Wow, was this ever an adventure. It started as a whim – I figured that it would be fun to count a six thousand meter peak among my achievements. It was a four-day trek with a climbing expedition thrown in as a bonus. It ended up being one of the physically most taxing things I’ve [...]
No matter how many new countries, individual cultures and amazing people we meet, I still can’t let go of the consumerist in me. I feel like a bad commercial when I say this, but sometimes I just need to shop.
Granted, the shopping is done in local bazaars and the products are often one of a [...]
We’re back in Leh after our jaunt up to Stok Kangri and its surroundings. We’re safe and sound, and checked in to our favorite guest house where we just had a hot shower (well, bucket of warm water).
The climb went well, although Jaime had a spell of the old altitude sickness and spent most of [...]
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Martin and I had dinner in a Leh restaurant that just happened to sit right next to the mosque. Though it wasn’t on the menu, as it rarely is in these parts, we ordered two beers to drink with our meal. The beer showed up in two tea pots and the glasses were covered in [...]
Yesterday’s plan was to get the heck out of Leh. We’ve been here for a week now and it was time to see something new. Our transportation of choice was a rented Enfield motorcycle – a step up from the scooters we’ve been renting. Martin drove, while I did my best to stay out of [...]
We’ve known Bacon for a while now, during which time he’s never worn clothes. He was, however, totally ignorant of that fact. From what I can gather he felt certain that he was wearing clothes. And not just any clothes. “Fancy clothes to match my fancy tastes,” as he continually boasted to us. He was [...]
You may wonder why all of a sudden Jaime’s the only one posting, and why we aren’t moving anywhere. The reason is work! In my previous life (a whopping four and a half months ago) I was a freelancer, dabbling in various kind of reporting and writing. I also did translations from Swedish to English.
The [...]
The ruins of the newly renovated Leh Palace and the Namgyl Tsemo Gompa (a Buddhist monastery) both sit on the mountain above Leh. You have two choices for getting to these places. You can either hire a taxi to drive you up the mountain, or you can tackle the dirt track that zigzags across the [...]
Our guesthouse in Leh has hot water, but only if you ask for it. I learned this about five days too late. You see, I felt the water when we got here and my fingers didn’t recover for half an hour. The water in Leh comes from glacial melt, so it’s basically a few degrees [...]
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