Manali

Chandigarh to JammuFrom Manali, Leh, Kargil

2000 Kms in 11 Days

Team Photo (From Left) : Kiran Chopra, Gunwant Nikam, Pankaj Bhalerao, Girish Pardeshi, Rafique Sheikh, (Taking the Photo) : Parvez Khan

Bad Conditions of Vehicles because of Fraud by

Transporters

Much awaited Tea Break after packing up Bags on the

Vehicles

Fully Loaded with Bags, Extra Petrol Tank, Tyre !!

Mandatory P.U.C Test in Chandigarh…….My bike didn’t

Pass !

Yamaha Support !!

Small Break en route Manali, Two Bikes already lost the

route

First View of Tree Line (10000 feet above sea level)

Reached Manali, Bikes seem to be not that tired

View from Manali of Rohtang Pass Range

Eroded Basin of the Beas River

View of Rohtang Pass from Madi

Back View of Manali Valley en route Rohtang Pass

Bikes Seem to be still not tired

Rohtang Pass

Cyclist we met at Rohtang Pass (13247 feet)

Opposite Side of Rohtang Pass towards Tandi , Keylong

Amazing but very Bad road towards Patseo from Keylong

Baralachla Pass Top (16000 feet aprox)

Good Morning , after grueling night at Sarchu

Barren Landscape at Sarchu Tent Camp (14500 feet)

Crossing into J & K from Himachal Pradesh

Long Roads, High Spirits

21 Gata Loops, see the amazing Folds of Mountains in the

Background

Crossing Lachalungla Pass (16713 feet)

More Plains/ Pang Plateau

Seeing back towards More Plains/ Pang Plateau

See approach towards Taglangla Pass

The Benchmark says it all !

Traffic Jam at 17582 feet

View of Leh Valley, Now relatively Closer

Check Out the amazing formations in the background

Leh City

Forced Plantations at outskirts of the City

Leh Palace but now a Buddhist Monastery

Jai Khardungla Baba !, Reached the top !!

Again Benchmark says it all !!

Much needed Machine in this part of the World

See the Morain and Rocks

Man and Machine, on the Top

At 18000 feet, Some feel Cool, Some feel Cold….

My Bike, My Achievement

Pollution, also at the top of the World !!

Point out the Khardungla Pass

Border Roads , a great milestone

Probably he is on a Weight Loss Programme !!

Leh Valley

Changla Pass, 3rd Highest Pass in the World

Army Guys gave us free Chai in this Heated Tent

Check the Road and the Stream

Routine check at Tangtse Village, Prohibited Zone

Pangong Lake (14985 feet), Horizon is Tibet (China)

Our Shelter and surrounding area of Pangong Lake

Four Colours for Four Different Mountains

Landslide Debris Clearing work in Progress

Typical Ladhakhi Village road

Lamayuru Gompa (Monastery), en route Kargil

Moon Land Rocks, Lamayuru (Lime Stone Deposits)

Moon Land Rocks, Lamayuru (Lime Stone Deposits)

View of Kargil Village

Army Training Facility

Kargil Air Strip for Air Force Only

Government Dawakhana on the ‘LOC’

Tiger Hills and ToloLing

From Drass Sector

Towards Zozilla Pass, Very near to LOC

Specially Built Roads for Bofor Gun and it’s Vehicle

Descending from Zozilla in Kashmir Valley

Kashmir Valley, Check the Army Convoy in the Ghat

Sonmarg Army Check Post

Sonmarg Village and it’s serene beauty

House Boat Post Office, Srinagar (5200 feet)

House Boat Post Office

Young Shikara Rider

Two Thumbs Up for Success

CRPF Personnel keep Vigil, Also in Dal Lake

Shankracharya Mandir and TV Tower

Our Camera is not a Bomb !

Char Chinar in Dal Lake

Dal Lake and N number of House Boats

Shankracharya Mandir

Moghul Gardens

Chashmeshahi

Sunset at Srinagar and soon on our Expedition

Regrouped for Last Snap at Patni Top

End of Kashmir Valley, going into Jawahar Tunnel towards

Jammu