Places to see

There are a number of places to see in Ladakh. For those who travel to Ladakh, there are the attractions of Skara village and Nubra close by.

Skara village is one of the places to see around Leh in Ladakh. Visitors to Skara village near Leh are treated to a local archery contest. As the contestants draw bow and arrow, bowls filled with the delectable apricot, apple and dry fruits are served to the visitors followed by chang, a heady brew made of barley and gur tea, a regional favorite.

There is a change of scene as the festival shifts to the Nubra Valley. The sleepy pastoral countryside of Nubra is amongst other places to see in Ladakh. The Nubra valley has recently been thrown open to tourism is located on the Indo-Pak border. A trip by helicopter over the intricate network of mountains including the Khardungla Pass, the highest motor able pass in the world, is simply out of the world. Nubra boasts of a more liberal and progressive attitude having been on the ancient silk route and thus open to outside influence.

One of the things to be seen in Ladakh's places to see is the double humped Bactrian camel in Nubra. It is in Nubra that one sees the co-existence of water, mountain and desert-a rare sight. But then as many will testify, Ladakh is indeed a rare travel destination.