Day 1 of our 6 day stay in the town of Chiktan, located in Kargil, began with a mud brick workshop organized by local masons in Chiktan, Kacho (which means 'the king' as he is the descendant of the local royal family), INTACH (the country's largest historic preservation organization) and the Ford Foundation. Each student produced several bricks and left them to dry for 2-3 days in the arid desert sun--not without first signing their masterpieces of course.