Over 2000 Km by road, in around 10 days. Stunning landscapes, wonderful people. That sums up our Ladakh trip. But how did it actually work? How did we make it happen? Read on to find out! Leh, the capital of Ladakh , is accessible by air and road. Flying into Leh is the easiest, and time-saving option, while the road is the time consuming one, but with the added advantage of driving past some of the most beautiful landscapes in our country. Each option has much to recommend it, and we chose the road for just one reason – altitude sickness. Altitude sickness was one of my biggest concerns, since I suffer from motion-sickness. Yes, I do travel a lot, but that is despite my condition, and, over the years, have learnt how to handle it. I struggled with it when we visited Nathu-La in Sikkim, and wondered if I would be able to manage a week at the even higher altitudes that we would encounter in Ladakh. This was the reason we stuck to a basic plan, of only 9 days in Ladakh, though we
We have seen Red Wattled Lapwings in Mumbai, but got a really close look at them while at Mount Abu and Udaipur. Though it was summer, there was plenty of water, and these birds were prominently visible near every water body we visited.
A pair of lapwings at Nakki Lake, Mount Abu....
We saw these birds when we went boating, and couldn't get any closer.....
And then at Udaipur, they were everywhere!
Nehru Park, on an island in the Fateh Sagar Lake, was a bird haven - we saw many birds and lost count of time photographing them. There were plenty of lapwings there.....
Some of them seemed to be nesting... we saw many like these sitting down at the same spot, and wondered if it was a nest.....
We even saw one bird sit down in the middle of the path!
In the same garden, some of the lapwings seemed unafraid of us, and allowed us to come close, giving me some wonderful photos!
After all those male and female lapwings, it was time for the young ones! We saw these chicks at the Udaipur zoo. No, they weren't in the enclosures, but were walking around freely, which only made the experience more memorable!
A pair of lapwings at Nakki Lake, Mount Abu....
We saw these birds when we went boating, and couldn't get any closer.....
And then at Udaipur, they were everywhere!
Nehru Park, on an island in the Fateh Sagar Lake, was a bird haven - we saw many birds and lost count of time photographing them. There were plenty of lapwings there.....
Some of them seemed to be nesting... we saw many like these sitting down at the same spot, and wondered if it was a nest.....
In the same garden, some of the lapwings seemed unafraid of us, and allowed us to come close, giving me some wonderful photos!
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