Roving Traveller

06/03/2026

Passing by the Wellington Island…

14/01/2020

It's not the place that makes the experience worth remembering, it's the people that makes it worth remembering

18/12/2019

08/12/2019

I have always loved the desert. One sits down on a desert sand dune, sees nothing, hears nothing. Yet through the silence something throbs, and gleams.

15/10/2019

View from Jaigarh Fort.

09/10/2019

Tunnels connecting Amer Fort to Jaigarh Fort. @ Amer Fort, Jaipur

07/10/2019

Amer Fort in monsoons.

03/10/2019

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The Lake of the Sun God - SurajTal

The last thing we visited on the whole trip.
Deriving its meaning from two words, i.e., Suraj meaning sun and tal meaning lake, it is often revered as the lake of Sun God. Most people believe that taking a holy dip in the waters of Suraj Tal Lake will cleanse their spirit and absolve them of all their sins.
It is said to be the third highest lake in India being situated at an altitude of 4950m above sea level. Suraj Tal Lake is fed by the Bhaga River, which lies below the summit of Baralacha Pass, which is also known as the ‘pass with crossroads on the summit’. In fact, it is exactly the location that the roads leading to Spiti, Ladakh and Zanskar meet.
The region is mostly uninhabited because of rough climatic conditions, where the temperature goes up till 13 degree Celsius and the lowest recorded had been -27 degree. It also seems that the region receives snowfall all throughout the year.

01/10/2019

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Crossing one of the passes on Leh - Manali highway. Pass was covered with huge amount of snow and the road is cut out between the snow forming large walls of ice beside the road. Thanks to Border road organization (BRO) for making the road open during harsh conditions.

28/09/2019

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The Gata Loops

Gata Loops is a series of 21 hairpin bends that leads to the top of one of the highest motorable passes in Ladakh region that is Nakee La pass. This steep and winding section of the road is considered as one of the tourist attractions of Manali to Leh road but we were lucky enough as we were travelling from Leh to Manali and we had to descend these Gata loops. As it is a single road at most places, it's really difficult to ascend the vehicle with incoming traffic when you have to stop aside and give way and then pick up the vehicle again at that ascend. It's really tough for those who had not driven in mountains that much and these type of people are the main reason for traffic jams as they get stuck in the middle of high ascend road.
People who do know the name Gata Loops know it because of its stunning location and breathtaking scenery around it.

24/09/2019

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Fed up from the Passes!

After returning from pangong lake back to Leh and having a great experience of Khardungla and changla pass, it was time to return to our regular routines. But some more thrill was awaiting. The route from Leh to Manali itself was one of a kind road trip and was to be covered in 2 days but we didn't knew there were more passes along this route.
Generally, it's human nature that if we experience something more than once or twice, that same experience seems repetitive. Same was the case with these passes. As we traversed these passes, we just had the glance of all the milestones and didn't get off the vehicle because we were too lazy to do so.
Names of the passes are Tanglang La pass, Nakee la pass, Lachung la pass and Baralacha La pass.

PS - All the passes were covered with snow
PPS - "La" word already means pass