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the Post Office

If, in the world, there's a post office that looks quaint, it must be the one in Leh. What I mean by quaint is: small, old and inefficient-looking. I never quite managed to figure out the opening hours. When I found it open, they had run out of the proper stamps. And yet - in spite of it all, it turned out to be really efficient: not only all the postcards that we handed in were sent - but they reached home in record time. Moral of the story: never judge a book by its cover

Address: Main Bazaar (?)

Directions: on the main street

Leh Palace

Leh Palace is an imposing palace towering over Leh town - it's also a 9 storey high empty shell - but a beautiful one. It was built in the 16th century by King Singe Namgyal and it still belongs to the royal family, who doesn't live there anyway. The Palace, often locked, has a museum with some tangkhas and paintings. However this is not what makes your visit worthwhile: the highlight is the view you get over Leh town - which is particularly suggestive at dusk. The lane that leads you up there starts from Main Bazaar - just ask around for its precise starting point.

Directions: above Leh town

Jama Masjid

After so many Buddhist temples - why not visit a mosque? The one in Leh is small but quite charming - and it's the prayer place of the resident Kashmiri population. It was built in the 17th century and has some distincive Ladakhi traits, like the carved roof beams.

Address: Main Bazaar (?)

Directions: at the end of the road, on the corner. Basically right under Leh palace