Enroute Phuktal monastery, Cha, Zanskar valley, India

Enroute Phuktal monastery, Cha, Zanskar valley, India, a photo by sandeepachetan.com | 720,000 views on Flickr.

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Cha village was where we camped overnight on the way to the Phuktal (also called Phugtal) monastery. A motor-able road ends several kilometers before the monastery. One has to walk through the high mountain passes of the Greater Himalayas for several hours (around 5 for the locals, we took a little less than 8 hours) to get there.


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Mountain town Purga, Ladakh, India

Mountain town Purga, Ladakh, India, a photo by sandeepachetan.com on Flickr.

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Just by the lake, Ladakh, India

Just by the lake, Ladakh, India, a photo by sandeepachetan.com on Flickr.

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It is not frequented by too many tourists. You have the entire Tso Moriri lake just to yourself!

Camera Canon EOS 5D Taken on August 1, 2013

Rock formations on the Leh Manali highway, India

Rock formations on the Leh Manali highway, India, a photo by sandeepachetan.com on Flickr.

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They looked like needles rising in the sky, reminding us of the sand castles we built on the beach as kids. 


Except that they were gigantic! And this wasn't really the sand at the beach. 


These were the mighty Greater Himalayas, withered with age by their only constant companion- the ferocious winds.


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Foto la or Fotu La - Lamayuru, Ladakh, India

Foto la or Fotu La - Lamayuru, Ladakh, India, a photo by SandeepaChetan - http://sandeepachetan.com/ on Flickr.

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The last and the highest pass on the Srinagar-Leh highway. The roads are in an excellent condition and it is a pleasure to drive. Read more

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En-route Tso Moriri, Ladakh, India

En-route Tso Moriri, Ladakh, India, a photo by SandeepaChetan - http://sandeepachetan.com/ on Flickr.

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Woman from Leh, Ladakh, India.

Woman from Leh, Ladakh, India., a photo by SandeepaChetan - http://sandeepachetan.com/ on Flickr.

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We saw her on our way to Tso Moriri, near village Himya.

She was basking in the sun, readying for the harsh winters of Ladakh, creating beautiful patterns on a shawl she was weaving on a traditional wooden loom. Threads in reds, greens and yellow were getting interwoven at a dizzyingly fast pace. We wanted to ask her about her design process, but realised she would think we were fools asking such questions.

For, these skills, passed down generations are their inherent gifts!

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Barley fields - Tso Moriri, Ladakh, India

Barley fields - Tso Moriri, Ladakh, India, a photo by SandeepaChetan - http://sandeepachetan.com/ on Flickr.

These barley fields separate the village Korzok, the base village for Tso Moriri from the lake itself.

The whites (of the houses) of Korzok, followed by the greens of barley fields leading to the stunning blues of Tso Moriri lake itself, sealed by the browns of the Greater Himalayas is the general colour palette of this landscape!

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