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Cycling from Manali to Leh

May 3, 2012

A good friend and an expert of Himalayas, Manish Lakhani is planning a bicycling tour from Leh to Manali next month. He is looking for a handful of people to join him on the tour. Below are the tour details. If you would be interested, reach him for more details at manisholiday@gmail.com

Tour Details

This bicycle ride takes you through one of the most difficult and remote but picturesque terrain that you can ever access by road anywhere in India. It is amazing to see how Indian Army (BRO – Border Road Organization) builds and manages roads in this stark and remote terrain.  The  ride takes you to magnificent scenery over a series of 5000m+ passes, starting from lush green Kullu Valley over to high altitude deserts and stark mountains Ladakh.

Join us for one of the most challenging and wonderful bike ride on this planet.

Dates  – 1 June to 10 June 2012.
Start – Manali
Finish - Leh
Altitude – Start 2050m (Manali) / max 5350m (Taglang  La) / end 3505m (Leh)
Accommodation & Support Level – Full Camping  services, Jeep backup and support.
Distance – About  500 Kms.

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Detailed Itinerary

Day Cycle Distance Km Altitude Ascending descending (m) Camping Height (m)
1 Manali-Marhi 37.5 km 1,270 m 3,312 m
2 Marhi-Sissu 53.4 km 666 m 3,120 m
3 Sissu-Keylong 31.5 km 396 m 3,350 m
4 Keylong-Patseo 47.6 km 611 m 3,811 m
5 Patseo-Sarchu 65.3 km 1,080 m 4,253 m
6 Sarchu-Whisky Nullah 51.0 km 457 m 4,700 m
7 Whisky Nullah-Pang 29.8 km 370 m 4,530 m
8 Pang-Moray Plains 53.1 km 300 m 4.700 m
9 Moray Plains-Upshi 79.2 km 666 m 3,600 m
10 Upshi-Leh 68.4 km* 300 m* 3,500 m


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May 2012 Desktop Calendar Wallpaper

This month’s calendar is a photograph from the interiors of Hawa Mahal, Jaipur. Download 1336×768, 1280×800 or 1024×768 as your wallpaper.

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April Newsletter

April 3, 2012

India Travel Blog Newsletter is sent approximately once a month (often, less frequently), summarizing the previous month’s activity and giving a glimpse of the coming month on the website. Subscribe to the newsletter by keying in your email address in the box on the top of the sidebar. Here is a copy of this month’s newsletter, dispatched today.

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Hi,

Hope the summer vacation marks the beginning of travel season for you. The hills are calling, so here is a desktop calendar wallpaper from the highlands of South India. Download April calendar wallpaper - an image from the tea gardens of Munnar.

Here is a quick look at the updates on India Travel Blog in the recent past.

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Photography Tours

It is now more than a year since I joined hands with my colleague, wildlife photographer Shreeram MV to began Darter Photography, which conducts photography tours and workshops. We now do regular photography workshops in Bangalore and Hyderabad. Here is a quick look at our upcoming tours. Also see an faq on what our tours are all about.

  • Landscapes of Munnar. Learn to make beautiful images of landscapes
  • Tigers Reserver - We have two tours lined up to photograph tigers in their heartland - Tadoba & Bandhavgarh
  • Bhadra Wilderness - A wildlife photography workshop to learn to appreaciate our biodiversity and photograph them.
  • Lahaul & Spiti - Amazing mountain landscapes; too good to believe!

I do hope we will meet in one of our photography excursions soon. Happy Travelling!

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April 2012 Desktop Calendar Wallpaper

April 2, 2012

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