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Road to Ladakh - via Manali (Day2) Second day of our trip started with a beautiful morning at Sarchu. The night was bit rough for my husband. Cold weather, mountain sickness and indigestion, everything attacked at once. But we were prepared for this and were carrying medicines with us, so situation was managed. In addition the morning view of the place was rejuvenating and breathtaking. With huge mountains on both the sides, we human appear to be miniscule part of this universe. We had our breakfast and left for the journey further, by 9:00am. Though sun was high on the sky still the weather was cold. Here I will like to mention that we were still with in the boundary of Himachal Pradesh. But soon after leaving Sarchu, territory of Jammu and Kashmir starts. It is interesting to note here that border between HP and J&K is marked by a river. Once you cross the river, you are in J&K. This picture is taken just after entering J&K. Leh is still 251kms away which is a day

Road to Ladakh - via Manali (Day1) In continuation to my previous post, now I will be discussing the journey to Ladakh by road. This can be done via Manali or via Srinagar. Since we went via Manali and it took us two days thus I will elaborate the first day here .  I always recommend traveling by road to Ladakh as it is a beautiful journey with nature at its best. You can actually feel that you are entering a different world. But here you need to keep in mind that roads are open only from June  to Mid September, after the snow is cleared by Boreder Roads Organisation. BRO is an Army support organization which builds and maintains road in this region. No matter how many times you visit Ladakh by road, experience will be new every time. This is because of the fact that roads will be different every year depending upon snowfall, landslide, glacial melt and the amount of work BRO was able to do. Since it is made by Army hence it is safe for any type of heavy vehicle. In fact yo

Ladakh - A World beyond Words!!! Ladakh, land of high passes, is a region in the state of Jammu & Kashmir. It has an incomprehensible mountain beauty and culture. Everyone, whether you love traveling or not should visit this place and you will know that this world is definitely a better place to live. I will be covering different parts of this trip in separate posts as it requires a great deal of description. First I will be discussing about how to reach Ladakh. Ladakh is accessible both by air flight and road. Flight It is well connected with major cities of India via flight like Delhi, Jaipur, Srinagar, Pune, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Kochi, etc. Due to high mountain winds in the afternoon, all flights take off and land only in the morning hours. Road Ladakh is connected by road both via Manali and via Srinagar. Till Manali and Srinagar you can travel either by luxury bus, train, taxi or flight. After Manali and Srinagar following options are availa