“Perched high in the Himalayas, near India’s border with China, the tiny town of Leh sometimes seems as if it has been left behind by modern technology. Internet and cellphone service is spotty, the two roads to the outside world are snowed in every winter, and Buddhist monasteries compete with military outposts for prime mountaintop locations.” Actually, the mountaintop locations are both prime and Prime. The NYT takes you 11,562 feet up to see how Amazon Delivers Packages to the Top of the World. The packages get to their recipient very quickly (all things considered) and local merchants aren’t happy about the competition. It turns out globalization has gone global.