During our trip to Ladakh we went on a 2 night jeep-trip to the Nubra Valley with Craig from London and Barbara from Switzerland. The road was pretty terrible in places and it took all day to raech our destination but we had a great driver and glorious weather. On the way there and back we went to the highest driveable pass in the world at over 5000 metres. The scenery on this trip was unbelievable and we couldn't believe that people live in such remote places that are completely cut off for most of the year because of the snow.
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| Highest driveable pass (allegedly!) |
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| At the top of the pass |
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| At the top of the pass - surprisingly warm |
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| All along the roads in Ladakh they have funny road signs - this one was the most sexist! |
One the first night we stayed the night in Tur Tuk, a Muslim village only 7km from the Pakistan border. The village was in Pakistan until 1971. The road here was only opened to tourists 2 years ago and the villagers were still quite shy but really friendly. The village was fascinating and surrounding landscape was amazing. I wish we could have stayed longer. We also saw a few people here with very fair skin, freckles and brown hair, which is very unusual in India.
On the second night we slept in a very posh tent, which even had a flushing toilet, in Hundar. The village and surrounding landscape was beautiful and once again we wished we could have stayed longer.
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