To get to the magical Zanskar valley one must travel through a part of Jammu and Kashmir state that is far from what we knew from Ladakh. After we got closer to the town of Kargil suddenly we entered a Muslim territory. White stupas and Buddhist temples gave place to mosques and pictures of Shia […]Continue Reading
13AugLeh to Kargil
We left Leh behind and finally started our way towards Zanskar. To get there, we had to cover over 450 kilometres. We have decided to take our time and go really slowly - visiting small villages on the way and enjoying the road. Most of the road from Leh to Kargil goes along the mighty […]Continue Reading
08AugMani stones
Since there is not much going on on our website at the moment, we would like to present a small gallery of the pictures taken on the way to and in the Zanskar Valley. We passed piles of “mani stones” - pieces of rock with mantras and deities carved in them everywhere we went. They […]Continue Reading
12JulNubra Valley
We spent quite a while in Leh, mostly recovering after 5 weeks of intense cycling and after days in bed we needed a new adventure. We decided to visit Nubra Valley - famous of its proximity to Pakistan and high passes that one needs to climb to get there. To reach Khardung La from […]Continue Reading
30JunManali - Leh highway, Part 2
Here is the second part of the pictures from our Manali - Leh highway adventure: Cycling there involved crossing numerous very high passes, such as Nakeela (real hight around 4950m). Lachulungla Pass - 5059m: One morning we had a surprise in front of our tent - a Ladakhi shepherd welcomed us to the great plains […]Continue Reading


