Aaryan Valley or Heaven's Valley?

Aaryan Valley or Heaven's Valley?

I am on the exciting journey to surprise destination named as Aaryan's Valley which I am also calling as Heaven's Valley and you will call it too after reading through this wonderful virtual journey to Aaryan's Valley. We started this journey from Suru Valley. I ascended towards Kargil to go further to this surprise destination because this valley is still unknown to the world, thankfully!

Beginning of a journey to beautiful valley

While driving forward to the Aryan Valley we passed by Hambutingla Pass. (Kashmir valley to Ladakh - entirely it is land of passes)

We took a quick picture at exciting pass passing by moment and starting driving further to unknown roads. Unknown roads but not scary but roads that can take you to trance. Shades of browns with a vehicle or two just like yours as this is really an unknown road.

This was the first very journey where in we did not know that our driver also never came with any tourists in past. Thus practically we including our driver did not know the distance or traveling time. Thus we kept on going up and down, wind and wind thinking next village we see is surely the place we are going to be. Suddenly we saw this village which was entirely colored as mud.

But don't think this is the village I am going to stay in the name of Aaryan Valley. We took breathtaking view and started driving further up and down wind and wind :-)

After driving for say around 2.5 hours we saw a snow peaked mountain range and took small break which gave us view to these snow capped mountains and view to village with mud colored houses and beautiful green farming land of those villagers.

Some villagers walking by as if part of some beautiful picture frame, they purposely turned around looking us passing by as generally Ladakhi women do not want them to be clicked without their permission. My motto was to capture their strength and as my friend says some mountain wisdom :-)

We kept on driving passing by villagers, new and ever changing landscape from grey and multi colored sand mountains to rocks. Suddenly landscape was like some Kori we were going in or some rocky mountains we are constantly driving around. Our car was digging in the mountains and we were just getting immersed in it's beauty but now with little worry and not worry free. That trans mood had already turned to anxiety of reaching somewhere. In this anxiety I did capture that rocky mountainous terrain to just keep myself occupied in thoughts.

Journey always brings newness in you and so is this journey bringing in newness in the form of spectacular views, mountain people, show of light and shadow by the Sun, changing landscapes and changing us just as it shows in picture below.

We reached to the right village and how we shared wonderful time with local Aaryan friends is what you got to read in my next blog.