15 August 2014

Trail in the Rumbak Valley, Ladakh


Much of Ladakh struck me as desperately arid, and my admiration for the people and animals that survive here grew the longer I spent there. I walked this trail in the early morning, looking for bharal and seeing none, although they're so perfectly camouflaged they might well have been there, watching me.



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7 comments:

Relatively Retiring said...

Astounding.

Anonymous said...

What a barren landscape.... I imagine that it's not the kind of trail you would ever hurry along. Incredible. -Maureen

Elephant's Child said...

Stark, powerful, exposed. With a beauty of its own.

Ruahines said...

Kia ora Pete,
It feels ancient yet incredibly fragile.

pohanginapete said...

Thanks everyone. I've heard landscapes described as 'elemental', and that's probably as apt as any adjective for this region. I've travelled a lot in some arid, sere places now, but this has a particular power I find hard to put into words. I trust the photograph has helped convey something of that feel.

Zhoen said...

Dire and desolate, the naked bones of the world.

pohanginapete said...

Exactly that, Zhoen.