Chapter 10: Arriving at Leh
When they finally reached Leh, the capital of Little Tibet, they were all exhausted and very, very fed up with the rain, although it had eased off as they got closer to the city. It was a busy place, full of monks and traders, one of the main towns on the Silk Road from China into India. The architecture was astounding. Edie gazed from Donna’s back, taking in the new sights and smells and the sounds as she had done on her arrival in Bombay six months before. It was a similar shock to the system. Her arrival in Bombay had been preceded by six months at sea and the transition from the relatively isolated company on board ship to the chatter and clatter of the city had taken a while to get used to. After their weeks in the mountains, arriving in Leh had a similar
