Day1-1
Start of Rally with Thumbs Up
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Day1-2
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Day1-3
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Day1-4
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Day1-5
End of Day one... with car check up camp at Parc Ferme, Stay at Holiday Inn...
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Day2-1
The only Maruti 800 in the rally and despite numerous breakdowns, she...
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Day2-2
You need to put that badge.. it is helpful.. if one needs to be identified......
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Day2-3
Top of Kunzum La (15,000 feet)
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Day2-4
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Day2-5
Lot of bikers/trekkers from Europe all along the way. Believe me.. you need...
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Day2-6
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Day2-7
SBI does a wonderful job in these remote hill towns.. The yellow...
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Day2-8
The definition of sky blue color becomes clear... people living in Delhi know...
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Day2-9
Barren Landscape, with a monastery (if you can see it).
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Day2-10
Miles and miles, not a soul to be seen. amazing roads.. first time we rolled...
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Day2-11
Barren Landscape, with a monastery (if you can see it).
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Day2-12
Highest Altitude Petrol Pump (Gas Station) in the whole world!! @ Kaza. I...
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Day3-1
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Day3-2
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Day3-3
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Day3-4
Relaxing day with not much of driving
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Day3-5
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Day3-6
Picturesque surroundings of Tabo
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Day3-7
500 year old mummy in the border town of Geu.. China is only 7 km away...
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Day3-8
Varun's friend along the way
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Day3-9
Restaurants in Delhi (or for that matter the whole world)... shame on you!!
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Day3-10
The Tabo Monastery
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Day3-11
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Day4-1
Early morning at Banjara Camps, supposedly finest hotel in Tabo
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Day4-2
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Day4-3
Blessings from the monastery head.. start of day 4
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Day4-4
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Day4-5
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Day4-6
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Day4-7
Same typical cold desert barren landscape.. 60% of the track same as day...
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Day4-8
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Day4-9
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Day4-10
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Day4-11
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Day4-12
Koksar bridge... this bridge was swept away in floods and was restored...
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Day4-13
Bridge breakdown at Keylong... rally stuck for few hours
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Day4-14
Traffic jam due to bridge repairs. We talked to folks at home for the first...
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Day4-15
Better fuel up.. the next gas station is beyond the capacity of most...
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Day4-16
touchdown at Patseo.. end of day 4.. and coldest day for the rally......
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Day4-17
Stay at Patseo in army barracks..
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Day4-18
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Day4-19
Bunker beds with special quilts to keep you warm. We slept with our...
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Day4-20
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Day4-21
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Day4-22
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Day5-1
Sheet of ice on the car.. Night temperatures dipped below freezing
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Day5-2
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Day5-3
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Day5-4
Baralacha La
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Day5-5
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Day5-6
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Day5-7
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Day5-8
Morey Plains
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Day5-9
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Day5-10
Remote fuelling location at Morey Plains.. remember from the previous...
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Day5-11
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Day5-12
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Day5-13
The air is now definitely thinning.. and the becomes difficult to...
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Day5-14
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Day5-15
Highest point in the rally, second highest motorable pass in the...
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Day5-16
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Day5-17
21 hairpin bends called Gata Loops
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Day6-1
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Day6-2
Shanti Stupa (Japan Monastery)
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Day6-3
Better pizza than Flavors in Delhi!! The rallyists had real meal after...
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Day7-1
Ripley's Believe it or Not -- This is an uphill road.... Leave...
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Day7-2
BRO (Border Roads Organization) does a wonderful job in maintaining these roads.
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Day8-1
The rally started at 3 am.. and with an army escort. The Zojila Pass...
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Day8-2
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Sam_Cert
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Var_Cert
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