rachit,

apologies on getting back a bit late on the med list. thing is we had to hunt up this piece of paper from all of last year's crap from the trip. anyway...here goes.

meftal 500 - for body/tooth/head aches, fever. upto 3 per day
flucold - for cough and cold
allegra - for allergies
lomotil - for loose motions
ondem - for vomitting and motion sickness. if any of you are prone to motion sickness, take before starting the ride
ferroslate - iron tablets. you should have ideally started this course about 2 weeks at least before the trip.

for altitude sickness: decadron 8 mg, depin 20 mg and diamox. diamox to be taken before the journey. please verify dosage of these. i can't remember exactly.

please run through this list with your doctor before you take them. i am not sure if any of these are with sulpha. if you have a problem with supha based drugs, you cannot take it. i am not sure which of these are sulpha based. in any case, apart from the sulpha thing, please double check this list with your doc before you use any of these meds. consider the standard disclaimer mentioned. :-)

also, unfortunately i cannot locate the strip of med the army doctor gave us. but i do remember that it was sulpha based, because one of the guys in our group was allergic to sulpha,and he was not given that pill.

this list is apart from the standard meds you have already taken. additionally we had also taken a small oxygen cylinder for emergencies. but you can't do that on a bike. but i guess its okay.

have a wonderful trip, ride safe and enjoy.

godspeed.

hey thanku thanku hell_glider for your wonderful support..!!
made a note of this list & will be getting it..!!

I really feel overwhelmed .. Thanks buddy!

about the cash

rachit,

do not rely completely on ATMs /debit cards. we had a bad experience. the ones at manali had conked off. finally we could manage to use the ATM at leh, but for a period of 10 days, we had to entirely depend on the cash we were already carrying from mumbai. so make sure you carry a little more cash on you always for emergencies.

ciao/

till manali we will rely on ATM, later will b carryin enough cash for that matter.!
thnx for the info.. we didnt noticed this problem of ATM though..

This is just amazing man... Such a wonderful support from xBhp.. Truly Amazing..

Anyways,Rachit there's a slight change in my plan. Instead of meeting you somewhere on the way and increasing the chances of delay Umesh-my friend and I will meet you directly at Fountain at 5am sharp.

Just tell me fountain hotel is the one which is near the cross road right? The place from where one road goes to Vasai-Virar and the other to Ghod bunder road, right?

Count me cent percent in tomorrow. May be if I get too much carried away then I may ride with you till Leh then..

^^ i might drop in to see u"ll off aswell...
22 days without razor around....i will be so lonely....hahha...hope u"ll have a blast...

yes thats the same hotel.!!
i will be there by 5am.. will b really good to c u ppl..

hey that will be so nice anup to c u..!
v indeed gonna hav a bombastic blast

Best of luck guys. Have a safe trip!

thnx Buddy..!

oh man! Rachit and Winsey are in too! lovely! All the best guys. My prayers and blessings are with y'all. Go get Leh'd!

thnx Joey for ur wonderful blessings.. need that..!! dont worry i will get loads of snow for u..!

^^thanks man! My life's all messed up right now. Passing through the asteroid belt in astro terms. :P

Hows the bike? all prepped up?

OT: Hey btw forgot to mention. I work at churchgate and last saturday and sunday I saw a tourer spec red Pulsar 180 parked at the Ambassador hotel. It had all the extra crashguards, lights and panniers as well. Was overjoyed to see it. i almost entered the hotel to ask about it. lol. anyways, happy mountaineering to you again.

Bikes perfect.. shes getting restless to watch the world from the top..!!

^^ : ) .......

best of luck guys.Safe riding