7th August: The day broke a bit late for us. The view from the room was astonishing. The far away snow clad mountains were inviting me for a trek... but... My health was much better than yesterday so we freshened fast and left for site seeing. We hired moped from another guy who had a shop right opposite our guest house. Stanzin Tolden is a friendly young lad from a small village 80 km from Leh. We also asked Stanzin to arrange for a shared taxi to Pangong Tso next day. He let us the moped which already had a bit of fuel in it. Yet, we filled additional fuel worth Rs. 300. And sped fast to Spituk. On the way, we checked Hall of Fame, which is open till 7 PM every day. Spituk Gompa is said to be the traditional seat of HH Dalai Lama(s). So, I actually wanted to walk from Leh. We had to be careful with utilization of time hence chose to ride the moped. On our way, we saw a group of cyclists pedalling all the way to Spituk. (I was so jealous.) Aft...
My experiments with myself; this world... A note of the Intimate conversations we have had, What this world gave me; what I perceived... After all I feel like being in Alien Territory all the while... When I am not writing, I am not hibernating but planning and preparing for next travel or trek. P.S.: In case anyone has any objection to any of the pictures used, please let me know, I will delete them in case of valid objection.