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**The Monk** · 05-28-2015, 12:04 PM

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Travelogue Approved

Those are some beautiful pictures and some horrible heart breaking pictures. I thank you Deepak for sharing this with us.

**sunilg** · 05-28-2015, 12:06 PM

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Deepak: I am sure you're not hearing this for the first time, but let me tell you that you are one of the best photographers around! Keep up the good work. Thanks for sharing!

**experimentalhead** · 05-28-2015, 12:16 PM

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Fantastic Deepak.
Sad to see the aftermath of the shake

**yatishankar** · 05-28-2015, 01:39 PM

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What a visual treat this is on a dull morning......we have heard and seen the tragedy that struck the country. Now its time to keep an eye on your log

**itsmevini123** · 05-28-2015, 04:11 PM

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Really, its heaven and hell both

**ArnabC** · 05-28-2015, 07:55 PM

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Fantastic pics there !! Really awesome. Any praise will be less. And also sad for the last pics. It's sad to see one of the most beautiful nations to face such grunts of Mother Nature.

**dichkaun** · 05-28-2015, 08:37 PM

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Nice pictures.
Sad to see the damaged buildings.

**krrishi** · 05-29-2015, 12:09 PM

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Some well crafted pictures there, soothing to the eyes except,for the last few photographs. Which is the camera and lens used for capturing the pics?

**krishna77** · 05-29-2015, 12:46 PM

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Some awesome clicks. Some heart-breaking snaps as well. Eagerly looking forward to the full log!

**deepakdilme** · 05-30-2015, 03:11 PM

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Originally posted by The Monk View Post

Travelogue Approved

Those are some beautiful pictures and some horrible heart breaking pictures. I thank you Deepak for sharing this with us.

Thanks bro

Originally posted by sunilg View Post

Deepak: I am sure you're not hearing this for the first time, but let me tell you that you are one of the best photographers around! Keep up the good work. Thanks for sharing!

Thanks a ton sunil bhai.

Originally posted by experimentalhead View Post

Fantastic Deepak.
Sad to see the aftermath of the shake

Thanks bro yeah it was really heart breaking to see the aftermath.

Originally posted by yatishankar View Post

What a visual treat this is on a dull morning......we have heard and seen the tragedy that struck the country. Now its time to keep an eye on your log

Thanks Yati shankar

Originally posted by itsmevini123 View Post

Really, its heaven and hell both

Yup

Originally posted by ArnabC View Post

Fantastic pics there !! Really awesome. Any praise will be less. And also sad for the last pics. It's sad to see one of the most beautiful nations to face such grunts of Mother Nature.

Thanks bro do pray for Nepal

Originally posted by dichkaun View Post

Nice pictures.
Sad to see the damaged buildings.

Originally posted by krrishi View Post

Some well crafted pictures there, soothing to the eyes except,for the last few photographs. Which is the camera and lens used for capturing the pics?

Thanks krrishi camera used Nikon d7100 17-55, 35mm, 85mm, 70-300vr,50mm.

Originally posted by krishna77 View Post

Some awesome clicks. Some heart-breaking snaps as well. Eagerly looking forward to the full log!

Thanks brother

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Everything was set and planned just two days before the ride for White Spiti again but didn't know that god has different plans for us.I was keeping the constant watch on the Spiti route which was getting worse day by day due to heavy rains and landslides.Got the updates that most of the route is washed out between Powari to Spellow.Although I have been there number of times but didn't want to take the risk of getting stuck as the conditions were really bad.Ali was asking me to do a cross country ride from a long time and that's where the idea came.I gathered information about the Nepal and came to know the place Mustang (offroaders and trekkers paradise).
Mustang District is a part of Dhaulagiri Zone, one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia. The district, with Jomsom as its headquarters, covers an area of 3,573 km and has a population (2001) of 14,981.
The district straddles the Himalayas and extends northward onto the Tibetan plateau. Upper Mustang, the former Lo Kingdom comprises the northern two-thirds of the district.This kingdom was a dependency of the Kingdom of Nepal but was abolished by the republican Government of Nepal on October 7, 2008.

In addition to trekking routes through the Lo Kingdom ("Upper Mustang") and along the Annapurna Circuit in lower Mustang, the district is famous for the springs and village of Muktinath (a popular Hindu and Buddhist pilgrimage site), apples, and Marpha brandy. Mustang was a lost kingdom of Tibet where traditions may remain more Tibetan than in Tibet proper following its annexation by China.
Permit Fee of Upper Mustang For the first 10 days per person US $500 and After 10 days per day Us$50 was too much for us to afford and we had to settle our itch with the lower mustang which comes in Annapurna circuit.

For me traveling is what I am living for and the passion is riding to different places, Exploring the culture, Food, And not to forget I love traveling in Himalayas.So why wait

Let's ride "YEE HAAW"

**krishna77** · 05-30-2015, 06:22 PM

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Nice! Please continue.

**hitanshu** · 06-01-2015, 08:03 AM

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Deepak,

Those are some tremendous photos in there. In an era when everyone is shifting to phone photography, your DSLR pics are eye popping level good. Waiting for more!

**deepakdilme** · 06-02-2015, 02:57 PM

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Originally posted by krishna77 View Post

Nice! Please continue.

Sure bro

Originally posted by hitanshu View Post

Deepak,

Those are some tremendous photos in there. In an era when everyone is shifting to phone photography, your DSLR pics are eye popping level good. Waiting for more!

Thanks brother for the wonderful words...cheers.

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Introducing the three riders who did this wonderful ride
Yours truly Deepak Gupta
Bike : Pulser 220F

Nitin ( NIT )
Bike : Royal Enfield 350

S Ali Mehndi
Bike : Pulser 220 Naked

15 APRIL DELHI TO MAHENDERNAGAR 350 KM

After a sleepless night, the big day began at 4.30 am with the morning rituals and I was on the road by the 5.30.Kalimata mandir chowk (Pankha Road ) was the meeting point for Nit and me.When he reached the meeting point, it was well past 6 am which was already quite late for us.We reached our second meeting point Moradabad Barelley expressway with one or two short chai breaks at 10 where Ali joined us.Roads were in fantastic conditions except some minor patches.The scorching sun above us was making us stop more often and we were trying hard to keep ourselves hydrated.But that's how most of the day went till 5 pm when we got some respite from the heat in the form of light drizzle at Sitar ganj.We moved ahead after filling up the tanks at sitar ganj and just ahead light drizzle turned into heavy rains.I had to quickly cover up my luggage and camera on the spot.Waited a little but decided to move on as the light was fading down drastically.It was completely dark when we just managed to sneak from the doors of Mahendernagar border.After crossing the border, we had to pay 80 RS per day per bike for the Bhansar ( Permits which you need for the traveling in Nepal ).We Paid 1120 INR/Bike for fourteen days which was quite enough to do Mustang and some part of Nepal on our bikes.To find a good hotel with parking was quite hard and that too in another country.After a lot of toiling at night, an army guy suggested a Hotel Opera which was the best option we got at that time.Settled for it and Paid 1600 NPR for the room with wi-fi.That's how the day ended in another country with riding on some of the most beautiful roads I have ever ridden.

The route we covered on first day

First break

Bridge en route to Moradabad

2nd break

Butter smooth roads

And we reached Moradabad barelley expressway

Photography in between

Took a long break here to shoot some photographs on this lovely location

Extended photo session for the machines

Enough of this ...we move ahead

Greatt roads to rode on

Journey was really awesome through the woods

We reached Sitarganj at 5 pm

Saw wonderful Gobind Sagar lake

Took a halt here to admire the lake when sun was getting down

It went completely dark after this so no photographs when we crossed the border

**krishna77** · 06-02-2015, 06:06 PM

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Some splendid captures!

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