Rise of the Machines #5

The meeting point of the Nubra river and the Shyok river.

I never really understood the geography here in Nubra. Take this picture for example. There’s arid brush, desert sand, meadows, a forest, and finally mountains… snow capped at that. And though it’s not visible, there’s a river flowing through the forest too.

Hmmm……

We reached Hunder in the afternoon, and decided to take a couple of rooms at a Samba guest house. Now, this place had 3 rooms, and one was already occupied. Small world, small world! The one occupant was a Bangalorean, Sunder, an amateur photographer and biker, who was spending a good few weeks in Ladakh trying to capture it all with his lens.

The German old-model who had dinner with us.

We had a nice long evening with drinks and dinner, and we were also joined by a German old-model who had come to Hunder, trekking from Leh. We kept it up until it was too dark to see, and too cold to eat/drink.