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  • Congratulations young man! for finally completing the 'entire' India trip!!!
    I don't let my motorcycles interfere with my motorcycling...

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    • Originally posted by Old Fox View Post
      Congratulations young man! for finally completing the 'entire' India trip!!!

      that was the thing which came to my mind sir the other day when saw the BRO signboard somewhere after ZojiLa..it said, "From Kashmir to Kanyakumari, India is One", and instantly it came my mind, "...and now at xBhp, twice it has been done"
      thanks everyone
      @born2lead Pongong was not in my plan, so didnt go ther...although the road is open...

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      • Old Fox Sir --> its been quite a while have met you, how are you doing Sir??? Wanted to hear the firing once again

        Shailay -->> Congrats on finishing your trip as all said your the One to finish it First in this season so Cheers for that...waiting for your pics and log

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        • @ Shailay :-

          Congratulations brother .... on going to the Mecca of Biking in perhaps the most beautiful and roughest terrains in the world...

          YOu have graduated / come of age...n i envy you...

          @ OF :- Sir ji... when i visited Amritsar and Wagah in March...

          I saw the following just as one comes back towards India from the Wagah Border post .

          India the World's Largest Democracy in the world Welcomes You.

          I had similar sentiments as Shailay did, back then....

          Shailay...congrats again mate on doing the entire India [ from Kashmir to Kanyakumari ]
          Life is a Lesson....you Learn it once you're through

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          • Originally posted by Abhishek2433 View Post
            I'm specially interested in knowing as to how Avenger performed & what accessories you carried??
            @Shailay : Yeah.. me too waiting to hear about avvy's performance... planning to do Leh on avvy 200 this august...

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            • Thanks Saaki....

              @UVW abhishek I didnt face any problem with the Avenger. I have 180 and it performed nicely. Just be gentle while off-roading, you migth hurt the front suspension, as may happen to any motorcycle I believe. The grip provided by the rear came in handy at certain icey and muddy places...Power loss was but of course an issue at heights but otherwise everything was normal.

              @abhishek I just carried Cramster saddlebags.bike was acc free otherwise. Of course spares were there
              Last edited by shailay; 06-17-2009, 11:45 PM.

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              • will there be snow this month too And also is there a specific time we should cross Barlachala to see snow ?
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                • Originally posted by vishwaschettri View Post
                  DAY 1 - DELHI TO NARKANDA 410 KMS
                  DAY 2 - NARKANDA TO SARAHAN 45 KMS
                  DAY 3 - SARAHAN TO CHHITKUL 60 KMS
                  DAY 4 - CHITKUL TO NAKO 45 KMS
                  DAY 5 - NAKO TO KAZA VIA TABO - 50 TO 90KMS NOT SURE
                  DAY 6 - KAZA TO KEYLONG - 150 KMS
                  DAY 7 - KEYLONG TO SARCHU
                  DAY 8 - SARCHU TO LEH
                  1) Is this route good ? or better than manali-keylong ?
                  2) What is the exact distance between NARKANDA-KEYLONG ?
                  3) How is this route and how long it will take ideally ?

                  I remeber reading Hitanshu.. we should take this route for Kickass riding
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                  • Originally posted by Rockkyyy View Post
                    will there be snow this month too And also is there a specific time we should cross Barlachala to see snow ?
                    Yes, there is lot of snow, whenever you go, you shall find the snow cliffs. Infact I felt there was maximum snow at Baralacha La Pass.
                    One of the awesome feelings I had in my life is to see the world receding on my back mirror

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                    • Originally posted by vishwaschettri View Post
                      Ok posting after a long time but have done some bit of homework in the mean time.
                      here is the tentative itinerary

                      DAY 1 - DELHI TO NARKANDA 410 KMS
                      DAY 2 - NARKANDA TO SARAHAN 45 KMS
                      DAY 3 - SARAHAN TO CHHITKUL 60 KMS
                      DAY 4 - CHITKUL TO NAKO 45 KMS
                      DAY 5 - NAKO TO KAZA VIA TABO - 50 TO 90KMS NOT SURE
                      DAY 6 - KAZA TO KEYLONG - 150 KMS
                      DAY 7 - KEYLONG TO SARCHU
                      DAY 8 - SARCHU TO LEH
                      DAY 9 - LEH
                      DAY 10 - LEH TO PANGONG LAKE
                      DAY 11 - PANGONG TO LEH
                      DAY 12 - LEH TO NUBRA VALLEY
                      DAY 13 - NUBRA VALLEY
                      DAY 14 - NUBRA TO LEH
                      DAY 15 - LEH TO KARGIL
                      DAY 16 - KARGIL TO SONMARG
                      DAY 17 - SONMARG TO SRINAGAR
                      DAY 18 - SRINAGAR
                      DAY 19 - SRINAGAR TO JAMMU/PATHANKOT
                      DAY 20 - DELHI

                      please comment on it with suggestions. Also can I include tso moriri? How much time does it takes from upshi? Also do I have to go to leh first and arrange permits and come back to upshi for pangong and tso moriri or is there a way to have permits beforehands here in delhi

                      cheers
                      vishwas
                      If I remember correctly...Narkanda to Sarahan is not 45 kms.
                      the route is Narkanda-Rampur-Jeori-Sarahan.
                      Narkanda to Rampur is 60kms(aprox)
                      Rampur to Jeori is 12-15 kms(aprox again)
                      Jeori to Sarahan is 17 kms(exactly)

                      why do u wish to detour and go to Sarahan..???


                      Sarahan to Chitkul??? are u sure that,s just 60kms??? anyways, that again is a Detour??? u sure u want to go off the track too much?
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                      • Originally posted by Rockkyyy View Post
                        will there be snow this month too And also is there a specific time we should cross Barlachala to see snow ?
                        No, there would be no snow.

                        Originally posted by Rockkyyy View Post
                        1) Is this route good ? or better than manali-keylong ?
                        2) What is the exact distance between NARKANDA-KEYLONG ?
                        3) How is this route and how long it will take ideally ?
                        1) Depends on your defination of good/better. But it is most definately longer than Delhi - Manali - Keylong

                        3) Ideal for offroading owing to bad roads kaza onwards

                        Here are the distances:

                        Narkanda - Rampur: 66 kms
                        Rampur - Jeori: 25 kms
                        Jeori - Sarahan - 17 kms
                        Jeori - Sangla: 90 kms
                        Sangla - Chitkul: 28 kms
                        Sangla - Powari: 35 kms
                        Powari - Nako: 85 kms
                        Nako - Sumdo: 35 kms
                        Sumdo - Tabo - 28 kms
                        Tabo - Kaza: 47 kms
                        Kaza - Keylong: 195 kms
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                        • Originally posted by kurtrules View Post
                          No, there would be no snow.
                          I never knew the snow mealts so fast, just a month and it will be all gone
                          One of the awesome feelings I had in my life is to see the world receding on my back mirror

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                          • Originally posted by biker boy View Post
                            I never knew the snow mealts so fast, just a month and it will be all gone
                            Yup .. there would be none in July .. How do I know that ... I was there in July last year
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                            • Originally posted by kurtrules View Post
                              No, there would be no snow.

                              1) Depends on your defination of good/better. But it is most definately longer than Delhi - Manali - Keylong

                              3) Ideal for offroading owing to bad roads kaza onwards

                              Here are the distances:

                              Narkanda - Rampur: 66 kms
                              Rampur - Jeori: 25 kms
                              Jeori - Sarahan - 17 kms
                              Jeori - Sangla: 90 kms
                              Sangla - Chitkul: 28 kms
                              Sangla - Powari: 35 kms
                              Powari - Nako: 85 kms
                              Nako - Sumdo: 35 kms
                              Sumdo - Tabo - 28 kms
                              Tabo - Kaza: 47 kms
                              Kaza - Keylong: 195 kms
                              Originally posted by biker boy View Post
                              I never knew the snow mealts so fast, just a month and it will be all gone
                              Originally posted by kurtrules View Post
                              Yup .. there would be none in July .. How do I know that ... I was there in July last year
                              Thanks for the Info. Some of my friends visited LEH last week of June. Snow was still there. Hope there is some snow let out this month also

                              Is there a route to Narkanda to Manali through Jalori. I think that was the one Hitanshu was mentioning. Whats the speciality of that route ?
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                              • Originally posted by Rockkyyy View Post
                                Thanks for the Info. Some of my friends visited LEH last week of June. Snow was still there. Hope there is some snow let out this month also

                                Is there a route to Narkanda to Manali through Jalori. I think that was the one Hitanshu was mentioning. Whats the speciality of that route ?
                                I did this route last week. Narkanda to Jalori is approximately 90 km. Currently its dry but very beautiful and not a soul in sight except for the occasional mahindra. The descent from Jalori is crazy ( i was with my wife in pillion) but after that the valley is very beautiful with a little river running along the road
                                Through Aut the road finally joins at the entrance of the Kullu tunnel.

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