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Ladakh Chronicles, part 8 – Tso Moriri

April 5th, 2009

God’s mirror in the mountain

14^th July
We got up early and got ready. As the drive to Tso Moriri was a long one, we were to leave early. We left our guesthouse at around 9:30. As Prateek wasn’t there, Qayyum (from Plan Himalayas) was going to be with us on the Tso Moriri camping trip. Though, three of our members had gone, our vehicle was full. Besides Amjad (driver) and Qayyum, there was our cook and bags of food supply. We had kind of a lazy start till Upshi, as the weather was a bit dull… both outside and inside our vehicle. We really hoped that this drive and Tso Moriri, to be really good to sucker us back into that traveler’s mood.

We took a small halt at Upshi, as Qayyum and Amjad had left without breakfast. While they were having breakfast we also decided to have another round of tea. A nice hot herbal tea was a good idea indeed, as it helped a bit to awaken our senses.

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