1.Pakistan bunkers prior to 1971 Indo-Pak war 2. The sharp peak is the K2 which can be seen from Turtuk 3. Beautiful Bamboo Bridge Connecting The Old and New parts of the Village 4. The Water stream for which the bridge is constructed 5. Some where in those peaks there is a Pak post guarding their border
Thanks for taking me to ladakh . Truly ur superb narration and beautiful photography made me feel . enjoyed a lot
[FONT=Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif]Day 6: We woke up on hearing the chirping of birds. Had a good break fast. They had some bread, corn flakes and then a local dish called Kisir similar to our dosa but made of buck wheat and Tsamik curd with some local herbs. It was so delicious that we din't even touch bread/corn flakes. After the break fast we again went to see the other part of the village. After going around we came back to start our journey back to Leh. The only disappointment was that may be we should have stayed one more day in this beautiful village which is so peaceful. The hospitality was at its best in the Turtuk Camp and as the owner says don't know what will happen to this village 10 years down the line, it may get commercialised with more tourists. But glad that we stayed there for one day. Our driver was a shyish Turtuk guy and he was very happy to take us to Turtuk. I always wanted to see the Line Of Control. But our driver was quite hesitant to take us further near the border. The Turtuk camp owner asked him to drive further towards the border only to see an army man near the post and no tourists were allowed to cross that point to enter the last village on the Indian side of the border. So we just saw the post and drove back to Leh via Khardung la. 1. Cherries at Turtuk Camp [/FONT] 2. View from Turtuk 3. Turtuk women going for agriculture work. 4. Himalayan Marmot 5. View on the way to Leh
[FONT=Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif]Day 7: I think our driver also wanted to rest as we were travelling continuosly and he asked us if want to rest as the next day we were starting our journey to Srinagar. We had a half day plan on that day. We visited Magnetic hill. If a vehicle is stopped in this particular road switching off the engine the vehicle still moves towards the hill. Its believed that there might be some magnetic field which influeneces this movement. After this we [FONT=Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif]did river rafting along the Zanskar river... Had lunch and came back. Took some well needed rest, did some shopping. Leh is famous for semi precious stones, beautiful paintings of Buddha which are quite expensive and also some lovely brass statues. We just shopped for some [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif]souvenirs... 1. Warning Boards in Leh [/FONT] 2. Magnetic Hill 3. Confluence Of Indus and Zanskar Rivers also the ending point of our rafting(Can see the colour difference) 4. Rafting along Zanskar 5. Beauty Of Leh [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif][FONT=arial, sans-serif]Day 8 : We started our journey towards Srinagar. Plan was to break the journey in Kargil for a night and then continue the next day. We first visited Shri Pattar Sahib sikh temple which is located on Leh-Kargil highway. It was a nice place with historical significance. After this we drove for some more time to Likir [/FONT]Monastery[FONT=arial, sans-serif]. All these were short visit and can be covered while travelling to Kargil. Next stop was Alchi Monestary which is one of the oldest [/FONT][/FONT]monastery[FONT=arial, sans-serif] and built on the banks of river Indus. After visiting this we further drove to Lamayuru which is often called as Moon land because of its moonlike landscape. The place was [/FONT]beautiful[FONT=arial, sans-serif] and prayers were going on. This is also one of the oldest Monestary. We stayed here for some time climbed up the terrace had lunch in the near by resto and started our journey. [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif] [/FONT] [FONT=arial, sans-serif]After Lamayuru we crossed Fatula which is the highest point on Leh-Srinagar highway. We crossed the passes and Namkila point. After going further down from Namki La we reached Mulbekh the last buddhist village in Kargil district. There was a beautiful buddha statue in the [/FONT]monastery[FONT=arial, sans-serif][FONT=Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif]. All the [/FONT]monasteries[FONT=Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif] in Ladakh had beautiful paintings of Buddha which are preserved of many years.[/FONT][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif] [/FONT] [FONT=arial, sans-serif]After Mulbekh we reached Kargil a small town with only 2 hotels for [/FONT]accommodation[FONT=arial, sans-serif][FONT=Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif] for tourists travelling to Srinagar. The hotel was basic and nothing to see in Kargil as such. So we just relaxed and had dinner in hotel. There were quite a number of [/FONT]Japanese[FONT=Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif] tourists in the same hotel. 1. Shri Pattar Sahib Gurudwar maintained by Indian army [/FONT][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif] [FONT=arial, sans-serif]2. Buddha statue in Likir [/FONT]Monastery [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif]3. Alchi Monastery [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif]4. Beauty of Lamayuru(Moon land) [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif]5. Lamayuru Monastery [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif] [/FONT]
1. Prayer Wheels in Lamayuru 2. A Ladakhi women offering prayer in Lamayuru 3. Fotula top 4. Mulbekh Buddha statue 5. View of Kargil town
