[FONT=arial, sans-serif][FONT=Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif]Day 5 : We started our journey to Nubra valley and Turtuk. We travelled through the passes again to reach Khardung La one of the highest motorable roads in the world. Stayed there for around 20 mins. Weather was even more chilly. Then we further travelled to Nubra valley to visit Diskit [/FONT]Monastery[FONT=Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif]. But there was some road repair so could not get through it. We went to Hunder sand dunes did a camel ride there. As there was some festival going on we saw traditional Ladakhi dance in their traditional costumes. After that we had our lunch and continued our journey to Turtuk a small village nearing the border. What a road it was I can never forget that journey in my life. We had permits taken earlier by our hotel for us. With out permits even Indian citizens were not allowed. It was a never ending road. The Shyok river runs down peacefully to flow through Pakistan. After around 120 kms from Nubra we reached a small village called Turtuk. Few kids from an earlier village literally stopped our vehicle and demanded for chocolates. Luckily we had a few chocolates to give them. We stayed in Turtuk Holiday Camp which is located on the banks of Shyok river. The camp setup itself was so beautiful. We had some tea and the camp guys gave us a [/FONT][/FONT]briefing[FONT=arial, sans-serif] about the Village. After that the owner of the camp took us around to show the village. The people of Turtuk are so hospitable and can see them smiling to the visitors. [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif] [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif]Turtuk is a small village near the India-Pak border. Since the independence of both the countries, it was part of Pakistan but during the 1971 Indo-Pak war India took over the control of this strategic area. [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif][FONT=arial, sans-serif]Only in 2009 Turtuk was opened to tourists. So we went around the village. Turtuk people are called Baltis and their physical features is similar to Afghans. They have good organic farming of Apricots, dates. Even though the [/FONT]cultivational[FONT=arial, sans-serif] land is limited we saw quite a lot of berries, apricots and dates trees. [/FONT][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif] 1. Khardung La [/FONT] 2. Diskit Buddha Statue 3. Hunder Sand Dunes 4. Traditional Ladakhis costume 5. On the way to Turtuk- Shyok river running down
[FONT=Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif]@frndlysgp[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif]Super pics..thanks for sharing and reminding me of my amazing trip[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif]Had been there exactly 2 years before...beautiful nature.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif]All the places in ladakh are nice...best of all is pangong lake..marvelous ...breath taking view [/FONT]
Dear @frndlysgp Really a nice place to must visit. I never heard of this place before. But want to travel there after seeing your pics. Your description is very clear . Many thanks for sharing your trip. thank you P.S - do you stay in Sg? We too stay in Sg.
1. BeautifulBridge Connecting The Roads 2. Village Kids Stopping Our Vehicle 3. Waterfalls before Turtuk 4. Turtuk Holiday Camp 5. View Of Turtuk and the Shyok river
1. Beauty Of Turtuk 2. Natural Refrigerators In Turtuk. These small rooms are used to store the diary products and the expensive Pashmina clothing. It is believed that a glacier is present below these small rooms and hence the temp here is very chilly like refrigerators. 3. A small guest house amidst the fields 4. Beautiful kids of Turtuk 5. A super organised Balti Kitchen
