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21/8/2015
Back towards Leh. We stop to say hello to the new friends we made the day before https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-2...2/DSCN3093.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-d...2/DSCN3108.JPG Again on Chang La https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-g...2/DSCN3119.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-C...2/DSCN3121.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-H...2/DSCN3124.JPG and then some new friends https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7...2/DSCN3129.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-P...2/DSCN3132.JPG before Leh we stop to visit Thiksey monastery https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-I...2/DSCN3148.JPG |
The descent no less...
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23/8/2015
We leave Drass early: the landscape is still mountainous but starts to be greener than what we were used the previous week https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-h...2/DSCN3562.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-p...2/DSCN3563.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-k...2/DSCN3567.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-U...2/DSCN3579.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-b...2/DSCN3587.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-x...2/DSCN3593.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-T...2/DSCN3599.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-g...2/DSCN3601.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-w...2/DSCN3624.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-F...2/DSCN3628.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-p...2/DSCN3648.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-u...2/DSCN3651.JPG Zozila pass is the latest in high-altitude https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-v...2/DSCN3655.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--...2/DSCN3657.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9...2/DSCN3659.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Y...2/DSCN3664.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8...2/DSCN3666.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-N...2/DSCN3674.JPG but it can't be said that it is easier than the others, especially for the traffic and the cliffs https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5...2/DSCN3678.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-D...2/DSCN3680.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-n...2/DSCN3682.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-j...2/DSCN3686.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-q...2/DSCN3691.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-a...2/DSCN3697.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-w...2/DSCN3706.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-T...2/DSCN3711.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-f...2/DSCN3714.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Z...2/DSCN3716.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_...2/DSCN3722.JPG |
Sonamarg, after the pass, is a tourist town in flashy expansion: it seems almost to have been catapulted into a part of our Alps
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24/8/2015
A long transfer day: it's very hot and there is a lot of traffic. The area is heavily militarized and I stop counting the convoys we are forced to overcome https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Y...2/DSCN3858.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-L...2/DSCN3859.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-O...2/DSCN3876.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7...2/DSCN3881.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-p...2/DSCN3883.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-X...2/DSCN3885.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-C...2/DSCN3886.JPG We arrive in the evening in Jammu and we celebrate the end of the long day with a great tandoori chicken https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-x...2/DSCN3891.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-b...2/DSCN3893.JPG 25/8/2015 The road is faster than yesterday and we reach Amritsar in time to take a walk in the city and visit the charming Golden Temple, an oasis of peace in a city otherwise tremendously chaotic https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-y...2/DSCN3920.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-N...2/DSCN3921.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-E...2/DSCN3924.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-i...2/DSCN3925.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1...2/DSCN3931.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9...2/DSC_0909.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-b...2/DSCN3935.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-D...2/DSC_0911.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-I...2/DSC_0927.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-e...2/DSC_0968.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-q...2/DSC_0971.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-y...2/DSC_0982.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-m...2/DSC_0986.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-l...2/DSC_0995.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-B...2/DSC_0996.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-g...2/DSC_0997.JPG |
26/8/8/2015
We leave Amritsar, and decide to stop halfway to Delhi, as we still have a few days left https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6...2/DSCN3954.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-v...2/DSCN3956.JPG Strunf! Patapunf! "Well, something must have happened to the bike" I stop, get down and look at what happened: one of the two rear shocks exploded. I thought it was also a bit 'too reliable' this Enfield. The shock absorbers are however two, so we can continue slowly and seek a solution. Two guys on a Bajaj stops and try to help us, but the fact is simple: we need to find someone who sells a suspension. Fortunately there is a little city nearby, and with the help of a new friend, we reach a Royal Enfield dealer, where with twenty euro we can fix the problem. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-j...2/DSCN3959.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-V...2/DSCN3961.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-I...2/DSCN3974.JPG we depart again and we reach Patiala... 27/8/2015 Road, hot, humid, traffic, road, hot, humid, traffic, road, hot, humid, traffic, road, hot, humid, traffic. We return to Delhi, not without some difficulty we reach the hostel of the first days, and we go to the renter to return the bike https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-s...2/DSCN3986.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_...2/DSCN3989.JPG 28/8/2015 - 29/8/2015 Two days of visits to the city. Days which, I have to tell the truth, we don't enjoy: too hot, too humid, too many people, too dirty, in fact, Delhi is not for sure the part of India that I preferred in this trip https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-b...2/DSCN4010.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-K...2/DSCN4012.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-l...2/DSCN4015.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-O...2/DSCN4023.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-P...2/DSCN4030.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-R...2/DSCN4035.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-R...2/DSCN4045.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_...2/DSCN4050.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-p...2/DSCN4052.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0...2/DSCN4055.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-u...2/DSCN4059.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-w...2/DSCN4060.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-S...2/DSCN4067.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-H...2/DSCN4068.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8...2/DSCN4069.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Z...2/DSCN4073.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0...2/DSCN4078.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9...2/DSCN4086.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7...2/DSCN4092.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-G...2/DSCN4093.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4...2/DSCN4094.JPG 30/8/2015 Back on the plane and home ... waiting for the next holiday ... |
Thx for sharing! Fantastic pics!!!
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Many thanks for posting so much info and great pictures. I am planning this route (or in reverse, depending) next year and this gives me a lot of ideas.
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