Our planet-earth continues to be a veritable paradise for those who search of new adventures and who are fires with an insatiable wander-lust for discovering hitherto undknown lands and the people inhabiting them. During the last century a largte number of European travelers and adventure seekers vied with each other and made most parilour journeys to such inaccessible regions as Kashmir, Laddakh, and Tibet which wre devoide of means of any communication with ...