HIMALAYA

Back to Himalaya :
Total Distance : 1400 km
Petrol Burned : 140 Ltr
States : UP , Delhi , Haryana , Panjab , Himachal Pradesh
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This snap was taken in Chandigarh , its an artificial lake .

Small baby in Traditional Dress of Himachal

Views of Snow covered Peaks

Himalaya s always Unpredictable , while going to top everything was fine. When we started return journey heavy snow fall started . And thin layer of ice formed on roads , on which driving a vehicle is dengerous .... Every turn, every corner we face chances of death.

This place is not open to visitors , here all shops ( which open for very few months during mansoon) were covered with 15 - 20 feet of heavy snow . BRO ( Border Road Organization - a wing of Indian Army ) mantains these roads . Bro is called as Mountain Tamers - they created and mantaining highest motorable passes in in the world. We could reach this point because of Mr.Vineeth whom we met on the way . This terrain will remain closed for next 2 months .....

This route connects Leh - Ladakh ( Considered as very sinsitive posts of border ) during summer , but now closed . Here all bridges will be removed when snow fall starts , because any bridge will not survive more than 7 days.( daily 15 -20 feet of snow fall ) . Here i am driving through a river !! .... this is the only option available for me to explore ristricted area.

Thanks to Mr. Vineeth who allowed us to enter this area . I came to know about the very tough life of soldier in border , where temperature reaches to -29 degree s sometimes.

One of the reason why i selected GYPSY is it 4 Wheel Drive . When we put GYPSY in 4H n 4L gear it can go any where .... It becomes Mountain Goat !!! It is a all terrain vehicle , a trusted vehicle of Indian army .

Few modifications - its changed such that 2 people can sleep within GYPSY when there is no accomodation is available , ( especially in Himalays) .

I spent total 4 days with mechanic who has 15 years of experence , where i learned repairing vehicle in case of breakdown . It is very much necessary because i wil be going to some places which will be disconnected from rest of the world for many days ...

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