Hello from my last day in Bangalore for more than a week. I'm so excited that tomorrow earrrrrrrly in the morning I fly up north to Delhi where I'll be visiting Agra and the Taj Mahal over the weekend. I have my camera ready to go s0 will try to get lots of pictures.
On Sunday I leave Delhi and fly up to a small town called Leh. Leh is in a region called Ladakh, which is the last valley before the Tibetan Plateau. The weather will be nice and cool and I will be surrounded by Himalayas! The town of Leh is at 10,000 feet so they advise taking a full day to acclimatize so you don't get sick from the altitude. It's in a Buddhist region in India and has lots of monasteries both in town and hanging precariously on cliffs in the outskirts of town. There are also apricot farms and supposedly other delicious fruits too.
A girl I met a few weeks ago decided to meet me in Leh so on Monday we'll get together and hire a guide and driver to take us on a jeep expedition through the mountains and valleys. There aren't too many routes to choose from, so we'll poke around and see which has the nicest scenery before deciding, but I'm angling for the one that takes us to a salt lake that's a remnant of the ocean that existed before India slammed into the rest of Asia. There's another lake nearby that belongs 3/4 to China, but we need special permits to travel there so not sure how it will play out. Either way, it all looked beautiful from a slideshow I saw and I can't wait.
A quick note about pictures... trying to use my laptop in the office has been a bit of a disaster (too many viruses on their network to make it worthwhile) but I've heard of a coffeeshop that has free wireless. When I get back from the north I'll bring my computer there and see if I can upload pictures to finally show what's been going on in this corner of the world.
love, julie
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