Tips on everyday items to take:

» Sleeping bag - Ladakh is known to get very chilly at night, even in summer.

» Torch - power cuts are frequent and monasteries/nunneries often have no outside lighting.  Batteries are widely available in Leh. 

» Water filter - (recommended here) it is not practical nor economical to buy litre bottles, especially in isolated placements.  Though sometimes expensive, water filters are better than iodine drops/purifying tabs since it doesn't taint the water.

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