Be Our Guest: part 3

Continuation of Be Our Guest:

 

Part 3:

 

Day 6: First thing in the morning our casualty was evacuated to Delhi, where he was seen by a real doctor in a real hospital, then put on a plane for the states. About a dozen screws and a metal plate later, he's recovering nicely, but it's gonna take some time.  The rest of us still had a day to kill in Leh, so we saw some sights. Above is a valley just outside of Leh.

A few kilometers further outside of Leh was Phyang Monastery. This portion was under construction and the monks let us in to take a few photos. Very cool.

The Dali Lama spends a lot of time in this part of India and has a house just south of Leh.  He wasn't home at the time, but some nice Tibetan guy showed us around anyway.

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A few more scenes from in and around Leh. The place is really cool and would not mind returning again someday for a little more sight seeing. Himalayan mountain towns have a very cool, mellow vibe about them.



"Shanti Stupa" in Leh. There are several of these Stupas around the world that were built by a Japanese Buddhist organization to promote peace. This one was on a hilltop just behind our hotel. When the family visited Nepal some time ago (Kathmandu & Pokhara blog 10/2011) we visited the Shanti Stupa just outside of Pokhara.

Leh Palace. An old palace, mostly in ruins now. However, you can walk through and climb over most of it and get some pretty cool views of Leh.

We flew back from Leh to Delhi only three of us now after seven days in the Himalayas as scheduled.