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Getting Leh'd, Again #2

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Riding along the Nubra river. For a large part of our ride in this valley, the road goes along the Nubra/Shyok rivers. – Courtesy Prashi

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Chaithra and Ranga, all set to ride on. This was taken at the fork in the road mentioned earlier. – Courtesy Prashi

Close to Khalsar is a large open field which is used by the military as a Stallion graveyard. The field has hundreds of broken down shells of ALS trucks. The cost of transporting these wrecks is higher than their worth, so they have been dumped in this field, as an eerie attraction.

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The Stallion graveyard. – Courtesy Prashi

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Prashi poses alongside the wrecked super-trucks. – Courtesy Prashi