Sunday, August 20, 2006

Got Leh'ed...

If anyone ever says that Leh is beautiful, or Ladhak is a dream come true, or Srinagar is heaven… do not believe it… just do not…

Go and see for yourself…

Oh and by the way, we are back at our respective locations, all fit and fine!!!

A few things worth mentioning while everyone is waiting for the photos, the travelogues, and the information…

  • A drive for 12 hours, and the number of vehicles you see is about 20…
  • Plains for about 40 kms straight at 12000 ft above the sea level…
  • Raw, brown huge mountains without any green…
  • A sky full of stars and there are so many that if you start counting you can easily loose count in 3 seconds…
  • A lake which is dark blue in colour in the afternoon, grey in the evening, and silver-ish in the morning, is 154 kms long and 4 kms wide at its maximum width…
  • A Camp in the middle of nowhere...
  • Mountains where clouds paint their shadows…
  • Sight which defies distance, you can look at a mountain which is as far as far can be…

I have not been this short of words for a trip ever!!! I think I should let some photos speak for the trip...

Here you go...

On our way from Manali to Leh


On our way from Manali to Leh


On our way from Manali to Leh


From Leh to Pangong Tso


The Pangong Tso


The Pangong Tso


Thiksey Gompa


Hunder - The desert at over 10000 feet


We got stuck at the North Pullu...


MoonLand...


Zojila Pass - On our way to Srinagar from Leh


Sonemarg


Mughal Gardens in Srinagar


Dal Lake


Hazratbal Dargah


Dal Lake at Night

There is more coming your way!!!

Wait!!!

16 comments:

Sanjukta said...

hey prashant... congrats..good to hear u guys are back safely...

Tried to send u a mail and an invite to join Lets Go.. on ur spymac ID.. it bounced back.. could I have your email ID?

Sanjukta

GameSetCatch said...

amazing! want to get back there as soon as possible...not this year atleast...but surely next year and next...time it will be a two week camping trip!

~ ॐ ~ said...

# Mayuri...

:) you should check the pics now...

some photos are up... the rest you will see soon...

# Sanjukta...

my id is prashantbhardwaj@gmail.com
i'd love to join the gang !!!


# gamesetcatch...
:) do tell us how was it when you come back from there...

We intend to create a Leh Know it all Group :)

R said...

B R E A T H T A K I N G S T U F F

I can only imagine the wonderful guys all of you must have had. I'm jealous too. :D But frankly, this is something everyone must see for themselves once in their lifetime!

R said...

TYPO!! I meant, wonderful *time* :D

burf said...

heard all the stories, now coming for all the pics :D

Banvri said...

Thinking ...


can any wrds describe this ...

i m sure only a poem can :)

Unknown said...

Wah wah wah. I just dont have any other words.

Richa said...

moonland is the current wallpaper.
hunder will be next. :)

~ ॐ ~ said...

# mayuri...

nice... you cannot call this the "lot" of pictures... this is just 15... we have over 1500 fotos...

# rohit...
yes... now we can only imagine the time we had...

and you are totally correct when you say that this is something everyone must experience atleast once in their lifetime..

# burf...
nope bro... there are a lot of stories to be told yet...

# sparkles...
:) we had a great trip yes !!!

# Chitra..
no words can describe what it was like... but a few would still try !!! :)

# sayan...
hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
:)

# richa...
you should see my wallpaper.... i am sure you will love it... its a foto which was "made" in the Nishat Gardens :)

Richa said...

i want to see your wallpaper. but 'made' matlab?

Kishley (Dolly Sapra) said...

the third pic is the best one!! :D

~ ॐ ~ said...

@ richa...
made bole to, I picked up the three things, the thorns, the flower and the leaf to make the foto... you should check out my fotoblog to see it...

# dolly...
thank you ji..

# Anz...
there are about 1800 more fotos that you will have to choose a favorite from :)

# vikram...
i have written back to you today !!! call me anytime after 1400 hours on 230806...

Lalit Singh said...

A-W-E-S-O-M-E
cant wait for the details n more pics

Swetank Gupta said...

I'm jealous. They are such wonderful pics, and the place seems so AWESOME. It's the next place I'm going to, come what may.

The only problem is I don't have a good enough camera, and it'll be a pity to come back from a such a place without pics.

Ankur said...

some real nice pics...my pics are at http://www.flickr.com/photos/ankur_gupta10

Please update the blog with all the pic links...

and give me posting rights also on the blog...