When I got up this morning, I expected to be sleeping in Leh this evening. A sudden decision to be on the move with the New Zealander Jessica saw us climb and descend in the heat through barren, rocky landscape to end in a Sesspool.
Jessica climbing in the sun
Jessica wanted to go over 100km to a place called Lamayuru and then meander on back in 2 days, doing a few side trips. My friend Mark had said that there was a lot of climbing on the first day, and.. There was a lot of long climbs in the very hot landscape. We didn’t make it over 100km. We made it just over 60 before retiring in a nice café and eating a lot.
Drahtesel in the sun
The confluence of the Zanskar and Indus rivers
We spent the late afternoon visiting an old Buddhist cave, and the evening talking.
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Ah the confluence. I am so jealous of you right now 😀