It rained all night, & was raining this morning. We would not have gotten through the first check point to get over the pass. We waited until 11.00am to see if the pass was open. Unfortunately not.
Jon-Luke & I decided to go for a walk, as we walked through the market we noticed we we very close to the Leh Palace. A very old building. We walked between houses up the side of a sought of cliff, where a path & steps were climbable. Cost us 100rupees each to get in. Much of it has been refurbished, & refurbishment is on going. Tons of tiny dark rooms & passages. Some balconies that did not look safe. The higher we got, the better the views of Leh. Once near the top you could almost get a 360 degree view of Leh, it was pretty cool. I did bash my head on a low entrance, there were plenty of them, but I only did it once. LOL. We spent about an hour there, then went back more or less the way we came.
For lunch we found a roof top restaurant, that sold Pizza, wood fired oven. We sat under cover while it still rained & had lunch, very pleasant.
Back to the hotel, to watch TV, but the bloody power went off again. Getting used to that now.
The sun is out now so hopefully we will get a day trip to the top of Khardung La Pass & back. Well we have to really as we have already bought the Tee shirts. Fingers crossed.
Jon-Luke & I decided to go for a walk, as we walked through the market we noticed we we very close to the Leh Palace. A very old building. We walked between houses up the side of a sought of cliff, where a path & steps were climbable. Cost us 100rupees each to get in. Much of it has been refurbished, & refurbishment is on going. Tons of tiny dark rooms & passages. Some balconies that did not look safe. The higher we got, the better the views of Leh. Once near the top you could almost get a 360 degree view of Leh, it was pretty cool. I did bash my head on a low entrance, there were plenty of them, but I only did it once. LOL. We spent about an hour there, then went back more or less the way we came.
For lunch we found a roof top restaurant, that sold Pizza, wood fired oven. We sat under cover while it still rained & had lunch, very pleasant.
Back to the hotel, to watch TV, but the bloody power went off again. Getting used to that now.
The sun is out now so hopefully we will get a day trip to the top of Khardung La Pass & back. Well we have to really as we have already bought the Tee shirts. Fingers crossed.
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