A typical Day on a Ladakh Trek

A typical day on Ladakh Trek begins at 6:00 am. Each member of the group is given warm water to wash. The breakfast is generally an hour after waking up. In between you do the morning ritual. The breakfast generally is milk/tea/coffee, porridge, bread-jam or eggs. While you have your food, the crew in charge of you wraps up the tents and loads them on the ponies or porters. You carry your lunch with you on your journey ahead. And if that is not the case then facilities for hot lunch have been arranged on the way.

You reach the next camping spot around evening time. When you reach your next halting point, you are welcomed with tea/coffee and snacks. Dinners are not at nine but immediately after sunset. No one minds because the smell of food after a long days trek is more than inviting. The dinner is very basic food items like bread, a vegetable, rice and Dal. Some places you will also be offered a drink at the end of the meal. It can be tea, coffee or hot chocolate.

Before reaching the camp the entire trek is an ordeal of carrying your rucksacks on your back. Trekking on a single day begins with deciding the route and leaning your camp with a trained guide. You maneuver through gorges, passes and narrow passages. You do series of ascends and descends. You are in a group so there might be people who would want to rest. While some rest some take time to click pictures.

Anyway after arriving at the camp and having some refreshments you are ready to sleep. Most of the people prefer unwinding instead of hitting the pillow. They gather together and play cards, read or write about their experiences. Sometimes everyone is asked to gather around camp fire and spend time singing, sharing jokes basically mingling with each other. By 9 pm everyone is inside their tent and by 10 pm latest every one dozes off.