Vishu's Photos
Kashmir to Kanyakumari
12th August 2005 to 8th September 2005

This is stuff that dreams are made up of ! Riding your Bullet from Kashmir to Kanyakumari

Started along with ten others on August 14 from Delhi, rode 7100 kms for 25 days to reaching bangalore on Sept 8.

First leg - Delhi-chandigarh-Bilaspur-Mandi-Kulu-Manali-Rohtang Pass-Keylong-Bharatpur-Sarchu-Pang-Leh-Kargil-Drass-Srinagar-Pathankot.

Second Leg - Pathankot- Amritsar-Surajgarh-Jodhpur-Baroda-Bombay-Chiplun-Goa-Mangalore-Cochin-Kanyakumari-Madurai-Salem-
Bangalore

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Nite before the 25 day storm
Nite before the 25 day storm
Riding into storm - Day 1 :Flag off - Birla Mandir
Riding into storm - Day 1 :Flag off - Birla Mandir
Royal Escorting to Ambala : Pravo n Ash
Royal Escorting to Ambala : Pravo n Ash
Grand Welcome at Ambala : Avi
Grand Welcome at Ambala : Avi
Most irritating Baba: Charasi Baba
Most irritating Baba: Charasi Baba
'Virgins' - Geared up to get LEH-D
'Virgins' - Geared up to get LEH-D
8B9R25D12S7500K300L : 1E = 8 Bikes, 9 Riders, 25 Days, 12 States, 7500 Kms, 300 Litres makes one expedition
8B9R25D12S7500K300L : 1E = 8 Bikes, 9 Riders, 25 Days, 12 States, 7500 Kms, 300 Litres makes one expedition
Bhoot Bangla
Bhoot Bangla
Avi sleeps : Riding concrete
Avi sleeps : Riding concrete
Mandi's curves : An Australian biker fell here
Mandi's curves : An Australian biker fell here
Enroute Kulu
Enroute Kulu
Enroute Manali
Enroute Manali
Just before Rohtang Pass - Clicked this with stone fingers, numb from riding in the early morning chilly rain
Just before Rohtang Pass - Clicked this with stone fingers, numb from riding in the early morning chilly rain
Rohtang Pass : Gateway to lahaul valley
Rohtang Pass : Gateway to lahaul valley
View of the valley we left behind
View of the valley we left behind
View of the trucks down below
View of the trucks down below
A truck floated in Beas as we rode the parallel road
A truck floated in Beas as we rode the parallel road
The road we rode
The road we rode
The View we saw
The View we saw
The mountains who saw us
The mountains who saw us
As the Clouds played hide n seek with them
As the Clouds played hide n seek with them
Leaving Keylong behind
Leaving Keylong behind
Reaching the broken bridge at Zing Zing Bar
Reaching the broken bridge at Zing Zing Bar
If our Bullets were jeeps...this is how we would have pushed them!
If our Bullets were jeeps...this is how we would have pushed them!
Lost all sense of Calender after a day break like this one
Lost all sense of Calender after a day break like this one
Lost all sense of home after a roof over our heads like this one. (In Bharatpur, a temporary settlement after the Baralacha Pass, you can stay in tents like these only)
Lost all sense of home after a roof over our heads like this one. (In Bharatpur, a temporary settlement after the Baralacha Pass, you can stay in tents like these only)
Hit by AMS (Acute mountain sickness)
Hit by AMS (Acute mountain sickness)
Enroute Sarchu
Enroute Sarchu
Coniferous cloud formations ..yeah..
Coniferous cloud formations ..yeah..
They followed us
They followed us
We left them behind as we entered the...
We left them behind as we entered the...
famed 21 Ghata loops as u see
famed 21 Ghata loops as u see
View above the Loops
View above the Loops
View behind us
View behind us
View between us
View between us
View ahead of us
View ahead of us
An etcetra View  :-)
An etcetra View :-)
reached Luchlungla...
reached Luchlungla...
and halted at Pang
and halted at Pang
In pure company
In pure company
She was happy to see her pic on the LCD and I was happy to click her
She was happy to see her pic on the LCD and I was happy to click her
Nomads leave as the day breaks
Nomads leave as the day breaks
To higher Altitudes
To higher Altitudes
To further places
To further places
To eventually reach the Morri Plains.
To eventually reach the Morri Plains.
Amazing peace (The new Bajaj Avenger AD was shot here..)
Amazing peace (The new Bajaj Avenger AD was shot here..)
Jaguar Juxtaposition
Jaguar Juxtaposition
Searcing the Tso Morri lake
Searcing the Tso Morri lake
Lake was not found. we made do with - cloud show
Lake was not found. we made do with - cloud show
but we found Tibetan Wild Asses instead
but we found Tibetan Wild Asses instead
Lake in the skies
Lake in the skies
Better ...better Still
Better ...better Still
Feeling Thankful of these bounties..we prayed here
Feeling Thankful of these bounties..we prayed here
Rode again to reach the second highest motorable road in the world
Rode again to reach the second highest motorable road in the world
Where these scenes greated us
Where these scenes greated us
..in this spartan land
..in this spartan land
where the tough get going
where the tough get going
..not you Avi!!
..not you Avi!!
I clicked him and the others just watched this view instead
I clicked him and the others just watched this view instead
Slow motion Life @ Leh
Slow motion Life @ Leh