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McLeod Ganj is about 10 kilometers from Dharamsala. It is also known as Little Lhasa. This is where the Government of Tibet in exile operates from. This is where Dalai Lama lives. St. John in the Wilderness at Forsyth Ganj, just below McLeod Ganj is a beautiful church. Lord Elgin, the British Viceroy...
We were supposed to drive only till Pathankot today. But then we decided to drive all the way till Dharamsala, as it would give us an extra morning to spend at Dharamsala. Also its summer so days are very long and there is sun light at least until 7:30. Though at one point...
Day 17:Rest day. Didn’t do much. We woke up late and then went to Nishat Bagh. It’s a terraced Mughal garden built on the eastern side of the Dal Lak It’s beautiful in itself and gives you a chance to enjoy Dal Lake from a high point. Then we did a bit of...
Today was probably the toughest day. We left Kargil at 4:15AM and crossed Drass by 5:30AM. Then the drive became slow due to bad roads. The car also got stuck once. We had push it to the side to get rid of a rock which was blocking the back wheel. I have tons...
We are back in Kargil. Very uneventful and fast. We reached Kargil early noon and took a a tour organized by Roots Ladakh. The tour included visits to couple of seais, visit to LoC near Hunderman village.
Well it seems you can’t do sightseeing in Leh using taxies from outside J&K. I had an yellow board self drive from Delhi. We werent in mood to fight with the mob and hence we took a taxi to Pangong Lake (Hence these kilometers are not counted). Pangong Lake is beautiful. Pictures here...
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Thejesh GN (ತೇಜೇಶ್ ಜಿ.ಎನ್) "Thej" is an Independent Technologist, Hacker, Maker, Traveler, Blogger, InfoActivist, Open data and Open internet enthusiast from Bangalore, India. He loves experimenting with all things life and hence some times he is called hacker and other times duct tape. You can read more about him here. Email [ i @ thejeshgn dot com]. PGP/GPG Keys are here.
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