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The First Chill : Part 2
He some how let go of my shoulders and I asked him to grab the ropes which were on the sides of the truck. Honked numerous times (while murmuring gayatri mantra in my head) and as soon as I got an opportunity, accelerated and got out of that death pit.
Post that for couple of kms we both were silence. I stopped the bike where everyone was waiting for us, took a long breath, drank water and then resumed the journey.
Lesson learnt : Patience is a must !!
Smooth tarmac welcomed us and we started riding while the pillions were busy clicking the pics. ( And a lot of them came out hazy
like the one below)
But then they were able to click better pics too
.
The crosswinds were really taking the toll on the ride and we decided to test the speed in the desi way.
While doing our experiments the rain coats slipped from Manish's hands. Shashank had to run hard and catch it. I was relieved as he saved another unnecessary expense. ( Who cares if Manish gets all wet during the ride or not
)
On the way we found a waterside and decided to get off the road and relax there for sometime. The offroad riding made us grin from ear to ear and upon reaching there we were just mesmerized by the beauty ( No pictures that we clicked can do justice to the actual beauty which we witnessed.)
A small break turned out to be a nap time for some :
Shashank at peace.
and an opportunity to showcase creativity for some:
Nitin making use of the pebbles to mark the name of our trip : LNL - Leh and Ladakh.
The second such break in a single day put us way behind the schedule and it was getting dark.
We crossed Tandi but since we didn’t have cash we skipped the fuel for now and went ahead to keylong.
Somehow reached keylong at around 7 pm. We stopped our bikes at a bus stand and nitin and rishabh went in the city hunting for hotel, meanwhile prateek went to an ATM to get some cash.
Nitin found the hotel (with reasonable rates :twisted
and upon reaching we ordered the dinner. Cash in hand gave us the liberty to order chicken ( which didn’t taste like one), but still we gulped it as we were really hungry.
Post dinner Prateek called his home and told his parents that the trip has been extended to Ladakh. Same was communicated to home by Rishabh and Shashank. A couple of minutes of lecture was showered upon them and then we heard the golden words
" Do you have money ??? "
US : Nooooo ...
Ok we will transfer. But keep us updating about your location and well being. ( We just love our parents, Don't we ??)
US : Love you and all !!
After the call we looked at each other and then screamed in happiness.
Same room 6 buddies chatted for some time and really tired with the ride dozed off real soon.
He some how let go of my shoulders and I asked him to grab the ropes which were on the sides of the truck. Honked numerous times (while murmuring gayatri mantra in my head) and as soon as I got an opportunity, accelerated and got out of that death pit.
Post that for couple of kms we both were silence. I stopped the bike where everyone was waiting for us, took a long breath, drank water and then resumed the journey.
Lesson learnt : Patience is a must !!
Smooth tarmac welcomed us and we started riding while the pillions were busy clicking the pics. ( And a lot of them came out hazy
like the one below)
But then they were able to click better pics too
.
The crosswinds were really taking the toll on the ride and we decided to test the speed in the desi way.
While doing our experiments the rain coats slipped from Manish's hands. Shashank had to run hard and catch it. I was relieved as he saved another unnecessary expense. ( Who cares if Manish gets all wet during the ride or not
)On the way we found a waterside and decided to get off the road and relax there for sometime. The offroad riding made us grin from ear to ear and upon reaching there we were just mesmerized by the beauty ( No pictures that we clicked can do justice to the actual beauty which we witnessed.)
A small break turned out to be a nap time for some :
Shashank at peace.
and an opportunity to showcase creativity for some:
Nitin making use of the pebbles to mark the name of our trip : LNL - Leh and Ladakh.
The second such break in a single day put us way behind the schedule and it was getting dark.
We crossed Tandi but since we didn’t have cash we skipped the fuel for now and went ahead to keylong.
Somehow reached keylong at around 7 pm. We stopped our bikes at a bus stand and nitin and rishabh went in the city hunting for hotel, meanwhile prateek went to an ATM to get some cash.
Nitin found the hotel (with reasonable rates :twisted
and upon reaching we ordered the dinner. Cash in hand gave us the liberty to order chicken ( which didn’t taste like one), but still we gulped it as we were really hungry.Post dinner Prateek called his home and told his parents that the trip has been extended to Ladakh
. Same was communicated to home by Rishabh and Shashank. A couple of minutes of lecture was showered upon them and then we heard the golden words" Do you have money ??? "
US : Nooooo ...
Ok we will transfer. But keep us updating about your location and well being. ( We just love our parents, Don't we ??
)US : Love you and all !!
After the call we looked at each other and then screamed in happiness.
Same room 6 buddies chatted for some time and really tired with the ride dozed off real soon.
) board.
