Hunder to Turtuk and back (Last village of India)(180 Kms)

Day 8 - Hunder to Turtuk and back (Last village of India) (180 Kms approx.)

Today, I got a bit late in starting my ride, it was 10:30am.

Initially my plan was to go to Panamik, Sumur and Pangong Lake. But I got confused between two plans, whether to go Panamik & sumur OR go to Turtuk. As most of the people I met were going to Turtuk, so I also decided to go to Turtuk only.

In morning, I went to Disket first (which was 7 kms) for petrol and got a full tank in my bike. I came back and visited the Sand Dunes (Cold desert) of Hunder. I took the Double hump camel ride, which was so amazing. There was sand all around and desert was so big. The time was around 12:30pm and I came back to my homestay and left all my luggage there, to get ready for Turtuk.

Then I had my lunch in Huder at 1:30pm and started my ride to Last village of India ‘Turtuk’. It was in POK (Pakistan) before 1971 war and its a Muslim village. It comes under Baltistan and the language in use is Balti.

It was one of the amazing, smooth ride to Turtuk, beautiful scenic view along the Nubra River flowing beside the highway. I crossed some small villages named as Thoise & Chalunka. I reached Turtuk around 4:40pm and visited the last military check-post. There I met one young photographer, while having tea at a local shop and had a nice chat for about an hour. Hence, got late in starting my return journey.

By the time I started coming back (At 6:00pm), the Sun was already set and it was getting dark and then completely dark.

I was able to see the stars in the sky at 7:00pm in evening. There was nobody with me or around, no vehicle, no light, no village across 30-40 kms and I was riding alone in that dark, cold evening. I continued my ride and finally reached back to my Homestay at Hunder by 8:30pm. I felt so happy and relaxed after reaching my homestay. It was a difficult yet thrilling ride of 80 kms in a Dark night at such a risky and isolated place. My homestay owner (Uncle & Aunty) were also happy to see me as they were also worried for me coz I was riding alone and got late.

Aunty have already made a nice non-veg dinner for all the homestay people, but when she came to know that I am a vegetarian she made a very nice hot vegetarian dinner (Daal, Rice) specially for me and I swear to god it tasted really awesome. Later I slept around 10:30pm.

Watch all the Episodes of My Ladakh Trip:

Episode 1.) Delhi-Ambala-Ludhiana-Amritsar - https://youtu.be/OGWggm5P-GY

Episode 2.) Amritsar-Pathankot-Udhampur-Ramban-Srinagar - https://youtu.be/0Oo-IcRemyg

Episode 3.) Srinagar-Sonamarg-Jojila-Drass-Kargil - https://youtu.be/IqwRB6GuKjE

Episode 4.) Kargil-Magnetic Hill-Gurudwara Pathar Sahib-Leh - https://youtu.be/I8teXM-_32I

Episode 5.) Leh-Khardungla-Disket-Hunder(Nubra Valley) - https://youtu.be/VlpXxkp_3LM

Episode 6.) Hunder to Turtuk (Last village of India) - https://youtu.be/QtFqQcFbI20

Episode 7.) Hunder(Nubra valley)-Durbuk-Pangong Lake - https://youtu.be/FfKN6pIgdNI

Episode 8.) Pangong Lake-Changla Pass-Leh - https://youtu.be/_Jix4Fpg4XI

Episode 9.) Leh-Karu-Upshi-kiari-Chumanthang-Nyoma - https://youtu.be/PkKGyBRVX8w

Episode 10.) Nyoma-HANLE-Sumdo - https://youtu.be/PNlZAAhYQaY

Episode 11.) Sumdo-Tsokar-Debring-Pang-Lachungla Pass-GATA Loops-Sarchu - https://youtu.be/ZpPIDKh07_g

Episode 12.) Sarchu-Baralachala Pass-ZingZing Bar-Darcha-Jispa-Keylong-Rohtang Pass-Manali - https://youtu.be/iZeri4rHF3M

Episode 13.) Manali-Kullu-Mandi-Chandigarh-Delhi - https://youtu.be/MDxZ-IpkEaQ