We take off at 9.00am. Straight into the thick dust. For some reason we went out a slightly different path out. I took my time & almost got stuck, a couple fell off & a number did get stuck.
Once onto the main road we started climbing again, to the summit of yet another high pass, this one called Taglang La Pass at a mere 17582ft, the 2nd highest that vehicles can go over. We stopped here for a while. There was a small temple, tiny really, I got a picture of it. To our very pleasant surprise a new tar seal road had just been constructed for the descent, it was a welcome change from the rough roads we have been used to. It was a pleasant enough ride today, as we got lower it did get a lot hotter though.
We went through a town called Karu, it was basicly a very large army camp, must have been 5kms at least to drive through it, truely amazing the size of it. Almost to Leh we go through what looks like a huge house building project. One thing is, there is never any lawn to mow, very dry & dusty. The hotel we are in is flash for what standards we have endured. LOL. No service for the mobile, but at certain times we can hook up to wifi. Vince & I went for a late lunch, very nice, Jon-Luke planted himself on the bed & caught up with some TV time he had missed out on over the last couple of days.
So I have been able to update the blog. Hurrah.
Once onto the main road we started climbing again, to the summit of yet another high pass, this one called Taglang La Pass at a mere 17582ft, the 2nd highest that vehicles can go over. We stopped here for a while. There was a small temple, tiny really, I got a picture of it. To our very pleasant surprise a new tar seal road had just been constructed for the descent, it was a welcome change from the rough roads we have been used to. It was a pleasant enough ride today, as we got lower it did get a lot hotter though.
We went through a town called Karu, it was basicly a very large army camp, must have been 5kms at least to drive through it, truely amazing the size of it. Almost to Leh we go through what looks like a huge house building project. One thing is, there is never any lawn to mow, very dry & dusty. The hotel we are in is flash for what standards we have endured. LOL. No service for the mobile, but at certain times we can hook up to wifi. Vince & I went for a late lunch, very nice, Jon-Luke planted himself on the bed & caught up with some TV time he had missed out on over the last couple of days.
So I have been able to update the blog. Hurrah.
Great stuff Richard..what an adventure and sound.s like you have more water in your crossings than we did..glad Jon-Luke is having fun
ReplyDeleteThanks guys for following my blog, I do appreciate it. It has been great & so glad I have done it. Hope it brings back some great memories for you to. :-)
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