Blogs from Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India, Asia - page 14

then we had to explain a lot that we had been travelling high altitude places before plenty of times. and had been to Ladakh in Summers couple of times. so we want to experience the beauty of this place in a different season. though none was convinced with that crazy answer neither were we... after taking tea. we kept our luggage on that shop itself and hunted for a place to stay. most of the hotels were closed. finally we were able to get a room in a hotel that was partially closed but owner was still staying there. they charged heavily. and there were couple of restriction too... * Only 1 bucket water will be given for the day.....(though other forms of water(Ice and snow) were in surplus) * Electricity will come only for an ... read more

An unforgettable road trip with my sweetheart, spanning more than 3500 km in 9 days, witnessing tough terrains, snow clad mountains, traversed world’s top 3 highest motorable mountain passes , did rafting in Sonamarg, Camel (double humped) Safari in Hunder, Nubra, visited war-memorials in Kargil & Drass, witnessed snow fall at Khardungla, Hailstorm in Bilaspur & camped at Panamik, Nubra. To sum it up, it was an ultimate road trip with one of the best roads in India (NH 1) to one of the worst & unimaginable terrains - we drove it all - right from mud, snow, ice, rocks, drains, broken bridges, dust storm, hail storm, heavy rainfall, broken road, no roads, off-roads without apparent damage to the car. We are glad to have made it all - just the way we love it. Read ... read more

19th June 2010 We started our journey as per plan, we then reached the Pune - Mumbai Express highway.. really a well planned highway considering the mountain path. Roads were pretty good from Mumbai to Baroda (it was a normal NH), We took another express highway from Baroda to Ahmadabad. We then had our dinner in Ahmadabad to move to hemathnagar to stay overnight. DAY2 Pune - Himathnagare (850 KM) Road - 3.75 out of 5 (Mumbai to Suraj highway is just a normal NH) Weather - 3 out of 5 (Very humid once we enter Gujrat) Lesson learnt - Never enter city (This time it was our Mumbai city) 20th 21st June 2010 DAY 3 ( Himathnagar - Chandigarh) Day/Night 1150 KM We started our journey very late, our initial plan was to travel till ... read more

27th June So one more late night meant that we would be late in the morning. We planned to go to Khardung la passs (highest motorable road on earth). Roads are a really challenge for the driver. Khardung la pass was a little crowded (you can see a lot of people on bikes), my best bet is that Khardung la is the pinnacle of biking. We did not stop at Khardung la as we knew that we should pass Khardung la when coming back from Nubra. We drove to all the way to Nubra, at Nubra Valley puzzled me we the natures diversity. You can find Sand dunes , greenery, water & mountains, what else you want from nature. After few photo shoot we went to a military canteen and to our shock Dosa was on ... read more

18th June 2010 Finally a day that we were all waiting for!!! All the plans, resist & the fighting that we had for 3 years on when we will be going to leh has finally come, I’m really satisfied writing after my 1st day. It’s really an amazing feeling considering the fact that we have people from different profession and getting them all together was always tough! Having said that we are here and I would love to brief about how the roads are and what you can expect….. As per the plan we all assembled at the beginning of the NICE road in Magdi Road, We got our Leh uniform (what an amazing feeling that we have a T-shirt of our trip that we were planning for so long. After few pic’s we started our ... read more