Author in front of JKTDC Moonland tourist Bungalow at Leh (10,010 feet)
I left Ahmedabad by Flight IC 818 to New Delhi on September 12th'2004. My goal was to study the meditation techniques of the Brok-Pa Aryan tribes, the only pure Aryan descendants of our ancestors, who live on the Indo-Pakistan border near Batalik. We incorporate these techniques in our stress management workshops for the corporate sector Being a trained ZeNLP master, I knew that meaningful coincidences would propel me towards my goal, if I continued my meditation, creative visualisation, auto-suggestion and goal achievement mental visualisations. My weight before I started was 62 kg. taken on 12th September'2004 at the weighing machine at Ahmedabad airport.The journey from Ahmedabad to Delhi was uneventful. After spending three days at Delhi, where I conducted a session on stress management at the Board Room of Indian Airlines, for their senior directors. .
At Leh, I was received by Mr. Urgain Lundup of Jammu and Kashmir Tourism. JKTDC, provides clean, basic amenities with simple food at value for money prices for tourists. I must mention here that JKTDC staff are courteous, friendly and helpful.The experience of landing at Moonland tourist bungalow - my home at Leh for three weeks, sums up the landscape. The experience of landing at Leh airport and walking down to this traditional Ladakhi guest house, a kilometre away, was similar to what the first astronauts to the moon may have experienced. Large tracts of barren land, craggy rocks and mountains streching from one end of the horizon to the other. The chilly September morning greeted us and the endless warm cups of black tea, prepared by Mohammed Rasool, the caretaker of the JKTDC tourist bungalow, where I stayed, was the nectar, I needed throughout my stay in Ladakh.