Day five of the Markha Valley trek takes you up to the Kongmaru-La pass at 5,260M or 17,250 feet in […]
Up
The Markha Valley trek has actually been relatively gentle with us so far, even though it hasn’t always felt like […]
Hankar
It’s amazing what a bit of sleep can do. We actually felt more or less ready to walk to Hankar […]
Markha Valley
Last night’s supper was a robust affair. A delicate spicy/sour vegetable soup with crispy poppadoms followed by platefuls of fat […]
Trekking
Ok so this is what we came here for and after four days of getting used to being at cruising […]
Snow
We’ll get to the snow in a bit, but first to Leh Palace! Built by King Sengge Namgyal in the […]
Nimmu and Leh
There isn’t a whole lot to the village of Nimmu. A few tiny crumbling houses being rapidly overshadowed by some […]
Ladakhi
We’re in the village of Nimmu in Kashmir. I’m sitting in the shade of an almond tree in the orchard […]
Expo West, Flagstaff AZ
It used to be only weatherbeaten Australians who talked about “Overlanding” and then mostly in the context of driving sheep […]
Overlanding
“Overlanding: self-reliant overland travel to remote destinations where the journey is the primary goal” Overland Journal Standing in a damp […]
