Bangalore to Leh, Gama to Lama

Rajain · 20th January 2010, 15:42

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Originally Posted by yamraj

Folks, that was the end of the travelogue.

Thanks a lot to all of you for travelling with us on this journey that took several years in the making and will be a memory of a lifetime for us.....

- Y

Yamraj
This has been one great trip. I have followed it all along like all the other Leh trips of 2009 season. This has been one family trip with regular vehicles like most of us have. It is up to the courage of the leader of the group that all travelled safely and came back safely.

In the 2009 season I and my wife were just a couple of weeks late when the snows had just started. Could not get leave before that. We had reached Keylong but had to return due to heavy snowfall forecast. We were the last 25-30 vehicles that cross Rohtang and then it closed.

So maybe this year I would be trying it. And you in your very normal way, very family type drive out have done it. Congrats once again.

yamraj · 20th January 2010, 22:31

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Originally Posted by Rajain

Yamraj
This has been one great trip. I have followed it all along like all the other Leh trips of 2009 season. This has been one family trip with regular vehicles like most of us have. It is up to the courage of the leader of the group that all travelled safely and came back safely.

In the 2009 season I and my wife were just a couple of weeks late when the snows had just started. Could not get leave before that. We had reached Keylong but had to return due to heavy snowfall forecast. We were the last 25-30 vehicles that cross Rohtang and then it closed.

So maybe this year I would be trying it. And you in your very normal way, very family type drive out have done it. Congrats once again.

Thanx for the compliments

You were lucky (and wise!) to get out of there in time. The snow caused quite a bit of problems and some folks were stranded for very long.

Wish you good luck in your trip this year. Am sure you will make it this time around (just start a little earlier

).

- Y

rulerofsun · 23rd January 2010, 14:33

Hi Yamraj, ( or can I call you Yama from Lama and Gama

)

A very well written Travelogue. I enjoyed every bit of it. I have a few question though:
Is your Palio a 1.6?
How did you manage the walky licence? & what was its range?

Thanks for letting us into this fantastic journey of yours.

Regards
RoS

yamraj · 31st January 2010, 18:06

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Originally Posted by rulerofsun

Hi Yamraj, ( or can I call you Yama from Lama and Gama

)

A very well written Travelogue. I enjoyed every bit of it. I have a few question though:
Is your Palio a 1.6?
How did you manage the walky licence? & what was its range?

Thanks for letting us into this fantastic journey of yours.

Regards
RoS

Hi RoS,

You can call me either one of those :-D.

I have a Palio 1.6 Sports (2006 model).

I didn't have a licence for the walkies. I don't know if it's required or not either.

Thanx for your compliments

- Y

Aquarian20 · 6th February 2010, 03:41

Great One yamraj! I was unable to follow up your thread for last month and you have already finished it. Waiting for your next one.

SamtheLeo · 6th February 2010, 04:16

One Simple Word " AWSOME"

rest all i have already said in my previous comment, however with all your good wishes we aer planning the same on Bike this year from Delhi, The saga has already begun for us

yamraj · 6th February 2010, 16:51

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Originally Posted by Aquarian20

Great One yamraj! I was unable to follow up your thread for last month and you have already finished it. Waiting for your next one.

Thanx for the compliments

.

Quote:

Originally Posted by SamtheLeo

One Simple Word " AWSOME"

rest all i have already said in my previous comment, however with all your good wishes we aer planning the same on Bike this year from Delhi, The saga has already begun for us

Thanx for the compliments

.

Wish you all the best and a ton of fun in your trip. Do update as and when that happens.

rejoycjohn · 8th February 2010, 20:16

@ yamraj , we too had a similar trip to leh n back through Srinagar .

We reached Zozila or the ghat section before sonmarg after 6 , so we couldnt take any good pics of the whole ghat section .
Do you have it ? I m so eager to see that route in the daylight !!

cheers

yamraj · 8th February 2010, 20:48

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Originally Posted by rejoycjohn

@ yamraj , we too had a similar trip to leh n back through Srinagar .

We reached Zozila or the ghat section before sonmarg after 6 , so we couldnt take any good pics of the whole ghat section .
Do you have it ? I m so eager to see that route in the daylight !!

cheers

We were running a little late and were a bit tired so didn't take too many photographs ourselves. What I have are posted at http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/travel...ml#post1690021

KSM-Vtec · 9th February 2010, 11:04

Oh ya we also did Zozila when it was raining cats and dogs and there was fog all over. That place is really beautiful though.

ajitkommini · 9th February 2010, 12:13

What a fantastic trip report - absolutely rivetting! I spent the entire morning reading this thread. Great going and congratulations on achieving this!

yamraj · 9th February 2010, 19:02

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Originally Posted by KSM-Vtec

Oh ya we also did Zozila when it was raining cats and dogs and there was fog all over. That place is really beautiful though.

Zozila in rain and fog? That sounds like a proper adventure all right! Did you guys take the upper route or the lower one? The upper one is pretty treacherous.

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Originally Posted by ajitkommini

What a fantastic trip report - absolutely rivetting! I spent the entire morning reading this thread. Great going and congratulations on achieving this!

Thanx Ajit

KSM-Vtec · 10th February 2010, 01:09

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Originally Posted by yamraj

Zozila in rain and fog? That sounds like a proper adventure all right! Did you guys take the upper route or the lower one? The upper one is pretty treacherous.

Thanx Ajit

well you got it just right we took the upper route and to add to the fun we landed up in the middle of a live land slide..lol

here is exactly what we experienced up there http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/travel...ml#post1665508

yamraj · 10th February 2010, 20:24

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Originally Posted by KSM-Vtec

well you got it just right we took the upper route and to add to the fun we landed up in the middle of a live land slide..lol

here is exactly what we experienced up there http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/travel...ml#post1665508

That was quite something! A live landslide and driving through muck! Must have been quite a hair raising experience!

KSM-Vtec · 11th February 2010, 11:04

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Originally Posted by yamraj

That was quite something! A live landslide and driving through muck! Must have been quite a hair raising experience!

Oh ya it sure was

i so badly wanna take that drive again... are you planning to do Ladakh again this year??

23rd January 2010, 14:33	#153
rulerofsun BHPian Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Thane Posts: 191 Thanked: 147 Times	Very Nice. Hi Yamraj, ( or can I call you Yama from Lama and Gama ) A very well written Travelogue. I enjoyed every bit of it. I have a few question though: Is your Palio a 1.6? How did you manage the walky licence? & what was its range? Thanks for letting us into this fantastic journey of yours. Regards RoS
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6th February 2010, 03:41	#155
Aquarian20 BHPian Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Bangalore, India. Posts: 73 Thanked: 2 Times View My Garage	Great One yamraj! I was unable to follow up your thread for last month and you have already finished it. Waiting for your next one.
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6th February 2010, 04:16	#156
SamtheLeo BHPian Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Melbourne Posts: 451 Thanked: 26 Times	One Simple Word " AWSOME" rest all i have already said in my previous comment, however with all your good wishes we aer planning the same on Bike this year from Delhi, The saga has already begun for us
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8th February 2010, 20:16	#158
rejoycjohn BHPian Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Bangalore / Calicut Posts: 462 Thanked: 864 Times View My Garage	@ yamraj , we too had a similar trip to leh n back through Srinagar . We reached Zozila or the ghat section before sonmarg after 6 , so we couldnt take any good pics of the whole ghat section . Do you have it ? I m so eager to see that route in the daylight !! cheers
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9th February 2010, 11:04	#160
KSM-Vtec Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: MH-02-India-Bombay-Bandra Posts: 1,562 Thanked: 446 Times View My Garage	Oh ya we also did Zozila when it was raining cats and dogs and there was fog all over. That place is really beautiful though.
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9th February 2010, 12:13	#161
ajitkommini BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 490 Thanked: 124 Times	What a fantastic trip report - absolutely rivetting! I spent the entire morning reading this thread. Great going and congratulations on achieving this!
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