Black-necked Cranes, Hanle, Ladakh, India Hanle is a beautiful and scenic village in Ladakh, India. It is well-known for the Hanle Monastery (dating back to the 17th Century). It is around 254 km from Leh, and takes around 7 hours by road. Soma was in Hanle in June with a group of bird watchers. I was very affected by a particular incident that Soma narrated, I am sharing it here, the