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Ladakh Wanderlust

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Ladakh - The terrains are so treacherous and the paths so rough, that only the best of friends or the worst of foes will come and visit us - by Indian Army . The name was known to me since my childhood because my maternal uncle had done the impossible (Khardung La) on is bicycle in the pre -2000 era.  Now that I have been to Ladakh, I don’t have the correct words or phrases to write or define what I have seen in those Himalayan valleys. Nevertheless, I am trying to script out my travelogue - my motorcycle diary.             In the past years, a few of my friends went to the mystic wilderness of Ladakh. I use to admire their pictures and wish that someday I’d be there too. And finally it happened in 2014. The faint planning started in 2013 (we were 3 old friends) which started to take a shape just after the New Year’s ('14) bell rang . For me this was very exciting, as the new year started with a promise and I had taken a short trip in the Himalayas of Uttarakhand in the Dec’