Leh, Ladakh IN
Sept. 21 - 24,  2007
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Here's the Buddha in the Gonpa. It's three stories tall. There's a hole through the floor where he sticks up through. You can't really get a picture of his full height because of the darkness down below and as the sign says - no flash. 


Here's a picture of Thiksey Gonpa in its entirety as we were leaving . The red buildings at the top is where we were. The white buildings on the hillside are residences and other similar type facilities. 


After the gonpa we stopped at Shey Palace. Like Leh palace it was destroyed years ago and is currently being restored. There were a few things we could check out amongst the reconstruction. On the path up to the palace was this wall of prayer wheels. Amber wallked by spinning most of them. I saw something simlar to this at the gonpa too. 

 
This is the view up the valley toward Leh.  I love the contrast of the bleak hill next to the green valley at its base.


This was the Buddha of Shey Palace. It was constructed around 1633 and is also three stories tall.  The pictures don't come anywhere close to capturing the size of these things. If I were to stand next to it, I would be about the size of one of his ears.


This was a good example of a prayer wall. There were a bunch through town, but it was hard to take pictures of them with all the people around.
 


Down from the prayer wall was this carving . Amber said there were more in the valley, but over time have erroded away. 

 
Driving back through town, I tried taking more pictures of the people. This was a family walking down the street. I didn't even notice the chickens for sale in the shop behind them until I saw the picture. 


Here's a bunch of school kids coming home. This was on a Saturday too. All the school kids I saw in the Leh area had uniforms. I remember the kids I saw in the Agra area had uniforms too. They (the kids in Agra) also went to school on Saturday.


Just a scenory shot as we were rolling down the road.


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