Our Trekking Journey
We arrived in Leh, India on the 1st of June and spent two days getting used to the altitude (12,000 ft.) before heading out on our adventure
   

We flew to Bangkok and then Delhi. The next flight to Leh was in 6 hrs. ..
Zeeb and Kristine hang out... we had to sleep in the airport for 6 hours ..
Driving out of the Leh airport to the village of Stok
No heat in the hotel! Brian gets ready for bed
Kristine wakes up to coffee and a beautiful day
We did a small 3 hour trek around the village of Stok
Stok villager getting ready for the summer planting..the season is only 100 days
Cheesy picture...Stok La mountain is in the background
Local villager kids
Zeeb and our guides strolling along
comercialism ...in the middle of no where
Kristine, Zeeb, and Duti
The next day we visted a local school, Lamdon. These students are doing homework
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"Study hall" help
Bill Kite (our host for the trek) points out features of the school
Morning assembly...the students sing the Indian anthem and a Buddhist prayer
 
The schools band plays a song for the assembly. The band only had old drums....
...bamboo flutes...
and other old percussion instruments
The discipline in a 4 yr old class was amazing.
A view of the dormitory from above the school.
A prayer flag next to the highest passable roadway in the world
The town of Leh from above
The (unused) Leh Palace