Getting lehd solo this may - june ...
Hi all...
Have been going through the xbhp blogs for a couple of months now. And now i am planning a solo ride from Kathmandu - Srinager through Leh-Ladhakh on a Yamaha RXG. I Am planning to do a leisurely ride taking about 4-6 weeks to do the whole trip. Am planning to take the bike on a train from kerala to gorakhpur and start the ride from there. Hopefully explore nepal for a couple of weeks and then move on northwards.
So far the route planned is Kathmandu-Lucknow-nainital-rishikesh-dehradun-shimla-manali-leh-kargil-srinagar and hopefully some other places on the way. And i have some doubts that can hopefully be cleared by the gurus here.
1) What are the main requirements for the ride into nepal?(permits, charges, documents required, original or copy of the bike docs etc....)
2) Am planning to start riding from kathmandu by may last week and ride into manali by 1st week of june. Will the passes to leh be open by then?
3) Is the condition of the road going to be good at that time of the year?
4) I know people have been riding there for over 20 years on yamahas and yezdis and bullets...But is there anything else that needs to be done on the yamaha other than the regular Leh-Ladakh preparation that i read in a couple of other blogs?(Like foglamps etc)
5) Any other places on the way that can be included...
6) Looking for Suggestions and advice...
Thankyou
Vinod
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Re: Getting Leh'ed - 2014 Planner
From Bangalore to Delhi by flight will send the bike by train....dont have much of leavesLeave a comment:
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Originally posted by Manna Chowdhury View Post
flight??? all here are doing it on 2 wheels...Leave a comment:
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Hey guys,
Planning to do leh-ladakh in the 2nd week of June. Main purpose to see more snow with landscape also I've 16 days for this trip and I dont want to cover all the places
Particular places I want to visit is Spiti valley, Leh, Khardungla, Nubra valley and Pangong Lake these are the places will spend more time. So here is my route-map that I'm planning to follow.
Delhi-Rampur: Stay overnight
Rampur-Spiti valley: Full one day rest
Spiti valley-Manali: one day to get all permits and nxt day leave early morning for leh
Manali-leh: Full one day rest
Leh-Nubra valley: Again One day rest
Nubra Valley-Pangong Lake: One day hault
From Pangong to come back Manali and follow the route towards Delhi.
So let me know 14days will be enough for this (excluding 2 days of flight from Bangalore) Can I add something into that or I've to skip some places in that list.
Your inputs will be highly appreciated. Total Kilometers will be 3000
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Originally posted by seeker View Post
I stayed at Pang during my Ladakh ride.. Pang has many tents which charge you around 150 rupees a night... However, if you plan to stay at Pang, please note that Pang is at a height of 15200, and some people complain about symptoms of AMS.. But if you take the necessary precautions, (drinking loads of water, the simplest one) I don't think there would be any problems..
My Manali - Leh was broken down as follows:
1. Manali - Rohtang - Keylong - Darcha - Patsio (Patsio is a army transit camp just some 15 km from Darcha. You can stay at Keylong or Darcha depending on how much time it takes to cross Rohtang)
2. Patsio - (stuck here for a day due to snowfall, hope you guys don't)
3. Patsio - Baralach la - Sarchu - Gata loops - Lachulung la - Pang
4. Pang - Taglang la - Leh
20+2 should make things much more easier..
All the best..
Cheers,
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Days depend on whats your apetiteOriginally posted by seeker View Post 
Its a huge place starting from the beautiful Patni-top to the Lush Sonmarg, Pehelgam & Jhelum River to the pristine Rangdum, Padum to prodigious Lamayuru to desolate Turtuk,Panamik to breathtaking Hanle, Chumur, Chusul to precipitous Mersimek La, Photi La, Chang La to majestic Kaza, Spiti & Chandertal Lake and .... the more you explore the hunger increases and is never satisfied. I have been there twice and feel like going again and again. And all this is just North, I have not even spoken about East and NE which is largely unexplored. We, Indians are blessed with Himalayas and my appetite of hills are insatiable
Sorry for the extended dialogue-bazi, 20+2 should be enough for your plan.
Patiently search the travelogue section here and keep a watch on Bcmtouring and some threads on the other BHP forum- it has lot of contemporary info regarding Leh and its nearabouts.
For Manali-Sarchu you can stop at Keylong/Tandi - Beautiful place & has some places for stay & food & most importantly has the last petrol stop before Karu so you can fillup the next day and start.)
I did and dont be surprised if you find me somewhere thereOriginally posted by seeker View Post
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I will be heading solo to Leh this July as i dont have any partners as of now . please give your valuable inputs on the plan listed below .
Mumbai - Ladakh - Mumbai Ride Dates Days From To Kms/ per day Route to be followed 9th June Monday Navi Mumbai Himmatnagar 600 Via NH 8 10th June Tuesday Himmatnagar Jaipur 593 Via NH 8 11th June Wednesday JAIPUR Chandighad 510 Via NH 8 12th June Thursday Chandighar UdhamPur 376 Via NH1A 13th June Friday UdhamPur Srinagar 258 Via NH 1A 14th June Saturday Halt in Srinagar for Sightseeing 15th June Sunday Srinagar Kargil 204 Srinagar - Ladakh Highway 16th June Monday kargil Leh 215 Srinagar - Ladakh Highway 17th June Tuesday In Leh, Acclimation , Permits & Leh city sightseeing 18th June Wednesday Leh Diskit (via Khardung la ) 180 19th June Thursday Diskit PangongTso Lake 220 20th June Friday PangongTso Lake Leh ( Via Chang La ) 214 21st June Saturday Leh Sarchu 251 Via Keylong- Leh Road May invest another day if the ride is not completed due to rough terrain either on Saturday or Sunday 22nd June Sunday Sarchu Manali 280 23rd June Monday Manali Chandighad 300 24th June Tuesday Chandighad Delhi 245 Bike service and rest day 25th June Wednesday Delhi Ajmer 400 26th June Thursday Ajmer Himmat Nagar 481 27th June Friday Himmat Nagar Navi Mumbai 600 28th June Saturday Buffer Days Buffer Days 29th June Sunday Buffer Days Buffer Days Leave a comment:
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For some reason my replies in quote to nelson don't appear bold. [MENTION=10711]nelson_sanjoy[/MENTION] hope you read it.
Cheers,
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Originally posted by nelson_sanjoy View PostSome suggestions from my side
1) Can you do your trip the other way round, I mean climb from Srinagar -> Kargil -> Leh and come down from LEh->Manali->Delhi. Advantages -> easy acclimatization both for you and your bike and many people underestimate AMS until they are hit.
[B] - had thought of taking that route but wasnt sure. Hence decided to go via manali and come back via Srinagar. Taken that. Will discuss with my partner and decide on it. [B]
2) If you do this avoid the Independence day and +/- 5 days in Kashmir. Reason -> Your safety and the security check thickens, so may be annoying for alien looking bikers with different registration plates.
[B] - am anyways planning to leave on 14th eve/ 15th from Mumbai so would be reaching either areas anyways after 4 days i think. I guess this gets taken care of that way. [B]
3) Any particular reason why you want to travel all the way from Mumbai - Leh and back and that too with time constraints.
Please understand that I am not discouraging you but you will exert yourself a lot before even touching Leh so there may be some eventualities. This is both for you and your bike. Also there is no point visiting places like a truck driver if you want to enjoy the beauty of places that you planned.
You can put your bike on Train/Gati and come on flight to Delhi/Chandigarh/Jammu/Srinagar and save at-least 3 days (+3days boarding/lodging/petrol)
[B]- ya i know, quite a few of my buddies were also telling the same but i had a long lasting dream of buying a bullet and riding on it all the way.hence want to accomplish that. [B]
4)AFAIK I would ideally ask you to start from Sept and continue so that you get less crowd meaning more avenues to bargain and faster arrivals. Sept is the best time since the roads are usually at its best since BRO gets enough time from the years beginning but on the flip side snow is lesser (which is also a blessing if you think in other way)
[B]- i agree but my leaves wont permit that. Will still check out if i can change the leave dates. [B]
16/08/2014 Jaipur-Manali -> to much exertion as I already told but your wish ...
18/08/2014 Sarchu - Tso Kar -> Tso Kar has very limited places to Stay . I would suggest you to go to Sumdo or if possible Tso Moriri ( Korzok) but that would be too much since you would be starting from Manali just the previous day so your call... Tso Moriri in many ways is better than Tso Pangyong but the last 20-25kms has completely nothing (not even roads) and be careful to not reach Chumur ... Sumdo has local petrol too.
Next day you can come through Chumathang -> Keylong-Leh Road -> Karu
21/08/2014 Leh - Pangong Lake - Leh -> Can be done but why not stay overnight and enjoy the Lake .Cheaper stays & food in Spangmik(5-8kms from Lukung) .
[B] points taken, will be doing these changes in the plan. [B]
I fully agree ...Fully taken my friend. Basis the feedback that i have got till now on the plan. Would be making the changes accordingly. Major changes are the following:Originally posted by pranav.k View Post17/08/2014 Manali-Sarchu
Manali to Sarchu might be too much for a day considering you have to cross both Rohtang and Baralach la in a single day.. Assuming you do Jaipur-Manali stretch the previous day, starting early next morning might be difficult.. My Rohtang experience was loads of traffic, slushy bad roads.. It took us a lot of time to cross Rohtang even though we started really early in the morning.. Baralach la is beautiful and i'd recommend not to rush through it.. Baralach la also has a few water crossings which might be little tougher in the evening..
Once you start descending Rohtang, there WILL be loads of breaks for photos..
Manali-Leh route offers most of the scenic beauty of the entire ride.. Take as much time as possible for this part, you won't regret..
All the best for you ride..
Jaipur-manali- would break this in two days now.
Manali-Sarchu- would take it easy on this and break it probably in between. Is pang ok to take the rest for the day?
Am now looking at 20+2 days for this trip instead of the earlier 15+2, should be sufficient isn't it?
Thanks so much guys!
Cheers,
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Hey guys ,
there are some real good inputs in this thread from the members.
I will be heading solo to Leh and back from mumbai on 10th June . with an R15 .
I have gone through various travel logs and i am really confused about which route to take and what all to do . please need genuine help here.
or else we can get along with other guys who gonna move from Mumbai . but i will be riding all the way from mumbai . As i don't believe in putting my beast in some iron can just coz i may exert my self . cmon be realistic . Mumbai Leh Mumbai is all about endurance rides .Leave a comment:
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17/08/2014 Manali-SarchuOriginally posted by seeker View PostHi Guys,
I have also planned to get Led'd this year in August on an RE. Intend to do it from Mumbai all the way, below is itinerary that has been planned...any inputs from the been there done that guys would be very helpful, will tweak the plan accordingly...The idea is to utilize the long weekend of our Independence day!
14/08/2014 Mumbai-Ahmedabad
15/08/2014 Ahmedabad-Jaipur
16/08/2014 Jaipur-Manali
17/08/2014 Manali-Sarchu
18/08/2014 Sarchu - Tso Kar
19/08/2014 Tso Kar – Moore Plains – Tanglang La – Upshi - Leh
20/08/2014 Leh Rest Day
21/08/2014 Leh - Pangong Lake - Leh
22/08/2014 Leh – Khardung La – Diskit – Hunder
23/08/2014 Hunder– Sumur – Panamik – Sumur – Khardung La – Leh
24/08/2014 Leh-Kargil
25/08/2014 Kargil-Srinagar
26/08/2014 Srinagar-Chandigarh
27/08/2014 Chandigarh-Udaipur
28/08/2014 Udaipur-Mumbai
Also, needless to say, anyone planning similar trip all the way around the same dates are welcome to join!
Cheers!
Manali to Sarchu might be too much for a day considering you have to cross both Rohtang and Baralach la in a single day.. Assuming you do Jaipur-Manali stretch the previous day, starting early next morning might be difficult.. My Rohtang experience was loads of traffic, slushy bad roads.. It took us a lot of time to cross Rohtang even though we started really early in the morning.. Baralach la is beautiful and i'd recommend not to rush through it.. Baralach la also has a few water crossings which might be little tougher in the evening..
Once you start descending Rohtang, there WILL be loads of breaks for photos..
Manali-Leh route offers most of the scenic beauty of the entire ride.. Take as much time as possible for this part, you won't regret..
All the best for you ride..
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In addition to extremenly good points mentioned by [MENTION=10711]nelson_sanjoy[/MENTION]..Originally posted by seeker View Post
The summer in the norther region is extremely hot. Doing Mumbai to Manali in august is a REALLY bad idea.
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Some suggestions from my sideOriginally posted by seeker View PostHi Guys,
I have also planned to get Led'd this year in August on an RE. Intend to do it from Mumbai all the way, below is itinerary that has been planned...any inputs from the been there done that guys would be very helpful, will tweak the plan accordingly...The idea is to utilize the long weekend of our Independence day!
14/08/2014 Mumbai-Ahmedabad
15/08/2014 Ahmedabad-Jaipur
16/08/2014 Jaipur-Manali
17/08/2014 Manali-Sarchu
18/08/2014 Sarchu - Tso Kar
19/08/2014 Tso Kar – Moore Plains – Tanglang La – Upshi - Leh
20/08/2014 Leh Rest Day
21/08/2014 Leh - Pangong Lake - Leh
22/08/2014 Leh – Khardung La – Diskit – Hunder
23/08/2014 Hunder– Sumur – Panamik – Sumur – Khardung La – Leh
24/08/2014 Leh-Kargil
25/08/2014 Kargil-Srinagar
26/08/2014 Srinagar-Chandigarh
27/08/2014 Chandigarh-Udaipur
28/08/2014 Udaipur-Mumbai
Also, needless to say, anyone planning similar trip all the way around the same dates are welcome to join!
Cheers!
1) Can you do your trip the other way round, I mean climb from Srinagar -> Kargil -> Leh and come down from LEh->Manali->Delhi. Advantages -> easy acclimatization both for you and your bike and many people underestimate AMS until they are hit.
2) If you do this avoid the Independence day and +/- 5 days in Kashmir. Reason -> Your safety and the security check thickens, so may be annoying for alien looking bikers with different registration plates.
3) Any particular reason why you want to travel all the way from Mumbai - Leh and back and that too with time constraints.
Please understand that I am not discouraging you but you will exert yourself a lot before even touching Leh so there may be some eventualities. This is both for you and your bike. Also there is no point visiting places like a truck driver if you want to enjoy the beauty of places that you planned.
You can put your bike on Train/Gati and come on flight to Delhi/Chandigarh/Jammu/Srinagar and save at-least 3 days (+3days boarding/lodging/petrol)
4)AFAIK I would ideally ask you to start from Sept and continue so that you get less crowd meaning more avenues to bargain and faster arrivals. Sept is the best time since the roads are usually at its best since BRO gets enough time from the years beginning but on the flip side snow is lesser (which is also a blessing if you think in other way)
16/08/2014 Jaipur-Manali -> to much exertion as I already told but your wish ...
18/08/2014 Sarchu - Tso Kar -> Tso Kar has very limited places to Stay . I would suggest you to go to Sumdo or if possible Tso Moriri ( Korzok) but that would be too much since you would be starting from Manali just the previous day so your call... Tso Moriri in many ways is better than Tso Pangyong but the last 20-25kms has completely nothing (not even roads) and be careful to not reach Chumur ... Sumdo has local petrol too.
Next day you can come through Chumathang -> Keylong-Leh Road -> Karu
21/08/2014 Leh - Pangong Lake - Leh -> Can be done but why not stay overnight and enjoy the Lake .Cheaper stays & food in Spangmik(5-8kms from Lukung) .
I fully agree ...Originally posted by nadz11.ns View PostLeave a comment:
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[MENTION=68114]seeker[/MENTION] : Km wise they might look easy, but add some more factors to it, like average speed of max 40kmph, crossing nallas would add more time,then u need to stop for directions/water/food/butt break/clicking. So plan accordingly.Leave a comment:
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Yup. Will do that. Still need to make the laundry list of things to be carried. Will include rain gear.:thumbup:Originally posted by rreneav1987 View Post
Have thought of stretching a bit in between areas as a little short of days for the entire trip. Have kept in mind a buffer of 2 days for now..if leave permits will reschedule these days. But is it like it just can't be done?Originally posted by nadz11.ns View Post
Jaipur-Manali as i said above, will be trying to stretch..shall pull over somewher in between if it becomes too much. But about the leh one's, dont they seem alright. They dont seem to be that far km wise..Originally posted by prateek2210 View Post
I know am squeezing the days but I dont want to shelve the trip because of lack of days. May be i will skip one or two places here and there but in a nutshell i have with me 15+2 days for now. Going via Delhi is an option but i dont want to do that till the time this plan more or less seems doable. What say?
Thanks a lot guys and please keep the tips coming.
Cheers,
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