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POPSOuyangwulong's New Travel Plans Hi y'all! I still love you guys, even if I haven't been clipping as much as I'd like to of late. While the Commies may be keeping me away from the Pakistani border, as originally planned, I've just come upon the lovely opportunity to travel to Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh. That means I'll be putting my feet up in a houseboat on Lake Dal, fishing in high mountain valleys, and all this without having to give up my hobby of hanging out with Islamic terrorists. I guess sometimes you can have your cake and eat it too! If anyone here is in Srinigar next month, let me know and I'll buy you a cup of tea!
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POPS24 hours in pictures - April 05 6 Los Angeles, US: Hillary Clinton looks out towards the audience as Rob Reiner walks off the stage at a fundraising event at the Wilshire Theatre 7 Jerusalem: Sister Clemence, a Bulgarian nun and a patient at the hospice at the St Louis Hospital 14 Mausendorf, Germany: Tunnelling construction workers and speleologists examine a dripstone cave accidentally discovered during construction works for the future ICE high-speed train tunnel 2 Paranaque City, Philippines: Victims try to salvage useful items among the debris after a fire razed the houses of some 200 families
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POPSGood News! You've Got Oil! Isn't that just the best new anyone ever heard? What could go wrong? And I bet this cute cooperation between India and Pakistan will be even stronger if they find oil. I mean what could go wrong? After all, it is the Kashmir, and that place isn't at all contentious, right? I personally am really skeptical that oil could accumulate in Jammu and Kashmir because of constant seismic activity. (something like 30 earthquakes per day.) If I'm right, then that makes this a pretty asinine political maneuver. There is also the possibility that this is a guerrilla marketing campaign for "There Will Be Blood" at the Oscars.
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POPSNationalist Twitching? Or Deeper Problems in Border Development Secmol was founded to promote Ladakhi culture (a group similar to the tibetans who live in present day Jammu and Kashmir state of India) and education for peoples who live in very remote areas. Their missions have included solar power projects and education, basic education for impoverished locals, and putting together excellent work on keeping Ladakh Ladakhi inspite of excessive tourism and national marginalization. Often forgotten in discussion of the problems in Kashmir, they have faced numerous struggles to get equal rights in India. This issue in particular raises some serious questions as to what kind of India the government is really trying to create. Anyone with opinions or thoughts from anywhere is welcome to comment. I'd also be curious to hear what other Indian nationals feel about this often neglected corner of India.
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POPSView of Ancient Silk Route, Ladakh by Subhash Ranjan Copyright: Subhash Ranjan (sranjan) Silver Note Writer (129) Genre: Places Medium: Color Date Taken: 2007-04-16 Categories: Transportation Photo Version: Original Version Date Submitted: 2007-05-21 11:49 Viewed: 26 Points: 0 Photographer's Note This serpiginious road is the famous ancient silk route which connected central Asia with India for trade purpose once upon a time. It is believed that Buddhism travelled all the way to China & SE Asia via this route. One can still find Mongolian double hump bactrian camels in Nubra valley on this route. This picture has been clicked from the altitude of 17,000 feet above sea level on our way to Khardung La highest motorable pass on the silk route. Far is the Leh valley with Zanskar mountain ranges at horizon.
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POPSScientists find palm fossils in Ladakh "The fossils belong to the middle-late Eocene period, anywhere between 45-33 million years ago," SK Paul, a senior scientist with the Dehradun-based Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology said. The fossils were discovered near Shingbuk, about 12 km from Tsokar which lies in the Indus Suture Zone which divides the Himalayas from the Karakoram Mountains as well as the Tibetan plateau. The scientists claim that the fossil specimen discovered by them is different from all the known species of Palmacites and have described it as a new species, 'Palmacites tsokarensis', named after the locality from where it was collected. "Its presence not only indicates that palms were abundant during the middle-late Eocene in the region, but also suggests that the area had not attained as much height as it has today (about 5,000 meters above mean sea level)," he said.
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