Satisfying Impulses #1 - 5oo km cycling from Manali to Leh - Part 8

in #travel6 years ago (edited)

Rumtse to Upshi

We decided to take it easy further, though not much of distance was left for Leh. We decided to stay at Upshi about 20 km from Rumtsee, but not before we enjoyed a great photo shoot on the way.


The dessert at High Altitude, beautiful isn't it !


Monestry on the way!! Gya


Look at landscape


The road all to ourselves


I love this place


The famous prayer wheel


These houses exude such warmth!!!


Greenery is sparse here!!That explains the lack of oxygen probably


Our Lunch for the day, the famous Tibetian momos, and Thukpa


Its, going to rain!!

The way ahead


Dark & Cold!


All wrapped in plastic and ready for rains


A typical house in this part of India

Now Leh is Just about 40Km so enjoying our time here.

Next, we start our Journey towards Leh

The first stop on the way was CafeCloud, an absolutely​wonderful place for food and great Ambience

https://www.tripadvisor.in/Restaurant_Review-g790282-d8821342-Reviews-Cafe_Cloud-Thiksey_Leh_District_Ladakh_Jammu_and_Kashmir.html

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Resting and recouping

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Lovely flowers

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Awesome ambience

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Lovely food and tasty too

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Warm soup to soothen the tired bodies

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We together!!

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Posing before moving out.

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The Thiksey Monastry

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Lovely town of Thiksey

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A famous town on the way to Leh.

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Traditional Entrance to a Ladhaki town

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A sand crater among the mountains

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Places of worship

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Views like these make the journey unforgetable

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Lovely blue skys.

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What a place to stay.

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On the way to Leh

More to come soon, hope you guys are enjoying.

You guys can read the connecting posts at the following links...

Part 1 of this series - https://steemit.com/travel/@free-ion/satisfying-impulses-1-5oo-km-cycling-manali-to-leh

Part 2 of this series - https://steemit.com/travel/@free-ion/satisfying-impulses-1-5oo-km-cycling-from-manali-to-leh-part-2

Part 3 of this series - https://steemit.com/travel/@free-ion/satisfying-impulses-1-5oo-km-cycling-from-manali-to-leh-part-3

Part 4 of the series - https://steemit.com/travel/@free-ion/satisfying-impulses-1-5oo-km-cycling-from-manali-to-leh-part-4

Part 5 of the series - https://steemit.com/travel/@free-ion/satisfying-impulses-1-5oo-km-cycling-from-manali-to-leh-part-5

Part 6 of the series - https://steemit.com/travel/@free-ion/4vo4bj-satisfying-impulses-1-5oo-km-cycling-from-manali-to-leh-part-6

Part 7 of the series - https://steemit.com/travel/@free-ion/satisfying-impulses-1-5oo-km-cycling-from-manali-to-leh-part-7

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Fantastic. Absolutely enjoying the posts. The food you got there looks super fancy. I wouldn't have imagined anything more than thukpa and momos available there

Yeah, we too thought so. But this place is really awesome. You should try it whenever you visit Leh. Highly professional and warm people.Thanks a lot for sharing your thoughts.

Beautiful photos! That looks like an amazing ride. So glad to find other bike tourists on here. I plan to post about some more this year. I'm going to go back and read the rest of this series.

Hey Thanks a million Robmolecule, will love to see your cycling posts.

Wow! Beautiful pictures. :D
Having soup in that climate must've been an amazing experience!

Thanks a lot @wandereronwheels , yes it was heavenly to have it in that climate. :)

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