From Lamayuru to Basgo, Ladakh

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Lamayuru Gompa


Creating a sand mandala


Breath-held concentration


Yak in the temple


Reeds


Tools of the trade


Hanging


Lounging at Lamayuru


Through the stupas


Ramshackle


Dusty prayer wheels


Head in hands


Rock formations


Mountain colour


Tin can planter


An ongoing problem


Looking over Lamayuru


Long and winding road


Momos and more


Trumpets at Rizong Gompa


Now aged eighteen, this monk joined Rizong at eleven, a particularly strict (no sleeves all year round) and isolated (at the end of a gorge) gompa


His Holiness


Flags and banners


Roadside chat



Alchi Gompa


Amongst the flowers


Dusk


Likir Gompa


Serene


Seated


The valley


Rooves


Cairn style stupas?


Just us


Last stop at Basgo Gompa


Eerily deserted - 3 monks and electricity failure


Nightfall