The disappearance of Nature Writing

I was talking with a friend of mine just now. He had come back from his trip to Ladakh, a beautiful land in Northern India that touches into Tibet. I have never been to Ladakh but if pictures are able to capture a sliver of the majesty that land possesses, I am remiss that I have never been able to see it. I told him that I was jealous that he got to visit and live in such a place for a…