Leh bike ride??? Nahhh... Death ride..!!!#neardeathexperience

Tripoto
21st Jun 2018
Day 1

I started my journey with my three friends from Gujarat.
We had booked train from Vapi to Delhi and flight from Delhi to Leh..
We reached at leh international airport at around 11am in the morning.. Temperature was around 19° Celsius which was quite cold for us in mid June month.
After that we went to our hotel in a car. First two days are there for acclimatization in every leh ladakh trip.. if not then you should reserve it..
At around 3pm we all started headache and dizziness which was increasing..
We all were so uncomfortable that we started worrying about our leh trip..
In the night my oxygen saturation was 84..
We took medicines, dinner and that's how we completed our 1st day..

Photo of Leh bike ride??? Nahhh... Death ride..!!!#neardeathexperience by TravelBug
Photo of Leh bike ride??? Nahhh... Death ride..!!!#neardeathexperience by TravelBug
Photo of Leh bike ride??? Nahhh... Death ride..!!!#neardeathexperience by TravelBug
Photo of Leh bike ride??? Nahhh... Death ride..!!!#neardeathexperience by TravelBug
Photo of Leh bike ride??? Nahhh... Death ride..!!!#neardeathexperience by TravelBug
Photo of Leh bike ride??? Nahhh... Death ride..!!!#neardeathexperience by TravelBug
Photo of Leh bike ride??? Nahhh... Death ride..!!!#neardeathexperience by TravelBug
Day 2

On day 2 there was local sight seeing in car.. Still we felt discomfort on second day.. After exploring many places we went to our hotel.

Photo of Leh bike ride??? Nahhh... Death ride..!!!#neardeathexperience by TravelBug
Photo of Leh bike ride??? Nahhh... Death ride..!!!#neardeathexperience by TravelBug
Day 3

This was the was we were waiting for.. the bullet ride..
We chose the 500cc bullet.. Initially it felt very heavy in town.
At around 9 am we started our journey from leh to nubra valley which is around 130kms from leh.
Thankfully we all were quite comfortable with the mountain sickness.
As we were leaving behind the leh roads got tougher..
At around 30kms we reached at the WORLD'S HIGHEST MOTORABLE ROAD khardungla pass.
There we took some snacks and of course many photos. We left that place in almost 25 minutes.
(Minimum 30 minutes you should spend at khardungla just because of it's high altitude)
We saw so many beautiful landscapes at almost every turning.
We were so impressed with the quality of roads which were taken care by the Indian army only.
We took so many pics in between.
It was just like the heaven..
(If you're travelling through the car you will definitely miss the beauty of leh)
At around 6 PM we reached at diskit monastery and after that we went to our campsite and had dinner.
That's how we ended our day without any casualty..

Photo of Leh bike ride??? Nahhh... Death ride..!!!#neardeathexperience by TravelBug
Photo of Leh bike ride??? Nahhh... Death ride..!!!#neardeathexperience by TravelBug
Photo of Leh bike ride??? Nahhh... Death ride..!!!#neardeathexperience by TravelBug
Photo of Leh bike ride??? Nahhh... Death ride..!!!#neardeathexperience by TravelBug
Photo of Leh bike ride??? Nahhh... Death ride..!!!#neardeathexperience by TravelBug
Photo of Leh bike ride??? Nahhh... Death ride..!!!#neardeathexperience by TravelBug
Day 4

Today our run was around 160kms which was from nubra to pangong lake.
We started our journey quite early.
Today I was not feeling well due to my Long term IBS.
So I've decided to sit behind and take some rest.
Roads were getting tougher slowly slowly..  but the landscapes will never disappoint you for sure.
You will find many colors and textures on Mountains..
After few kilometers ride I felt so bad that I had to lie down on the road.
That time I saw one beautiful thing!!!
My friends were taking photos on the roadside many other bike riders had asked me for any help they can do to me.
And I said thanks to them.
In this kind of remote area where no one is knowing you, still they want to help you, this is humanity,  this is my India..!!!
After few minutes of break I've decided to not to sit behind but to drive the bike. And it worked.. I almost forgot my stomach ache..
We took our so called lunch(Maggie) and again stick to the road.
Then a road came which was nearly 10 feet wide and the crater was on the left..Two cars could never cross there.
Then one SUV came and it crossed us I had to stop my bike and again accelerated it at that point of time front wheel just ride over the big round rock and my balance lost.. Thanks to god I got my balance back and got saved.. we were so thrilled and took some breathe and again started the engine.
Almost around 5 pm we reached pangong lake. We sat there near the pangong lake.. it was so beautiful that I don't have any words to describe the beauty of it.
It was speechless!!!
After many photos and poses we went to our campsite and had dinner and took mandatory rest...
At that night we felt the maximum cold..

Photo of Leh bike ride??? Nahhh... Death ride..!!!#neardeathexperience by TravelBug
Photo of Leh bike ride??? Nahhh... Death ride..!!!#neardeathexperience by TravelBug
Photo of Leh bike ride??? Nahhh... Death ride..!!!#neardeathexperience by TravelBug
Photo of Leh bike ride??? Nahhh... Death ride..!!!#neardeathexperience by TravelBug
Photo of Leh bike ride??? Nahhh... Death ride..!!!#neardeathexperience by TravelBug
Day 5

This was the last of our bike tour...we have reach to leh again by the evening.
In the morning it was cloudy weather. After having breakfast we flew..
We were playing with our bullet..
Many times we had to cross the road filled with water..thanks to our gumboot it never bothered us..
Whether was not in a mood of getting clear..
Then we reached to changla pass. After spending some time there we left it.
And now weather was in a mood to play with us..
Suddenly drizzling started.
And roads got slippery. And the visibility was..can you imagine???? It was roughly around 10 feet not more than that.
It got scared to see this type condition.
One wrong move, one wrong decision,  one light slip,one light push from behind by any vehicle,and you're gone.. Definitely gone.
I couldn't even see properly just because of my specs and fog produced inside it due to wearing helmet.
My both the gloves got wet due to rain.. and my hands got numb slowly slowly..
But the only way I had was to move forward and wait for the weather to get clear..
At that point of time I felt like..#neardeathexperience
I wished to god that just put to leh.. I want nothing..
For your kind Information I'm not a bike person(or a biker). I'm a car person..
Still I managed to escape from that situation and landed to leh with my bullet..
It was the day it was the moment I felt like death was around me...
Thank to god everything went well.. and we finished our total leh..!!
(For leh trip you must choose the dates after 15th June, you must choose bike ride over car, you must take dimox tablet 3 days before going to leh, and lastly you should visit the leh once in a life time..!!!)

Photo of Leh bike ride??? Nahhh... Death ride..!!!#neardeathexperience by TravelBug
Photo of Leh bike ride??? Nahhh... Death ride..!!!#neardeathexperience by TravelBug