Back Home in Keylong :-) - A Day by day trip log to Leh and Back
ts been 2 years now and I still have not written about "Back Home in
Keylong"
No point in doing a full fledged write up right now but I had borrowed a
small notebook from Katz during the trip and I had jotted down day to day
incidents and accidents on it. Here's how it goes :-)
Trip Log...
Day One - When we landed in Delhi
Delhi Odo - 5785 on 7th July
Day two - when the trip actually started
Start odo - 5785, End Odo - 6256. Trip - 469 kms, Place - Kufri (45 kms
before Shimla)
Ajith's bike - Valve problem. Were detained at Kufri and unable to go on
further.
Tiger had a puncture
I was lost on the way to Kufri and had to cut across Chandigarh on the way
to Kufri.
The Ghat sections start and its loads of fun
Day Three ( Kufri to Bunther )
Start - 6256, End - 6484
Went via Jalori Pass. Awesome wonlee. Major rains btwn Narkhanda and Lhori.
Ajith's bike had some carb issues and was fixed.
Naren and Bala were feverish
Bala's bike conked on top of jalori pass. Plug issues and was solved.
Night ride from Jalori to Aut was fluckin scary.
Day Four - Rest
Bala had 102 Deg fever
Katz, Naren, Gunfight, Doss, Bala and I stay back at Bunther to enjaai
Flight view resort was the place of stay
Took a bath, shaved after 4 days :P~
Day Five - (Bunther to Keylong)
Start - 6484, End - 6677
Rohtang Pass was a sight to see
Naren's bike fork broke on the way to Keylong
Unable to fix due to unavailability of spare fork leg :-(
Stay at Valley View Resort at Keylong
Day Six - Rest
Naren's bike for repaired
Keylong was cold - 3068 m ASL
Day Seven (Keylong to Sarchu)
End Odo - 6843
Bala had a major fall at Grampu. Back brake cam broke and Bala escaped
unhurt
Sarchu clocked minus 4 deg in the evening. Super cold it was.
The Morey plains were a sight to see :)
Bala had a bad fever.
Celebrated Naren's bday with a bottle of Glen Mornagie
Met Shaik, Gagan and Gaurav from Delhi who were on an impromptu trip to Leh
on an Avenger and Karizma.
Day Eight (Sarchu - Leh)
Admitted Bala at the Military hospital at Sarchu. The Outpost head was Mr
Selvam from Theni in South India.
Climbed Naakeerla, Lachlungla and Tanglangla. View was amazing.
I am on Bala's 500 and Gaurav is riding my A350
Got stranded in the moddle with no petrol
Reached Leh at 8 PM and checked into Hotel Padmaling
Bala arrives at 10.20 PM
Day Nine - Rest
Few of the boys start to Pangong-tso and return half way because of heavy
snow
Captain Katari lands in Leh
Bala gets admitted in Leh Military hospital. Diagnosed with severe HAPE
(High Altitude Pulmonary Edema)
Bonfire dinner was awesome
Day Ten (Leh - Kardung La - Leh)
Awesome day of everyone's life. Standing tall at the worlds highest motor
able road was truely goosebumpy
Bala was far better today
Tshirts made today
Lunch at Zengarden and Dinner at the same place again.
Day 11 - Resting still
Captain takes my bike to Shey palce.
Me and Naren go and pack off Bala's bike to Delhi
The riding starts again tomo
Day 12 (Leh - Kargil)
Start - 7320 End - 7559
Awesome trip to Kargil via Lamayuru.
Saw the Magnetic hill and tried out a few stunts
Reached Kargil late in the night.
Stay at Greenland Park.
Kargil was seriously a hostile looking town
Facal dinner and bad sleep
I had a cyst on my right hand which was paining like crazy. Naren tried
operating it with a sterilized needle but failed.
Day 13 (Kargil - Srinagar)
Climbed Zojila to enter Kashmir Valley.
The view at Sonmarg was awesome
The finger pain because of the cyst became bad. Rode most of the way w/o
gloves
Reached Srinagar at 6.20 pm
Checked into Selec Town - House boat on Dal Lake.
Doss had a small accident. All fine.
Day 14 - Rest
Went to a local doc to remove the cyst. Painful procedure but fluck WHAT A
RELIEF
Went on a tour around Dal Lake on a Shikara
Went to Hazrathbal shrine - Never seen such a beautiful mosque.
Bought a Silk on Wool carpet for home.
Ate at Hotel De-Linz for the afternoon
Two bomb blasts at Srinagar
Kashmiri pulao at night was yumm.
Day 16 (Srinagar to Madhopur)
End Odo - 8181
Beautiful roads. Saw Patni Top
Heavy rains after Udampur.
Katz, Me and Naren decided to ride straight to Delhi throughout the night
but were held back at Madhopur for the night.
Day 17 (Madhopur to Delhi)
Awesome roads
Flat Tyre at Panipet just after dinner
Ripped on these roads all the way. The GT Karnal is super deluxe
Gear Down odo - 8729
Patted the bike and said thanks to it for taking me on this trip :-)
Total Kms - 2944 kms
Day 18 - Rest
Lazed around at Suresh's
Packed off the bikes to chennai
Full kattu at Andhra Meals Hotel
Tamilnadu Express at 10.35 PM
No cash left on me and katz. TOTAL DRY
Day 19 - TRAINNNNNNNNNN
Whole day in train
Full Fun
Lotsa Cheap thrills
Met Dr Manoj - A Dental doc from Chennai - Anna Nagar
Day 20 - CHENNAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
Reached Chennai at 8 AM
THREE CHEERS OF ALTITUDE OVERDOSE
The receiving party was there with Garlands to welcome us.
Thanks to Topic, Raj, Left and Subha for coming to receive us :-)
Peace
Dosai
