Day 3 (12.06.2019) - Stuck in Sonamarg

We started our next day ride at 8 AM from Dal Lake to Kargil. It was clear day in Srinagar so we were hoping for better day ahead. After crossing the Srinagar we had breakfast on a road side restaurant which was on the bank of Sind river. After having the breakfast we started to move forward. The scenic view of the valley was absolutely amazing. After covering almost 70 kilometers of our journey then the rain has started. We were still riding in the rain but suddenly it turns heavy and weather was also extremely cold. We stopped a kilometer before Sonamarg to clicked some pictures.

Sind River

Outer Srinagar

At Sonamarg entrance!!

Trying to capture some pics :)

Now we had reached at Sonamarg where we saw huge traffic on the road. We crossed the traffic and reached at a police barrier where we got to know that Zojila pass has closed due to snow. It was continuously raining since yesterday. Police staff has no update if road would open today or not so they asked us to return back. Now we had returned back into the market where due to extreme cold my hands were getting numb so I went to a chemist shop to buy surgical gloves those I wore under my riding gloves to protect my hands from cold wind. Also both of us purchased woolen cap and muffler those we were forget to carry. It was raining so we parked our bikes outside a cafe and ordered coffee so we can spend some time over there. Its been almost two hours passed since we were waiting in the cafe to get the update about Zojila pass but no luck. After covering 80 kilometers our today's ride came to end. We had lunch in same cafe and decided to do not wait anymore so we came outside and start to find a hotel.

Finally we got one decent room in a hotel for night stay. We brought our bags into the hotel room. After sometime we stepped out from hotel room to explore the natural beauty of Sonamarg.

Biker's room lol !!

Nature has so much to offer here in this beautiful valley. Snow white mountains on one side and green mountains enveloped with alpine trees on the other side. Sonamarg is a small valley, but it has all that makes it a perfect tourist destination. I was so much happy that nature has gave us a chance to explore this location. If road were not closed then we might crossed it without stopping here.