Leh Ladakh Lamayuru & pyare pangong

Journey to leh and coming back
I love travel.
So god helps me.
Cheap deal in deccan flight.
Passionate about my first flight.
Little bit tense about the procedures
Few flashes here.


Dinner at Delhi airport.
Chilling ac in Delhi airport and sleeping passengers and my sleepless night.
Check in early morning
Way to runway by bus.
Finding my own seat.
It takes off.
Night view of Delhi from sky.
Sunrise
Himalayan peaks from window.
Leh airport.
Meeting CRPF jawan and gap sap.
Way to petrol pump leh.
Dalai lama coming, eye to eye contact with king of Tibet.
Reaching YHAI, 5 min walking from petrol pump.



First view of cycles.
Feeling sick due to sleepless night and foodless day.
Rest & bread butter. Still hungry.
YHAI khichri and im recharged.
Treating cooks of YHAI ,mountain sickness.
Meeting another lady participant i.e. Garima.
Evening cycling (unofficial) & first experience of geared cycle
Heavy cycling with lorry driver.
Garima came from market with mitra, YHAI man.
Im in lorry with dimple.
Dinner and rest.


Today is actual reporting day.
Morning with dimple & mitra in cycle repair,
Then marketing with garima.
Post office and tourist information centre and marketing foods.
Lunch
1 dark handsome man came he is bangalorian i.e. manjunath.
Young and still bachelor doctor.
On the way shanti stupa
Pangong lake programe cancelled. But home work complete.
Radha krishan our photographer from Mumbai.
Back to base camp and dinner.
2 men came i.e. vikram & manges from dhulia maharastra.
Group completed when Amite came late night.
Night trek with amitabh dixit to bring his luggage & so much fun.
Night trek in the roads of leh ill remember lifelong.
Sweet dream.


Today is rest day
Thiksey gompa with manjunath & garima & photographer.
Lunch
Next batch joining
Shanti stupa at evening.
With Vicky,mangesh,manjunath,garima & amitabh.
Dinner.


Today is acclimatization day 1.
Fort & raj bari for boosting.
Ghost photo shooting in leh palace.
Lunch
Orientation speech and leader selection.
Cycling to kali mata mandir 16 km at evening with FD.
Dinner.


Today is acclimatization day 2
Amitabh in bed.
Group reduced to 5 i.e. sourav,garima,manjunath,vikram,mangesh
Sindhu darshan cycling with dimple in the morning.
Lunch
Base camp full of participants,
coffee and dinner.
Choosing cycle at night,
Sleepless night due to overcrowding and acclimatization overdose.
Too much adrenaline low oxygen high temperature is the result.


Big day
On the way basgo.
Endless cycling
Gurdwara rest at 1 pm
Loss of gear wheel of my cycle.
Bath in basgo river at 5 pm
Dinner and sleep



Im out of team.
Team goes without me emotional sickness.
Visiting ruins of basgo castle. great.
Basgo my love.
Emotional sickness deteriorates in the afternoon
Reached nurla camp in van with new cycle
I literally cried when I met my teammates after missing 1 day cycling
Evening in sindhu bridge.
Superb dinner with soup.


Lamayuru day.
Hairpin bend was a little bit tricky.
Visiting lamayuru gonpa at evening
Cricket match and dinner.
Love u lamayuru,full moon,
Good sleep.


Down hill to nurla,same sindhu bridge camp site
Third batch came.
Evening in momo house,veg momo & paneer momo was the victim of our appetite.
Meeting another bicycle rider(srinagar to leh)
Dinner and camp jokes



Back to leh
Skipping basgo camp
Same road boring
Fixing vehicle for pangong lake at leh in evening
Candle light dinner from Vicky
Meeting reporting batches at base camp leh and sharing experience.
Check out

Pangong day
Music & cold breeze
Skinny dipping in pangong
Light lunch on the way return
Motion sickness of garima.
Back to leh
Last good night of whole team at leh together
Vicky and mangesh absent
Me,manjunath N garima at leh market
Suddenly we met 2nd batch decided to go to hemis gonpa by hired bajaj Pulsor.
Me(novice and without driving licence) in one bike & G & M in another.
Funny bikes
Hemis gonpa-a must visit.
Lunch at hemis
Back to leh unsatisfied dinner.
Good night.



Manjunath absent
I walked out early morning to get a return ticket for delhi by bus
Came with sweet gazar ka halua(breakfast)
1st sep. leh festival in auguration
we(me,garima,asutosh,ananya) in festival when vikram called me.
Festival ended in a dancing mode
Late night dinner


Return starts by bus
Gorgeous view
Really ladakh is the land of endless discovery
Reached keylong at 9 pm


Next day crossed rhotang pass
Then manali.kull,mandi
Reached delhi early morning
Home sweet home

The end