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Most riders plan a trip to Leh without including the beautiful Eastern Ladakh. I was glad we did.
Before leaving our hotel, I took some snaps of this lovely place
Chanderjeet had brought books and stationary to be distributed to school kids. So before leaving for Eastern Ladakh, we visited a near by government school.
We had to back-track to Karu, from where we left the Leh-Manali highway and took a left towards Chang-La pass.
The roads were fairly good, with the last few km being quite steep. Finally, reached Chang la pass which is the third highest mountain pass in the world.
My watch showed the elevation to be 17800 feet. Read more about my watch HERE
We carried on towards our night stop, the Pangong Tso lake. Roads were still quite good. Infact, there was hardly any traffic around. We came across this small pond next to the road and decided to stop for a while...
Carrying on, we were eagerly wanting to take a stop for lunch. Finally found this lovely place next to a small stream.
We were aware of a stream notorious for overflowing. The ascent after it was quite bad too. Pushing the bike up at such elevations took our breath away. No doubt, it was difficult to handle a fully loaded bike on such a path
Finally, we reached the Pangong Tso lake - a paradise. One of the biggest fresh water lakes in the world stretching for hundred of kilometers. 1/3rd of this lake is in India, the rest in Tibet. We rode all the way to the point till where our permits allowed. This 20km was a nightmare!
Finally, we came back to the starting of the lake where we took a small hut next to a dhaba for or night stay. Six mattresses with blankets for Rs 600. A view of the lake was free!!
The next day would be by far the best riding day of my life. All the way upto 18640 feet. Log coming up......
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