Blogs from Kargil Town, Jammu & Kashmir, India, Asia

Hier kommt endlich unser erster Blogeintrag. Zur Info: für weitere Fotos ganz nach unten scrollen. 2.9. Endlich geht es los. Seit Jahren, Monaten, Wochen, Tagen bereiten wir uns auf diese Reise vor - organisatorisch, mental, materiell. Jetzt ist es real, vollbepackt zum Bahnhof marschierend realisieren wir es erst so richtig. Die Reise verläuft planmässig und ohne nennenswerte Begebenheiten. Am Flughafen in Delhi müssen wir zwar mehrere ATMs abklappern, bis einer endlich doch noch Geld ausspuckt, aber vor dem Gate erwartet uns wie erhofft ein Taxifahrer mit Schild und bringt uns zum Hotel in der Aerocity. Es ist bereits weit nach Mitternacht als wir dort ankommen, immer noch 32°C mit hoher Luftfeuchtigkeit. Da werden wir uns wohl dran gewöhnen müssen. 3.9. Beim Checkout werden wir zu einer Rezension auf booking genötigt, dann will man uns unbedingt ein ... read more

Little Bit Long Time At 3:45 in the afternoon we were high up in the desolate mountains in northern India; our bus was the first in line at a bit of “road construction,” which turned out to be a rockslide in the making. We piled off the bus to get a closer look at what was happening ahead of us on the road. A local man came up to us and told us that we would be here “little bit long time.” Boy was he right. The other two foreigners on the bus and I spent the next few hours contemplating whether or not the slide had been intentional or not – and if it had been, why create it in the middle of the freakin’ day when there is heavy traffic? One man was on ... read more

28th - 29th June After visiting the Hot water spring at Panamik, we drove to khardunla with just one pit stop for lunch. It was not as crowded as we saw the other day, so we went to the top and got some pictures. By now we were all used to AMS (Acute Mountain Sickness), Oxygen Kit that we took was never used and we never felt like we were at 18300 ft. I guess our plan to first go to Chang la did work. Khardungla captured!!!! Our next target was Kargil, we decided to take a Srinagar root back to Chandighar. We saw magnetic hill on our way, tried our luck and the hill seems to have lost the magnet to pull the vehicle when the ignition is off. Road was good from Leh till ... read more

Hi there! Haven't I done well.......only a few wks since the last one!! There's still tons to write though, so hope you're sitting comfortably!! I think I left off in lovely Leh...I have fond memories, even now! I'd just aquired Bob, and Claudio and I were about to set off on a new adventure to Zanskar valley. There were a few of us going, or so we thought. I had a few things I wanted to do to the bike before we went......new back tyre, check the gear box, just small things. Most things for bikes are really cheap over here. The new back tyre was a shock.....around 1500 ruppees! Considering a whole new front shock would only have cost 600, I nearly fell over at the tyre. It's really good though....probably 1 and half times ... read more