Showing posts with label ladakh. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ladakh. Show all posts

Tuesday, 17 August 2021

Ladakh India - Little Tibet (II)


"All know the way , but very few actually walk it"   (Buddha)


After three days of resting, my condition is getting better. So i started walking around and booked a trip to visit some Buddhist monasteries around Ladakh.

Why does Ladakh have little tibet name...? Because a lot of tibetan refugees moved here and have a big influence on the spirituality and daily lives of the people of ladakh.

Even though my 8 days journey here was not easy, but I am falling in love with this land. And make promise , I will come back and explore another side of the ladakh



The Monastery : Hemis Monastery, Shey Monastery , Thiksey Monastery & Shanti Stupa



Cost of Journey :

I rent 5 hour car for 150 US$ (5 hour you have enough time to visit theree monasteries around)

Saturday, 17 July 2021

Ladakh India - The Little Tibet (I)

Ladakh is the one destination that i have wanted to visit since 2010. This region known as "Little Tibet", is a bastion of  Buddhist calm in a wild region. Ladakh owns many old monasteries and has a strong root of Tibetan Buddhism in India.

Even though this place is stand in a  conflict area , between Jamu Kashmir and Border of Pakistan, still we can call this place heaven on earth. Not just because of the view but the people here are very spiritual and also peaceful.

How to reach Ladakh..?

Many traveller pick road trip, from delhi or other city because beautiful scenery around. And road trip good for acclimatization. Because  ladakh is situated at an altitude of 3524 m making it difficult for visitor to breath beng in low in oxygen.

But i don't have time to do road journey. So i book flight from Jakarta to Delhi then book direct flight to Ladakh. And i read go direct from Delhi to Ladakh can give worst altitude sickness.

So I'm Ready for that

The first landing everything seemed okay, check in at the hotel, have breakfast, and the hotel people warn me to just rest and dont walk too much. 

So the first day i just stayed in the hotel and all feel ok, but after one day  i felt my head start spinning.  i have difficult time just  to walk and feel very weak. I start vomiting and my nose start bleeding non stop.

The Hotel Manager was worried with my condition, so He sent me to hospital to get fast treatment and injecton at 9 PM.

When i reached leh hospital, it is full of people who got altituded sicknes. So need queu to get treatment. And the doc says my Oxygen level is 68% the medicine will not help me. So he gave me some injections i forgot what is that. He just asks me to rest till i feel ok to walk again. 

From all the treatment i just need to pay around 12$

Yes my first destination in Ladakh is Hospital 💓