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| Paradise "Gar bar-rue-zameen ast; hamin ast, hamin ast, hami asto !" (“If there be a paradise on earth, it is here, it is here, it is here!").  Wonderful pictures and equally beautiful travelogue. keep it coming. Quote:
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20th June 2009, 13:31
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20th June 2009, 13:55
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20th June 2009, 14:03
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Ladakh is a place where the road trip, the journey, is more than the destination! Of course this is a personal view, Gentlemen, so kindly do not start bashing!  | |
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20th June 2009, 15:03
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20th June 2009, 15:42
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| Senior - BHPian  | great trip sir what a lost opportunity for me !! 18 months in Gurgaon and i could not plan something like this! let me plan a Chennai - Leh trip then |
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20th June 2009, 18:12
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| Senior - BHPian  | Great Travelogue Suman Ji. Keep the pics and report coming. |
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20th June 2009, 18:32
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20th June 2009, 21:41
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21st June 2009, 00:23
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And Hats Off!!! to those two gentleman. That's such a true example of "Never Say Die" attitude. Quote:
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As a matter of fact offlate lot of travels of mine have been only about the journey rather than just the destination e.g: Hampi - Reached 24 Hours late, stayed one night, out in the morning. Coorg - Travelled 2000 kms to stay about 30 hours. Not that Wifey is complaning | |||
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21st June 2009, 15:06
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| Distinguished - BHPian  | Hey Suman: 15 hours into a Sunday and no new posts? Don't tell me you only post your stuff from office... |
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21st June 2009, 22:47
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We did Blr-Nagpur-Delhi-manali-sarchu-leh-pengongtso-khardungla-Kargil-Srinagar-Amritsar-delhi-blr, we covered 8000kms & this travelogue took me back in time. Its the place to see in India, My most memorable trip till date.. Superb travelogue... Keep going. First one at pengongtso early morning at 5.30am & second is Leh city | |
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22nd June 2009, 12:10
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| Senior - BHPian  | Day Four: Kargil to Leh During the course of that fortnight, as I'd mentioned, we traversed varied terrain - bad roads, no roads, good roads LOL. However, if you ask us individually or collectively as to which we'd classify as our worst drive, we'd say "Kargil-Leh" without blinking an eyelid! Why? Maybe it was more to do with expectations. We were at the fag end of our first leg & everyone had given us an impression that except for a few short stretches where there was road widening going on, it would be a breezy run. No way it was, LOL!!!! I think we just got two really good stretches of black tarmac top - Hangroo Loops (just before Lamayuru) and then the final approach to Leh. The reast of it was irritating & frustrating - loose stones, dust & boulders  . Even our Kargil host was incorrect when he told me that it was like a Runway - at the end of the day, we realized that maybe he'd meant "Run Away"!Anyway, to get on with the story, it was sheer bliss to get up late & leave late - A couple of early morning clicks from the balcony & we were then ready for our Breakfast & departure   It was a 9.30 am start, the latest that we'd done on the entire trip & after saying our Goodbyes to our gracious Host Mr Iqbal, we were off. The points to see enroute were - Mulbek (huge statue of Maitreya), Namika La (second pass on this woute after Zoji La), Fotu La (highest point on Srinagar-Leh road), Lamayuru (monastery), Nimmu (confluence of Indus & Zanskar rivers) & Magnetic Hill. First stop 4 kms down the road was to tank up Diesel. Total Distance travelled - 196.2 kms, Diesel filled - 22.4 ltrs, Mileage obtained - 8.76 kmpl. The Landscape around us was pretty   and then we came across these (interesting to say the least)     It was hard to believe that these were natural formations & a result of erosion over the years! It was almost like we'd discovered the remains of forgotten civilizations! Progress wasn't really great & we crossed Mulbek about an hour & a half later     The pics will give you an idea of the scarcity of good tarmac top on this section      Namika La came up    and we carried on - I loved the color of the surroundings & the sky was so blue but I remained uunimpressed with the road surfaces     The highest point on this road - Fotu La. It was so windy that it was almost impossible to keep one's balance & click at the same tiime. The family remained in the car while I managed a few pics. Note how clean The Beast is looking        |
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22nd June 2009, 12:39
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| Distinguished - BHPian | Just as I thought! Office work is boring... What makes life interesting is sharing pics of such a fantastic trip! Suman, you ought to put up a notice saying "I DON'T POST TO t-bhp ON SUNDAYS." Trip of a lifetime indeed... I'd do it every year if I could afford it! |
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