Population in mountain valleys predominate ladahite that besides religious sect have separate fish

Previous episode I changed radically the landscape beyond the main landing was in Himalayan Ladakh. Landing implies a spiraling descent to final approach (rusizam annoying!), Passing through a narrow gap between rock and rock monastery without fish tales monastery. Makes you strong impression, just because you have not yet landed in Paro, Bhutan. In Ladakh by Dimitri tourist season is closing and to find shelter in the capital Le is both easy because inns are already empty, yet difficult, because most of them are already closed for the winter. To find a restaurant or diner (vecheryalnya) for dinner with simple but tasty Tibetan momo is even more difficult, fish tales and to find hot water for washing and bathing task with an asterisk for the most advanced bakpakeri. Consideration should be your warm fire in a bucket of boy who overnight is dig a secret channel for illegally connecting to the street (cold) water. With the price of midnight dzhangar so strong that not only tourists and deaf kings, but most deliberately indefinable ear for abuses under his nose mayor would not be left to sleep.
Deal with all these household tasks and with satisfaction found that my body has no problems with the transfer of a few hours of the ocean coast to over 3500 meters above sea level (the last 300-400 - on foot and with a little more skrambling also nag to the city temple Tsemu Gompa near deserted princely palace on the hill) I got the first (and only to date) got my jeep tour of the monasteries downstream Indus River and its tributary Zanskar.
On the road except here and there the occasional jeep as one who shared with two Austrians, crawl endless columns military trucks. Most - savrashenno fish tales empty. With the exception of the driver. "Red number - green driver" vox populi adage of Djurovo * Good time when military registration numbers were in red letters fish tales and drivers - carefree boys of 18-19 years. These are not. One and all have mustaches stone statues with expressionless faces and, most often, Sikh turban. And nailed in the back of the front truck cold look. Captured on film at night may, without additional installation or retouching to get into a Hollywood or Bollywood horror film zombie theme.
What exactly is Ladakh? Buddhist principality Confess close to the Tibetan fish tales version of Buddhism, historical long pogalanto Muslim Sultanate in Kashmir. Which in turn is within the boundaries of the British Raj, and from independence until today is the subject fish tales of conflict fish tales between India and Pakistan, as Ladakh has proved in the area of secular democratic India. Which jealously guard him without compassion on its military budget.
Population in mountain valleys predominate ladahite that besides religious sect have separate fish tales ethnic group, and perhaps fish tales even race, but in the cities (as far as can be used for plural only city Le) is full of Tibetan refugees, and trade (a also midnight sweaty physical activity) revolves mainly of Kashmiris are Muslims.
Patiently watched the daily life of a monk in the monastery Lamayuru. In the outline of the main temple dominate two huge Chorten, under which are arranged in elongated niches extremely countable set prayer drums. At some point the monks hatch of the cells arranged in order monashka thread circling the temple fish tales and turn one by one each drum, chant mantras muttering under his breath. The tour is not just one. Continues until they think of something more interesting to do, which is rare. Asks in the task - if you live in Ladakh M monks and there are N prayer drum, and each monk returns each drum K times a day, as K is a function of time and the age of the monk (the age of the drums is considered constant-infinite) what kind of complexity (linear, logarithmic, exponential?) would be key for the search to a specific pair [monk drum] in random temporal interval.
While ponder the question, from the village were set laity with obvious intentions and they engage in godly activities with the rotation fish tales of the drums. fish tales Because the village is much lower in the valley and uploading takes time, by way of convenient regular intervals are more drums. But at closer inspection it was found that most of the participants in the procession held in his free hand portable fish tales drum containing a prayer fish tales scroll, which rotates continuously.
Lamayuru is relatively remote from the capital Monastery (half day drive). Clergy is dressed fish tales in woolen quilted jackets (um, oxymoron) on race faded with indefinite reddish tinge and worn glasses are reading rimmed. Wave of yielding and sticky days of order later in my backpack in the trunk of the jeep, on which were seated several devotees, rather toyed drums in the monastery painted - the monastery with the largest gold Buddha in the whole principality. fish tales
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