LEH CITY & THE ZASKAR REGION.
Leh City View From The SHANTI STUPA...........
SHANTI STUPA,LEH CITY.............
CONFLUENCE OF INDUS & ZASKAR RIVER..........
NIMMU VILLAGE in the Zaskar Region.
The Apricot Bloom.................
GREEN APPLES at Nimmu village ( Zaskar Region).
The drive to Alchi monestry takes one across the Zaskar region of Ladakh.The drive from leh city follows alongside INDUS RIVER.The ZASKAR RANGE on oneside & the LADAKH RANGE on the otherside of the road,makes one feel as if,driving to some No Man's land.The region is so very arid that the Ladakh range looks like a hip of mud with big rocks mixed indifferent shapes.While the Zaskar range ,to some extent is a snow capped peak. Its total wilderness & in its midst ,located the Indian Army settlements .After the SPITUK & PHEY region,The MAGNETIC HILL gives every visitor lots of excitment to feel the effect of the magnetic field & how cars & other vehicles are pull towards at 20km/hr speed without engine being started....Though people say its,not real ..but my video camera caught its effect Live to make me believe its effect. Next its the INDUS & ZASKAR RIVER CONFLUENCE....This region is mostly visited by Trekkers/Raffters... The Pather Sahib Gurudwara on the way to Alchi & Likir monestry is a great place to visit amidst this wilderness; Alchi Monestry is quite a long drive away. Soon after Pather Sahib comes NIMMU,BARGO cantonment area ,where one can come across Green Apple Orchards & Apricot Farms.Alchi Monestry is more hyped place on tourist circuit.Alchi Monestry stands by Zaskar river; NHPC project has brought some worth to Alchi model village. Likir Monestry is tourist friendly to capture glimpse of Buddhist culture & traditional Thaka paintings..... Now its almost 70km+ way drive back to Leh City ---almost 5+ hrs drive one way.............
MAGNETIC HILL ,LADAKH........................................
Leh City is the capital of Ladakh & the largest town of the region.Leh located to the north of Indus river at an elevation of 11500ft above sealevel approx. The best time to visit Leh is between june-Sept. Most of the trekking routes are closed by Nov' due to heavy snowfall at the high passes except the Liker-khaltsey trek.The best time for Chadar trek over the frozen river to Zaskar is 'jan- mid march. Besides ,theTsemo Gonpa & the Leh Palace ,the Shanti Stupa is a magnificient structure.Located on a hiltop,gives every visitor a picturesque view of greenery &snowclad mountains.The HALL OF FAME located close to the Leh-Airport has a great collection of documentation & specimen of Kargil War.The houses at Leh are mostly made of mud bricks which r not baked & inside is POP done for finish.Since there's no rain in this region the houses sustains. This region is total barren & the naked mountains stands tall.The silence all around,No pollution-hardly a person seen---- gives a sense of lost in the natures wilderness.
THE GOLDEN BUDDHA STATUE AT LIKIR MONESTRY.
VIEW FROM PATHER SAHIB GURUDWARA...
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