Concrete Block Bath Tub

Lato - Thiksey

54km / +200 m / - 840m

throat out of Lato is very nice.




Km 23: Upshi, small-town ugly crossroads (junction to Tso Moriri right). Nbx restaurants. Very hot (38-40 °! Quite a change after the 3-4 ° of the day!).
Approximately 8km climb and hilly road.
Km 37: Karo (shops, ISD / STD). Great military zone, still ugly. "Turn-off to the left Hemis. Road to Sakti (Taktok and Wari La / Pangong Tso and Changla) on the right (need a permit).

Desert landscape before reaching Thiksey

Km 54: Arrival Thiksey (3419m). The only hotel is on the bottom right of the entrance of the village (250 Rps dble with the bathroom).


prayers at the monastery in the early morning, cool, few tourists (they come later).
NB: I returned to Thiksey two weeks later, prayer room cafie tourists at 6:30 in the morning, we had come across a group, disappointing ...