25 August 2014

The road from Leh to Manali

We drove over the second highest road in the world by moonlight and carried on down into the dawn. Somewhere a long way from here -- and a long way from anywhere -- the minibus ran over a large rock which destroyed the radiator and sump.

We should have arrived in Manali in the early evening. I finally reached my guest house about half past midnight.

This is one of the very few parts of the road with a good surface. Most is little more than a four-wheel-drive track.

I'm currently in Srinagar (Jammu & Kashmir), enjoying a few days' relief from the Delhi furnace.



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6 comments:

  1. Ruahines25 August 2014 at 16:38

    Kia ora Pete...
    By moonlight! It rather looks like the moon, or some other worldly planet. Glad to read you are out of the heat. Check out the blog for a few other photos that may help to cool you off. Stay well e hoa!
    Robb

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  2. Elephant's Child25 August 2014 at 19:26

    Ouch. But all too familiar.
    I loved Srinegar (half a lifetime a ago) and envy you. Rest up well.

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  3. pohanginapete26 August 2014 at 02:35

    Kia ora Robb. Yes, Ladakh's landscape is sometimes described as a 'moonscape'. Lovely post on your blog, too, Robb.

    EC, I'm certainly enjoying it, and would be even more if I hadn't come down with a cold (the irony!)

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  4. Zhoen27 August 2014 at 09:35

    So much like areas of this part of the world. A bit higher than here. But some of southern Idaho, and Western Utah, look so much like this.

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  5. pohanginapete27 August 2014 at 16:04

    Zhoen, I didn't realise your area was as arid as this. I should've guessed, though -- much of the world seems to be that way.

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  6. Zhoen28 August 2014 at 01:43

    Not all of it, but some areas, especially late in the year just has dry scrub.

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