Ladhak odyssey (A Photo Blog)

I started this trip as a pilgrimage to Amarnath and I ended up sailing on the roads of Himachal, Ladhak, and Kashmir.

My first destination- Dharamshala

Dharamshala

Sitting in a park in Mcleodganj

Fog enveloped roads of Mcleodganj

Prayer wheels in Mcleodganj Market

Second Destination- Manali 

Busy Street of Manali.

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The canopy of Deodar trees.

Hadimba Temple, Manali

Hadimba Temple, Manali

On the way to Rohtang La.

Road disappearing in the clouds. 

Rohtang La covered with fog.

View after crossing Rohtang La

Leh-Manali Highway.

Somewhere on Leh-Manali Highway.

Sunset before reaching Keylong.

Deepaktal Lake.

Sarchu(14,070 fts.)

The backyard of my homestay.

Thiksey Monastery.

Thangka painting.

A pondering Monk.

Leh Palace.

I took the trail near Leh Palace.See the view from the top in next pictures.

On the way to Shey.

Hemis Monastery.

On the way to Hemis Monastery.

Maitri Buddha (Future Buddha)

View from Thiksey.

Shey Palace.

Where time has no meaning Kashmir.

Sonamarg.

Sonamarg-Thajiwas Glacier.

Where every piece of land is a beautiful landscape.

The hardest part of the trip was returning back to home.

I could not make it to Amarnath because of the Kashmir crisis also missed many places had to catch a bus to Jammu which was running after 16 days.

"But once mountains are in your blood you keep going to them again and again till you die."