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|| 17th to 21st
July 2023
We were pretty excited when we left Leh to go to Tsomoriri and Hanle.
Tso-Moriri, low profile (than Pangong Tso) but equally enchanting lake and
Hanle known for its crystal clear skies were some of few places that were very
high in our Ladhakh-to-do-list. However, we were left heart broken when we told
near Upshi (~50 kms from Leh) that the road had been blocked to a landslide
ahead which occurred just few minutes earlier and we may have to wait few hours
for another set of information. So we took our bikes uphill towards Hemis
Monastery. The monastery was hands down located in the best of the locations
and with its verandah and museum made the detour worth its while.
We returned to the checkpoint towards the Hanle/Tso-Moriri to see the traffic
freely flowing and raced our bikes for almost half an hour on those barren roads.
As luck would have it, a pickup truck coming from the opposite side told us there
had been a fresh landslide and it would be dangerous to persist further or even
wait there. With heavy hearts and looking back at the road that would have
taken us to our destination, we turned our bikes and enquired about any other
alternate routes, however, even the locals warned us of the unpredictable road conditions
on those routes. Being aware of our luck 😊, we thought it best in the interest of our lives
that the idea of going to Tso-Moriri and Hanle be abandoned. We were perphaps
too disappointed with the turn of events that we decided to call it quits. Perhaps
it was not meant to be. Perhaps Tso-Moriri were the chapters that I would write
in my Ladakh 2.0 diary.
. It was nearly 3 in the noon and we started
on way back to 1200 kms journey. Our journey way back was obviously less fun
that it was on our way to Ladakh. I was barely able to catch Kaniska who seemed
to be in a bit of hurry to reach Delhi. I on the other hand just didn’t want to
let go Ladakh that easily.
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