Ladakh

The Last Shangri-La . . .

Anonymous — Thu, 21 Mar 2002 19:42:18 +0000

Travelers and geographic experts have referred to it as the "desert in the sky" where greedy mountains deprive the land of rain and global warming has depleted the glacier run-offs increasingly with...

Eco-tourists take to village life in India's 'Little Tibet'

Anonymous — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:03:11 +0000

Himalayan Homestays, is a program that allows trekkers to sleep and eat with families in the Hemis National Park or Sham and Zanskar mountains of India . . .

A New Museum for Ladakh, India

Anonymous — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:50:21 +0000

A new museum in the Hemis monastery hopes to preserve the local culture in Ladakh, a region nestled high in the Himalayas and part of India's Jammu and Kashmir state . . .

Buddhist sect celebrates 800th anniversary in Ladakh

Anonymous — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 19:04:03 +0000

The Drukpa, or "dragon" sect of Tibetan Buddhism, marks its 800th year . . .

Tourist boom brings threat to Leh's Tibetan architecture

Anonymous — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 16:53:20 +0000

Leh is the capital of India's Buddhist Ladakh region. It's Old Town has just been put on the World Monuments Fund's list of the world's 100 most endangered sites . . .