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Yeah varun, its took quite a long time to get to Leh. Letsee how the trip ahead goes..
Devilish: It was nice timing for me to be there at that time as the sun escaped the clouds just before setting.
Yash: Yes, now that i can will have to see how i will fare at these places...
mike: Still a lot of Ladakh is left and looks like it wont be simple from here
As far as security, Even in the curfew time at least this time life was normal in Dal lake area. A few kms out of srinagar and you wont find a trace of hostility. The kashmiris in villages are down to earth and friendly. There was like a mine planted near Zojila pass, which the army difused and cleared the road, heard it happens very very rarely and yes apart from this the only hostility i found was naughty kids throwing empty plastic bottles under the bike,! and kids who extend their hands to give hifi as you ride by, but they hit the hand when you do the same! ouch
Ride to ITPB did not help as there were busy with a higher official visiting and would be for next couple of days. CO told me they dont issue permits at all. Well he cant really give em speaking near the gate. Guess they were really tied up. BTW, got my permits for 15 days from the DC office. They now have two forms one of 7 days, which they give to almost every one covering nubra, pangong, daa hanu and tso moriri. If u insist on saying its not sufficient, they pull out another form with unspecified number of days and places. You fill in the places and dates, which is left to the discretion of the officers there. Initially asked for 24 days just in case, but its not a rule but they said like they dont give that long to any one and if they give they will be in trouble so i was given for 15 days. So its 300 bux at 20 rs per day. Its legal fee, got the recite!
PS: with todays small outing, my trip meter now stands at exactly 17000 KMs !
Devilish: It was nice timing for me to be there at that time as the sun escaped the clouds just before setting.
Yash: Yes, now that i can will have to see how i will fare at these places...
mike: Still a lot of Ladakh is left and looks like it wont be simple from here
As far as security, Even in the curfew time at least this time life was normal in Dal lake area. A few kms out of srinagar and you wont find a trace of hostility. The kashmiris in villages are down to earth and friendly. There was like a mine planted near Zojila pass, which the army difused and cleared the road, heard it happens very very rarely and yes apart from this the only hostility i found was naughty kids throwing empty plastic bottles under the bike,! and kids who extend their hands to give hifi as you ride by, but they hit the hand when you do the same! ouch
Ride to ITPB did not help as there were busy with a higher official visiting and would be for next couple of days. CO told me they dont issue permits at all. Well he cant really give em speaking near the gate. Guess they were really tied up. BTW, got my permits for 15 days from the DC office. They now have two forms one of 7 days, which they give to almost every one covering nubra, pangong, daa hanu and tso moriri. If u insist on saying its not sufficient, they pull out another form with unspecified number of days and places. You fill in the places and dates, which is left to the discretion of the officers there. Initially asked for 24 days just in case, but its not a rule but they said like they dont give that long to any one and if they give they will be in trouble so i was given for 15 days. So its 300 bux at 20 rs per day. Its legal fee, got the recite!
PS: with todays small outing, my trip meter now stands at exactly 17000 KMs !
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