Ladakh Travelogue

Yayawar Wanders in Ladakh & Spiti – Epilogue

A year and a quarter later – Epilogue 16 days of plan, 19 days of journey.. many destinations out of bounds, quite a couple of mishaps and hell lot of...

Yayawar Wanders in Ladakh & Spiti – Day 19

Day 19: 27 August 2013: At last, reached home! By 0000 hrs, we were at HP-Punjab border. Driving further ahead, we stopped at the Chandigarh – Zirakpur McDonald’s for some...

Yayawar Wanders in Ladakh & Spiti – Day 18

Day 18: 26 August 2013: Finally out of the hole! Stranded and walking on the road and at times trying to sleep, we spend our night…. At the break of...

Yayawar Wanders in Ladakh & Spiti – Day 17

Day 17: 25 August 2013: The rescue vehicle arrives – who’ll rescue it? We get up in the morning leisurely knowing fully well that nothing else can be done and...

Yayawar Wanders in Ladakh & Spiti – Day 16

Day 16: 24 August 2013: The Jinx of 21 Numbered Nut.. continues! At the break of the dawn, I wake up at the noise of some commotion at Chandra dhaba....

Trying to untie the nut at batal dhaba

Yayawar Wanders in Ladakh & Spiti – Day 15

Day 15: 23 August 2013: The Jinx of 21 Numbered Nut and getting stuck at Batal Dhaba We get up in the morning and after finishing our daily ritutals (on...

Yayawar Wanders in Ladakh & Spiti – Day 14

Day 14: 22 August 2013: Samudri Tapu cancelled, Chandratal to Batal We wake up in the morning to be greeted by the Gold in the sky…   The weather is...

Yayawar Wanders in Ladakh & Spiti – Day 13: Part 2

Day 13: 21 August 2013: Part 2: Batal to Chandratal – Full Moon Day at Chandratal After spending some 40-45 minutes with Batal Chacha, having our fill of Maggi and...

Yayawar Wanders in Ladakh & Spiti – Day 13: Part 1

Day 13: 21 August 2013: Part 1: Keylong to Batal We woke up late knowing very well that we have to travel less today. Finished with the daily rituals, we...

Yayawar Wanders in Ladakh & Spiti – Day 12

Day 12: 20 August 2013: Upshi to Keylong We wake up at around 0610 hrs. Since we are in no mood to freshen up as “Bahar Accha” as advised by...

Yayawar Wanders in Ladakh & Spiti – Day 11 : Part 5

Day 11: 19 August 2013: Part 5: Tangtse to Upshi After submitting copy of the ILP, we started ahead towards Karu (the actual name is Kharoo!) from Tangtse around 1645....

Yayawar Wanders in Ladakh & Spiti – Day 11 : Part 4

Day 11: 19 August 2013: Part 4: Chusul to Tangtse Having been denied the route to Tso Moriri via Tsaga La or Mitpal Tso, we proceed towards Tangtse via the...