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Julley !! Ladakh

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  Julley, Hello !! in Ladakhi. This was my second trip to Leh- Ladakh but I’m still overwhelmed with the feeling of awe seeing the stunning landscape of the rugged mountains of Great Himalayas and its magnificent surroundings. I had visited Leh in August 2021 when I just started birding . I met Prof Parmil Kumar , a birder from Jammu in July 2021 in Srinagar and he was then contemplating a birding trip to Ladakh and I was happy to go on that trip. My knowledge on birds and birding then was very rudimentary. Our first trip to Ladakh was a fantastic experience covering all the hotspots from Nubra to Hanle till Tsokar wetlands.  However, this trip to Leh was  planned to get my daughter Shravani to visit a new place completely different from mainland India and get some unique experiences before she joined her undergraduate course at the end of the July. I hope she appreciated the trip to Ladakh region ,with no mobile service beyond Leh. Our f irst day at Leh, on July 19th ,w...