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How is Ladakh accessible? |
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Answer» Over the years, many things have changed in the high-altitude cold desert of Ladakh, some for the worse but most for the better. The highway from Leh to Srinagar was a single-laned road for many many years, which meant stopping and giving way if you saw a truck coming from the other direction, unless you were on a two-wheeler. A few years ago, the ascent up to 13,400 ft to reach Fotula Pass, the highest point on the Leh-Srinagar highway would have been treacherous, even on four wheels. Today though, with some parts of the highway already been double-laned, it is one of the most amazing drives, with a lot of it running along the Indus river till it turns towards Batalik, where it enters our neighbour Pakistan. |
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