Green Kashmir, Brown Ladakh
Green Kashmir, Brown Ladakh Leh diary -1 Last time I had said that I would be travelling for some days, and travel I did for a week, in the rough terrains of our guardian hills/mountains in the north. Now, I am not among the people who risk their lives, limbs or any other part of their anatomy for the sake of fun, excitement or adventure. My endeavour is to preserve whatever I was born with, so much so that a run or a game of badminton seems like an adventure to me. You can well imagine why therefore, driving around Leh was an almost -expedition for me. Mani who is of course, on the other extreme on the adventure spectrum, promised that it was a once-in-a-lifetime-experience and we must go before our bodies start complaining of wear and tear and one is unable to go. The minus point was that two days was not enough time to prepare myself for this venture after my languorous Kolkata trip. Those who have seen Leh would tell you how exciting the route is, how beautiful are t...