With snow-capped mountains, bearing the onslaught of bitter cold winds, overlooking desolate deserts, The Ladakh region, in India has one of the starkest topographies anywhere in the world. On a recent trip to the region I discovered that the barren moonscape terrain has been clothed in colors of Life. ‘Red’ being the chief among them! This photo essay is an attempt to showcase the ‘Red’ signifying – religion, faith, tenacity, innocence, friendship, protection, respect, grandeur – of life in Ladakh
The theme this week at Where’s my Backpack? is ‘Red’. Hope you enjoyed my composition. Do visit other entries at
http://cinova.wordpress.com/2012/09/08/travel-theme-red/
http://www.budgettraveltalk.com/2012/09/13/travel-theme-red/
http://godslover.wordpress.com/2012/09/13/travel-theme-red/
http://mywordwall.wordpress.com/2012/09/12/travel-theme-red/
http://pictureperfectmemoriesforlife.wordpress.com/2012/09/12/travel-theme-red/
http://chasingbutterfliessunshineandfreedom.wordpress.com/2012/09/12/travel-theme-red/
http://laavventura.wordpress.com/2012/09/12/travel-theme-red/
http://shaggygirl.wordpress.com/2012/09/12/travel-theme-red/
http://theurgetowander.com/2012/09/10/travel-themes-curvas-rojo/
http://adinparadise.wordpress.com/2012/09/10/ailsas-travel-theme-red/
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- 10 stunning photos of Ladakh and Leh (mahindrahomestays.com)
- The Ladakh Festival (mahindrahomestays.com)
- an aerial view of Zanskar near Leh, Ladakh (ireport.cnn.com)
Just another wake-up call 
That was fabulous – great images of a sere and inhospitable landscape – thanks for taking me along for the ride 🙂
you’re welcome to join us anytime you wish 🙂
Lovely images. I enjoyed them all. Thanks for the pingback. 🙂
glad you liked them. Ladakh is very photogenic!
Superb shots! The reds seem even more striking in that stark white background.
True! Actually, just about everything looks fabulous against that background 🙂
Fantantic photos, that door to faith is beautiful, I also love the larger than life one! Thanks a million for the pingback! G 🙂
all doors to faith are beautiful! aren’t they? Thanks for the visit and the encouragement. 🙂
Thanks for the pingback – My favourite photo is Taking Refuge in Red. Jan
Ya! I like that too 🙂 Thanks for the visit
It’s as good as making a personal visit to Ladakh.
I now have learned about a new fascinating place that I would like to visit one day.
Thanks for the lovely images 🙂
ladakh definitely deserves a visit. am glad my pictures made it come alive for you 🙂
pretty lively pics those.. 🙂
thanks pratik 🙂 Ladakh is lovely. Its difficult to not get the pictures right!
loved the concept.
the pics are remarkable
My fav – “larger than life” 🙂
Now you’re pulling my leg! That was after 7 days of non stop travel on grimy roads 🙂 BTW Ii am trying my hands at photoshop
so there is an excellent series of books called ‘Don’t sweat the small stuff’ by Dr. Richard Carlson…. 🙂
Great pictures and very nice photo collections!
thanks Inge! I loved your entry too 🙂 Welcome aboard 🙂
Oh, how wonderful! What a great response to the theme. 🙂
and thank you for the pingback. You are mighty nice. 🙂
Always happy to mention good work in my posts! thanks for the visit
Loved the photo essay! Never knew Ladakh had so much Red in it
neither did I Arnab 🙂 no wonder they say, life teaches you something new every day!
Beautiful pictures. You’ve captured the red in the most beautiful way and with so many shades in this post. As I have said you before, other than Rajasthan, Ladakh is one of my dream destinations. 🙂 And these picture just want me to be in those places soon. 🙂 Great post, Sapna.
Rajasthan is about Browns! Hope you get the chance to visit it sometime soon
Ladakh is one of my most wanted countries to visit. Maybe someday…Beautifully caught in pictures of red.
Ladakh is a beautiful region. Though not for the faint hearted! I hope you get to go there some day soon.
beautiful photos 🙂
thank you 🙂
A big Wow ! 🙂
thanks 🙂
Beautiful!
Love the “Larger than life” in red. It has that subtle humor in the photo.
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