THE HIMALAYAN YETI (Brown beer)

Himalayan brown bear (deemo) is a very robust animal inhabiting hills and valley of the Hindu-Kush himalayan region.They have large body with powerfull limbs that terminate in the broad paws with five non-retrectable claws,which are mainly used for rapping and digging.The animals have tapering mizzele and round ears, and have excellent senses of smell and hearing. They have danse, Shaggy fur,which is dark brown sometimes with a silver tinge. The males are bulkier then the females,and weight up to 200kg.Brown bear can walk on there hand feed, and leave gigantic and almost human like footprints.According to its believers, even the Himalayan Yeti leaves a large human like imprint in the snow. A Japanese research , working in Nepal and Bhutan for more then a decade, trying to bust the myth of the Yeti opines that the Himalayan Yeti or the abominable snowman is nothing more then a Himalayan brown bear,althought efforts are still on to shed further light on this.

SAY IT IN LADAKHI (1)

1. JULLAY Hello,good bye,thank you etc.
   K'amzang? (Are you well)?
   K'amzang. (I'm) well.
   Tsapik. a Little bit.
   O,ju lay. Yes please.
   Man,Ju-ley No, thank you.
   Ama(ama-lay) Mother.
   Aba(aba-lay) Father
   No(no-no) Younger brother.
   No-mo Younger sister.
   Man(mun) No
   Skyot ley Please come/go
   Zhuks ley please sit/stay
   Zhangs ley Please stand
   Don eat/drink
   Zhimpo Rak it is tasty
   Zhimpo merak It is not tasty
   Tagi chapatti,any bread
   Cha Tea
   Cha ngarmo sweet tea
   Ch'u water
   ch'u skol boiled water.
   Zho yogurt, curd

LEH PALACE

LEH PALACE overlooks the Ladakh Himalayan town of Leh,modeled on the Potala palace in Lhasa,Tibet.The palace was build by kind singge Namgyal in the 17th century,but was later abandoned when dogras force took cantrol of Ladakh in the mid-19th century.The royal family moved to stok palace.Leh Palace is nine storeys high;the upper floors accommodated the royal family,the stables and store rooms were in the lower floors.
The palace ,a ruin,is currently being restored by the archeoligical survey of India.The palace is open to the public and the roof provides panoramic views of leh and
the surrounding areas.The mountain of stok kangri in the Zangskar mountain ramge is visible across the Indis valley to the south,with the Ladakh mountain range rising behind the palace to the north.

MISSION LADAKH

We have learnt that all relagions are the same and fighting in the name of relagion is wrong,said 12 year old gal.She was at the pologround for partispating in the public information campaign(PIC)lunched by the Press information bureau(PIB) to bring awerness amongs the people about verious centrelly sponsored scheme for the region. School childerns from verious educational groups took the part in the programme and pledged to make rural people living in there respective villages aware about the schemes. The Polo ground, the venue of the campaing,wore a festive look with about 36 stall put up by various government departments like education,health,animal husbandry,agriculture,forest,JK Bank,Tourisam,horticulture etc, to showcase there product and highlight there achievements. At these stalls,information regarding important central government programmes and how to avial the benefits under the programme was made available to the people ignorant of such project.
Specking on the occasion.Health Minester of J&K Government said that in spite of weak infrastructure and reluctance on the part of doctors to the comman man in far-off place like Leh and Kargil.He said that the government is hiring doctors on contract basis to serve the people of the region.Lots of work has been done and lots need to be done.We will not rest till the last man in state is guranteed of quality medication.

RAFTING IN LADAKH (zanskar River)

some fev pixs

BEST SEASON TO VISIT LADAKH

BEST SEASON TO VISIT LADAKH; June to October,as most of high passes and trekking routes remains closed after november due to heavy snowfall.However for chaddar trek the best period to visiting is during january to mid-march.
WHAT TO WEAR;Warm cloth and a wind sheeter or rain coat along with good water proof shoes are advicble for trekkings, while an extra pear of shoe or sandels, good spacious rucksack and a warm sleeping bag are also an asset while trekking above 4000 m .
BY ROAD;The srinagar-Leh road with a stretch of 434 km is the most popular land route to ladakh and remain open only from early june to november.The steep ascent of 11500 feet to Zojila is thrilling and exhilarating.One can easily get regular givernment and pravet buses along this route.
The secound most land route is the Manali- Leh road stretching across 473 km. It has been open recently and remains open mostly from mid-july to med- october the trip on this route become more intersting with the panoramic view of snow-clad peak of western himalaya on way.The most important passes and place of Ladakh are rotang pass hight of 3978 m on Manali leh road, which is a gateway to the Lahol and Spiti valley,Baralacha pass at the hight of 4892 m ,which is supposed to reach highest region of ladakh ,Zanskar range, a camping ground in zanskar.
By Air; Leh is connected by regular flight to and from delhi (daily) Jammu (twice a week) and srinagar (once a week).