Pass the Salt, Pass the Picture #4

Another monastery with a nice garden and all. Sometimes it seems that these monasteries are the only signs of civilisation.

The magnetic hill! Apparently the a vehicle parked, in neutral, in the box is not supposed to roll off. I tried thrice, it didn’t work for me.

L-R: Ranga, Bong, Prashi, Kedar and Chaithra.

We ran into this pair for the first time at Nimmu, 35km from Leh. They have been cycling all the way from Srinagar. No backup truck, no supplies jeep. They operate just like us… except they use bicycles. Incredible!

And finally, Leh!

We didn’t quite get into Leh right away, when we reached. A bit of refuelling in the outskirts of Leh, and we headed to Choglamsar, 15km ahead of Leh. We stayed in a nice resort-type hotel, on the banks of the Indus. Right next door was the most important monastery in the Ladakh region. A quick wash and we headed back to Leh for dinner.

We ran into our cyclist friends again, on the market street in Leh. The two are a very interesting pair. Bong (Abhijit Barman) is a professional outdoor guy, and has bicycled through most of South and South East Asia. Kedar (Kedari Gupta) is a professional driver who is into cycling in a big way, both touring and racing.