Just informing you that I've arrived well in Leh. It was a very beautiful but pretty tough, bumpy ride. Lots of people got sick (badly --> massive headaches and breathing problems) but I was just fine... At one of the passes (+/-5000m) I was a bit too excited and I ran about 10 meters which resulted in getting somewhat weak and dizzy but after having realised that that wasn't a good idea... I went through the other pass, Tanglang La Pass (5359m), as if I was stood at sea level. I'm amazed and very happy that I didn't experience any discomforts up there.
I'm still here with the group of people from the Yoga Course (1 Irish lady, 3 UK people and 1 Canadian whose actually living in Brussels) and... Tonight we've booked a 7 day trek up here. We'll be leaving on Sunday. It'll be a less busy, pretty similar trek as the Markha Valley one. But slightly shorter and... This trek is organised in the way that we can always get back down, at any point in time (which isn't the case with the Markha Valley one and therefore more safe). We've been recommended the trekking agency by one of the Yoga people. And I must say that the guy who runs the place is very friendly and professional. I'm even going to do a home stay with him. It's common here in Ladakh and I guess one can compare it with a B&B in Europe. You just rent a spare room at one of the Ladakhi's homes. It's supposed to be pretty basic but... I'm up for it. Think it's better than staying in a hotel.
I'll be back with an update ASAP... Namaste!
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