Gompas or Gönpas (Tibetan: དགོན་པ།, dgon pa “remote place”, Sanskrit araṇya), also known as ling ( gling) The designs and interior details of gompas vary from region to region, they...
His Holiness visited Spiti in June 2009 and gave a teaching to many locals who came from nearby valleys to see him. The newly built monastery which was inaugurated by...
For Tibetan Buddhist monks and laity, artistic butter designs, known as torma or tsepdro, take on a spiritual role. Traditionally made using yak butter mixed with barley flour and coloring...
Passes in Tibetan are called La We are entering Spiti valley from Manali and Lahaul valley via the Rohtang pass. From the 4550m top of Kunzum La on a clear...
For millennia in Ladakh the many Buddhist Gompas that sprang up in this extarodinary landscape have nurtured and instructed the inner life for all who enter there. Just to step...
Gassing up ready to ride Here are some of the amazing friends and travellers that I have met over the past 14 years riding in the mountains. The freedom that...
On the road to Spiti Valley there are many bridges now crossing the might Sutlej river. The Tibet highway connecting this area with Tibet was cut into the mountain side...
Chiu Gompa built into the cliffs on a hill on the shores of Lake Manasarovar in Tibet Lake Manasarovar is near the source of the Sutlej River which is the...
Buddha Statue Guru Padmasambhava clothed in snow What an amazing planet we live on! And what an incredibly rich store of ancient traditions and knowledge still exists in these remote...
This is the mighty Sutlej river which begins in Tibet at Lake Mansarova. It has carved out this valley as it flows through india. Every few years massive flooding takes...
The mountain peak is of Kinnaur Kailash (elevation- 6050m)and Jorkanden (elevation- 6473m). Considered sacred by both Hindu and Buddhist Kinnauris and unveiled in all its splendor for us today! It...
On the way down from Jalori pass we were invited to a Local Wedding. There were some musicians and the very friendly people there were all dressed in their traditional...
Once we had found our homestay we went to the nearby Gompa. It is called Stansanling Gompa and is a large teaching gompa with many young monks living there. It...
We are revisiting the wonderful Nubra valley region of Ladakh. After a uneventful ride over the 5635m Khardumgla pass we opted to ride down one arm of the river Shyok...
Having easily crossed the Kardung La pass we opted to stop in the small village of Tsati where we were the guests of a local family. This is Sati village...
Spiti is very close to the Chinese border. It is remote, silent and beautiful here this full moon evening. We have ridden our bikes through the lower Spiti valley to...
Some old friends and I are doing a Himalaya bike ride this July 2023. It’s not an organised TOUR, But, rather a rambling… there are some side roads and remote...
Being inside and social isolating. In 1996 I started a long silent retreat. It was to be the most valuable gift that I have ever given to myself.It certainly was...
An early morning flight from Delhi to Leh The awe inspiring view from the airplane of the western Himalayan mountain range. We cruise effortlessly over hundreds of miles of mountains, lit...
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