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Tourist & Trekking Guide to
Ladakh and Zanskar
Including Karakoram & Srinagar Valley
Manmohan Singh Bawa |
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A visit to
Ladakh, the ruggedly picturesque land with
spectacular mountains, high passes, towering peaks,
glittering glaciers with imposing gompas provide a
unique flavor, a plethora of thrills and rich
sublime ness, where traditions have remained
unchanged for centuries.
Trekking choices in Ladakh (Zanskar, around Leh, and
Nubra/Shyok valleys). both long and short, abound.
The book provides useful information regarding
preparations for Trekking; health & medicine;
practical information; Trekking Routes around Leh,
Rupshu and Eastern Karakoram. Visits to hill-top
Buddhist gompas and far flung Pangong and Tso Moriri
lakes over breath-taking valleys are pleasant
excursions.
The author, Manmohan Singh Bawa has been trekking in
the Himalayan ranges for the last 40 years.
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Preface
- The Himalaya
- Ladakh: History and the Past
- Preparations for Trekking
- Health and Medicine during Trekking
- Leh, a Town of Contrasts
- Practical Information
- Trekking in and Around Leh
- Pangong Tso, Zanskar and Kargil
- Rupshu
- Nubra and Shyok Valleys
- Eastern Karakoram
- Srinagar Valley
Index
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Manmohan Singh
Bawa, has
done his Master's in History and has deep interest in archaeology and
anthropology. He is a freelance artist, cartographer and writer, extensively
travelled throughout India, the Middle East, Europe and the American
continent. He has been trekking in the Himalaya for the last 40 years and
has walked extensively throughout the length and breadth of the Himalayan
ranges. Among mapping activities he has compiled and drawn a series of the
Himalayan maps for Air India and for Leomann Maps which have been widely
appreciated and used by trekkers from all over the world. His publications
include for collections of short stories, two novels and several books on
adventure and trekking in different languages. One adventure book has won an
Indian national award of NCERT. For much of the year he resides in Dalhousie
in Himachal Pradesh.
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