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Fire and ice. There was a strange synergy between them. Ice and freezing wind around us and fire within the engines of our steeds. Spiti is almost a destination of habit for me now. This was my 9th ride into the valley and was I dazzled! Never before had I witnessed the 'unveiling' of this mystic valley as it shrugs off its white winter shroud and emerges afresh. The Himalayas are a land of superlatives. Their grandeur and magnificence is beyond utterance in the language of words. And Spiti is their most well guarded secret. The brusque contours of this cold Himalayan desert lay spread out this time as an endless vista of innumerable shades of 'snowy' white mixed with the azure blue of the sky. That just two colours could make for more fascinating vistas than the entire gamut of shades and hues of other seasons becomes apparent only when seen and experienced first hand.
I had been wanting a winter sojourn with Spiti since for quite long. Imran (B2L), Aryan and Anshul (Anshuluniyal) voiced a similar craving and things took shape for mid-March. Aryan unfortunately couldn't go as he fell sick, much to our and his disappointment. We couldn't postpone the ride as the snow begins melting pretty quickly once the sun begins shining regularly and going by what my contacts in Kaza and Puh told me, they were experiencing bright and sunny days through the week.
We left Delhi on the 13th morning and returned on the 20th evening. On two ZMA-R's and one P200. No issues with either of the bikes except for a couple of punctures in the P200's rear tyre. Why only the same bike..we have no idea at all
. We rode as far as the roads were 'open', which was just a little past Kaza towards the village Rangrik. We could also ride into the Pin Valley till Guiling Village and describing it even as 'spectacular' would be a gross understatement. The road was mostly snow and ice free though there were patches which required utmost caution to ride through. It has been an amazing experience, almost unbelievably so and we shall be sharing it here with you all as best we can through the feeble powers of words and the 'not so feeble' visuals!!
Over to Imran and Anshul for some detailed narratives.
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More pictures here
Pics and narration by B2l (Imran) here
Some Black & White digitals here
Narration by Old Fox here
Panoramas added here
. I was too engrossed with trip stories of Ravi Bhaiya 
. Anyways I won't waste my time in regret 
and will just stare the beauties captured and will wonder How they can be so beautiful? and will ask God and Parents when they will let me go there and make me feel lucky 
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