Leh Bus Service from Delhi, Manali and Keylong 2023
All you need to know about latest HRTC & HPTDC buses to Leh from Delhi, Manali, or Keylong including timetable, route, booking, & fare updated for 2023.
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Ladakh Bike Rental Rate List 2022-23
Hiring a bike is one of the easiest and most exciting ways to explore Ladakh. Although I can’t call myself a biker, even I have done so, by joining a few people I met at the backpacker hostel. It gives you the freedom to go anywhere, take the road less travelled, and stop at the …
Ladakh Bus Service: All You Need to Know
Comprehensive bus timings and fares within Ladakh. Catch them from Leh to explore Nubra, Turtuk, Pangong, Tso Moriri, Dah Biama, Lamayuru, Kargil, Zanskar & more.
Stok, Likir, & Alchi: The Last Ride of the Season
A quick ride through Stok Palace, Stok, Gompa, Likir Gompa, & Alchi Gompa in October, end of season, followed by a close escape to Manali from Leh.
Palaces & Forts to see during Ladakh Trip
Due to its Tibetan Buddhist heritage, people identify Ladakh as a land of gompas but it used to be an independent Kingdom too. Naturally, there are lots of palaces and forts in Ladakh too. Some of them can be found in the city of Leh itself while many others are scattered in the far-off areas.
Thikse Monastery: One for the Giants
Thikse Monastery on the Leh-Manali highway is a structure so massive that it is hard not to notice it. This 15th-century construction is one of the largest gompas in Ladakh and design is compared often to Potala Palace.
Hemis Monastery: Salvation in Autumn
Hemis is among the largest monasteries in Ladakh, but I was obsessed more with amazing autumn landscapes & also with the unlikely Jesus theories linked to it.
Leh Old Town Heritage Walk
The heritage walk around Leh Old Town is a reminder of its status as a trade hub of the Silk Route. It covers Leh Palace, Tsemo Gompa, Central Asian Museum, Zorawar Fort, and much more.
An Autumnal Meander along the Leh-Manali Highway
Photographs of a Ladakhi autumn shot during an impromptu bike ride through various monasteries and villages along the Leh Manali highway. Yellow and orange of poplars and willows standout in contarst to the clear blue Himalayan sky.