[Leica] Nubra Valley

[imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry)]

Great shots, Jayanand. Did you see any potential Messis among the 
footballers?

Where did you stay and how long was the trip. Certainly. looking at the 
pictures, and examining it on Google maps, it appears to be one enomous 
wilderness, and looks cold too!

Douglas

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jayanand Govindaraj" <jayanand at gmail.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>; "PSM" 
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Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 8:42 AM
Subject: [Leica] Nubra Valley


> 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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