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10-14-2009, 01:17 PM
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City Rider
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: MUMBAI SUBURBS
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@darth-nice to hear from you after a long time.Congrats for the 2nd round.
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10-15-2009, 02:01 PM
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Bucephalus
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: KPM.(Temple City), TN 21 J 4555, TN 21 AF 4555
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Nice trip there, btw i liked your himalayan survival kit
 
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10-15-2009, 07:47 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Mumbai
Posts: 103
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Thanks all.
Sorry for being inactive for long time.Was out of riding because of a misjoined right hand thumb which took forever to heal.Add to it Ill give the common excuse which we give to our friends,insane work pressure for not being in touch. PS:Good news is I wont stretch the triplog Ill finish it before diwali weekend before I bury myself with more work Day 6: Keylong-Pang: Next days ride had plenty of good vistas......      Was dissappointed to find very little water in suraj Tal.  The presence tent camps in sarchu was almost non existant....most of the people had packed up for the season Had lunch at Sarchu at one of the tents   Reached Gata loops...   Reached one of the loops where there is small temple types where people make offering for some dead boy. People had made offering of water bottles,empty beer bottle,cigarrates This time I had got a chocalate bar to make it.I peeked inside it and was shocked to find a human skull at the little altar made.....Alrighty the story of someone dying from dehydration over there is true then.  Reached Pang.  Surprisingly it was almost empty of tourists.Went into tent camp. One of the caretakers commented I was very tough to walk around just in a light sweater and riding solo.........kya kare majburi hai,people drop out.....Gee!! I am a social retard and I like it that way For a minute I felt good and I imagined myself pushing my bike to bike to m-la top all by myself Had almost 12 hours to kill. Fished out a novel I had brought along with me and kept reading it till it was daylight.  
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10-15-2009, 08:56 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Mumbai
Posts: 103
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Pang-Leh:
Got up early from my bed early at around 5.I had to get permits fast... I didnt have much of AMS.I am fast becoming a himalayan mutant Started the bike but she wont respond.The lady at dhaba suggested I should wait until sun is shining bright.Waited and kept checking starting my bike at regular intervals. There were little bonfires lit.There were not many tourists and I thought might need some dhakka start I befriended a friendly types guy besides a bonfire who I thought was a tent owner and I kept chittchatting with him. He had khakhi trousers and a sweater later I learnt he was a cop posted at Pang to note down truck numbers. Thankfully sun was out at around 7 am and temperature was crawling back to zero. It was above zero soon but bike wouldnt budge .Had to park it diagonally till sun warmed up the engine and clutch case metal. Minus 1.8 and steadily rising....  I decided to check starting my bike again.Yipee it started........ Reached Leh in jiffy.................    Went to DC office and got permits.Checked into a cheap 300 rupee room where I had stayed earlier in 2007. Slipped on a tshirt and went to take a stroll. Surfed the internet,had a burger and took a walk in market to get permits photocopied.Photostat is 3 rupee per copy in leh and I initially went to lot of shops to bargain for the prices since I had to make 15 photocopies....I had nothing else to do in life that day One of the shops had a pretty looking lady and I decided to walk in and finally get my xeroxes ...Meanwhile a guy walked in.He had alpinestar jacket and AGV helmet...bikers are plenty but someone with good riding gear generally is a serious tourers.I was dressed in casual tee shirt and jeans and my bike was parked at hotel.He broke the Ice first and asked "This is all you need to get xeroxed".I nodded.I asked him if he was with a riding club.He said XBHP. I said I was over there too but I wasnt a active tourer these days.I told him my id and gave me his id.He was Darth Veda... He said," I know you ,You are the other sith lord around "He took me to introduce me to Praful Tripathy standing outside. These guys were gonna do nubra,pangong and marsimik la....same as me.What a stroke of luck!!!!! I had company for most difficult parts of the ride.I later got introduced to Pranay. For next four days I had fantastic company of good riders. |
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