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Ladakh with Tsomoriri trip: Day 6
We had a long, solid view on the Tsomoriri in the morning and started our journey to Manali. (Btw, the pic on left is not the Tsomoriri, but the small lake I mentioned before.)
We drove along the famous salt water lake, Tsokar. We could see salt depositions many kilometers before Tsokar; at places we could not see the road though. 
Tsokar also seemed to have receded quite a bit. Getting near the lake was quite tricky because of the marshes.
We caught up with the Leh-Manali highway and yes, I admit it: there were some of the most spectacular landscapes on the way, specially the areas around Moore plains and the Baralacha La.
We had the taste of the “adventurous” Leh Manali highway, when our car got stuck in one the high make-shift bridges made by the army, over a very swift stream. We managed to create atleast 3 km long traffic jam on both sides.
Situation got so scary and confusing, that I didn’t even take a snap! With the help of atleast 50 truck drivers and some army jawans, we repaired that bridge with help of some GI sheets lying nearby and only then were able to move forward.
We didn’t halt at Sarchu, as is the norm, but moved forward and decided to stay at Jispa.
