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LEH LADAKH
INTRODUCTION
It is a landscape??? Is
it the sky???
what about shooting stars??
Silence is just silent....
Gompas...., .....Zen of life.......
All these things are like a dream for daily life commuters of
India....everything makes Leh - Ladhak a place to visit as a challenge for
us...... Its not just a cold desert .....The truth is that its just a land that
seldom fails to baffle surprises.....It is all a start of rugged landscape which
is situated amidst huge mountains, some are so smooth that you could lay on it
and feel like a feather pillow...and also would find rough terrain's so rough
that you would feel the hells furry ... with unexpected rains and endless
stretches of never ending rivers and deserted landscape....the True beauty of
India....You might be lucky to find some biker touring at those places and
tourist stopping for a few clicks.....Ladakh is a land like no other. Bounded by
two of the world's mightiest mountain ranges, the Great Himalaya and the
Karakoram, it lies athwart two other, the Ladakh ranges and the Zanskar
valley......Fact about the places is that it has one of the lowest population
densities in the world and a landscape that has been described as a moonscape
for its unearthly beauty.
While on road ... you will find huge water patches, water crossings...and most
of the times ... landslides which you can cross on two wheels....You need to
know your two wheels before attempting to cross the land as its way too
difficult for a rider who is not use to the ride he is on....Its home to
Buddhist monasteries or Gompas...The craggy mountains of the Ladakh range and
the Zanskar range change color with the passing of the time through the
day....Believed to be the home of spirits by the Buddhist population of Ladakh,
the mountains form the backdrop of this ethereal landscape..... With the mighty
Indus river thundering through steep ravines, fearsome crags, boulders, glaciers
and snow, a tour of Ladakh is no ordinary journey.....With sunny weather for
over three hundred days in a year, Ladakh is an exotic destination to visit in
the summer.
One of the highest-altitude desert, sheltered from the rain-bearing clouds of
the Indian monsoon by the barrier of the Great Himalaya, Ladakh was once covered
by an extensive lake system, the vestiges of which still exist on its south-east
plateau of Rupshu and Chushul, in the drainage basins or lakes of Tso-moriri,
Tso-kar and Pangong-tso. But the main source of water is winter snowfall not the
monsoon rains....
For the rest of the region, the snow on the peaks is virtually the only source
of water. As the crops grow, the villagers pray not for rain, but for sun to
melt the glaciers and liberate their water. Usually their prayers are answered,
for the skies are clear and the sun shines for over 300 days in the year.
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