Ladakh Trip Day-4

Monday, June 17 2019

Our plan was to travel from Leh to Kargil and rest for day.
Leh to Kargil: About 220Kms, 5 to 5.5hrs with breaks. Road is good as it is NH1 Leh-Srinagar Highway.

We (5 friends) got ready and headed towards Kargil. The drive was very picturesque. We first reached Magnetic Hill that is 30 minutes away from Leh on Leh-Srinagar Highway.


Magnetic Hill: My personal opinion - This is optical illusion. Road seems to be uphill, but, it is actually a 2-3 degree downhill. This makes the vehicle move forward. I found confirmation of my opinion online. See article by Vargis Khan here.

Next pitstop was Indus-Zanskar Confluence. Indus river has a light green color and Zanskar has light grey color. After the confluence near Leh, it flows upwards and enters Pakistan. It is the national river of Pakistan. Read more about Indus here.


Indus-Zanskar Confluence


Curvy roads from Leh to Kargil. Border Roads Organisation (BRO) puts up a note saying, "Be soft on my curves"

BRO: "Be soft on my curves"


Roti and Dal for lunch at a Dhaba on the way. I hadn't tasted such a nice roti+dal combination!

Reached Kargil by 4pm. Checked in to hotel and had a stroll in the town next to the stream. For dinner, we walked to Hotel The Kargil that was on Hospital Road. By 11pm, we were watching cricket match between Bangladesh and West Indies. Bangla team won chasing 300+ runs with Shakib hitting an unbeaten century.


Hotel Siachen in Kargil


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