Ladakh Trip Day-3
Day-3, Sunday, June 16 2019
I woke up with a bad headache. Hot water bath didn't provide any relief. After having breakfast and sipping hot tea, I was feeling little better.
We started from the hotel towards Leh as per plan. The dirt road from Tso Moriri to Leh-Manali Highway was bad. There were 3-4 cabs that started with us towards Leh. Our driver drove in full speed to stay with the group. About 2 hours after we started, our cab had a flat tyre. Other cab drivers helped us to get back on road in 15 minutes.
One nice thing that happened on this day was recovery of my camera lens malfunction. With frustration, I accidentally moved the lens manually to do manual focus (instead of auto focus). With this, the jammed motor started to work normally again. I was happy to get this work again for me to click lots of pictures for the rest of my trip.
Flat tyre from Tso Moriri to Leh
Marshy land
Tanglangla Pass at 17,582 ft on Leh-Manali Highway.
At Tanglangla
Lunch on Day-3 (Maggi)
As we approached Leh, heart beat became normal for 2 reasons - 1) we had reached a lower altitude compared to Tso Moriri, 2) We had got back cell phone signal.
I reached hotel at 3pm and met my friends who had reached Leh just then. They travelled for 2 and half days to cover 400kms from Manali to Leh on road.
For this trip of Tso Moriri, shared taxi costed me Rs.4,000 (to and fro). Driver Nubu was very polite and courteous.
On this day, India vs Pakistan match was going on as part of Cricket World Cup 2019 in England. We planned to go to a restaurant that had screening of this match. We had dinner and watched the match upto 10:30pm. Eventually, India won and we were elated to have enjoyed such a memorable moment in Leh during our trip.
We hit bed with a plan to get up next day and drive to Kargil.
I woke up with a bad headache. Hot water bath didn't provide any relief. After having breakfast and sipping hot tea, I was feeling little better.
We started from the hotel towards Leh as per plan. The dirt road from Tso Moriri to Leh-Manali Highway was bad. There were 3-4 cabs that started with us towards Leh. Our driver drove in full speed to stay with the group. About 2 hours after we started, our cab had a flat tyre. Other cab drivers helped us to get back on road in 15 minutes.
One nice thing that happened on this day was recovery of my camera lens malfunction. With frustration, I accidentally moved the lens manually to do manual focus (instead of auto focus). With this, the jammed motor started to work normally again. I was happy to get this work again for me to click lots of pictures for the rest of my trip.
Tso Moriri to Leh via Tanglangla Pass on Leh-Manali Highway. 232km. About 7.5hrs
Flat tyre from Tso Moriri to Leh
Marshy land
Tanglangla Pass at 17,582 ft on Leh-Manali Highway.
At Tanglangla
Lunch on Day-3 (Maggi)
As we approached Leh, heart beat became normal for 2 reasons - 1) we had reached a lower altitude compared to Tso Moriri, 2) We had got back cell phone signal.
I reached hotel at 3pm and met my friends who had reached Leh just then. They travelled for 2 and half days to cover 400kms from Manali to Leh on road.
For this trip of Tso Moriri, shared taxi costed me Rs.4,000 (to and fro). Driver Nubu was very polite and courteous.
On this day, India vs Pakistan match was going on as part of Cricket World Cup 2019 in England. We planned to go to a restaurant that had screening of this match. We had dinner and watched the match upto 10:30pm. Eventually, India won and we were elated to have enjoyed such a memorable moment in Leh during our trip.
We hit bed with a plan to get up next day and drive to Kargil.
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