Thursday, September 19, 2013

Some spots along the Leh-Alchi-Lamayaru route


The first one would be the Hall of Fame Museum, located just on the outskirts of Leh and maintained by the Indian Army is a treasure house of information on warfare and culture  in Ladhak  during  the past 1000 years. Good place to buy some souvenirs at a reasonable cost.









The Pathar Sahib Gurudwar. Built at a Spot where Nanak Sahib mediated and tamed a local demon. The atmosphere inside is great. At lunch time, a sumptuous lunch is served. 










The Confluence of the river Zanskar and the Indus . Here is  where all the excitement of rafting on the Indus takes place


                       
The Magnetic Hill-An unbelievable phenomenon. The vehicle in neutral gear parked in a down slope actually moves up-simply unbelievable                                       


Crossing Alchi and on the way to Lamayaru are these strange  formations in the hills called moonscapes. Do they resemble the  moon surface?

6 comments:

Shiju Sugunan said...

Very informative post, Sudhir. Beautiful pictures. I am off to google "magnetic hill phenomenon".
:-)

Teamgsquare said...

Wonderful pictures, the magnetic hill phenomenon is nice to read.

Indrani said...

Whoa! A out of the world experience!
You have a video of the MH exp.?

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Rajesh said...

Wonderful coverage. I would definitely like to go here.

P.N. Subramanian said...

I wonder how the people spend the winters there. As usual beautiful photography.