It was situated on the white elephant cliff. Contrary to the villages along the Indus, the houses are not massed together here. There are farms in the midst of fields of rye and kitchen gardens. All kinds of vegetables and fruit trees are found here. Apple, walnut, apricot and even some rare almond trees are grown.
Irrigation is easy and the soil is good.
The paths run along high walls of greenery in which the predominant trees are the Kabuls, imported centuries ago from Afghanistan. They form protective walls against inquisitive eyes. In the Nubra villages the visitor does not therefore become directly the centre of interest as he would in the village square. It is he who must take the first step. And when he does, every door at which he knocks opens up to him treasures of Ladakhi hospitality.