Sindhu's World

Ladakh was an awesome experience.  It has been an year since we had been to Leh. Memories of Leh are still up fresh in my mind. The beauty and peace of an environment found there can never be forgotten. The flight to Ladakh itself is an experience to be  shared. We   had been to Kashmir for a week before we boarded the flight to Leh. At Srinagar airport, it took almost two hours, underwent 5-6 security checks to board an hour flight to Leh. I was casually passing time, eating chocolates, and switching channels on the TV in front of me, finally stuck to   watching  a   movie. Having  gone with parents, I had no trouble or fight for a window seat! :D As I see through the window, it was just awesome. Frankly, I wanted to shout it aloud "AWESOME "!! The peaks below were so beautiful, an amazing site to watch. I was thrilled and rejoicing every moment of it. It was as though the flight was touching the peaks, like in science-fiction mo...

Day 3 on the tour! We started to a place named Magnetic hill, about 45 kms from Leh, a drive on the famous Kargil road. The roads made our journey comfortable and a true pleasure, hats off to BRO (Border Roads Organization).  Photography being my most enjoyable hobby, I couldn't sit still as every site along the way was worth a picture! Magnetic Hill: When we reached the spot, our driver (also the guide!) showed us, what this magnetic hill actually was.  At one point, the vehicle in neutral has to go back because of the slope, instead due to the magnetic pull; the vehicle goes forward, interesting! ‘ Isn't it!?’ And, with this theory to go by, the hill got its name ‘Magnetic Hill’. Sangam : Next spot on the way. It is the confluence of rivers Sindhu and Zanskar. We can see the clear waters of Sindhu flowing into dark and heavy flow of Zanskar. The rivers are surrounded by plain mud hills. The blue sky, brown hills, white and cream of rivers ...