Category: Ladakh

A beautiful house drenched in golden sunlight surrounded by barley fields and the barren Greater Himalayas in Dras.

Why visit Drass?

It all began with Drass. The discovery of beauty in barren brown mountains, the intensity of (let’s call them) anti-green landscapes and the thumping sound of the heart in the ears. The

Four kids of the nomadic shepherd tribe called Gujjar from Kashmir doing an Indian dance called bhangra and singing with broad smiles on their faces in the beautiful landscape of Thajiwas glacier in Sonmarg.

The kids of the hills…

The people you meet on the road are the most impactful part of any travel. Especially the kids. Times spent with the kids are some of our fondest memories. These

A family, owner of the homestay we stayed at in Lamayuru known as Temple View, of mother father son and daughter pose for a family portrait in their kitchen just before the kids leave for their school in Leh.

7 Himalayan families which stunned us with their hospitality

An unanswered question still haunts us. If they were visitors in our city, guests in our homes, would we have treated them the same? Would they go back thinking the same

Lamayuru is a small village 100 km before Leh on the Srinagar-Leh highway. Its claim to fame is the moonlike landscape surrounding Lamayuru. So much so, that Lamayuru and moonland have become synonymous. They even have guest houses named Moonland in Lamayuru! The best view of this "moonland"; is from the top of the meditation hill in Lamayuru. As you get to the top and proceed to the edge, a surreal landscape awaits you!

Lamayuru, the moonland of Ladakh

“Where can we find moonland?” “It’s right behind this hillock.” That’s a normal conversation in Lamayuru! Lamayuru is a small village in Ladakh, midway between Kargil and Leh on NH1-D,