The Score Magazine - Archive February 2009 issue! | Page 33

Our Chateau at Sarchu,
Sarchu is an overpowering and overwhelming
place. The landscape is bleak and stretches
on for miles. We stayed over at the Rashpian
camp there for the night and left for Leh pass-
ing through Pang.
Photographs by Suresh Menon
Thiksey Monastery,
20 Km before Leh is the Thiksey Monastery.
It is about 10,000 ft above sea level. Housing
one of the largest Buddhist statues, the 15
metre tall Champa.