Shopping the Essentials

More Updates on the trip :-

After booking for the hotels and vehicle at Leh, Now we are looking for the finer details of the trip. Some of the updates are :-

1) Me and Prashant met this Sunday and shopped for few essential items like Soaps, Oil, Toothpaste, Instant Coffee Sachets, Biscuits etc etc. The most important stuff was Sunscreen.........well its gonna be direct and harsh sun light out there, so We guys too need it :) On a serious note, Sunscreen is one of the most important things that you should carry for Ladakh trip. Sunglasses are also needed.

2) Still need to purchase the essential medicines including Diamox for Height sickness. A small medicine box is very important for the trip.

3) Talked to Mr. Miru and found out how to deposit the advance in his account. We might end up giving him the total money in leh because the procedure of depositing the money in his account is little complicated.

4) Tried to made an estimate of Clothes that would be required out there. Around 6-8 tees, 2-3 sweatshirts or Pullovers and 1 Jacket is minimum that one should carry. Yeah yeah i am not forgetting the jeans/ cargos and trousers :) .......also a cap is needed.

5) I had a talk with one of my very dear cousin bro (captain in Army) and got a contact of his colleague in Army. He is based in Tangstse right now and he has asked us to come over for lunch (on a trip to Pangong) and any other help thats needed when we are in Leh.

6) The weather out there in Leh is not so good right now. Its been raining for a while and there are floods also in some area (Unlike Leh, which is the most dry area in India along with Thar desert) For weather updates you can use CNN website.

Apart from that a new problem has come in. My digicam charger has stopped working. I have given it for repairs but the chances are not so good. Tried finding few alternatives in pallika but original one as expected is not availaible. Some generic ones are present, which i dont know whether they will work or not. I have taken a charger from one of my very good friend Akash but incase he plans to go out somewhere in the same time, i have to give it back. Lets see how things turn out. Also, i was planning to get one extra digicam but that is also not working right now. Seems like i would be heading to leh without any camera at all :(

Anubhav has also misplaced his charger somewhere (Olympus C-765) .....thats another disaster........

anyway, lets see how things work out.......