66 hours in, arrived safely, between 3 and 5 hours sleep, and an intolerable amount of plane "curry"

Despite a slightly close call upon touch down into Leh, we are now happily enjoying the intense sunshine and stunning scenery. New Delhi on the other hand, was comparable to spending a day in a dirty, sauna with more than a few flies. Even so, it was a truly enjoyable life experience and I think we would all like to go back under different circumstances...in other words, not having spent the last 24 hours lugging kayaks and kit halfway around the world with little or no sleep/food!


Arriving at Heathrow...

and then at the other end in Dehli...and yes there were a few accidents with kayaks!

During our short stay, we had a tour around the city visiting shelters for the street children, where the young children sang a traditional song for us (all that we could muster was twinkle twinkle little star). The shelters are run by a charity called Salam Ballack, which take in street children and either reunite them with their families or house them and give them counseling and education. We took taxis back to hotel which turned out to be a bit of an epic ride, with numerous minor crashes with other vehicles (rickshaws were the worst culprits) and also an interesting incident when one taxi was stopped by the police for running a red light (charlie was very kind and offered to pay for the 100RS fine (thats roughly 1pound 30).

A view over the mountains near Leh.

However, having spent today "acclimatising", or as interpreted by us, a day chilling out and enjoying the sun with a short trip into Leh town to try our hand at haggling with the locals, we are now refreshed and ready to sleep and looking forward to getting out on the water.


Upon arriving in Leh, Larry and Reece immediately went into tourist mode, class.

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