I had been to Leh in the End of November and that is the right time to go to Leh....Its really heaven on earth. I had a friend who was staying with me at Mumbai from Kashmir he had lot of good contacts. He was doing his engineering from one of the college from New Bombay. He was from Kashmir and he had a hotel hence it came out very cheap for me.
It is been one hell of a experience. When you travel to leh there are some things you need to take care of
Medicines
If you have problems with height than definately this is not the place for you. Because as you move upwards you tend to get the high altitude sickness.Take the appropriate medicines at the medical shop at your place, My friend Ahmed Kurishi from Kashmir had warned me on all this.
The medicines you get at Leh are pretty expensive beleive me. And god knows whether these may be the right medicine. The medicine is called Diamox.
There is one point at Leh which is called the melting point where you will find the cold desert of the world. Its an absolute beauty, you will only find in heaven.The only approach road to this heaven is through the Manali-Leh Highway.
We took help of the local trekkers (Obviously with the help of my Kashmiri Friend. You need to bargain with these guys, but you have to understand that these guys also carry so much weight.
Just 25 Km from Tabo is the Dhankar Monastery (3890 m). Dhankar was once the capital of Spiti. The hilltop gompa which doubled as a jail in the old days, dominates the village. The main attraction at Dhankar is a natural lake at 13, 500 ft., a perfect camping site, a walk of 2.5 Km from the village.
Its a almost 5 day trekk to the spituk to stok and one great experience, just walking down amist the beatuy of the earth.There were couple of incidence which have been taken place , I heard from the localites, so move always in a group and never be left alone.
As my friend had warned me , had taken lots of food stuff and water. Because as you move up the altitude sickness does effect you. You need to drink gallans of water. I had been to Leh in the month of Novemeber and it is ideal month as you dont have road blockages and all.
The most important is that once you reached a certain height you have the sun directly and beleive me one of the foreigners got serious sun burns. As it is directly on the face you tend to feel the effect. You can tend to get Skin Cancer. So you have to be prepared for the hot sun with proper clothing.
But sometimes landslides do occur and if your stuck , then you have to wait atleast 48 hrs for your vehicle to move.
I would suggest you to:
Medicine for Altitude sickness
Proper Cold clothing & Sun glasses with proper sun lotion
Lots of water and food stuff.(Choclates will be ideal as it reduces the humidity.)
Be ware of Agents go through proper sources
Overall, every one in their life should visit this heaven atleast once in their life.