Beata Malinowska is breathless as she catches up with the group at the foot of the ski slopes. Óh, I am soooo hot” she drawls, her eyes rolling back into her forehead and her knees buckling under her in mock exhaustion, although the temperature is …

After eight days spent exploring the remote Zanskar valley we, a group of three women, retrace our footsteps through the same route by which we came – Rangdum, Parkachik, Panikhar, Suru and Sankhoo to get back to Kargil to begin the second leg of our …

At 14000 feet above sea level, Penzi La may be the official gateway to Zanskar, a valley embedded deep in the entrails of Ladakh, but it is Drang Drung, the towering glacier just a few meters past Penzi La that dominates your digital lens and …

During our long trip from Srinagar to Leh and thence to Nubra Valley, thanks to our friends in the Indian Army, we manage to obtain the necessary permit to visit the Siachen Base Camp, the highlight of our journey to Nubra. Soon after we descend …

                                                          “Stock up on pain balms, spare spectacles and take an oxygen cylinder” advises a friend when he comes to know of my plans to drive into Spiti in an all senior-citizens’ group. I am slightly apprehensive about the impending altitude sickness to which I …

A Tale of Two Rivers – Chandrabaga & Shyok Ladakh beckoned again. Two years ago, I had travelled from Demchok on the Indo-Tibetan border, where a youthful Indus enters Indian territory and courses through some spectacular mountainscape in Ladakh only to take its leave – …

A sliver of mist has descended upon Neelkanth, curling around his crown like a gossamer scarf. Flanked by two dark massifs, much like security guards escorting a VIP, Neelkanth dazzles. The chance to catch a glimpse of his snowy majesty is reason enough to brave …