Exhaustive, illustrated trail-guides, with detailed trekking maps, on the most popular treks in the Himalayas

 

Sample Page: Background Reading
 
Trekking in the Markha Valley is experiencing Ladakh in the raw. The people here live in a world that has changed little in generations
 
The guidebook has an entire chapter on the culture and history of Markha Valley, and on the Lamaist Buddhism that is practised there.
 
There are also sections to help identify deities in the gompas and on the religious structures you find all over Ladakh: chorten, mani wall and prayer wheels.
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