Saturday 24 August - 75 km to Leh with three 400-metre climbs and a net altitude gain of about 400 metres, and of course the last part of the third climb, just before reaching the hotel, was the steepest.
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| The view at breakfast looking across the Indus River. |
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| In my book, when you're at 11,000 feet, you should be flying, not driving |
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| Ursula part way around the bend about three quarters of the way up the first climb |
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| brick manufacturing near the top of the first climb |
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| Magpie finding something to eat on the parched ground |
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Fifteen or twenty people working at the top of the pass - looked like they were placing
stones as markers, although there must have been more to it than that |
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| A reminder to us manage our speed on the long descent |
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The Zanskar River (opposite) flows into the Indus (left-to-right)
and we start up the second climb of the day |
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| Nearing the top... more road signs |
And then the descent again to the Indus River. We get a bit of fairly level riding, then the final climb of the day. Leh is built up the hillside to the left in this photo, and it's another 400 metres of climbing to the hotel.
The ibex is on a statute part way up the hill, in the background is the Shanti Stupa.
Finally at the Royal Ladakh Hotel for two rest days..
...with a view of the Tsemo Gompa monastery which is on a hilltop above the Old Leh Palace.
And then the descent again to the Indus River. We get a bit of fairly level riding, then the final climb of the day. Leh is built up the hillside to the left in this photo, and it's another 400 metres of climbing to the hotel.
The ibex is on a statute part way up the hill, in the background is the Shanti Stupa. 
...with a view of the Tsemo Gompa monastery which is on a hilltop above the Old Leh Palace.
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