Photos Leh-Manali via Tso Moriri, Sep 2008

Hi all,

I've just found this forum - wish I'd known about it before we went on our trip! It's a fantastic part of the world and I wish I could press a button on my keyboard and go back there right now.

Some of you might like to see photos of the trip we made last year:

Leh-Manali 2008

welcome to IndiaMike
very beautiful photographs. appreciated it.

Hi & welcome to IndiaMike!

Stunning photos, really enjoyed them all.

The 'curveceous' one - ha ha!

Thanks for sharing! Amazing photos, looks like a great trip, but very strenuous I reckon, by bike.

Fantastic photos. Well done!

Welcome to IndiaMike.

Beautifull Photos, one of the best Ive seen till date for Leh.

What was the equipment you used?

Congratulation on finishing such a beautifull trip, that too on bikes.

beautiful pics mate. I flew in and out of Leh in last week of June 2008, Saw some cycle tourists in my travels around Leh, was it you ?

Which camera did you use ? I am planning to do Leh again, wanna join ?

Thanks for all the comments! I'm afraid I can't take credit for the photos - we were blessed with fantastic weather and I was using a small compact camera (Canon A650is) set to 'P' mode for the whole trip! But I am very pleased to have such a great record of the trip.

Monkeyboy - wasn't us - we arrived in Leh around the 25th Aug. Thanks for the invitation! I'd love to do the trip again, but am planning a trip to Hokkaido next year, which will take up all my holiday entitlement!

Hence proven, its not the camera, its the person behind the camera that makes the photo. Dude you still get full marks for the imagination behind the pics

Agree with Deky. With such a normal camera as well one can do such amazing things.. Great work!!

Thanks again everyone. I really wish I'd taken more photos of the people I met, because I seem to forget faces quicker than places. But every time I look through my old photos, it's the pictures of those faces that spark the best memories and stories! For example, among the photos from that trip through Ladakh there are a couple of Tibetan schoolkids, which are interesting enough by themselves, BUT... there's a great story about one of the kids in particular. The kids were being taught very basic English in the school, and had *just* enough grasp for us to communicate in a combination of English, Ladakhi and farmyard animal sounds. So Ulrike and I spent some time entertaining the kids by answering requests for "HORSE!!", or "PIG!!" etc. When we got to "YAK!!!" my throat was a bit sore, so I started a new game - teaching the kids how to 'thumb-wrestle'. This went down a storm, and a huge queue of children formed, all wanting to take on the Champ. Of course you have to let the kids win every now and then, and this caused some of the boys to almost wet their pants with excitement! Anyway. After a few games, a couple of the most excited boys started jabbering, and they grabbed one of the boys from further back in the queue and pushed him forwards. He was a wee bit shy and I wondered what was going on, but encouraged him to take my hand for a bout. And then I saw what the fuss was about! Jeez! The dude had two thumbs!! On both hands he had an extra thumb! I tried my best to be polite and un-phased by this, and I put on a good show but let him win all but one of the games, which made him champion of the world! It was a real treat to see his beaming face when the whole school around him were cheering him on. Ulrike almost cried! And I hope that he'll remember that day too, if anyone makes him feel self-conscious about his unusual hands in the future. Anyway - my point is that I'd probably forget that story completely if it wasn't for his wee face in one of the pictures!

Fantastic photographs and notes. Thanks for sharing. I hope to be driving on this road in next two weeks or so.

Hey AD,
although i have been to these areas but amazing pics and a nice photo journal,
regards,
baba.