They say that it is a
trip of a life time, the ultimate adventure and yet, I was a bit hesitant at
first. Not to say that the trip was planned over a couple of drinks and now
that there is only a fortnight left to go, things have just got serious.
To begin with, a trip to leh, Ladakh is not something, you
take to your neighbor hood “baniya “store.
Meticulous planning and arrangements have to be made, vehicle checked and other
resources to be scrounged. Any ways so
here I sit and wonder how the trip is going to be. Things that come to my mind
are, am I fit to take this trip? This is the first and foremost question that
comes to my mind. I don’t want to fall sick on the trip and while a doctor / my
bro In law is going to take care of the medicinal part, I must start to
exercise a bit now. At least for the next fifteen days to gain some strength
for the arduous walking that may be entailed in the journey ahead.
It has been
rather long time since I took a trip of this magnitude and all the videos that I
have seen on the net, tell me one thing everything and anything can go wrong so
one has to be in the best of mind and shape. Unlike the average tourist this is
going to be roughed out.
Any ways i needed to
know what ladakh was all about and the internet had to say this
"Ladakh, is one of
the land of high passes, is one of the highest visited tourist destinations in
India. Located more than 3,000m above the sea level, the scenic beauty of the
Himalayan range and the Karakoram Mountain ranges add to the alluring beauty of
this region.
Any road trips to Ladakh takes
you through scenic valleys, rugged terrains, high passes, snow clad mountains
and many more fascinating elements of nature. Offering mesmeric views of the
surroundings, these trips also offers adequate amount of challenges as the
prevailing conditions along these regions cannot be exactly predicted at times.
There are two different routes
that lead to Ladakh- one from Srinagar and the other from Manali: Srinagar to
Leh and Manali to Leh."
Hmmm…
So there are two routes to heaven. Does that mean whether you sin or be good,
you will reach the final destination? So which is heaven and what is hell?
Climbing too fast can definitely equate to hell. As was confirmed by P (will
refer my travel mate as P from now on). A story of cerebral edema just came
through. Definitely these people traveled by air, so can be blamed for
ignorance of the terrain. As I said before physical fitness for such trips is
important!!!
But
then again one be aware of nature not afraid.
To be
continued…..
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