9/13/2011 Day 8 (Guidebook Day 11 – led by Fraser)
Today we spent the entire day in Leh. I spent the first part of the day scarf shopping with Maria. Because she knows Hindi, she was able to barter much better than this I-don’t-speak-anything-but-English gal. They also seemed kind of surprised to hear Hindi coming out of Maria.
Most of the scarves have different colors on one side vs the other side. The sellers liked to demonstrate this by showing you one side, saying “Sunday”, showing you the other side, and saying “Monday”. Sunday, Monday, Sunday, Monday….
Later in the day I made my way to the Shanti Stupa, located at the top of a mountain. While some opted to walk up to the stupa, Kyle and I took a cab up and back. Way more time-efficient and way less tiring.
The rest of the day was filled with wandering about the city and shopping. It was a nice break.
While walking around we passed by “Paintball Yard: the world’s highest paintball destination”. There were also these great signs that all started with “No Parking on Changspa Road”. And then after that, each one had a public service announcement type message like “Tobacco causes cancer”, “Don’t litter”, “Don’t use polythene”, or “Save water”.
This amused me.
Shanti Stupa!
The Floppy Hat Club:
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