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Gypsy Women Got Leh'd

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This all started with a promise I had made a year ago, to a friend to accompany her to Leh.  For the love of travelling to this bucket listed destination, all other apprehensions took care of themselves. She initiated and we all followed the suit. Hence began the epic journey to the land of Lamas. Waking up irritably to the flight attendant’s announcement, the view from my window made me feel like almost free falling on the snow covered Himalayas. We were about to land precariously in the cold mountains of Ladakh.  View from the plane : Another Paradise The view was enough to take us away from the maddening Mumbai life to somewhere beautiful in matter of 3 hours. Kushak Bakula ( name for Leh airport)  is relatively a newer airport and that is where we met our driver cum guide cum fashion critic cum music playlist suggester, Mr,Tundup. LEH Jullay from Leh A visit to Shanti Stupa and Leh palace was the evening plan for the day afte...