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Old 15th August 2012, 13:26   #106
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Re: Cliffhanger Himachal, Hidden Kashmir and a search for Mughal Ghosts

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Sirji, why did you guys not order Parantha or Mineral Water ?

Is the guy in front of the vehicle, worshipping with his hands above his head? Such a petrol head? Love his attitude!

Menacing presence of the MPV there. I never knew Army bought these, thought they were still on trial.
Paranthas and Mineral Wasser are for the faint hearted

That is our very own Romin, but was he worshipping, we better ask him
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Paranthas and Mineral Wasser are for the faint hearted

That is our very own Romin, but was he worshipping, we better ask him
Sirji, I purposefully made those spelling mistakes in my post(copied from the menu list board hehe I thought why add minerals in himalayan waters(original here in Kashmir!) because even bisleri and others advertise their water source to be from the mountains, so they might have purposefully written "Minral" water.

Photologue - Aane do!
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Old 15th August 2012, 13:56   #108
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Laluks - Each travelogue you bump up your photography levels, particularly the PP, by a few notches. A few more and you will reach stratosphere. Great snaps.

Great job you, HVK & Romin. 5 star rating goes without saying for a laluks log
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Old 15th August 2012, 14:22   #109
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Somewhere in this road, Agent Vinod and Madam Safari were just about to meet their Creator . But Agent Vinod's presence of mind and availability of support by way of friends in another car just behind helped us through. Even today my spine chills as I write these words.
What was this all about sir? Can it be elaborated for any learnings for other fellow travellers.

OT: I think i have spotted Agent Vinod's Safari in Kothrud, Pune area. Had tried looking for the owner but did not find him.
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This is indeed a thrilling travelog. The road is very narrow and I wonder what happens if a vehicle comes from the opposite side. Is there some wide region where two vehicles can pass? Impatiently waiting for the rest of the travelog.
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Wait for some spine-chilling videos of how it looks from the cockpit.........coming shortly on your desk top!
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That is our very own Romin, but was he worshipping, we better ask him
He is also a member of this Forum, maybe he will reply himself Maybe he is supplicating before the Lady, his wife?

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This is indeed a thrilling travelog. The road is very narrow and I wonder what happens if a vehicle comes from the opposite side. Is there some wide region where two vehicles can pass? Impatiently waiting for the rest of the travelog.
Not only will we discuss that, but we also have a couple of videos that explain how!
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What was this all about sir? Can it be elaborated for any learnings for other fellow travellers.
HVK will detail the scenario to us.
There is a video also from the spot from the Car Camera, but unfortunately it does not reveal what was on the sides of the vehicle.
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Re: Cliffhanger Himachal, Hidden Kashmir and a search for Mughal Ghosts

Since being again "active" on the forum, have been following up some great travelogues and of course this one.

This brings so many memories of that Oct 2011 travel of Kashmir and Zanskar, the best trip that we had till now!


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A M A Z I N G!!!
So much of Kashmir & Himachal hidden from the rest of India.
Absolutely. One of the drives that you and Laluks must do is that of Gurez and beyond and also of Lolab and Bangus. Amazing drives and vistas.


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Wait for some spine-chilling videos of how it looks from the cockpit.........coming shortly on your desk top!

Aha! that chaap rasta.... Whatever you do - sneeze or snitch, itch or twitch, don't lose your concentration on that track.

Its a no-error road. Again brilliant memories comes back from that road trip of Oct 2011. Quite a lot still left on the travelogue, will finish it up before the next trip.

Great pics and of course with HVK on board much better logistics and measurements than my wikipedia map [!] directions.


A must do road for any road and travel enthusiast. Bring on the chaap rasta...


And of course as always a 5* travelogue.

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This brings so many memories of that Oct 2011 travel of Kashmir and Zanskar, the best trip that we had till now!
ADC, your TL of that drive was on my desktop for a long time as I prepared for this one!

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Absolutely. One of the drives that you and Laluks must do is that of Gurez and beyond and also of Lolab and Bangus. Amazing drives and vistas.
Alas! We tried to go to Gurez too, but unluckily for us, there was some firing (and deaths) in Bandipora and curfew clamped down the day we were to travel, so no permits, etc. So that will be another trip.


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Its a no-error road.
You could not have put it better
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Re: Cliffhanger Himachal, Hidden Kashmir and a search for Mughal Ghosts

Here is a series of videos - shot using Agent Vinod's car cam




Tyari-Sansari sector


Tip: Do not look out of the right side window!!!

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Here is a series of videos - shot using Agent Vinod's car cam

What an scary yet amazing route to travel on! Have to state this - I went through the other 7 videos - kudos to you guys to even think, and successfully execute the drive through this route!

Noobie Q - at certain points, the roof of the cliff seem to be quite low - you didn't face any (top) scrapping situations?

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Here is a series of videos - shot using Agent Vinod's car cam

Man it is scary to even watch the videos. Driving on these roads (sorry no-roads) is something i cannot even imagine of doing. Kudos to you guys.
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Re: Cliffhanger Himachal, Hidden Kashmir and a search for Mughal Ghosts

Simply wow thread!

BTW, another option to reach Sach-Pass could have been via Pathankot - Chamba -Tissa - Bairagarh to Sach Pass.
I drove from Srinagar to Jammu via Mughal Road just 5 days back. The road provides good views only around Pir-ki -Gali.
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Simply wow thread!

BTW, another option to reach Sach-Pass could have been via Pathankot - Chamba -Tissa - Bairagarh to Sach Pass.
I drove from Srinagar to Jammu via Mughal Road just 5 days back. The road provides good views only around Pir-ki -Gali.
If you check the drive plan which is the second post, you would see that we have come in from Kishtwar Khillar side and exited out through Bairagarh, but instead of heading through Tissa to Chamba and Pathankot we took Bhalei Bhani route back to Kishtwar

We are just plain crazy!!
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