakh/Ladakh_20130901_0336.jpg.html
> 
> Camel Ride 2: 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/Ladakh/Ladakh_20130901_0366.jpg.html
> 
> Football: 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/Ladakh/Ladakh_20130901_0338.jpg.html
> 
> Diskit Monastery:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/Ladakh/Ladakh_20130902_0452.jpg.html
> 
> Maitreya Buddha:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/Ladakh/Ladakh_20130902_0492.jpg.html
> 
> Please see LARGE (I have posted LARGER as per Philippe's request!)
> 
> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome.
> 
> Cheers
> Jayanand
> 
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