Road trip to Uley 

We left for Uley at 4:30 in the morning and despite of inadequate sleep, we were all super excited for the journey. Even at that time in the morning, we were all dancing, singing, playing games and listening to each other's endless stories in the bus.

After 3 hours we had to stop at a point in Sonamarg as the traffic was one way for the next 30-40 kms. We reached there at around 8:30 am and they usually opened the Srinagar traffic at 11 so we had 2-3 hrs to admire and explore the beauty of Sonamarg.

The Srinagar to Uley journey by road is a unique experience of seeing the transition of mind soothing greenery of Kashmir valley to rugged brown beauty of Ladakh region. I was absolutely mesmerized by the beauty of Sonamarg.

We sat by the Sindh river. I was left in awe by the beauty of the place. I could listen to the sound of the river flowing, of birds chirping, of wind moving for hours. It was so peaceful. After 2 hrs of slacking off by the river, we sat in our bus again to complete our journey to Uley.

During the bus ride, I couldn’t keep my eyes off the window. After covering around 35 kms, we stopped at zero point. We were all absolutely loving the chilly weather. After admiring the beauty and soaking the place in, we again sat in the bus. The accumulated snow was visible on both sides of the road, with hills still covered with thick layer of snow. We stopped at Dras for lunch, the 2nd coldest inhabited land in the world. For our evening tea we stopped at Kargil.

After about 14 hrs of long road trip we finally reached our hotel, the Eco resort in Uley. Although it was a long and extremely tiring day, every bit of it was memorable and I couldn’t wait for what was next.

Stay tuned for the next part of my journey.

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