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Still reading it. I've reached Mexico. :-) The book is wonderfully written and your views on America and Americans happen to match mine perfectly.
Your book is going to keep me good company on my long flight back home to India. In fact, the person sitting next to me on the flight coming in was wondering why I found my Kindle so amusing.
I plan on riding around the world one day. Hopefully sooner than later.
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Totally agreed Marcimik La is the highest motorable road as detected and confirmed by my Turkish friend also personally for the second time just a few weeks ago but still Khardung La is announced so by Indian government.
Is there a spesific reason for that?
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Yes, there is a very good reason for that. Khardung La is just north of Leh, a proper city with an airport and hence a popular tourist destination. Marsimik La is right next to the disputed and volatile border with China. You need a government pass to go there and even if you have one, the ITBP (Indo-Tibetan Border Police) can turn you down if there is trouble brewing on that day. So the India government really don't want a flood of tourists going to Marsimik La and promote Khardung La as the highest motorable road on the planet.
When we reached the last ITBP check post at Phobrang on the way to Marsimik La, we were strictly asked not to go past Marsimik La. They said they would not be held responsible if anything happened to us up there.
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