11:55AM - View from the Khardung-La Pass at 18380 ft
The memorial on the Pass, for the 18 men of Army's 201 Engineers Regiment, who lost their life while building the Khardung-La pass road.
View as we approach the Shyok Valley
2:00 PM - First view of Syok river valley; 14kms from Khardung-La
3:30PM - We arrive at the Samstemling Gompa at Sumur, on the Nubra River side, near the confluence of Nubra and Shyok rivers.
The various buddhist idols inside the Sumer Gompa
24th may 2006 - 5:55AM - Diskit Gompa ..... nestled up on the hill above Diskit Village
8:30AM - The Sand Dunes at Hunder
Another view of the sand dunes & the barren mountains at Hunder
9:08AM - A look at the strange erosions on the hillside at Hunder ............ as we leave Hunder, headed back to Leh.
Final snow covered view from Khardung-La Pass, as we head for Leh.
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- 1. From Srinagar to Kargil via Zozi-La Pass
- 2. Kargil to Parkachik - Suru Valley
- 3. Kargil to Leh Via Lamayuru
- 4. Leh and Hemis, Thiksey, Shey Gompas
- 5. Leh to Pangong Tso Lake
- 6. Leh to Nubra Valley via Khardung-La
- 7. Leh to Keylong via TaglangLa, Pang, LachLungLa & BaralachaLa
- 8. Keylong to Manali via RohtangLa
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