Thursday Challenge : Outdoors
This week’s theme at Thursday Challenge is Outdoors.
This was our camping site at West Ladakh in Uletokpo, Ladakh.
Staying in a camping tent was one exhilarating moment! The Indus river flowed wildly between our camp and the big rocky mountain! It was some awesome view!!
The tent had 2 beds with a side table and an attached bathroom. A set up which took us some what back to the basics. Of course, the bath had showers and hot water supply. A battery operated table lamp lit the tent at night. And the weather was simply heavenly.
Behind our tent, a stream of water was flowing and one morning, we (the women, of course!) couldn’t resist the temptation of washing clothes by the stream, despite having clothes which could last us for a month!!
If you’re looking for solitude, serenity, and real peace and quiet, a camping trip in the mountains is the answer.
August 5, 2010 5:45 am|
WOW !!! This is fab…such an awesome way to peace and serenity. Love this tent. 🙂
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August 5, 2010 6:12 am|
Fantastic!! You get one with nature and feel so serene. Back to basics is lot more joyful and fun than all our luxuries. It shows that when you wanted to wash clothes by the stream even when you had ample to wear for the next 1 month!! The tent looks so cozy by the way 🙂 to sleep during the nights with the constant flowing of water in the background would have been a soothing music
August 5, 2010 6:39 am|
Wowww! Such a beautiful place and camping @ that. I soo want to do this sometime soon. Bliss indeed!
August 5, 2010 7:40 am|
oooo boy cozy cozy tent…. well we have so much to see in India when we crib abt going abroad!! a message eh! 🙂 nice!
August 5, 2010 7:53 am|
That tent looks super comfy and camping in the gorgeous serenity of Ladakh is a total bliss 🙂
Fantastic shot perfect for the theme 😀
August 5, 2010 7:58 am|
the trip must’ve been amazing 🙂
August 5, 2010 9:11 am|
Sounds promising. I would like to camp by mountainside once. 🙂
August 5, 2010 9:15 am|
Wow thats a lovely place to be .. Looks cool and with what you have described the river, the mountain looks WOW
lets see when i get to do all this … 🙁
August 5, 2010 9:20 am|
Wow..that’s fabulous. Camping on a beautiful mountain, with limited luxury and streams flowing around, is a bliss! That must be the best trip ever!
August 5, 2010 9:21 am|
cool tent.. ladakh a cute place.. I have heard from my frend working in army.. You will go mad by the chillness aroung 4 in the morning… Great place to enjoy..
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August 5, 2010 11:02 am|
Now I’m turning green with envy. The tent with nature as its backdrop looks wonderful and sounds inviting!
August 5, 2010 12:58 pm|
What an experience it must have been.But ,is it safe there?
August 5, 2010 1:13 pm|
You make me feel bad for not going to Ladakh. I’m heading to some nearby mountains right away for some peace 😛
August 5, 2010 2:48 pm|
this is exactly what i need…looks so inviting…i loved it.. 🙂
August 5, 2010 4:59 pm|
great place!!
August 5, 2010 6:14 pm|
this is beautiful… close to nature…
August 6, 2010 9:15 am|
The small indoor in the great oudoors:)
August 6, 2010 9:47 pm|
Wow,… the place looks so beautiful Shilpa 🙂 🙂 Wonderful 🙂
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August 7, 2010 8:31 pm|
@ UmaS : Oh yes, it was the simply the best vacation. Truly enjoyable and relaxing! 🙂
@ Insignia : Right, you don’t miss much. No TV, no music meant more reading more talks and discussions and more fun.
Washing clothes by the stream was simply fun!! 🙂
@ Swaram : You must!! 🙂
@ HaRy!! : It was indeed very cozy! 🙂 True…we have so many wonderful, diverse and interesting places in our country to explore! 🙂
@ Chatterbox : The tent had space to move around too and was neat and clean too!! Simply loved it!! Thanks 🙂
@ Nu : You bet, it was! 🙂
@ Nethra : Inshallah! 🙂
@ Bikramjit : Yup…WOW!! Plan!! Plan!! 🙂
@ Anu : It was!! 🙂
@ Someone Is Special : Yeah, its an amazing place. We went in August, so it was not so cold, but pleasant! 🙂
@ RGB : It is inviting you…so go for it!! 🙂
@ BK Chowla : It was a fantastic experience. Oh yes, very safe…its a resort which has these camping tents and no building/rooms to stay. 🙂
@ Vee : 🙂 Hope you had a good time!! 🙂
@ Neha : So go for it, girl!! 🙂
@ Reema : 🙂
@ Rajlakshmi : Yes, it had everything…river, streams, mountains, trees and birds… 🙂
@ The Holy Lama : Well said! 🙂
@ Kanagu : It is! 🙂
August 9, 2010 7:00 pm|
Good picture… Nice description !!!
August 10, 2010 9:30 pm|
very..nice… but stylish camping I wud say..:)
August 17, 2010 12:57 pm|
Looks & sounds very romantic 🙂 Yea..even the washing clothes bit!!!