Beast is the Beauty

• 1st of September
• Rangdum - Sankhoo - Kargil
• 120km

Sunrise, at Rangdum

Prashi and Chaithra were in terrible physical shape that morning. Prashi threw up everything he ate, while Chaithra just didn’t eat anything at all. I bought a few packets of biscuits at the shop. Very interesting brands: Pearl-G and 50-40. Both manufactured by a Tasty Biscuits Pvt. Ltd. with an address in Ludhiana. Frankly, the biscuits weren’t half bad… or maybe it was just my Maggi aversion that made me feel that way.

L-R: Chaithra, Ranga, Prashi’s bike and me

All set to leave from Rangdum. – Courtesy Prashi

Nothing much occurred on this day either. More hard riding, as we retraced our route back to Kargil. We stopped at the same village for lunch. We had had our fill of Maggi, so we opted for cornflakes this time. Odd looks all around! Apparently, only Israelites eat cornflakes. Huh!?!

The bikes didn’t quite survive the abuse of the last two days:

• Prashi’s carrier literally fell apart, and except for his saddle bags, all his luggage was moved to my bike.
• Ranga’s sidestand spring flew off, and was tied up with a handkerchief for the rest of the ride.
• My suspension, which was absolute top order until now, was screaming under the overload.

Still, we were safely back in Kargil, Hotel Greenland.