Today is a day for relaxing, especially after the long bus journeys. We have our trek starting tomorrow as per the bookings. But both of us are so tired that we wanted to postpone the starting date by atleast a day. Stan from the homestay said that rooms are available if we want one more night. Now the only unknown piece is whether we can do the postponement at the trek company. We have to find that out.
We went to the trek company, Ladakh Calling at around 10:30
am. Sid, the agent was very nice and helpful. He agreed to the postponement by
a day as he also felt that we should have proper rest before climbing. Once
that was confirmed we went to the town to repair the spectacles of Bru. Later
on we went to the nearby Buddhist monastery to get the gate pass for me for the
Kalachakra initiation function by His Holiness Dalai Lama. It required passport
photos in addition to a copy of the id for registration. I got the pass without
any trouble. After lunch we went back to the homestay for a light nap.
In the evening we climbed up to the Shanti Stupa overlooking
Leh. It’s a beautiful view of the city from there. I think a visit to Leh will
not be complete without a visit to the Shanti Stupa. We then had a tea at the
café there. It reminded me of my last visit here with Am last year. Time runs
so fast!!
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