I woke up around 6:30 or so. Shweta and I wanted some nice continental breakfast as Leh offered a number of options. We hit a cafe around 8:30 am with wifi to enjoy some coffee along with my omelette. We took it easy as it was a rest day.
I had to get my bike's air filter cleaned. Took it to a local mechanic and we found that he was super busy. Ended up cleaning it myself the old fashioned way -- using the exhaust as a blower.Post lunch we all went to the Hall of Fame in Leh. It's difficult to write about Leh without writing about the Indian Army. So many connections.
The Hall of Fame offers great insights on various battles including the Kargil war. A short 30 minute film on the Kargil war is a good watch along with the rest of the museum. There is something different about these places. They make you feel you are an Indian. You feel it on the 15th Aug and 26th Jan while you are in Pune. But here, the air breathes something else.
I really enjoyed the Kargil section and the Siachen section of the musuem. The Siachen hut, the way our soldiers live at those temperatures is absolutely mind blowing.
I really loved this pic of Captain Vikram Batra. I think the museum did a great job in some of the pictures displayed here.We had early dinner as we planned to ride to Pangong Lake the following morning.
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