Leh -altitide 3505 published 16/ 7/2006

Since a couple of nights I'm in Leh. After a first night (3 nights ago) I saw a polo match. You know the kind of match with horses, a ball and long hockey sticks. The first real day to acclimatize on 3505 meter. The books say you should not do anything for the next 36 hours, so that what I did nothing with the except watching a polo match. 2 Nights ago I went to Shanti Stupa from there I had a very fine view over Leh and the surrounding mountains. A steep pad to leads to the stupa but the view wauwwwwwwwwww. A sat in the sun, reading my book "Cave in the snow" and watching leh for the afternoon. In the evening I watch some local folk music performance during Leh spring festival. Yesterday I walked to the palace and the fort it is a nice steep walk up it takes about 30 minutes and the few is amazing. On the top I met a group of Americans and some English people, together we went for dinner and saw the match England against Tobago a bit boring but still OK. Today I wanted to cycle but the weather turned very cold with rain and bits of snow. So cold that I bought a winter jacket. Yesterday I was sitting in the sun and was it 24 degree. The mountains you never know what the next day will bring. For me it gives me some time to write emails, read a book. Start with a new book etc.

Happy travels!!!
Ohm shanti, shanti, shanti
Meinoud
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From Amsterdam to India by bus and train