We got to the outskirts of Leh around midday – with another monastery waiting for us – Spituk Monastery, founded in the 11th century and sitting on a hill just South of Leh’s airport – a great place for plane-spotting (though, I am sure the military will disagree).

From Spituk it was back to our hotel in Leh (where we were ended up in the same rooms as a few days back) and lunch. In the later afternoon we met again, to walk over to a local family and get an introduction to butter tea, its preparation and (of course) an opportunity for a tasting (spoiler: it tasted better than the butter tea, I had tried in Bhutan). With time to spare before dinner I spent some time exploring the residential area around the hotel.