On the way to the Rohtang

Manali to Keylong

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August 11th 2010
As we rode out of town, I saw a dog ahead asleep in the middle of the road with trucks and buses just driving around it. I couldn't believe that it could be some comfortable in that situation so I stopped after I'd passed it and took the photo of it. This day was a real test of the flexibility of the bikes as we crossed the Rohtang pass (3978m). The rains had brought down a number of slips onto ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more