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Mig La, Ladakh at 19,400 ft, the New Highest Motorable Pass of the World

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Introduction When it comes to building roads and maintaining them at the highest standards, Border Roads Organization never disappoints. They keep challenging themselves to break their own records and standards. This time they have broken their own Guinness record of building the new highest motorable world to Mig La(19,400 ft) surpassing Umling La(19,024 ft) built …

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How to reach Umling La, Ladakh? Six different ways to reach the Biker’s Everest

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Introduction It’s a dream of literally every passionate biker to visit Umling La atleast once in this lifetime to experience the joy of riding their vehicle at a gracious height of 19,024 ft. I got a chance to visit Umling La in October ’24, back then it was the highest motorable road of the world. …

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Here’s everything to know about Petrol Pumps available on your next trip to Leh-Ladakh

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Introduction Planning a bike/car trip to Ladakh? Then one of the most important thing to keep in mind is about the availability of fuel. Though after recent tourist developments in various parts of Ladakh, its much better, but just a few years before like 2-3 years back, this was a very big challenge for all …

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Exploring Ladakh, Ep – 09. Exploring Kargil and Drass, the final day

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Preface We had departed from Leh on NH-1 to Sri Nagar to visit all the places on the way and stay at Drass after Kargil, then return back as there was no alternate route. The journey was fabulous and very tiring as well. Read it here. We usually never comeback on the same way, but we …

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Exploring Ladakh, Ep – 08. Spectacular Ride on NH-1,the Lifeline of Kashmir-Ladakh

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Preface We had finished the primary Ladakh circuit without missing anything in last 8-9 days. The previous day we did a short journey from Tso Moriri to Leh (link), where we reached Leh by evening and roamed around the markets of Leh. We were very tired by the long journeys, but we had 2 more …

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Exploring Ladakh, Ep – 07. Exploring Tso Moriri, The Hidden Unexplored Gems of Ladakh

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Preface The previous day was the most memorable day of my life ever reaching the World’s Highest Motorable Pass, along with the 6th highest and a magnificent journey of 350 kms in a single day. Read it here. We started very early from Hanle to cover all the things and reach before the sunset, but …

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Exploring Ladakh, Ep – 06 (Part-2). Experiencing Umling La

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Preface We finally made our way to the Highest Motorable Pass of the World after a lovely journey via Photi La pass, the 6th highest motorable pass of the world. We again had a descent before climbing Umling La and after an amazing journey we finally reached here. The moments at the top was just …

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Exploring Ladakh, Ep – 06 (Part-1). Journey through Photi La to Umling La, the Highest motorable pass of the world

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Preface We explored the mighty Pangong lake and planned to reach Hanle by evening. The distance we had to travel was less, but our calculations was entirely wrong and even after sunset we were still 60kms far from Hanle and fyi we had just travelled 120kms till then. We reached Hanle very late at around …

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Exploring Ladakh, Ep – 05 (Part-2). Journey along the Majestic Pangong Lake to Hanle

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Preface After having an amazing journey along the amazing Shyok river to reach Pangong, we spent the entire night just in front of the Pangong to explore the amazing lake and then woke up early in the morning to explore the lovely views and then left early to reach Hanle by night at any condition. …

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Exploring Ladakh, Ep – 05. Journey along the Majestic Pangong Lake to Hanle

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Preface After exploring amazing Nubra Valley on the previous days, we departed from Hunder early morning exploring Diskit Monastery and traveled along one of the most difficult terrains of the valley along the Shyok river to reach Pangong after the sunset. We stayed in a camp just in front of the lake, but the lake …

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