We visited Leh Palace, which was only a 3-minute drive from the hotel, in the morning. It was built in 1600 by Sengge Namgyal, the king of Ladakh when it was at its zenith and…

We met a very pleasant American gent during breakfast who was suffering from an AMS headache and gave his breakfast to his driver. It seems we can only come to Pangong with an officially-recognised taxi…

Today was utterly spectacular. We set off from the guest house at Nubra Valley and took a different route out of the village through sand dunes and clumps of bushes with the road along a…

We had to travel by taxi to Nubra Valley because, according to Mukesh the state of the road which would wreck his car, but is likely to be the insistence of the taxi driver’s union….

The road out of Kargil (2,765 metres ASL) crosses a bridge over the river and serpentines up through some very pleasant countryside with the road lined with bundles of straw being dried for fodder. It…

Today was a mixed day. We started by having a coffee in our room and discussing our itinerary with Mukesh. He had obtained a quote of £455 for a jeep ride to Pangong Lake which…