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Leh Ladakh, the dream destination...

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                            Leh Ladakh, the dream destination... (Part 2/3)... Day 4 According to the plan, we were expected to reach Leh by EOD, but the delay continued some way.   It’s the most important day, we got to see the most beautiful places. We started from Sonamarg in the morning, greeted natives for the Eid all the way. We passed the dangerous Zoji La pass in the morning. Briefing about Zoji La, I feel it is a nightmare for every rider on Srinagar –Leh highway.   Fingers-crossed all the way, it took around 1.5 hours to cross it. The road is a single lane, two-way traffic and valley on one side. Whenever you see a vehicle coming from the opposite direction, you have to wait till it passes you. If unfortunately, you are on the valley side, then better to start praying for another day of life. We crossed Zoji La, most of the path is covered with snow. If you have a fear of heights (I have) bette...

Leh Ladakh, the dream destination...

  Leh Ladakh, the dream destination... (Part 1/3) It’s been 4 years (2016) we had this trip and transcribed my experience. Though I didn’t get an excellent opportunity to share earlier, This COVID crisis gave me a chance to rewind some those memories through pictures and this story I saved, and today I am excited to share with the great travellers of this group It’s big, or I should say a massive post, but I hope some of you may recollect yours as well… It was a warm summer day when I got bored of routine life and thought of some adventurous trip. The first place I got in my mind was Leh- Ladakh trip. It was my dream trip and then started searching about the correct time to visit and the journey plan. I asked some of my friends, my regular trip partners, and they waved the green flag. Their names are Abhishek Parihar , Telukunta Vamshidhar and Choudhary. The first problem was to arrange the trip dates to minimize the leaves from the office. So I planned it during Ramzan, where we ...