Leh Ladakh India Trip Day 5 : Nubra Valley back to Leh

Stormy Weather, be very careful in the road especially for landslides.

Today is the day our trip back to Leh from Nubra Valley with several destinations to stop by. After the long journey from Leh to Nubra and stayed overnight at Shayok Guest House, Nubra Valley, the tomorrow morning we returned refreshed, especially as the air was very refreshing there. View in the front and behind the house is also refreshing for the eyes, rows of shady trees with the background of the foothills of Himalayan mountains on the side of the Nubra Valley. From the front of the house towards north, you can see the top of Mt. K2 soars high covered in ice. Such a morning view for a fresh start. The house is also beautiful, in front of it there is a flower garden, various flowers were found. Next to the house there is a solar panel Power Plan, for electric power.

Hari ini perjalanan kami pulang ke Leh dari Nubra Valley dengan beberapa destinasi singgah diantaranya. Setelah perjalanan panjang Leh ke Nubra dan semalam kami menginap di Shayok Guest House, Nubra Valley, besok paginya kami kembali fresh, terlebih udara disitu sangat menyegarkan. View depan dan belakang rumah juga menyegarkan mata, rindang deretan pepohonan dengan latar belakang pegunungan kaki Himalaya di sisi Nubra Valley. Dari depan rumah menghadap ke utara, tampak puncak gunung Mt. K2 menjulang tinggi tertutup es. Such a morning view for a fresh start. Rumahnya juga asri, di depannya ada taman bunga, bermacam-macam bunga ada disana. Di samping rumah ada Power Plan dari panel surya, untuk tenaga listrik.

Morning view from Guest House to the valley

Mount K2

Shayok Guest House's garden

Around 8.00 am we had breakfast, next we took photos for a while in front of the house, then off back to Leh (to be honest I forgot the order lol) after previously also making payment transactions and saying goodbye to the friendly host Shayok. The road along the Nubra Valley was deserted, with on both sides were mountains and valleys covered by the morning mist. Our first stop destination was Diskit Monastery where a huge Buddha statue lie here surrounded by captivating Himalayan range landscapes full package with foggy weather, reminiscing the monastery that sometimes exists  like heaven in the old Chinese movies, lol. The most interesting things for the geologists were of course the outcrop of the background mountain, it looks full of geological structures that could also be seen from its representative geomorphology. The happiness is here, said me as a geologist, lol.

Sekitar pukul 8 pagi kami sarapan, berikutnya kami foto-foto sebentar di depan rumah, kemudian berangkat (jujur saja saya lupa urutannya lol) setelah sebelumnya juga melakukan transaksi pembayaran dan berpamitan dengan host Shayok yang ramah. Jalan sepanjang Nubra Valley sepi, dengan kiri kanan pegunungan dan lembah yang diselimuti kabut pagi hari. Destinasi singgah pertama kami adalah Diskit Monastery, disini tempat patung Budha yang sangat besar dikelilingi lanskap Himalayan range yang menawan lengkap dengan cuaca berkabut, mengingatkan monastery yang kadang ada di film-film China jaman dulu bak kayangan, hahaha. Yang paling menarik buat geologist tentunya singkapan di background mountainnya itu, terlihat penuh struktur geologi, dilihat dari geomorfologinya yang juga representatif. Bahagianya ada disini.

On the way from Nubra to Diskit

On the way from Nubra to Diskit

Diskit Monastery

Diskit Monastery

The next trip was directly back to Leh, during the day we stopped briefly at the rest area, close to the river that many crossing prayer flags. Arriving at Khardung La Top, storms coming, all the way around Khardung La Pass the storm still take along the slippery road without guardrail, we could only pray a lot, luckily our drivers were reliable drivers on the streets, but it had to be very very careful due to many landslides possibility along the road too.

Perjalanan berikutnya langsung menuju Leh, siang harinya singgah sebentar di rest area, dekat dengan sungai yang banyak prayer flag melintang. Sesampai di Khardung La Top mulai terjadi badai, sepanjang jalan sekitar Khardung La Pass badai masih mengiringi di jalanan yang licin dan tanpa aling-aling, kami hanya bisa berdoa banyak-banyak, beruntung driver kami driver handal di jalanan, tapi memang harus sangat hati-hati mengingat di sepanjang jalan ini juga banyak longsor.

Prayer flags

Stormy weather is coming

Storm happened, we could barely see anything

Not a safe ride tbh, be very careful with the weather

Shanti Stupa

Arriving in the city of Leh, Kak Nina and I stopped for a moment at the Guest House then continued going to the Shanti Stupa. Previously, we had late lunch at Amigo Korean Restaurant and going to the travel agent to complete the payment of the Nubra Valley tour as well as pay the down payment for the trip to Pangong Tso the following day. Shanti Stupa, we went around here and take photos for a little while before sunset. Using transportation there by taxi for INR 400, entering Shanti Stupa for INR 40. In the evening we get through the Leh market and having dinner at Wazwan Restaurant. Returning to Lungskor, we rested and prepared for tomorrow's trip to Pangong Tso.

Sesampai di kota Leh, saya dan Kak Nina mampir sebentar di Guest House kemudian melanjutkan perjalanan ke Shanti Stupa. Sebelumnya, kami makan siang dulu di Amigo korean restaurant dan menyelesaikan pembayaran Nubra Valley tour di travel agent sekalian pembayaran dp untuk trip ke Pangong Tso besoknya. Shanti Stupa, disinilah kami keliling dan foto-foto sebentar sebelum matahari mulai terbenam. Transportasi kesana menggunakan taxi pp INR 400, masuk ke Shanti Stupa INR 40. Malamnya kami lewat Leh market dan makan malam di Wazwan Restaurant. Pulang ke Lungskor, kami istirahat dan persiapan untuk perjalanan besok ke Pangong Tso.

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Amigo 570
Shanti Stupa 40
Taxi 400
Wazwan 380
Full Payment travel tour 2600
Down Payment for Pangong trip 1000
Down Payment for Lungskor GH 1000
Retribution 60
Monastery back from nubra 60

Amigo570
Shanti stupa40
Taxi400
Wazwan380
Travel lunasin2600
Travel dp pangong1000
Lungskor DP1000
Retribusi60
Monastery pulang dr nubra60