Oct 4, 2009 - Leh to Srinigar

Leh to Srinigar in a shared minivan.Leh to Srinigar in a shared minivan....

Jul 18, 2009 - En Route to Srinagar in the Kashmir Valley - Leh to Kargil

org/wiki/Kargil_town" target="_blank">Kargil after stopping off at a campsite which demanded an exorbitantly high price (something around the equivalent of US$70) for us to camp there. ... org/wiki/Kargil_town" target="_blank">Kargil, we are paying the equivalent of about US$3. ... org/wiki/Kargil_town" target="_blank">Kargil a short time later, we might as well have been in a different country, so different was the feel of the city to what we had experienced over the past month in Kargil in the late afternoon, which seems little more than a grotty transit town, we felt glad we would not be spending a full day in the city. ... org/wiki/Kargil_town" target="_blank">Kargil’s central mosque over a blaring loudspeaker dominates the night air here - even on this hilltop overlooking the city where we are staying this evening - , we know the Jump to full entry

Aug 6, 2007 - Ley to Kargil - the horror of the mud!

What a special birthday treat! Left Ley at 8am in light rain until morning chai break, then much heavier rain to lunch at the 1000-year old monastery of Lamayuru. After lunch, what used to be a good sealed highway was covered in deep slippery mud all the way to Kargil. ... Kargil is a sad town (shelled by the Pakistanis in the 1999 war) - people are here because they have to be - army, passing through, or nowhere else to go. ... Worst hotel of the trip, with intermittent electricity, poor food and a don't care attitude from the owners.What a special birthday treat! Left Ley at 8am in light rain until morning chai break, then much heavier rain to lunch at the 1000-year old monastery of Lamayuru. After lunch, what used to be a good sealed highway was covered in deep slippery mud all the way to Kargil. ... Kargil is a sad town (shelled by the Pakistanis in the 1999 war) - people are here because they have to be - army, passing through, or nowhere else to go. ... Worst hotel of the trip, with intermittent electricity, poor food and a don't care attitude from the owners....