touchdown

It was a cool October morning when we touched down in Leh, the capitol of a region called Ladakh in the state of Jammu & Kashmir, India. We had been traveling for about 30 hours and had just spent the night in the Delhi airport. We were happy to have finally arrived at our destination.

We deplaned right onto the tarmac and walked into crisp mountain air. Leh is at ~11,000ft above sea level and would take some getting used to, but the fresh air, although thin, was already an improvement from the smoggy conditions in Delhi. I hadn't slept much over the past day or so, but I was feeling hopeful that this trip would be one to remember.