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**enfro** · 06-23-2010, 09:18 PM

much respect vishwas. You didnt miss a single click it seems

)....keep them coming........

**trustvishwas** · 06-23-2010, 10:23 PM

Thanks a lot guys. If you really like this thread, why don't you all rate it?

**dineshsamtani** · 06-23-2010, 10:43 PM

100000000 out of 100

**trustvishwas** · 06-23-2010, 10:59 PM

@ ritwik - there is no diaper in any of the pictures / graphical representations. After all, this is an adult forum. :-)

**ashu_nik** · 06-23-2010, 11:16 PM

Vishwas ........ In ur last picture you surely look laid ... I mean lehyed ...

**GuRpReEt SiNgH** · 06-24-2010, 12:10 AM

5 STAR rating given!!!

U gotta divulge some pending things/details though; i hope it will be done by the time u finish this thing...

**rachitkohli** · 06-24-2010, 11:25 AM

awesome log vishwas..!!
its seriously enjoyable..!! beautiful pix guyz..!

**trustvishwas** · 06-24-2010, 11:54 AM

Drass to Leh

As usual, me and rudra got up early and started getting ready to find that ice had formed on our bikes. This was not snow but hard ice you find inside your deep freezer. Bull refused to start and a co-operating car driver pushed it. Then we found the key to easy start for the bull. Pushing it for 10 ft max and then it starts. No more repeated kicking and cursing.

Tried to wake up Inder. Navendu came out of the room fully dressed but as usual no sign of paaji. Went out for coffee because of no room service. Again tried waking up paaji. After several threats of leaving him behind, he started getting ready. Me and Rudra were getting impatient because we wanted to reach Leh on this day and Navendu had done a great job of putting fear about roads in our minds.

Finally around 7 am, left for Leh. The road from from Drass to Kargil was scenic and had some small photo sessions waiting for paaji.

Found a frozen waterfall

Since the weather was clear, sun shining, Rudra suggested skipping breakfast but I refused and then a compromise was worked out. He will get packed food which we can consume on roadside waiting for paaji. He goes and comes back in 5 minutes. I am trying to fight sleep and keeping an eye on imminent arrival of paaji. No sign of him.

We sat on the footpath and waited and waited. There is only one road in this town and there was no way he would go ahead of us. After waiting for nearly 40 minutes, Rudra went and searched in the whole town for paaji (to check whether he is having breakfast somewhere). He came back empty handed. After another wait of 15 minutes, I got on the bike and went to check for him. I again reached the spot where we had left paaji for photography with natives. No sign of him or any other sign that he had been kidnapped / abducted. Checked with military check post and police check post. Both said NO. Checked accident hospitals (2), all restaurants, doctors to find no sign of him. By this time, we had waited nearly 90 minutes for him.

Me : Aare bhai, yahaan se Leh jaane ke liye kaunsa rasta hai?
He directed to the road where we were waiting.
Me : Yeh rasta chod ke koi aur rasta hai kya jo Leh jayega?
Local : Lekin aap highway chod ke doosara rasta kyon dhoondh rahe ho?
Me : Bhai sahib, mai doosara rasta dhoondh nahi raha hoo. Lekin koi aur rasta hai kya Leh jaane ke liye?
Local : Aap yehi main raste se nikal jaaiye. Yehi behtar rasta hai.
Me : Bhai sahib, hamare saath eak bahut experienced paaji rider hai. Mai jaanana chahata hoo ke aise jaankar rider ke liye koi alag rasta aap logo ne rakha hai kya?
Local : Aisa poochiye na. Experienced riders ke liye ye eak alag road rakha hai. Jo kabhi kisi naye rider ko dikhata nahi hai. Aapka dost jaroor yahi raste se gaya hoga.

Ultimately, we decided to ride on. We rode till Mulbek (40 km away) and enquired again at the sole fuel pump. Here also we got a negative answer. Me & Rudra had a discussion about what to do in case paaji has fallen in the valley, lost his way, abducted by natives for sinister purposes; could not reach any conclusion so finally we pushed off towards Namik La (12198 ft ht)

The first 12 km is cornering heaven. Lavasa roads are nothing as compared to these roads. All double lane road without a single pot hole and a single vehicle in sight. After ripping, cornering as much as possible with a FZ laden with saddle bags, suddenly the road came to an end. Zip and the heaven turns to no roads. Next 5-6 km till the top was absolutely a nightmare and we found that nearly in all the passes, the top 5 km on each side is in broken condition.

Finally reached Namik La. Did Photoshoot.

We all stopped together for a late lunch.

While descending from Fotu La, we could see Lamayaru Monastry and town from around 10 km away. This photo is shot when we were away from Lamayaru by 10 km.

Watch the road loops just before Lamayaru

After Fotu La, we had to take a detour before Lamayaru. Some blasting was going on so the road was closed. The detour took us from top of the hill and we missed opportunity of visiting moonland. It is said that the sand and landscape here is exactly like moon. You can clearly see the light coloured sand absolutely different than the mountains it is in.

The road was a dream for rippers. Absolutely no sharp turns, 4 lane highway, no pot holes and NIL traffic. Me & Rudra were going at around 85 kmph and I started tailgating paaji. He indicated that his bike was not able to do more than 60 so went slightly ahead as usual.

The sound you hear in the background in the below video is of strong winds.

Now that we were in a hurry to reach Leh, we moved fast

Finally reached Leh. My friend, Himanshu was waiting for us at Leh Gate. He guided us towards our hotel room. A surprise was that the hotel staff knew exactly how to unload and carry saddle bags. The final surprise was our room --

The hotel staff had prepared this room in anticipation of a honeymoon couple and were aghast to allot this room to us.

**kurtrules** · 06-24-2010, 12:13 PM

Nice narration there! Lovely room

Though one thing's for sure, that you are somewhat unhappy with Inder. Reflects in the log

I see a lack of chemistry somewhere, otherwise why would someone miss two pumps to buy fuel in black, which is commonly adulterated with 60 % kerosene.

@All: The pump at Leh too sells adulterated fuel. Always tank up either at the new pump at Karu [my bike pulled off 425 kms Karu - Sarchu - Karu in fuel worth 600 (~11 L)] or at the one at Choglamsar, 10 kms before Leh. The one at airport road is also fine. But avoid the one at Leh.

**trustvishwas** · 06-24-2010, 12:34 PM

Originally posted by kurtrules View Post

Nice narration there! Lovely room

Though one thing's for sure, that you are somewhat unhappy with Inder. Reflects in the log

I see a lack of chemistry somewhere, otherwise why would someone miss two pumps to buy fuel in black, which is commonly adulterated with 60 % kerosene.

@All: The pump at Leh too sells adulterated fuel. Always tank up either at the new pump at Karu [my bike pulled off 425 kms Karu - Sarchu - Karu in fuel worth 600 (~11 L)] or at the one at Choglamsar, 10 kms before Leh. The one at airport road is also fine. But avoid the one at Leh.

Thanks for the compliments. Coming from an experienced riders like you mean a lot.

I am not unhappy with Inder. I have stated the facts as they are.

Inder did not skip pumps to avoid us. He thought that he had sufficient fuel to reach Leh but enroute the fuel light showed only 2 bars so he had to buy fuel in black as a safety precaution.

On the last day, we tanked up at the airport road junction pump in Leh and all bikes in our group (Bullet, Karizma, R15 & FZ) did Leh - Srinagar 440 km without filling up and none of the bikes had hit reserve also.

**HydBiker** · 06-24-2010, 12:55 PM

^^^ about the fuel pumps and adulteration, I made a tank full at the IOCL pump in Leh at the junction where both Airport Road (to Srinagar) and Manali Road meet. Came back to Srinagar via Batalic (full 100% ghat) - sweeping a slow rider for at least half the distance - have to shift down one extra gear at every corner - 430 KMs in 8.5 liters of petrol > 50 KMPL. I weigh about 80 KGs. With all gear on 90 KGs + Tank Bag + Saddle Bags + tail bag - all full to the brim.

Bottom Line = Not all are bad.

May be we can recommend that particular pump to people.

We filled fuel at the same pump earlier too and even then I got pretty good mileage of about 42 KMPL - considering what conditions we had to drive in, it was great.

**trustvishwas** · 06-24-2010, 01:12 PM

Yes. I am talking about the same pump here.

**beruoist** · 06-24-2010, 02:02 PM

beautiful Pano shots.

It seems you guys ended up in a Honeymoon Suite :P

Cheers
Biru

**satyenpoojary** · 06-24-2010, 02:14 PM

Originally posted by trustvishwas View Post

Day 5 : 4 June 2010 - Srinagar to Drass

Disclaimer : The following account is to be taken lightly and no offense is intended. Any resemblance with living or non living person/non person of human or non human origin should be strictly considered unintended.

Inder was in worst condition since he was wearing only the top portion of rain suit and his pants were soaked through and he had started shivering. Satyen is to be blamed solely for this. He purposefully did not lend his rain suti pants to paaji and paaji being innocent lamb, did not check whether the suit actually covered him completely. Paaji considered going back 25 km and asking hotel owner whether he had any rain suit pants. Since, this was such an impractical idea, I suggested another course of action….. tearing up all available carry bags and stuffing them inside his pants…. It may sound hilarious but believe me, that was the only option available at that time.

*Evil Grin* Bwaahaa!
PS: I double checked, I dont have the rain pants, they were neatly tucked in the rain suit!
PPS: I take offence in those words, this is no way to treat a fellow noob in a public forum.
PPPS: I am sending you a legal notice for 2.5Billion dollars for spoiling my reputation..err reputation...err nevermind!

PPPPS: How did Inder get lost despite having the GPS which showed the same route that you took

@Kurt: You are obviously a noob

Paaji has secret herbs that he can mix and create fuel even with adulterated fuel!

Originally posted by beruoist View Post

beautiful Pano shots.

It seems you guys ended up in a Honeymoon Suite :P

Cheers
Biru

Err! I guess this would have been an APT pic for the thread titled "Virginity Lost" or something!

**Makky** · 06-24-2010, 03:53 PM

Wonderful trip log Vishwas! The photos are superb too.
Keep rolling.

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