More memories from Ladakh
A couple of years ago, I teamed up with two guys from Pune, and we met up at Manali. After spending a couple of days there, we hired a Tavera, and we had a person drive us to Leh ! I've travelled quite widely in India, but what I saw then was something breathtakingly fresh and beautiful ! I think everyone should travel from Manali to Leh on road once in their lives.
Along the way, all three of us suffered from pretty serious altitude sickness, slept in a tent right in the middle of the mountains shivering through the night despite multiple layers of clothing, drove over small streams that flow right over the road along a few stretches, and across several bridges that creaked and threatened to give way as we drove over them, and ended up spending a few days at an army camp, as these companions of mine had a friend posted there! I might post some details of those adventures some other time, but for now, I'll just put up some pictures from that wonderful trip !
1) The long winding road....
2) Miss this sign, and you are doomed :-)
3) "Zingzingbar" is a road building camp en-route to Leh. For some reason, I fell in love with the name, and spent the next ten minutes of my life having a Zingzingbar - pronounciation- contest with those guys:-) Try pronouncing it repeatedly yourself, and you'll see what I mean !:-)
4) Picture perfect ....
5) Pangong Lake - Otherworldly ....
7 comments:
The pictures are beautiful. Reminds me of my trip to Haridhwar, Hrishikesh and Badrinath.
And about Zingzingbar, there are other words that you should try saying. Honolulu, Kuala Lumpur. I can't tell you why but these names make me laugh every single time I hear it or say it. :) I am adding Zingzingbar to this list. hehe.
Rafiki - Oh yes Honolulum and Kuala lumpur are also good :-) Haven't been to Badrinath, but Haridwar and Rishikesh are beautiful ;-)
Beautiful photos. But the winner definitely is the signpost for the filling station that's 365 km ahead! The last one reminds me of Phunshuk Wangdu's school in Ladakh :)
Lalit - Yes, that signpost was the best advertisement for people to buy fuel there :-) The last scene of 3 idiots was infact shot at the Pangong lake !!
Lovely pictures! So ethereal. Ladakh is surely a place to visit :)
Neeraja - Yes, it is ethereal ! In fact, I myself was wondering whether to call it ethereal or otherworldly, and I happened to choose otherworldly :-)
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