Re: Mountains WARS : Spiti v/s LEH - Epic India RIDE

Brilliant captures!

Re: Mountains WARS : Spiti v/s LEH - Epic India RIDE

Awesome TL ... Keep going ... DOTHRAS CHEK ...!!!

Re: Mountains WARS : Spiti v/s LEH - Epic India RIDE

Day 10 - Towards LEH - 2 [Distance Covered = 359km]

We started from Keylong early and planned to reach Leh that day, The start was good and Roads were awesome. we reached Baralacha in no time and entire peaks surrounding it was covered in white snow and the Lake [suraj vishal Tal] was completely frozen from Ice. thankfully its midday and sunny , we didn't feel that much cold. we took break on top of the Baralacha and spent some time there. Getting down from Baralacha was fun, and once reaching Sarchu we took lunch break. the roads from Here till Pang were in semi-bad condition and in a year or two max these also will be properly built.

Most enjoying part of this journey is Moori plans , its almost top of mountains and 80km flat stretch with super good roads , this is the place i was ripping my bike and riding 120kmph speed. as soon we started our ascent towards Tanglang-La we started feeling chillness in air and just before the peak summit we are shivering like rabbits both my hand fingers lost there sense and i could found myself very difficult to squeeze the fingers to apply break/clutch. the cold was un-bearable so much that i couldn't able to stop for pics also. it took us almost 2 hours to recover once we reached the hotel near the base.

after 2 hour recovery break , we headed towards Leh city and as roads were great we didn't find it difficult to reach Leh by 10pm night that day. quick searching and found a room near Bus stand to end the day.






































Day 11: Khardung-La - Worlds heighest Motor pass [Distance Covered = 350km ]

We woke up late and got ready by 9am in the morning , Today's plan is to Visit Khardung_La. Starting Early is always advantageous there was not much traffic and good roads ensured that we reach the first pit-stop just short of 4km from the peak. already too many cars/bikes were there [tourists] and it started to snow very lightly adding to that cold was the road condition which is worse till the peak. reached the peak and had good break to take snaps. well at this point i have share the truth behind visiting Leh after Spiti vally , believe it or not all this Leh riding was for just one Pic in-front of that Khardung-La Board which stats your at world highest motorable road, and this was Remo condition for joining the Ride :P .

We were back to Leh town by 1pm and suddenly decided to head back, and hence the return journey begins. No more site-seeing , no more Nubra, No more Pangong lake, its just ride back. we rode hard and fast and able to reach Sarchu for the night stay. Have to admit the last 2 hour ride to reach Sarchu was really pain in the A** .... was too tiered. Hence the day ended pretty busy.
















Day 12: Fun on Road [Distance Covered = 353 km]

Morning was very cold , when we stepped out water was freezed and after breakfast when we started riding towards Manali, we could see that water on road freezed to ice and as Baralacha climb was filled with such ice sheets on roads our pace was very slow and careful not to skid. Visiting Baralacha 2nd time in 3 days didn't change much there , infact there was little more snow than 2 days back.

we kept riding till keylong and then we took break for lunch , now climbing Rothang Pass was easy as from reverse side the roads already been cleared and clean. once we reached top , surprisingly there is not crowd at all, as Tuesday's no tourists will be allowed from Manali side. Hence our decent from Rothang pass was wonderful without any traffic.

we decided to Head further and stay at Mandi for the day, but pushed furthere and reached Sundarnagar for day Halt.












Day 13: Fun with Friends [Distance covered = 171km]

We started from Sundarnagar and by the time we reached Chandighar it was around 12 noon, and temparature is soo high that we are feeling very dehydrated and sweating heavily, decided not to go further and called up our new friends who we met during last week Kaza ride , Prince and Aarshdeep both invited us to there home and we are more than happy to say yes. we decided to stay in Prince house and evening we roamed around Chandighar and had lunch with them.

No pics for the day


Day 14: Road Runner [Distance Covered = 478km]

We started very early from Chandighar and reaching Delhi was no problem, BUT actual problem started from here , we decided to take Yamuna Express way to reach Agra and the whole streth is barren land without any shade or much of hotels, although its super highway but riding in that heat made us super tiered and with contineous riding we are able to reach Agra at around 3pm.

Used goibibo to book hotel and had quick freshup and headed to visit Taj Mahal. we felt Agra is not much clean city and there are thousands of people who came to visit Taj Mahal made thing busy.

In my personal opinion Taj Mahal looks stunning only in Pics and Videos, In person its not that much attractive [or may be its due to heat ware and weather made us to think like that].














Day 15: Longest Ride [Distance Covered = 837km]

Decided to Ride Agra to Nagpur , as this was not option but necessity and we don't wanted to ride hard on last days of the ride. roads were smooth and excellent, its 4 to 6 lane highway all the way and riding was perfect. the only problem was the heat wave and heavy sweating due to hot weather. can't count how many stops we made and how many cans of water, softdrink and lassi we had. finally we made it to Nagpur at around 8pm and again used goibibo to book rooms which is easy and cheap.




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Re: Mountains WARS : Spiti v/s LEH - Epic India RIDE

Day 16: Another Long Ride [Distance Covered = 734km]

With good roads and early start we were able to push till Kurnool , once we entered Andra the temp was pleasent and we were happy to ride in good pace we reached kurnool around 8pm and again used goibibo app to book hotel with good discount.

No pics for the day

Day 17: Trouble everywhere [Distance Covered = 400km]

We were very relaxed today , as we knew today will be our last leg of journey and planned to reach Bangalore by Afternoon. and Started in relaxed mode. after covering some 150km , i overtook Remo and started riding fast. we usually keep tab of riding behind us and if we didn't see rider coming behind in mirror for long time , we slow down or stop till they come closer. and as i overtook and starting riding fast i didn't see Remo in my mirror for long time. and i stopped and waited for him for 20 min still there is no news of him. i took youturn and started riding slowly back, then i got call from Remo stating that his bike has some problem and not starting. i reached him eventually and after checking his bike decided to tow the bike to Ananthpur.

once we were in Anantapur we came to know that engine got seized due to lack of engine oil, things turned out bad, so we decided to tow the bike all the way to Bangalore. now already we spent lot of time for this seized bike. and after quick discussion we decided that while Remo will come along with bike in tow truck and i will ride ahead and contact yamaha showroom and request them to open till the bike arrived. thankfully when i reached Yamaha showroom directly it was 6pm and after requesting them they agreed to wait.

finally Remo dropped the bike in showroom and our most adventurous journey came to an end.


We took video of complete journey and finally able to compose the video yesterday. you can find everything in that video the entire road conditions, places , weather, trouble we faced
all . Do enjoy the video and plz leave comment on youtube.






Complete Pics which includes the non-posted pics :- https://picasaweb.google.com/1137672...3823594152769#

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Re: Mountains WARS : Spiti v/s LEH - Epic India RIDE

I think I just saw a dream to chase. 3 years from now.

Re: Mountains WARS : Spiti v/s LEH - Epic India RIDE

Great update bro and great journey