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Ladakh - A lesson in Gratitude & Pure Living

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The Ladakh Memoir | Part 1 Last July, Raj and I vacationed on our own for the very first time in 12.5 years since R and D entered our lives. It wasn’t the best feeling leaving  behind the babies with the parents and Tuku, yet this was a much-needed break we both needed from the mundane – a break from work, yelling instructions, household chores, raising children and the 100s of to-dos we pack in everyday!  What better place than the Land of Gorgeous mountains, beautiful rivers and impeccable hospitality, and what better reason than a milestone birthday as a get-away! We landed in Leh on a beautiful sunny Sunday! Armed with tips and tricks from Tuku and a few of our friends, and ably assisted by our guide and driver for the trip – Tenzing, we started ticking off from a longgg bucket list within 15-20 minutes of breathing the freshhhhh mountainous pure air!  Our first pit-stop was the  ‘Hall of Fame’ Museum (War Memorial)  where we heard war stories from pre-independence right until the