Ladakh Travelogue

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Yayawar Wanders in Ladakh & Spiti – Day 8 : Part 2

Day 8 : 16 August 2013 : Part 2 – Khardung La Top to Hunder We start our decent from the Khardung La Top and we see that the BRO...

Ecstatic with Joy

Yayawar Wanders in Ladakh & Spiti – Day 8 : Part 1

Day 8 : 16 August 2013 : Part 1 – Leh to Khardung La Top We got up early in the morning and had our bath etc, for this probably...

Shanti Stupa lighted

Yayawar Wanders in Ladakh & Spiti – Day 7

Day 7 : 15 Aug 2013 : Leh – AMS delays our plan! At around 0330 hrs, Tony wakes me up stating that he has heavy and unbearable headache and...

Peaks & Clouds

Yayawar Wanders in Ladakh & Spiti – Day 6

Day 6 : 14 Aug 2013 : Leh Permits Although this was a day primarily for permits, we still got up early around 0600. After freshening up, we hopped on...

Straight Road

Yayawar Wanders in Ladakh & Spiti – Day 5

Day 5 : 13 August 2013 : Kargil to Leh The plan was to start around 6 and do a leisure drive to Leh spending time at POIs and for...

loitering

Yayawar Wanders in Ladakh & Spiti – Day 4

Day 4 : 12 August 2013 : Udhampur – Srinagar – Kargil Finally, we crossed Udhampur around 0030 hrs and took left for Srinagar. Reached Jawahar Tunnel at 0238 and...

taarbandi

Yayawar Wanders in Ladakh & Spiti – Day 3

Day 3 : 11 August 2013 : Jammu to Udhampur on way to Srinagar Woke up early in the morning around 0330 to get an early start to beat the...

Agitators

Yayawar Wanders in Ladakh & Spiti – Day 2

Day 2 : 10 August 2013: Jammu – stuck in bandh! Stopped at McD, Doraha for some McEgg Burger and coffee at 0255.

Yayawar Wanders in Ladakh & Spiti – Day 1

Day 1 : 09 August 2013 : Start from Noida/Delhi to Murthal Here’s the driving direction plan we intended to follow: Day1 – 09 Aug: Start from Delhi Day2 – 10 Aug:...

Yayawar Wanders in Ladakh & Spiti – Prelude

There are plans and then there are plans. We named our small group – Yayawar. Little did we know that the name would tower upon the future of our trip....

Leh trip finishes

What’s Being Yayawar?

If you have a firm plan and you follow it to the hilt, what’s being “Yayawar” in that? A yayawar is the one who has no plans (our plan got...

Internet in J&K back!

Internet in J&K back!

Finally! The internet connection in the J&K valley is back. Friends, we are safe and sound and are at Leh since 13th evening as per schedule. Tomorrow we will leave...