All set to leave Delhi
chandigarh, too organised to be a part of india
sutlej
mandi
Che Guvera, Read the Motorcycle Diaries and u'll be on the road soon
beas
irish friends
river crossing, we dint do it
starting our 3 day ride to leh
our tryst with snow begins
fine for littering 5k, we dint do it :)
peace...
traffic jam on the way to rohtang
makeshift eateries
pose !!!
there was a landslide, it was being cleared
stones were being showered
now you know why the traffic jam
riding past the landslide
restaurant by the lake
guru, biking partner
the bikes, they did a fantastic job
on top of rohtang, 13,050 ft
maggie, we would eat a lot this from now on
bangalore boys
he dint show any emotion at all even when i gave hin a chocolate
climbing down rohtang
koksar, pretty valley
masala chai
almost all our journey we were folowing one river or the other
river changing its course, pretty sight
the last we would so much greenery for another 1000kms
loved the river bank on the other side
Thank god we dint try chines or continantal :)
full moon
and this is how it looked that night in keylong
lady of keylong, see the silhouette of a lady knelling down on the mountain
all that dust want helping
and there was hardly any road
Border Roads Organisation, thanks to them then we can ride up there
snow on to[ melting into a stream
pretty village
another
BRO
chocolates, you are stocked with them for instant energy or for that passing kid
river bed
momos
in darcha
deepaktal
he wanted us to give him a copy of the pic on our way back, but unfortunately we were taking a different route
patriot
army camp
BRO's innovative road signs
parachute tents, make shift restaurants
its pretty relaxing
that guy said something like “you guys are doing a great thing on bikes” wonder what that meant :)
one of the many chilling streams you encounters on the road
and we crossed them
ppl use the water for drinking, thats mineral water in the real sense
windy roads
baralacha la, i dint know where to look
there was snow all over
it blew us, totally
that was some sight
it was really really cold up there
and this is what we saw
it was beautiful !!!
where to look
ice melting and getting to the road
it is too good to believe
the driver must have frozen to death
16,500 ft
after crossing the stream
hollander whose bike had borken down
couldnt be fixed so had to put on a truck
the breakdown gang
amazing landscapes
what say?? :)
mountain goats, they were tasty ;)
river bank
and the road wasnt getting any better
the machine braved it though
lone man standing
the duo
tented accomodation, sarchu , 14,100 ft
and this was the kitchen
theres low oxygen at this altitude so you get tired easily
the owner, funny man
so true
it looked hand craved
whatte bridge :)
this was even better
still a long way
result of a landslide
gata loops, 21 loops
bikiing was easy
and some great souls cycled
the hole
stone formation, buddhist's do it for religious reasons
ya sure
roads
pockets of ice
silver lining
the best of them all
more formations
pang, 14,750 ft
this is supposed to ba an imp village all it had was ard 10 tents
pang again
morey plains
40 kms of plains in btw the mountains
it was amazing, there was no road you could ride anywhere
evrybody took their own route
this guy was having fun
thank god we were not behind him
self fotography
tanglang la, 17,500 ft, worlds 2nd highest motorable road
it was really really cold
conquered !!!
i dint have omlit here
more biker boys in leh, and a passing uncle
DC office for the permit to head further
the permits
leh castle
leh palace
stupas
leh town
lamas, they were keen to know about our biking trip
wished i studied here
