the Road to Kargil
Following the Indus with the spectacular landscape of the confluence of the Zanskar river. The characteristic rock called Nimmu Gyasgo (the Gates of Nimmu) near the green oasis of Nimo village. After Lamayuru the road crosses a beautiful brown landscape of rounded hills and snow capped mountain peaks reaching the Photu La, Fotu La (4147 m), the highest pass on the route, Namik La (pillar in the sky) (3760 m).
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