Daily Report 11 – Kargil

sonamarg_reading

Sonamarg to Leh is not that far. It's about 300KMS. If one leaves early one should be able to cover it in a day. Since we were kind of late by a day, I was wondering about covering as much as possible in a day. But it turned out that the check-post gates were closed for a long time. The gates opened only at 1PM. By that time we were waiting in line for four hours. We made most of our time by reading or sleeping.

rainbow_drass

Once the gates opened there was mad rush. Initially we were probably 150 car in the line but once the gates opened we were a 500th car. Just like rest of India, following Q or line doesn't mean anything. This mad rush also ensured huge traffic jams.

Sonamarg Drass Route
Sonamarg Traffic Jam

We reached Kargil only by late evening. I must say the road between Drass and Kargil is one of the best in J&K.