Today's stage is 165 km long and goes from Leh to Pangong Lake over the Chang La pass.
Up on the Chang La Pass (altitude 5360 meters) we encountered a snow storm but it didn't affect our plans to get to pangong lake.
After Durbuk the road became much worse because there is major road work going on.
In the end we arrived at our cabins at Pangong Lake but by then we were very frozen.
When we were in Kaza in Spiti Valley we found out that both Kunzum Pass and Baralacha La Pass were closed due to snow so we had to take a detour of 1024 km to reach Leh via the Zoji La Pass.
We instead drove via Tirthan Valley, Manali, Gopalpur, Pathankot, Patnitop, Srinagar and Kargil. It will be an experience that way too. The roads are often in good condition but sometimes the asphalt is missing and there are no road barriers. In some places the road is hanging on to the almost vertical rock faces but I never experience any vertigo or fear for my life. The Royal Enfield Himalayan felt secure on these roads.
During four weeks we are going on a motorcycle adventure in the Himalayan Mountains in Spiti Valley, Kashmir and Ladakh.
We will cover 4000 km on our Royal Enfield Himalayan 411 cc motorcycles and we´ll be visiting places like Chandigarh, Shimla, Kaza, Dharamshala, Srinagar, Kargil, Leh, Hunder and Pangong Lake.
I hope you will enjoy following us on our once in a lifetime motorcycle trip.
7 дек 2023
