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Ladakh photolog
My photolog of BCMTouring's trip to Ladakh in 2007.
Day 1: Delhi - Manali Time to start from home http://www.yogeshsarkar.com/photos/a...-from-home.jpg Umesh and Nilesh, taking a break before Ambala. http://www.yogeshsarkar.com/photos/a...ter-ambala.jpg Day 2: Manali - Kokhsar - Darcha Getting ready in the morning at Himachal Tourism Loudge http://www.yogeshsarkar.com/photos/a...oom-manali.jpg Getting luggage loaded on our steeds http://www.yogeshsarkar.com/photos/a...otorcycles.jpg Time to ride out http://www.yogeshsarkar.com/photos/a...e-to-start.jpg Line up at Rohtang Jot, we took over it for an hour or so :lol: http://www.yogeshsarkar.com/photos/a...es-rohtang.jpg Beautiful Keylong http://www.yogeshsarkar.com/photos/a...12-keylong.jpg Day 3: Darcha - Sarchu - Pang Time to start a new day, morning at Darcha http://www.yogeshsarkar.com/photos/a...ing-darcha.jpg Deepak Tal, a place I want to camp sometime! http://www.yogeshsarkar.com/photos/a...deepak-tal.jpg En route to Baralacha La http://www.yogeshsarkar.com/photos/a...ralacha-la.jpg We came across Suraj Tal http://www.yogeshsarkar.com/photos/a...8-surajtal.jpg Then finally reach Baralacha La http://www.yogeshsarkar.com/photos/a...ralacha-la.jpg From there we headed to Bharatpur (the settlement you see in horizon) http://www.yogeshsarkar.com/photos/a...-bharatpur.jpg From there to Sarchu http://www.yogeshsarkar.com/photos/a...-to-sarchu.jpg Where we had lunch http://www.yogeshsarkar.com/photos/a...-at-sarchu.jpg Then we met up with motographer who had a puncture http://www.yogeshsarkar.com/photos/a...of-nowhere.jpg Nice curves? We rode on those! http://www.yogeshsarkar.com/photos/a...ds-we-ride.jpg Day 4: Pang - More Plains - Tanglang La - Leh Just after Pang we stopped for a pic http://www.yogeshsarkar.com/photos/a...after-pang.jpg Took a shortcut to More Plains http://www.yogeshsarkar.com/photos/a...5-shortcut.jpg Explored small trails before more plains http://www.yogeshsarkar.com/photos/a...adventures.jpg Remains of the road which once existed at More Plains http://www.yogeshsarkar.com/photos/a...more-plain.jpg Me posing at Tanglang La http://www.yogeshsarkar.com/photos/a...anglang-la.jpg Day 6: Leh - Khardung La - Khardung Village - Diskit (Nubra Valley) North Pallu, sight of things to come http://www.yogeshsarkar.com/photos/a...orth-pallu.jpg After riding through snowfall we finally reach Khardung La, time to pose http://www.yogeshsarkar.com/photos/a...hardung-la.jpg Small lineup at Khardung La http://www.yogeshsarkar.com/photos/a...p-at-k-top.jpg Soaked at Khardung Village http://www.yogeshsarkar.com/photos/a...ed-in-rain.jpg Timeless memories http://www.yogeshsarkar.com/photos/a...village-bw.jpg Sparsh posing after Khalsar http://www.yogeshsarkar.com/photos/a...rsh-posing.jpg The thunderous sky http://www.yogeshsarkar.com/photos/a...rm-brewing.jpg Can have fantastic effects http://www.yogeshsarkar.com/photos/a...7/62-nubra.jpg Day 7: Diskit - Hunder - Thoise air field and beyond - Hunder - Leh We saw some sand dunes at Hunder in Nubra Valley http://www.yogeshsarkar.com/photos/a...nes-hunder.jpg Then headed for a place where we weren't supposed to go! http://www.yogeshsarkar.com/photos/a...ond-hunder.jpg But it was so beautiful so we kept riding http://www.yogeshsarkar.com/photos/a...all-stream.jpg Until we were shown the gun and told to turn back! Pakistan was barely 30kms away! http://www.yogeshsarkar.com/photos/a...s-in-nubra.jpg A small bridge to nowhere in the middle of nowhere! http://www.yogeshsarkar.com/photos/a...to-nowhere.jpg After 70+kms of riding, we came back to the place beyond which we weren't supposed to go! :twisted: :lol: http://www.yogeshsarkar.com/photos/a.../74-hunder.jpg Then we headed back to the highest road in the world http://www.yogeshsarkar.com/photos/a...hardung-la.jpg And reached Leh soon http://www.yogeshsarkar.com/photos/a...007/79-leh.jpg Day 8 Leh - Chang La - Pangong Tso The mighty Chang La welcomed us http://www.yogeshsarkar.com/photos/a...1-chang-la.jpg And en route to Pangong Tso, we discovered another lake http://www.yogeshsarkar.com/photos/a...small-lake.jpg And another one! http://www.yogeshsarkar.com/photos/a...angong-tso.jpg Then we finally caught the first glimpse of Pangong Tso http://www.yogeshsarkar.com/photos/a...angong-tso.jpg And the sunset http://www.yogeshsarkar.com/photos/a...angong-tso.jpg Day 9: Pangong Tso Next day we got a better view http://www.yogeshsarkar.com/photos/a...angong-tso.jpg And sat down to relax http://www.yogeshsarkar.com/photos/a...pangong-ts.jpg And even had a small race! http://www.yogeshsarkar.com/photos/a...-winner-is.jpg Fished out DJ's bike http://www.yogeshsarkar.com/photos/a...e-bike-out.jpg Got mesmerized by the tranquility of Pangong Tso http://www.yogeshsarkar.com/photos/a...98-pangong.jpg But got trapped by Pagal Nallah http://www.yogeshsarkar.com/photos/a...gal-nallah.jpg Day 10: Pangong Tso - Tangste - Chang La - Leh Army came to our rescue next day http://www.yogeshsarkar.com/photos/a...gal-nallah.jpg And we raise a toast to them http://www.yogeshsarkar.com/photos/a...ang-la-top.jpg Day 11: Leh - Lamayuru - Kargil Next day I alone, had a late start and bad weather, but there is always a silver lining to it http://www.yogeshsarkar.com/photos/a...c-lighting.jpg Took the road less used and came across the ruins of a village http://www.yogeshsarkar.com/photos/a...-a-village.jpg Then I was back on the normal route http://www.yogeshsarkar.com/photos/a...te-fotu-la.jpg Day 12: Kargil - Sankoo - Pakarachik - Rangdum (Suru Valley) It was time to head to Suru Valley, I was back after a year. http://www.yogeshsarkar.com/photos/a...lley-vista.jpg Nothing much had changed, people were still collecting grass for winter http://www.yogeshsarkar.com/photos/a...ting-grass.jpg But this Stupa wasn't there last year! http://www.yogeshsarkar.com/photos/a...iant-stupa.jpg But road was the same http://www.yogeshsarkar.com/photos/a...to-rangdum.jpg And so were the views at Rangdum http://www.yogeshsarkar.com/photos/a...uru-valley.jpg Day 13: Rangdum - Pakarachik - Sankoo - Kargil As I headed back next day, I took the abandoned trails http://www.yogeshsarkar.com/photos/a...lley-trail.jpg They were a lot more fun then the boring tar roads! http://www.yogeshsarkar.com/photos/a...oad-riding.jpg Then the adventure was over, as I bid Suru farewell again! http://www.yogeshsarkar.com/photos/a...g-farewell.jpg Day 14: Kargil - Drass - Zoji La - Srinagar Next day I crossed over into Kashmir http://www.yogeshsarkar.com/photos/a...94-kashmir.jpg A dramatic change from what I was seeing for past few days http://www.yogeshsarkar.com/photos/a...o-sonamarg.jpg But it was now time to bid farewell to hills get back home! http://www.yogeshsarkar.com/photos/a...e-to-delhi.jpg Click here to view the photo gallery of my Ladakh 2007 trip (contains 137 pics!) Here are couple of videos I shot during the ride, they were shot on the Manali - Leh highway. Climbing the Gata Loops (15,302ft in altitude) Descending from Baralacha La (16,500ft in altitude) Ps. Sorry about posting these photos late and posting a lot of them on the same page. PPs. sorry about the picture quality as my camera had gone bonkers during the trip! Last edited by capt_mahajan : Jun 19th, 2008 at 09:24. Reason: Image tags removed and url's left instead, after reports that members with slow connections were having big problems with so many large photographs |
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Jun 18th, 2008, 14:28
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nice post Yogesh, does bring back memories of my recent travel to Leh. My pics are at http://picasaweb.google.com/amards14/
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Jun 18th, 2008, 16:24
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Great pics Yogesh.
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Jun 18th, 2008, 22:30
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yeah. awesome pics documenting a fantastic journey.
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Jun 19th, 2008, 02:23
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Great pictures Yogesh...seems like you go to Ladakh every year...wish I could travel like you....anyways keep up the good work...thanks for sharing these beautiful pics !
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Jun 19th, 2008, 03:00
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nice pics Yogesh and Amarshah.
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Jun 19th, 2008, 04:29
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Excellent!
Great photos. Doing a similar trip starting July 2nd from Delhi.
Delhi to Manali in one day! What time did you leave Delhi and how long did it take to reach Manali? Cheers |
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Jun 19th, 2008, 14:06
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Thanks Swapnil and sssall
ColdC we started from Delhi at around 3:30am and reached Manali at around 1am because the two guys I was riding with had flown into Delhi on the previous day and had spent the whole day preparing the bike etc. and were sleepy by the time we hit the highway. So we had to take frequent breaks for tea etc. of course rain and rain damage roads and the fact both of them riding in North India and hills for the first time, didn’t help much. It normally takes me ~14hours to reach Manali from Delhi but that day it took us around 22hours. But both the guys were fantastic, they were up at 6am (we went to bed around 2:30-3am) and then rode till 5:30 in the evening. |
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Jun 20th, 2008, 05:35
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Yogesh, question about your route....
When heading to Mandi from Delhi and you reach Ambala, do you then take NH22 toward Pinjore and then NH21A through Nalgarth to NH21; or, are you going through Chandigarth and Rupnagar? Thanks!
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Jun 23rd, 2008, 14:48
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Awesome pics yogesh. Mind Blowing. I am definitely doing my trip now
would you be doing another bike trip again sometimes? count me in...i wanna do one on my bike too. always wanted to. and btw what is the pagal nallah thingy? was it after a land slide? coz i dont think my car can cross it , if its a normal terrain. What camera did you use? please tell me the brand, MP and the optical zoom of the camera. cheers ...just saw your avtaar pic..awesome
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Jun 30th, 2008, 21:44
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Don’t worry too much about pagal nallah, unless it is overflowing on the road, it wouldn’t be too difficult to cross, even though the road leading up to the bridge over it is a little rough.
All the photographs were shot using my Kodak cx7430 4mp digital camera with 3x optical zoom. |
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Jun 30th, 2008, 21:51
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when are newer videos with songs in the background coming ?? look forward to them.
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