grand canyons and wild roses of the highland Himalayan deserts
Tsarap Chu traverse from Ladakh to Zanskar: Gata loops – Satok – Gotunde (Gotunte) La – Tso Tok Pho – Niala Kontse La – Niri Chu – Tsarap Chu gorge – Phuktal – Purne
Sumkhar Tokpo upstream from Pang
Lachulung La
Tsarap Chu
desert flowers
bridge above the canyon
Tsarap Chu
Tsarap Chu gorge getting narrow
Tsarap Chu
Tsarap Chu canyon
Punshum La
shukpa, the Himalayan juniper
four chortens of Satok
abandoned settlement of Satok
above Satok
chortens of Satok
chorten above Satok
a single tree
chorten
mani stones
mani stone
om mani padme hum
bridge across Tsarap Chu
bridge across Tsarap Chu
Tsarap Chu canyon
Mone Leh settlement ruins
Mone Leh Tokpo canyon
Himalayan rose
approaching Zara Chu
Zara Chu and Tsarap Chu confluence
Tsarap Chu gorge
Zara Chu and Tsarap Chu confluence
Zara Chu gorge
Tsarap Chu
desert rose
abandoned settlement of Kormoch
chorten above Kormoch
canyon towards Gotunde La
on the way to Gotunde La
Nyatsang Tso
first pass on the way to Gotunde La
trail towards Gotunde La
looking back from Gotunde La
Gotunde La
trail towards Niala Kontse La
look back at Gotunde La
Tok Pho valley
Tok Pho valley
dry lake in Tok Pho valley
Tso Tok Pho
inaccessible Tok Pho valley
above Tso Tok Pho
above Tso Tok Pho
Niala Kontse La
Niri Chu valley
Niri Chu
Niri Chu
Tsarap Chu lower canyon
Tsarap Chu canyon after Niri Chu confluence
halo
trail to Phuktal
Tsarap Chu streaming towards Phuktal
rock formations above Tsarap Chu
rock formations above Tsarap Chu
Tsarap Chu
chorten above Phuktal
Phuktal
Phuktal
Phuktal
old monk sweeping the trail in the morning
temple doors
Phuktal bridge
trail from Phuktal to Purne
chorten above Purne
Purne