Lesson 101
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The Turtuk crew
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We're missing sophie and Dom today as we make our way along the Shyok and Nubra rivers, to a small village that goes by the name of Turtuk
Engineering check
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Mr. Engineer inspecting the bridge before we cross it.
Largiap bridge
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Can you spot the red and white bus?
Masi Power!
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Check point
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Passport control 🛂
Turtuk - Apricot land
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Sometimes the simplest things in life are just the best
Cultural heritage museum
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Couple of artefacts in this museum managed by women. At least hoping that the fee goes into her pockets.... otherwise there wouldn't be much interest to visit
Turtuk - Yabgo palace
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Here an old man tells the stories of former dynasties and dignitaries....at least that's what I guess as I wasn't able to understand anything he said...
Turtuk suspended wooden bridge
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Maybe the most interesting attraction in town!
The trio again
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Freshly emerged from a tourist trap "museum" where fred and i were the guinea pigs for the group.
Harvesting barley
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...and letting it dry on the streets before processing it
Turtuk apricots garden
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Plucking fresh apricots in villagers' garden!
The cooling down sisters
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Stopped the traffic, halted the stream flow, so they could dip their legs in glacier water. These sisters, I tell you... !
And then everybody joined
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Weak bridge - one vehicle at a time
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Shaking things up a bit
Weak bridge - 5km/h speed limit
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I'm not sure our driver was aware of the speed limit on that bridge...
Getting good vib(es)rations!👍
No such thing
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When in Ladakh there's no such thing as too much laughter, too much lip balm, and too many apricots!
Pic courtesy Fred
Gobu from the mountains
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Desert Stroll
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Just a desert walk to end the day
Light painting 🖌️🎨
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Honing our light painting skills, day by day (should rather say night after night) to come up with some interesting results!
Morning view 🤩
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That's another amazing sight to start the day!
A mix of white sand dunes & snow coated mountains in the background, all of these showered by a handful of sunrays 🙂🌞
Gita from the cold Himalayan desert
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Deep in thought
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That's what these mountains do to you!
