Ladakh Range Things to Do

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When you drive down to Alchi,you will find beautiful Alchi valley..
It is at an altitude of 10,928 ft,ots 67km from Leh.
Here the main thing to see ,five temples&Alchi Gompa..
Main thing to see is thousands of miniature sized pictures of the Buddha display.
Sadly inside no photograph is allowed..Its quite dark too.
I stayed Alchi that day,next day early morning ,we started to Lamayaru Monastery
festival.

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Thisis white impressive Stuba, 3km at fort road in Leh.
Steep set of steps leads to Stupa,the view from here is beautiful.
Sunrise and sunset from here is spectacular..
From here Valley view also very nice..
I went to see Sunset,its was very beauitful,
to see the mountain range in evening golden
light makes the mountain peaks to sparkling.
The Shanti Stupa was built by a Japanese order
and was opened by the Dalai Lama in 1985.

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Shey was once before royal palace, from Leh its 15 km....
It was build by by the first king of Ladakh, Lhachen Palgyigon.
The main thing is see here is 12 ft,copper build Shakyamuni Buddha..

Its largest in this region,was build by y Deldan Namgyal in 1633.
Stone carving and many chortens are scattered around this Monastery.
On the way to Shey & around Shey you will see white "chortens" sacred palces in Buddhist religion.You can see interesting small stone carvings, its written the letters buddasit saying "Om Mani padme Hum:.

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Hemis Gompa is 45 km south of Leh..
one of the oldest in Ladakh,was built in 1630.
Its really surounded by mountain range..
As other monastery arechiture once you enter the front courtyard you will see prayer wheels right side....Left side walls paintings...
Inside the main hall you see many small budda figurs,hall walls paintings .

Outside Leh the way to Hemis you will see beauitful landscape,
and blue sky&clouds,the scenery changes very offten...
You coun't stop yourself stopping along the way to shoot beautiful landscape...

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First day I viisted Thiksey Monastery ..Its 20km from Leh..
Its finest example of Ladakhi architecture.
The view of imposing Monastery is very beautiful.

Monasteries in Ladakh may be either of the Mahayana or the Hinayana sect of Buddhism.
The head lama is called a 'kushak', meaning reincarnation.
monasteries are part of Ladakh culture...Almost all monasteris on hill top..
Each has there own speiciality...
The main prayer hall you will see 15mt hight Buddha figure.(Face).
Early morning prayers are good to see.From the Tiksey valley and snow clad mountain range view is spectalure..From top vechicle can go ,for some distance one has to walk......
Before going to top hill,you can stop take this Monastery photograph...

The view from this Monastery is very beauitful,though its summer still June,
I could see snow peak clad mountain range and valley..
The cloud formation adds extra charm to the landscape..

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Prayer wheels are omnipresent in Ladakh as it is inherent with the religious beliefs of the people. Turning it around is akin to ringing the bells in Indian temples.. so keep ringin.. oops wheeling...

Taks the most common animal you will find en route to Ladakh and even around Ladakh. Many people drink Yak milk in Ladakh.. I didn't try it as I am not too adventurous with respect to my culinary habits..

Passing through Chang La (5289m) the third highest motorable road in the world it is a 150 km drive to Pangong Lake. Except a few unpaved patches the road is in good condition and some tourists, like us, go on a two-wheeler. On the way you would pass through some of the most amazing landscape in the world and at many points freshly melted snow results in streams that simply cross your path over the road. At one point a bridge was washed away by the river and the army personnel were busy constructing a new one. We had to take help from the construction workers who put up wooden planks for us to cross over the river!

The first sight of the Pangong Lake was truly magical; the water was so unbelievingly blue and stretched to the horizon. The lake is a massive 130 km long and extends into China. Around one third of the lake is under Chinese control and the only humans visible are army personnel and some construction workers. There is a small lodge (with dining facilities) on the banks of the lake run by the local people; it's a very basic accommodation but it's location makes it priceless. We stayed there for the night. There are no boating facilities at the lake and the army boats are for surveillance purposes but if you have luck on your side they may take you on the boat.