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Soundtrack of a Drive Through Ladakh’s Mountain Passes

May 31, 2016 by Karsten Leave a Comment

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The YouTube video below was my favorite track while traveling through the mountains of Ladakh. Sure, it’s a very enchanting melody. But it also had a very practical benefit: It’s really hard for Buddhist drivers to speed down a mountain with that kind of a soundtrack. Unfortunately we didn’t have the extended version featured here. Thus our blissful break from pot hole bingo was limited to a mere five minutes.

Karsten Aichholz

Karsten is a 30-something tech entrepreneur turned writer who finds his travel destinations on CNN. As an active couchsurfer and host he loves to meet new people and find out what makes them tick. He can be bribed with iced coffee and beta accounts for mobile spreadsheet apps.

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