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#31
more from the kishangarh - hanumangarh road
To Leh From Kerala in Mahindra Bolero
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#32
we had our lunch from a daba at Parbatsar. hit the road 4.15pm. reached hanumangarh by 8.30 pm.
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took a room in hanumangrh @ 1000/ night. its a dusty little town. with no good restaurant. met a cab driver from indore. asked him about the roads. he was going to vaishnodevi with pilgrims via amritsar. he lent us his car cleaning cloth and we washed our vehicle with two bucket full of water provided by the hotel. left hanumangarh by 9.30 am. had brunch enroute at a dhaba
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more snaps en route to amritsar
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there was all sorts of vehicles on road. there was overloaded ones,out to kill other road users. there was religious gathering. they were offering refreshments to people. in some places they were forcing to have a drink. near one such gathering there was a small fight too. a small tricycle was parked by the road side on an incline, which rolled down onto the road an hit the maruti swift in front of our vehicle. the owner got out and slapped the young boy whose tricycle caused the mishap. the daughter of the man mollified him and brought him back to the car.
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If u don't mind, can u please change the font(handwriting) which you are using as your caption as it is a little difficult to read.
good work anyways
good work anyways
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#41
f yzy did you go for the leh ride as planned ? you never posted your detailed plan as promised.
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reached Amritsar at 2.15 pm. ( 3.06.2013 ) wow it was a really congested. felt that kerala was the most congested and people had no traffic sense. changed my opinion. there is no traffic rules . when the light was red at a junction i stopped the car for the light to turn green while all others were jumping the signal and people behind me were honking impatiently for me to move on. As the old saying goes - when in Rome do as the Romans do.i too became part of the mad Amritsari traffic![[:D]](https://www.theautomotiveindia.com/forums/images/smilies/Big%20Smile.gif "Big Smile [:D]")
. i jumped signals, parked where i felt . you have to be on the look out for the burly punjab police in whose presence there was some order on the road. one of whom noticed our kerala registration. he was perplexed initialy, scratched the back of his turbaned head and enquired from where we were coming ? on saying kerala he waved us along after enquiring - " paper sub teek hai ?
we took 2 rooms at hotel anand near the bus stand. the manager hustled us to go to waga border for the evening ceremony. we were hungry. but he told us to hurry or else we would miss it as it was 35kms away and there would be rush. we postponed lunch as waga border was on thing we didn't want to miss.
on the way about 2 kms before waga was the last railway station in india. we went to see it. it was deserted.
. i jumped signals, parked where i felt . you have to be on the look out for the burly punjab police in whose presence there was some order on the road. one of whom noticed our kerala registration. he was perplexed initialy, scratched the back of his turbaned head and enquired from where we were coming ? on saying kerala he waved us along after enquiring - " paper sub teek hai ?we took 2 rooms at hotel anand near the bus stand. the manager hustled us to go to waga border for the evening ceremony. we were hungry. but he told us to hurry or else we would miss it as it was 35kms away and there would be rush. we postponed lunch as waga border was on thing we didn't want to miss.
on the way about 2 kms before waga was the last railway station in india. we went to see it. it was deserted.
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Smooth Rider,
I apologize for not being able to keep the promise.
Yes, I was successful in doing the complete circuit this time.
However, I had to skip the Nubra Valley for next time, thanks to the bad weather while on Khardungla. It was heavily snowing and we were forced to get back to South Pullu and eventually back to Leh![[cry]](https://www.theautomotiveindia.com/forums/images/smilies/Cry.gif "Cry [cry]")
Rest of the plan was intact with proper buffer days in place we had no further issues with the planning
I apologize for not being able to keep the promise.
Yes, I was successful in doing the complete circuit this time.
However, I had to skip the Nubra Valley for next time, thanks to the bad weather while on Khardungla. It was heavily snowing and we were forced to get back to South Pullu and eventually back to Leh
Rest of the plan was intact with proper buffer days in place we had no further issues with the planning
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#44
waga border became a big disappointment. we were stopped nearly a kilometer away by boys selling mineral water and flags. they directed us to a parking lot were we were charged. there was parking place nearer to the actual border gate. there was heavy rush. BSf jawans mounted on horse back had a tough time controlling the crowd. they were seen shouting at people. people were also trying their level best to jump the que and get in. it was really hot. when we got in, the stands had already been filled. my wife got onto the stands in the ladies section but came out after some time as the sun was too hot. the ladies were also seen fighting to get on to the stands and those who got in were fighting to come out![[frustration]](https://www.theautomotiveindia.com/forums/images/smilies/Frustration.gif "Frustration [frustration]")
we helplessly watched as lots of people with kin/ friend in the army were given preference and allowed to drive directly in. some of my patriotism dried in the burning sun. since we couldn't see the ceremony we bought CDs being sold by the BSF of the ceremony and came out long before the function ended.
we helplessly watched as lots of people with kin/ friend in the army were given preference and allowed to drive directly in. some of my patriotism dried in the burning sun. since we couldn't see the ceremony we bought CDs being sold by the BSF of the ceremony and came out long before the function ended.
