Day 7: Sarchu to Pang
Day 7: Sarchu to Pang Milestones
Day 7: Sarchu to Pang Taking all precautions!
Day 7: Sarchu to Pang Some lovely plain roads! :-)
Day 7: Sarchu to Pang Reflected glory!
Day 7: Sarchu to Pang I could go on forever on these roads!
Day 7: Sarchu to Pang Vladimir at the beginning of the Gata loops. He is unwell and not sure how much he can go today.
Day 7: Sarchu to Pang Higher and Higher...
Day 7: Sarchu to Pang And whose idea was this??
Day 7: Sarchu to Pang Madhavi on the Gata loops.
Day 7: Sarchu to Pang Nose bleed at Lachungla Pass. One of the altitude related problems I faced (besides many others!).
Day 7: Sarchu to Pang Mayank does his bike salute.
Day 7: Sarchu to Pang A lot of water on the roads...
Day 7: Sarchu to Pang Interesting hills...
Day 7: Sarchu to Pang And formations!
Day 7: Sarchu to Pang Welcome to Pang!
Day 7: Sarchu to Pang Stanzin and his two knees!
Day 8: Pang to Debring Anke is ready!
Day 8: Pang to Debring Some pre-breakfast...
Day 8: Pang to Debring The climb starts here!
Day 8: Pang to Debring
Day 8: Pang to Debring The roads get from bad to worse again!
Day 8: Pang to Debring Shobhita off on her walk again!
Day 8: Pang to Debring Waiting for breakfast - which got lost!
Day 8: Pang to Debring Stanzin's excuse for the roads!
Day 8: Pang to Debring Nearly there!
Day 8: Pang to Debring Debring
Day 8: Pang to Debring Relaxing at a parachute tent.
Day 8: Pang to Debring On the way to campsite at Tsokar KP, Neeraj, me and Suma all covered up!
Day 8: Pang to Debring On the way to campsite at Tsokar Lake
Day 8: Pang to Debring On the way to campsite at Tsokar
Day 8: Pang to Debring The Tsokar lake...
Day 8: Pang to Debring The Tsokar lake... Saving Mayank's floaters... which floated away!
Day 8: Pang to Debring The Tsokar lake... We spot a bird! Wait, wait - it's Suma!
Day 8: Pang to Debring The Tsokar lake campsite
Day 8: Pang to Debring It's apple pie for dessert cooked up by our expert cook Ratna!
Day 9: Debring to campsite near Upshi Early morning at the Tsokar campsite
Day 9: Debring to campsite near Upshi Swiss cyclists power their way up!
Day 9: Debring to campsite near Upshi
Day 9: Debring to campsite near Upshi Taglangla Pass
Day 9: Debring to campsite near Upshi Suma and Sandeep reach Taglangla
Day 9: Debring to campsite near Upshi Taglangla
Day 9: Debring to campsite near Upshi Taglangla and the downhill after that. It gets worse!
Day 9: Debring to campsite near Upshi And finally some road to cycle on!!
Day 9: Debring to campsite near Upshi Suma takes a nap!
Day 9: Debring to campsite near Upshi A break at a parachute tent...
Day 9: Debring to campsite near Upshi Some beautiful green patches at last!
Day 9: Debring to campsite near Upshi Pretty little hamlets on the way!
Day 9: Debring to campsite near Upshi Pretty little hamlets on the way! Sampath takes a break!
Day 9: Debring to campsite near Upshi Pretty little hamlets on the way! Sandeep needs to fix a flat!
Day 9: Debring to campsite near Upshi Road! Road! You can see my excitement! And on the 9th day, I cried with happiness! :-)
Day 9: Debring to campsite near Upshi The gang is ecstatic!
Day 9: Debring to campsite near Upshi With Suma
Day 9: Debring to campsite near Upshi Barley?
Day 9: Debring to campsite near Upshi Madhavi and Sampath
Day 9: Debring to campsite near Upshi Tanvi and impromptu biking lessons!
Day 10: Campsite (12 kms before Upshi) to Leh
Day 10: Campsite (12 kms before Upshi) to Leh Downhill!
Day 10: Campsite (12 kms before Upshi) to Leh Ab Leh door nahin!
Day 10: Campsite (12 kms before Upshi) to Leh How much further?!!
Day 10: Campsite (12 kms before Upshi) to Leh Break at Karu. Uwe (our German cyclist who spent the last 2-3 days with us) with Anke...
Day 10: Campsite (12 kms before Upshi) to Leh Break at Karu. Uwe (our German cyclist who spent the last 2-3 days with us), Anke...
Day 10: Campsite (12 kms before Upshi) to Leh Break at Karu and the rest of the gang join in one by one
Day 10: Campsite (12 kms before Upshi) to Leh Sampath looks thrilled that it's the last day!
Day 10: Campsite (12 kms before Upshi) to Leh A monastery...
Day 10: Campsite (12 kms before Upshi) to Leh Thikse monastery...
Day 10: Campsite (12 kms before Upshi) to Leh Near Shey
Day 10: Campsite (12 kms before Upshi) to Leh Shey Palace!
Day 10: Campsite (12 kms before Upshi) to Leh Reached!
Day 10: Campsite (12 kms before Upshi) to Leh A dip in the river and a wash for the cycles!
Day 10: Campsite (12 kms before Upshi) to Leh Welcome to Leh!
Day 10: Campsite (12 kms before Upshi) to Leh Compensating for all the calories burnt!
Day 10: Campsite (12 kms before Upshi) to Leh Uwe, our fellow German cyclist needs his meal and quickly!
Day 10: Campsite (12 kms before Upshi) to Leh Welcome to Leh! and the German bakery!
Day 10: Campsite (12 kms before Upshi) to Leh Bon Appetit!
Day 10: Campsite (12 kms before Upshi) to Leh Bon Appetit and a grand dinner!
Day 10: Campsite (12 kms before Upshi) to Leh KP and Tanvi
Day 10: Campsite (12 kms before Upshi) to Leh Anke does the calculations!
Day 10: Campsite (12 kms before Upshi) to Leh Neeraj is happy!
Day 10: Campsite (12 kms before Upshi) to Leh Mayank
Day 10: Campsite (12 kms before Upshi) to Leh Madhavi and Sampath
Day 10: Campsite (12 kms before Upshi) to Leh Anke and Suma
Day 10: Campsite (12 kms before Upshi) to Leh Shobitha and KP
Day 10: Campsite (12 kms before Upshi) to Leh Ah, finally they got their shave!!
