My First Visit to a Ladakhi home

Hi and welcome back.

In this post I will tell you about my first visit to a Ladakhi home!

As soon as we landed in Leh, our taxi driver and Ladakhi best friend Tsewang ji invited us to his home and we thoroughly enjoyed it.

It is also where I met his family including his sister, brother, father, mother, grandmother and grandfather.

Their (generally; not limited to this home) favourite fruit is apricot. When I tried it, it was kind of good. They eat apricots everyday as a snack.

They get all their apricots not from amazon nor local supermarkets or fruits and vegetable shops instead they grow their own food in their farm. In fact the central government of India gives most of the houses a farm with a fixed dimension. The place is surrounded by towering mountains with snow capped peaks (snow only visible from September - June).

The farm is very vast that it covers over 30 - 40% of the entire village! WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮. But the villagers don't have even a single complain about the difficulty of managing personal life and the farm.

They are so compassionate about their work which requires tons of hard work, a lot of care, a little helpfulness and they still go the extra mile of being kind to their guests not just me but everyone who enters their house and wants to explore Ladakhi traditions.

They are so kind that they asked me if  I want to play my favourite sport, badminton. They understood that I like badminton from some conversations with Tsewang ji. It was great fun playing badminton in the Himalayas.

His sister has a lot of hobbies including doing craft projects such as a mini model of their home and a doll house. Together we built a mini model of a scenery on a plastic plate.

This was my experience in a Ladakhi home and it brought me a lot of joy to share it with you. Hope you enjoyed it.

Bye Bye see you soon!

Moonpalace Homestay - Leh, Ladakh

 

Hello and welcome back to My Awesome Station!

I have not been in touch friends so now I am trying to see you again.

In this post I will share my experience at Moonpalace Homestay which is located in Leh, Ladakh.

If you're from another country other than India, let me give you a small intro about this place.

Leh is the capital of the northern most place in India, Ladakh. The only 2 places it is connected to by flight are Delhi and Mumbai. Click here to see Leh in Google maps.

Okay, back to my experience in Moonpalace Homestay.

We stayed here most of our trip and it was a wonderful experience made even more wonderful by my 2 Ladakhi friends, Kunsal and Dewa. I loved the blend of the scenic view outside and the warm comfort inside.

Eshay aunty runs this place and makes sure every visit is memorable. Her 2 children (mentioned above) will make children tempted to come and stay because they are friendly and play a lot of games together. Even if you are an adult you will enjoy with Eshay aunty by having fun talks and having long conversations on any topic.

To make your visit even more memorable they have a lot of sports supply. Cricket, Football, Badminton, Frisbee, Skating and Shooting are some of them.

Along with that you also get breakfast and tea but, sorry it costs a little. Even with that small cost your breakfast will be one of the best eating experiences because:

• It is yummmmmyyyyyy!
• You get to hang out with your friends, in Ladakh!!
• You can experience Ladakhi table arrangement!

If you like her tea and tell "This is the best tea I have ever had" then ... she'll do a happy dance.

I would really recommend coming here. You are going to enjoy it.

Some of my favourite moments are:

• Trying Black Tea for the first time
• Trying new games
• Seeing the TV with a satellite connection where there are channels showing a specific program where it is impossible to replay or pause.

 This is the end of the blog post, hope you enjoyed it.

Bye Bye see you soon!