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         		 I am welcomed to Ladakh by the Buddha -- whose image and presence is felt everywhere -- but nowhere more profoundly than in the kindness and equanimity of the Ladakhi people.: by ivan_miral, Views[392]
         		 The sometimes meditative -- sometimes earth connecting -- sometimes back breaking process of harvesting alfalfa with a hand sickle.: by ivan_miral, Views[375]
         		 The end of the day of harvesting alfalfa -- all that was cut is wrapped into bundles and then carried on our backs to the roof of the house to be dried by the sun.: by ivan_miral, Views[628]
     
    My Aba-le (host father) and I relax together during a tea break about nine hours into our day of harvesting alfalfa.: by ivan_miral, Views[438]
         		 My Ama-le (host mother) wraps bundles of newly harvested alfalfa to be dried on the roof of the house and fed to the animals during the long cold winter.: by ivan_miral, Views[497]
         		 One of the many glacial streams that support life in Likir. The irrigation patterns are changed almost daily -- rivers turn to dry walking paths and vice versa.: by ivan_miral, Views[492]
         		 My home in Likir -- built by hand by my Aba-le (host father) and his neighbors using techniques known to every Ladakhi. Whoever has called Ladakh the third world has no idea what they are talking about!: by ivan_miral, Views[422]
         		 The fields of alfalfa and barley of Likir blow in the wind forming gorgeous patterns that seem drawn by a knowing universe.: by ivan_miral, Views[894]
     
    My Ama-le (host mother) in traditional Ladakhi dress as we attend a festival in Likir.: by ivan_miral, Views[1563]
         		 The entrance to the mesmerizing Avilokiteshvara shrine at the Likir Gompa.: by ivan_miral, Views[337]
         		 A monk offers blessings by spinning the prayer wheel outside of Likir Gompa.: by ivan_miral, Views[292]
         		 A morning Puja (offering) ceremony at the Likir Gompa -- chanting, horns, drums, and cymbals call out to the universe!: by ivan_miral, Views[341]
         		 The Gompa high in the valley above Likir -- it is very active with monks and frequent ceremonies.: by ivan_miral, Views[387]
     
    Prayer flags flap near an old stupa on the edge of Leh.: by ivan_miral, Views[341]
         		 Prayer flags offer blessings to the winds at the Namgyal Tsemo Gompa (monastary) high atop Leh. : by ivan_miral, Views[585]
         		 The skies and sun of Leh, at 11,000 feet plus, cause colors to burst forth. Here, some of the adornments of the Shanti Stupa.: by ivan_miral, Views[457]
         		 The Shanti Stupa (a physical depiction of the teachings of the Buddha) in Leh, with the Himalaya offering protection.: by ivan_miral, Views[421]
         		 Massive statues of the Buddha seem to attempt to demonstrate the enormity of his accomplishments.: by ivan_miral, Views[593]
     
    The village of Likir, where I am living this month -- through irrigation of glacial waters, lush oases punctuate the otherwise desolate desert.: by ivan_miral, Views[960]
         		 Traditional butter lamps (now filled with corn oil -- modernity!) illuminate murals depicting the one who found luminosity.: by ivan_miral, Views[484]
         		 Ladakh is known as Little Tibet -- one example is the Palace in Leh, which is modeled after the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet.: by ivan_miral, Views[698]
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