Motorcycle ride to Ladakh - 1 of 5

This beautiful photo-blog has been contributed by my son Mukul Wardhan.

यह सुंदर फ़ोटो-ब्लॉग मेरे बेटे मुकुल वर्धन की प्रस्तुती है । 

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For us bikers it is a dream to kick start the bike & go on a long ride in to the Himalayas. Three of us did that and started off from Delhi on a journey of over 3400 km.

* Mukul Wardhan on Royal Enfield Classic 500,

* Avnish Shukla on Royal Enfield Thunderbird 350 & 

* Dev Badda on Royal Enfield Classic 350.

The route was :

> Delhi - Pathankot - Jammu - Srinagar - Pahalgam - Drass - Kargil-  Mulbek - Leh.

> Leh - Khardungla - Diskit - Panamik - Hunder - Leh.

> Leh - Pang - Sarchu - Tendi - Jispa - Keylong -  Rohtang - Manali - Chandigarh - Delhi.

Photos have been taken on Nikon DSLR. Hope you enjoy the scenery as much as we did.

- Mukul

Mukul with Black Beauty approx 70 km short of Leh

Such pleasant scenes are in abundance

Merging with nature

Landscape changes with every turn

Avnish Shukla turns the prayer wheels

Inside the lovely Gompa prayer hall

Beautifully painted & well maintained

Hemis Monastry 45 km from Leh re-established in 1672 by king Sengge Namgyal

From the side of Hemis Monastry

Prayer Wheel on roof-top

Hills & valleys 

Chang La. Elevation 17590 ft. Temple named Changla Baba

Polu

Yaks grazing near Polu

At 18380 ft, Khardung La, on worlds' highest motor-able road

More photos are available on following blogs :

* Motorcycle ride to Laddakh - 2 of 5.
http://jogharshwardhan.blogspot.com/2014/07/motorcycle-ride-to-leh-ladakh-2-of-5.html

* Motorcycle ride to Laddakh - 3 of 5.
http://jogharshwardhan.blogspot.com/2014/08/motorcycle-ride-to-ladakh-region-of.html

* Motorcycle ride to Laddakh - 4 of 5.
http://jogharshwardhan.blogspot.com/2014/07/motorcycle-ride-to-ladakh-3-of-5.html

* Motorcycle ride to Laddakh - 5 of 5.
http://jogharshwardhan.blogspot.com/2014/10/motorcycle-ride-to-ladakh-5-of-5.html