http://www.lightstalkers.org/galleries/contact_sheet/3129 Life at 14,000 feet above sea level is hard with no help from either nature or their more privileged countrymen. Yet, Ladakh is a wonderful region, unlike any other. People here are almost angel-like, even if they are Tibetan refugees who often can't put together three square meals a day. The strength of the beautiful and barren mountains is reflected in the people and they live everyday as if it were the only one they had. http://www.lightstalkers.org en-us http://images.lightstalkers.org/avatars/12067/content_me_small.jpg http://www.lightstalkers.org/rituparna chatterjee <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/76926/scene_small.jpg' /><br />a view that lasted only a few seconds, replaced by an equally magical one.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/76926'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/76926 Wed, 15 Aug 2007 23:30:52 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/76926 <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/76926/scene_small.jpg' /><br />a view that lasted only a few seconds, replaced by an equally magical one.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/76926'>view full-size image</a> rituparna chatterjee <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/76962/stairway_to_heaven_small.jpg' /><br />stairway to heaven<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/76962'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/76962 Wed, 15 Aug 2007 23:34:20 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/76962 <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/76962/stairway_to_heaven_small.jpg' /><br />stairway to heaven<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/76962'>view full-size image</a> rituparna chatterjee <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/76965/guardians_of_the_heavens_small.jpg' /><br />guardians of the heavens<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/76965'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/76965 Wed, 15 Aug 2007 23:34:33 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/76965 <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/76965/guardians_of_the_heavens_small.jpg' /><br />guardians of the heavens<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/76965'>view full-size image</a> rituparna chatterjee <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/76968/100-year-old_supercranky_lama_small.jpg' /><br />a 100-year-old very cranky lama<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/76968'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/76968 Wed, 15 Aug 2007 23:34:57 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/76968 <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/76968/100-year-old_supercranky_lama_small.jpg' /><br />a 100-year-old very cranky lama<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/76968'>view full-size image</a> rituparna chatterjee <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/76971/awwwww_small.jpg' /><br />a shy little boy<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/76971'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/76971 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 17:40:55 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/76971 <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/76971/awwwww_small.jpg' /><br />a shy little boy<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/76971'>view full-size image</a> rituparna chatterjee <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/76980/a_warm_local_Buddhist_reciting_his_prayers_on_manne_small.jpg' /><br />a warm local Buddhist reciting evening prayers on his manne<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/76980'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/76980 Wed, 15 Aug 2007 23:41:01 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/76980 <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/76980/a_warm_local_Buddhist_reciting_his_prayers_on_manne_small.jpg' /><br />a warm local Buddhist reciting evening prayers on his manne<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/76980'>view full-size image</a> rituparna chatterjee <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/76983/stealthy_chai_break_small.jpg' /><br />vendors steal a quick chai break in the daily tibetan refugees' market in Leh<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/76983'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/76983 Wed, 15 Aug 2007 23:43:15 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/76983 <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/76983/stealthy_chai_break_small.jpg' /><br />vendors steal a quick chai break in the daily tibetan refugees' market in Leh<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/76983'>view full-size image</a> rituparna chatterjee <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/76986/leh_158_small.jpg' /><br />little Tibetan girl with her favourite candy<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/76986'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/76986 Wed, 15 Aug 2007 23:46:34 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/76986 <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/76986/leh_158_small.jpg' /><br />little Tibetan girl with her favourite candy<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/76986'>view full-size image</a> rituparna chatterjee <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/76989/leh_110_small.jpg' /><br />a little ladakhi girl runs to her favourite playmate, her grandpa, as soon as she returns home from school, Changspa<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/76989'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/76989 Wed, 15 Aug 2007 23:59:00 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/76989 <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/76989/leh_110_small.jpg' /><br />a little ladakhi girl runs to her favourite playmate, her grandpa, as soon as she returns home from school, Changspa<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/76989'>view full-size image</a> rituparna chatterjee <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/76992/leh_148_small.jpg' /><br />a local female farmer, Changspa<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/76992'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/76992 Wed, 15 Aug 2007 23:58:45 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/76992 <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/76992/leh_148_small.jpg' /><br />a local female farmer, Changspa<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/76992'>view full-size image</a> rituparna chatterjee <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/76995/leh_134_small.jpg' /><br />a Ladakhi Muslim just after finishing his evening Namaaz, Changspa<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/76995'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/76995 Wed, 15 Aug 2007 23:58:28 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/76995 <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/76995/leh_134_small.jpg' /><br />a Ladakhi Muslim just after finishing his evening Namaaz, Changspa<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/76995'>view full-size image</a> rituparna chatterjee <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/76998/leh_032_small.jpg' /><br />Devotee, Hemis Gompa<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/76998'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/76998 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 00:06:29 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/76998 <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/76998/leh_032_small.jpg' /><br />Devotee, Hemis Gompa<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/76998'>view full-size image</a> rituparna chatterjee <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/77001/leh_040_small.jpg' /><br />lama, Theksin Gompa<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77001'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77001 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 00:05:51 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77001 <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/77001/leh_040_small.jpg' /><br />lama, Theksin Gompa<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77001'>view full-size image</a> rituparna chatterjee <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/77004/leh_125_small.jpg' /><br />a different kind of a hitchhiker<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77004'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77004 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 00:25:48 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77004 <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/77004/leh_125_small.jpg' /><br />a different kind of a hitchhiker<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77004'>view full-size image</a> rituparna chatterjee <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/77007/leh_020_small.jpg' /><br />man and mountain, Khalsar<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77007'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77007 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 00:11:35 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77007 <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/77007/leh_020_small.jpg' /><br />man and mountain, Khalsar<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77007'>view full-size image</a> rituparna chatterjee <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/77010/leh_139_small.jpg' /><br />Chinese music shop, Old Leh Market<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77010'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77010 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 00:15:11 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77010 <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/77010/leh_139_small.jpg' /><br />Chinese music shop, Old Leh Market<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77010'>view full-size image</a> rituparna chatterjee <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/77013/leh_010_small.jpg' /><br />An ad for a local laundry shop, Leh. Clothes are washed with melted snow that runs in the form of crystal-clear water in ancient gutters all across the valley.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77013'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77013 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 00:18:49 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77013 <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/77013/leh_010_small.jpg' /><br />An ad for a local laundry shop, Leh. Clothes are washed with melted snow that runs in the form of crystal-clear water in ancient gutters all across the valley.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77013'>view full-size image</a> rituparna chatterjee <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/77016/window_small.jpg' /><br />Window of a local house. Blankets are used as curtains, Diskit.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77016'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77016 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 00:24:00 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77016 <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/77016/window_small.jpg' /><br />Window of a local house. Blankets are used as curtains, Diskit.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77016'>view full-size image</a> rituparna chatterjee <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/77019/kitty_party_small.jpg' /><br />old friends together at dusk<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77019'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77019 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 00:30:47 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77019 <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/77019/kitty_party_small.jpg' /><br />old friends together at dusk<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77019'>view full-size image</a> rituparna chatterjee <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/77040/hemis_gompa_small.jpg' /><br />Hemis Gompa <br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77040'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77040 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 00:34:49 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77040 <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/77040/hemis_gompa_small.jpg' /><br />Hemis Gompa <br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77040'>view full-size image</a> rituparna chatterjee <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/77070/Tibetan_Buddhist_masks_small.jpg' /><br />Tibetan Buddhist masks, Old Leh Market<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77070'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77070 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 00:49:21 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77070 <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/77070/Tibetan_Buddhist_masks_small.jpg' /><br />Tibetan Buddhist masks, Old Leh Market<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77070'>view full-size image</a> rituparna chatterjee <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/77073/woman_praying_at_Hemis_Gompa_small.jpg' /><br />Woman praying at Hemis Gompa<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77073'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77073 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 00:50:29 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77073 <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/77073/woman_praying_at_Hemis_Gompa_small.jpg' /><br />Woman praying at Hemis Gompa<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77073'>view full-size image</a> rituparna chatterjee <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/77076/Thiksay_Gompa_small.jpg' /><br />The world's highest (and coldest) Cold Drink Shop at 14,000 ft above sea level, Thiksay Gompa.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77076'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77076 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:46:42 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77076 <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/77076/Thiksay_Gompa_small.jpg' /><br />The world's highest (and coldest) Cold Drink Shop at 14,000 ft above sea level, Thiksay Gompa.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77076'>view full-size image</a> rituparna chatterjee <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/77079/The_entrance_of_the_Lamas__residence__Thiksay_Gompa_small.jpg' /><br />The entry to the lamas' residence, Thiksay Gompa<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77079'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77079 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 01:00:09 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77079 <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/77079/The_entrance_of_the_Lamas__residence__Thiksay_Gompa_small.jpg' /><br />The entry to the lamas' residence, Thiksay Gompa<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77079'>view full-size image</a> rituparna chatterjee <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/77082/Local_children_at_Leh_Palace_small.jpg' /><br />Local children, Leh Palace.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77082'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77082 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 00:50:02 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77082 <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/77082/Local_children_at_Leh_Palace_small.jpg' /><br />Local children, Leh Palace.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77082'>view full-size image</a> rituparna chatterjee <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/77085/cowshed_by_the_Indus_small.jpg' /><br />Cowshed by the Indus<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77085'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77085 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 00:49:40 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77085 <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/77085/cowshed_by_the_Indus_small.jpg' /><br />Cowshed by the Indus<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77085'>view full-size image</a> rituparna chatterjee <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/77088/A_lama_rushing_for_prayers__Thiksey_Gompa_small.jpg' /><br />A lama rushing for evening prayers, Thiksay Gompa<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77088'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77088 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 00:47:14 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77088 <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/77088/A_lama_rushing_for_prayers__Thiksey_Gompa_small.jpg' /><br />A lama rushing for evening prayers, Thiksay Gompa<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77088'>view full-size image</a> rituparna chatterjee <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/77091/Thiksey_small.jpg' /><br />Thiksay<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77091'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77091 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 00:52:16 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77091 <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/77091/Thiksey_small.jpg' /><br />Thiksay<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77091'>view full-size image</a> rituparna chatterjee <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/77094/indus_river_small.jpg' /><br />The Indian Indus (or Sindhu)that soon runs into the neighbouring country of Pakistan<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77094'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77094 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 01:14:26 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77094 <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/77094/indus_river_small.jpg' /><br />The Indian Indus (or Sindhu)that soon runs into the neighbouring country of Pakistan<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77094'>view full-size image</a> rituparna chatterjee <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/77097/shanti_stoopa__Changspa_small.jpg' /><br />Shanti Stoop, Changspa<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77097'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77097 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 01:13:21 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77097 <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/77097/shanti_stoopa__Changspa_small.jpg' /><br />Shanti Stoop, Changspa<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77097'>view full-size image</a> rituparna chatterjee <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/77100/bikers_small.jpg' /><br />Yet another troop of bikers<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77100'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77100 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 01:12:56 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77100 <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/77100/bikers_small.jpg' /><br />Yet another troop of bikers<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77100'>view full-size image</a> rituparna chatterjee <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/77103/the_last_sunset__Leh_small.jpg' /><br />The Last Sunset, Leh<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77103'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77103 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 01:12:26 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77103 <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/77103/the_last_sunset__Leh_small.jpg' /><br />The Last Sunset, Leh<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/77103'>view full-size image</a> rituparna chatterjee