Day 4 Groups Leh Ladakh ride 2019 ( Sonmarg - Leh)

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18th Jun 2019
Day 4

Finally it was time to bid adieu to our overnight location at Sonamarg after having our breakfast.  The next point of destination was Leh that's our stop for the next two days.  But to reach Leh we have to pass trechorous Zozilla Passs,  second highest inhabitates place on earth Drass,  a visit to Kargil war Memorial,  Kargil city,  Fotila Pass,  Lamayuru,  Magnetic hill and than to Leh all this is hardly 350kms but it's not the distance that takes a toll on the human body but the time taken and the terrain through which one has to go through. Google maps would say it takes hardly 10:30hrs to cover this distance but it took us approximately 13hrs to cover the distance. But before we could start our journey for Leh we had to fuel up our bikes and the biggest hurdle for us was to find a petrol pump. The nearest one to our location was 14kms back so we bought fuel from an uncle who sells it in black for INR85/ltr whose stays near the old bridge. So after refueling we started for Leh finally.

Morning view from our hotel at Sonmarg

Photo of National Highway 1, Leh by Gautam Prasad Belwal

Group pic

Photo of National Highway 1, Leh by Gautam Prasad Belwal

Ek pic yeh bhi

Photo of National Highway 1, Leh by Gautam Prasad Belwal

The mighty Zozilla pass

Photo of National Highway 1, Leh by Gautam Prasad Belwal

Today was all click day

Photo of National Highway 1, Leh by Gautam Prasad Belwal

Amit deshpandey

Photo of National Highway 1, Leh by Gautam Prasad Belwal

Snow clad mountains

Photo of National Highway 1, Leh by Gautam Prasad Belwal

Zozilla Pass and bulldozer becomes a norm

Photo of National Highway 1, Leh by Gautam Prasad Belwal

Dattaray rule passing off

Photo of National Highway 1, Leh by Gautam Prasad Belwal

Ravi Dogra sir passing off

Photo of National Highway 1, Leh by Gautam Prasad Belwal

Bharat Garg passing

Photo of National Highway 1, Leh by Gautam Prasad Belwal

Always there to clear the roads Border Roads Organization where no one can reach BRO is there

Photo of National Highway 1, Leh by Gautam Prasad Belwal

Traffic jam at Zozilla pass

Photo of National Highway 1, Leh by Gautam Prasad Belwal

Cafe Gumri

Photo of National Highway 1, Leh by Gautam Prasad Belwal

Hot maggi with group at Cafe Gumri maintained by the forces

Photo of National Highway 1, Leh by Gautam Prasad Belwal

Me with Mr Amit Deshpandey

Photo of National Highway 1, Leh by Gautam Prasad Belwal

Superb highways with superb view

Photo of National Highway 1, Leh by Gautam Prasad Belwal

Ek pic toh banti hai

Photo of National Highway 1, Leh by Gautam Prasad Belwal

No caption required board says it all

Photo of National Highway 1, Leh by Gautam Prasad Belwal

Kargil war Memorial

Photo of National Highway 1, Leh by Gautam Prasad Belwal

Group selfie

Photo of National Highway 1, Leh by Gautam Prasad Belwal

Amar jawan jyoti

Photo of National Highway 1, Leh by Gautam Prasad Belwal

A pic with the tombstone of the brave soldiers who laid down their lives to defend their motherland

Photo of National Highway 1, Leh by Gautam Prasad Belwal

The old and the proven war horse Russian Mig-21 testimonial to many wars India has fought with Pakistan

Photo of National Highway 1, Leh by Gautam Prasad Belwal

Refueling station at Kargil

Photo of National Highway 1, Leh by Gautam Prasad Belwal

Another pass ( Namik la) before many more to come

Photo of National Highway 1, Leh by Gautam Prasad Belwal

Kaash yeh waadiyaan inn bhujao mai sama jaayei

Photo of National Highway 1, Leh by Gautam Prasad Belwal

A night click from our hotel room at Leh

Photo of National Highway 1, Leh by Gautam Prasad Belwal