One Indian and three Koreans

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Wrongly shown as "gompa on top of crag" in Charlie Loram's book, Trekking in Ladakh - www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/1873756755/ref=dp_top_cm...

Folded limestone, originally a marine basin between India and Eurasia.

It's so well camouflaged, it's hard to see.

We collected withered desert plants and yak dung and made a fine blaze.

Wrongly shown as "gompa on top of crag" in Charlie Loram's book, Trekking in Ladakh - www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/1873756755/ref=dp_top_cm...

Photo taken from the Swastika Campsite. The building in the foreground is the camp kitchen.

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The barbecue consisted of jacket potatoes, which made our evening meal more interesting but which the locals declined to try.

This structure is made out of jerrycans (discarded by the Indian Army?) thus lending a whole new meaning to the expression "jerry building".

Sign near the bus station

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This was my first trek on this trip, and as can be observed I had not yet started to shed those many kilos which I left behind in Ladakh.

Is it a coincidence that Basgo rhymes with Glasgow?

I've always had my ears pierced. I got the top of my left ear pierced when I was 16 or so, but I always wanted something else. I debated debated and finally, when I was 22, I went and got my belly pierced. I'm very happy I did it even though I'm the only one who ever sees it.