Day4: Leh...

Day 1: Delhi – Manali (Volvo)

Day 2:  Manali– Jispa (Car)

Day 3: Jispa– Leh (Car)

Day 4: Local Sight Seeing (Car)

Day 5: Leh– Pangong (Car)
Day 6: Pangong – Leh (Car)
Day 7:  Leh – Nubra Valley (Car)
Day 8 & 9: Nubra Valley– Leh (Car) + Leh – Delhi (via flight)

Day4: This was a pretty relaxed day compared to the previous 3 days we had. We started our day at around 10 AM.

Landscape near leh

Moving out of the city Leh

This day we visited Alchi Monastery, Likhir Monastery, Confluence of Indus and Zanskar river. We handed a copy of identity proofs to our driver to get us the inner line permit for Pangong and Nubra, which is easily available.

Near Magnetic Hill

On the way to Alchi we halted at a place having magnetic hill phenomena. If you leave your car in neutral it will start climbing the hill, against the gravity. We actually experienced the phenomena.
  

Confluence of Indus and Zanskar

Then reached Alchi. There are huge prayer wheels outside the monastery and they are filled with prayers printed on paper. It is believed that more you turn the wheel, the more the prayers are recited and sent around the world. Let's turn the wheel for good-luck for our trip....



Alchi Monastery

At the entrance of Likir Gompa

Entrance

Views from the Monastery

Main structure of Alchi Monastery

Outer View of the Monastery

Spent our evening roaming in the local market of Leh.