Nubra Valley

We spent six days in the Nubra Valley visiting all of its tourist "hotspots" : the sand dunes of Hunder and Deskit, the Deskit and Sumur Monasteries and the Panamik Hotsprings. Our highlights were the morning prayers at the Deskit Monastery and riding on the roof of a local bus between Sumur and Deskit (we had to fight even for spots on the top of the bus). The valley towns are extremely small and the pace is slow, it was the perfect place to refuel without crossing more than a dozen other tourists in almost a week.