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  Some Mutton MOMOS.  In a tea shop in Uphasi.  Ride Back Home..... The Thikse Monastry The Thikse monastery is one of the largest and architecturally most extraordinary gompas of this area. It houses images, stupas and murals of Lord Buddha, finely intricate in its style and design.

Alchi Monastry one of the oldest monastries built in around the 10th century

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Narrow Walk way to Alchi Monastry filled with apricot and green apple trees on top.
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Indus River Originating in the Tibetan plateau of western China in the vicinity of Lake Mansarovar in Tibet Autonomous Region , the river runs a course through the Ladakh district of Jammu and Kashmir Province of Indian and then enters Pakistan via the Northern Areas ( Gilgit - Baltistan ), flowing through the North in a southerly direction along the entire length of Pakistan , to merge into the Arabian Sea near the port city of Karachi in Sindh . The total length of the river is 3,180 kilometers (1,976 miles) and it is Pakistan's longest river. The river has a total drainage area exceeding 1,165,000 square kilometers (450,000 square miles). The river's estimated annual flow stands at around 207 cubic kilometers, making it the twenty-first largest river in the world in terms of annual flow. Beginning at the heights of the world with glaciers , the river feeds the ecosystem of temperate forests, plains and arid countryside. Together with the rivers Jhelum , Che...
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Leh roads Magnetic Hill. It defies gravity.You park your car up hill and take your legs off of the brake pedel the vehicle continues to move upwards. Its incredible. Moves against gravity.  Magnetic Hill