Day 7: Leh – Nubra Valley (Car) +Day 8 & 9: Nubra Valley– Leh (Car) + Leh – Delhi (via flight)
Day 7: We were very excited for Khardungla and Nubra Valley. But we
were little late to start, we started at around 10-10.30 AM. We found a traffic
Jam a few Kms before Khardungla. It got cleared in the sometime and we reached
the highest motor able Pass in the World “Khardungla”. It is at the altitude of 18380ft.
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| View from Khardungla |
The low oxygen of the atmosphere
can be felt easily here, it is suggested to walk slowly and not to exert
yourself. We had a hot cinnamon tea to
cope up with the chilly wind.
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| Cinamon Tea with our aviators |
We were on the move for our next
destination, we reached north pullu where we had to submit our inner line
permit to go further. Once you cross khalsar there is a road diversion which
takes you to Diskit. And indeed we made a very good decision. As soon you start
ascending for Diskit the scenery changes from arid desert to small patches of
greenery. The famous vistas of Nubra valley can be experienced here.
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| On our way to Nubra Valley |
We had to divert from our path to
visit the monastery, we told Dorji to skip it because of our tiredness and
laziness. But he insisted to visit it and we decided to go for it. There is a Diskit Monastery,
which is at the top most position of the Hill. It feels like you are on top of
the world and surrounded by green farmer’s valley with Desert like mountains at
its backdrop. To add to it there were children dressed up in traditional tibetiyan
style. After talking to them we got to know that Sonu Nigam’s shoot was going on
their.
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| View from the Temple |
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| Little girl all ready for the shoot |
We descended back from The
Monastery and reached Hunder. Amidst of the farming fields and orchids fields there
lies the sand dunes. Everything you can expect from a landscape. Hunder is
famous for its sand dunes and two humped camels. A small cannel was flowing by
the dunes and there were huge barren mountains behind it.
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| First Glimpse of the Sand Dunes |
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| Two Humped Camels |
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| Sand Dunes having Golden Mountains at its Back Drop |
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| Mesmerised.. |
We enjoyed the ride at the back
of two humped camels and then played with water at the canal. After being total
exhausted we headed back to our hotel. Our plan here was to stay in the tents
in middle of the sand dunes, but we could get an place there. So we headed to a
hotel in Diskit, and I must tell I wasn’t at all disappointed with it. The room
was so beautiful and had an equally beautiful Lawn. And after a small break we
all got settled in the lawn.
After Spending few minutes there
we saw a lot of hustle bustle at the parking till the entrance which is rare
sight in this region. And there its Sonu Nigam walking with his crew to reside
in the room across ours. I was so happy to find that. Soon after dinner, there
was no electricity in the region, And that’s when we noticed the moon and stars
were at full glow. One should must experience the sky in night at nubra, full
of stars like the milky way.
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| Night @ Nubra |
It was the perfect end to our day listening to
sonu nigam humming his own songs in such weather and surroundings. One cannot ask for more.
Day 8: Today was the last day of our trip, we were all said with
the very fact that tomorrow we have to leave this majestic land and go back to
the respective cities and with our routine life.
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| Another sight of Khardungla |
On that note we started our
journey back to Leh. We reached Leh at the lunch time. We had lunch in one of
the restaurants in the market and explored market bought few souvenirs and went
back to our hotel. After a lot of Gup-shup in our room we were off to bed. We
Had to catch an early morning flight back to Delhi.
Day 9: We all woke up at around 5 in the morning, and boarded our
cab for airport at around 6 AM, and left for the airport to catch our flight
back to our diverse destinations. But we had one feeling in common, that we
didn’t have enough of ladakh and need to come back for more… And after having so many trips to Himalayas, my belief has been much stronger that you need spend a
lifetime to have enough of these mighty Himalayas.
