Awesome Road Trip Manali - Himachal Pradesh to Leh - Jammu and Kashmir Part 4/5
{Leh City;Leh Palace}
07
August – Woke
up to a nice comfy morning, the temperature was like that of a cool Mumbai
night, although I did have to flick a bug off my nose once during the night
after which I could not find that creepy crawler, the night before Zariab was
bit by a bug and it gave him a decent sized swelling on his pinky toe.
Breakfast like all else was costly and substandard, INR 50 for a regular coffee
as compared to the well made creamy coffee in Manali. This place was clearly
not worth the premium, I had sourced another stay last night, Zariab headed
there and got a sweet deal although the toilet was common it was worth the INR 600.
Watch the hotel review
below it Stars a little Local Kid who won’t share the candy bar with his
brother...
We
headed towards the Ancient Royal Leh Palace, it was a decent walk up
the hill to reach the palace there was a mosque near the base, the afternoon
sun was harsh, filled with the local stink of animal waste, lucky the Palace
was nice and cool, unlike what one would expect from a palace this one was a
maze of various small rooms with tiny doors, most of the walls were filled with
names and numbers of inconsiderate visitors, the main benefit of visiting the
palace apart from the wooden and stone architecture is the view of Leh with the
backdrop of the ice capped mountains.
There
are many J&K ATMs and a HDFC ATM in the market off the Old Leh Road on
route to the Ancient Palace. In order to book a shared mini bus, cab or HRTC
bus one needs to go to the bus stop which is near the market area. On the Old
Leh Road there are many travel agents for sightseeing within Leh but to book
tickets to Manali there’s just “Swiss Tour
and Travels“. We booked a mini bus to Manali at INR 2,000 per head that
would leave on the 9th August at 1 am.
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