Introduction: Abdul Gani Dar was born in Hunder, a village in the Leh district of Jammu and Kashmir. It is located in Nubra Tehsil, on the bank of Shyok River. He is pursuing a distant educational M.A in Urdu from Kashmir University. The Green willow cottage is based near Powerhouse stream in Hunder. The cottage started […]
The Zanskar valley in Ladakh is one of the most beautiful valleys in the region with the ever-changing landscape and close encounters with nature’s beauty such as snow peaks, glaciers, long unwinding cold desert, gorges, etc. Zanskar river is known for its white water river rafting. The Zanskar river rafting is considered as the World’s […]
Introduction Tashi Chondroling was born in Tangste, a village in the Leh district of Jammu and Kashmir, India which lies 49 km before Pangong Lake. Tashi aunty, as we at TLOW call her affectionately was born and brought up in Tangste only. She completed her high school in Tangste as well. She has two daughters […]
ChangLa is on the way to Pangong Lake from Leh. The name literally means “Pass towards the South” or “Pass in the South” (Chang = south, La = Pass). The small town of Tangste is the nearest settlement. The Changla Pass is the main gateway for the Changthang Plateau situated in the Himalayas. The nomadic […]
Q. Where is Ladakh located?Ladakh is a Union Territory of North India. Q. Is Ladakh safe?Yes, Ladakh is an extremely safe place to travel to. Unlike the rest of J&K, Ladakh has not been affected by any kind of conflict till date. Q. What about the Chinese issue?The issues with China are an ongoing thing […]
The place where beautiful mountains never cease to exist. It left me awestruck, the first time I laid my eyes on those mesmerising snow-capped hills. It made sense to me to choose ‘The land of wanderlust’ to embark my journey to Ladakh because it wasn’t just a tick-off the bucket list thing for me, it […]
Like every “Travel-Head”, Ladakh was on my list as well since a really long time. I realised that if I wanted to visit this place, then my job cannot be an excuse. So, within a day, I made up my mind, and called Sherwin to reserve a place for me. There were absolutely no sound […]
A visit to Lady Dolma, While returning back from Pangong Tso my good friend and Ladakh head, Lhawang stopped our vehicle near Tso Lak around 25km from our home stay in the village of Tangtse. Lhawang told me he had a special person I should meet. An old nomadic lady named Dolma, who lives in […]
While I sit here facing a range of foggy mountains, I could do nothing but relate this trip to my favorite song. How the girl gets tired of her day in and day out job. She then decides for once and all to leave everything behind and be one with the road. She lives in […]
Turtuk (Tur-tuk) is a tiny Baltic village on the border of India and Pakistan. It is surely the prettiest village in the whole of Ladakh, if not in all of India. Here is a list of 10 things to do while in the village of Turtuk. 1. Pluck apricots in Turtuk Backpack to Turtuk in […]