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 But to be frank, my wife has asked me to get a 4x4 SUV ASAP as she wants to do this trip again in one of those. Quote:
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22nd July 2009, 17:46
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| Breathtaking Baralacha La! Hey folks, more pics of Baralacha La. Hope you enjoy these:           Cheers! LoG |
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22nd July 2009, 17:47
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22nd July 2009, 17:56
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| BHPian  | Great! so you did it finally.  Brilliant landscape pics! Waiting for more. Last edited by breezydrive : 22nd July 2009 at 17:57. |
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22nd July 2009, 20:08
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23rd July 2009, 11:34
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| Day 3: Continued After Baralacha La, it was a smooth sailing till Sarchu. The roads were in good condition, the weather was pretty pleasant, and techno was playing on the car stereo. All in all, we were in real high spirits.      Reached Sarchu around 12 noon, and now were in a dilemma whether to stop there or carry on till Pang. The words of caution against staying at Pang given by Kumarji rang in my head, and it was decided that Sarchu was gonna be our halt for the day. Drove down the road where camps were abound couple of times trying to pick one, but the problem was, none seemed occupied. Saw a Safari parked at one of the camps and decided to enquire there. The place was named Goldrop Camps and wife liked the color scheme they had, Grey & Orange. So it was settled that it would be our stay for the night. Bargained fiercely with the caretaker and decided on a rent that seemed fair to us. Famished that we were, an omelet & a maggi were soon ordered and promptly ravaged. Then it was time for a stroll around the camp and clicking snaps.    The beauty & the beasts.   Sunset @ Sarchu  |
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And this mate takes the cake.[/quote] Hey mate, when you get an opportunity, you grab it. The sun sets so suddenly at Sarchu, one minute I was preparing my camera & tripod for pics and next minute it was gone! And man, did the winds pick up or what. | ||
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23rd July 2009, 14:32
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23rd July 2009, 15:05
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23rd July 2009, 15:06
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| Senior - BHPian  | lordofgondor you are responsible for me being non productive since last 1/2 hr. Every pic took 1/2 min at least. Awesome.... Mera Bharat Mahan !!!! |
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23rd July 2009, 15:45
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| Day 4: Sarchu – Lachung La – Pang – More Plains – Taglang La – Upshi – Leh Woke up at Sarchu around 5:30 AM and man was it cold or what. There’d been no signs of MS for me, but wife told that she’d had some problem breathing in the night. Luckily we’d been on Diamox since Naggar, so her symptoms had been mild. I asked the camp guys to pack vegetable sandwiches for our breakfast, settled the bill and we were on our way by 7. Saw this marker near the Sarchu check point and knew we still had good ground to cover.  But we also got the good news that the roads after Sarchu were in a good condition, with no major nallah, except the Kangla Jal to cross. I had heard lot of horror stories about Kangla Jal and wated to put it past us ASAP. But soon the scenery unfolding around us took that thought completely out of my mind.      Came across this bridge named Twing Twing Bridge which was under repair that time.  The process made us loose about 1.5 hours and I was again obvious that Kangla Jal was waiting for us.  Struck a conversation with a few locals transporting a group of travelers in Force Tempo Traveller. They subsided my fears by assuring that the nallah is a whimper if you cross it before 4. Though I was a bit relieved by that, but still unsure. Again the charismatic views provided the therapy and all my worried vanished.  Soon we reached Nakee La and saw these wierd placement of stones.  Next stop Lachung La. |
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