Saturday, August 4, 2012

Leh and the listings

Leh and the listings  

The visit to Thiksay monastery, Shey Palace and Upshi  took me to a road that went past Sindhu Darshan Site and Riglam School Choglamsar. On the way there were prayers and renditions on preserving water and steps one need to take. In Leh a better part was spent in sketching details about lodges and the non existent litter in different roads. Roads were fairly clean and some among the residents engaged in laughter realm. 
  
In leh there was JIG-GYAS Guest House in upper tukcha road followed by sighting of  " for sale WB 01 N 9544 (bullet electra 1999) bike stationed on Changspa Road.

Search for lodges led me to
- In Zangsti Road Ti -sei guest house (500 rs) with an information :  put rs 5 in the box and take clean            filtered water
- malpak guest house (300-400 rs);  old man saying prayers.
- unique dry cleaners washing all types clothes
- internet high speed connection from satellite
- dental clinic Dr Norboo BDS MDS
- Ladakh Arts Tibetan & Ladakh handicrafts (for taking prayer wheel), near Hotel Lingzi
- internship file for B Ed course for distance education University of Kashmir Available here.
- Zal softy corner popcorn, mango shake, badam shake.
- Karma video production (for radio cassette on "Chants of Tibet")
- Ladakhi movies " Skal- wa", "Tokshal" (movies made in Leh)

Other attractions were

 - Tourist Post Office Philately Counter (Leh City Post Office inaugurated by Chief Postmaster General J-K circle on 5th Sept. 2011); Services available -speed post, registered post, philatelic material, pic post cards, stamps, PLI/RPLI, stamps, stationery items, std isd/pco, packing.

Going inside Gonpa Soma Leh, etched is the message
- "commit not one unwholesome deed., subdue your mind in its entirety.
   but gather a wealth of virtue. this is the teaching of Buddha"

Some sightings in main bazar came as
- La montessori tibetan rest't
- tibetan city corner rest't
- classmate book centre/ladakh news agency
- Ladakh Buddhist Association (LBA)
- Tibetan Refugee market,  Nimalung old road.
- Tibetan Refugee market, Changspa Road
- Tibetan Refugee handicraft and jewellery market , Fort Road, near J&K Bank, Leh-Ladakh.
- Hard Yak embroidery ( for T-Shirt), Fort Road
- refill water (apricot juice ( all types of dry fruit and apricot oil)
eco friendly local products available here (in changspa road)
- moravian mission school leh-ladakh est 1877 branches matho khalatse, dzomsa 
- the good-for-all shop environment friendly products here
In Upper Changspa the board next to Changspa Bridge elaborates the name of lodges:
- Gomang Guest House(GH), Zeepata GH, Nurbo GH, Lamo GH , Samba GH, Solpon GH, Raiwa GH,  Zee GH,  Himalayan Retreat GH, Trigum GH, Tsetan GH. 


Occasionally i sighted one bike with number  ABB 6633


Changspa bridge
Operation Sadhbhavna
Changspa bridge inaugurated on Jan 2009 by Chief Executive Councillor of Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council. Span 8.0 m

On Changspa the shops and sentiments came as
- broadband internet
- shalom cafe
- heaven arts emporium
- laundry shop
- crossroad rest't 
- peace adventure tour & travels
- golden peak adventure
- Vista internet
- the gift emporium
- babylon rest't
- the Tibetan thanka art gallery
- wonderland rest't
- markha tour & travels
- ultimate Himalayan venture
- discover Ladakh
- offbeat adventure
- Indo-Himalayan trek & tours
- julley money exchange no commission
- zen garden rest't
- rice bowl tibetan rest't

- otsal rest't
- cyber cafe hi-speed internet
- otsal guest house
- asia guest house 
- Ishe padma provision store (the old man with specks at the counter seem to relish the conversation and    residents/tourists need to take daily necessities from his store)
- explore cyber cafe
- himalayan journeys
- larchang  guest house and rest't
- snowfall laundry

During the stay in Leh -Ladakh, the foremost message that came was this area is in acute shortage of water and power. Net connections stand at 90 rs an hour; some years ago it was as steep as 120 rs. 
Hope Alchi hydroelectric project, which is expected to commence next year, is able to tide over power crisis. As for conversations with a strong recall,  Karma video production (for radio cassette on "Chants of Tibet") was handy. Nowhere in Mcleodganj or Leh i could gain access to Radio Cassette on "Chants of Tibet". And here in Karma video production and the lady manning the store near Imperial Bakery was helpful. Equally cooperative was the Imperial Bakery boy. For taking the prayer wheel  Ladakh Arts Tibetan & Ladakh handicrafts, near Hotel Lingzi and the lady at the counter was courtesy personified.
Ishe padma provision store and the old man with specks at the counter who has a daughter nun in Mcleodganj should never be on a retreat. He deserves affection from all quarters.











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