we woke up at 10:30pm.
after having a very difficult time in trying to sleep, I got some at 7:00am.
we had some plans for the day to get better acclimatized and start the activities, we didn't come to Leh to sleep all the day. :-)
due to some bad planning, we spent (wasted) next few hours in getting administrative work done for next day we wanted an inner line permit which is needed to visit Khardung La.
after all this we hired a Enfield Machismo bike and left towards Nimo .... to once again witness the confluence of Indus and Zanksar rivers..
Nimmo is 30kms from Leh (I had visited this place last time but Parth hadn't and it was anyway worth one more visit).
There is a supposedly 'Magnetic-hill' on the way which pulls metal objects but I missed to recognize it this time as well :-(
After a stop where we took some snaps, I started driving and guess what I started on right side. omg!! it was a curvy slope and a truck coming from other side and another one from behind. Both of them were amazed by seeing me on wrong side and I was also equally amazed to see them on 'wrong' side .. it lasted for around 30 secs all of us wondering the same thing: 'whats wrong with this guy' .. then I was awakened by Parth and I realized that 'oh! I am wrong, they are right'.. oh boy! it was such a terrible mistake.
there were some good snaps...
after our biking trip we came back and rested a bit.. then we climbed (as advised by everyone) nearby hill to visit 'Leh Palace' which was of ruins of old palace but it had great view of Leh town and nearby mountains.
It was about 200m and was our first climb at such an high altitude. In the beginning it was killing but later on I was ok but Parth became very tired. He was also wondering about his fitness level for Stok Kangari at this time.
but since we had plans for further climbing on next day (day_3) we were a bit relieved that we are progressing gradually and we should be well acclimatized before starting the trek on day_4.
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