Vanarasi, city of life or city of Shiva, is one of the holiest places in India, where Hindu pilgrims come to wash in the Ganges or cremate their regretted relatives! I first met my CS host Tarun who picked me…
Delhi
I stayed a few days (26th to 29th) in Delhi at Amrit’s place, lovely located in the South. Amrit is yet another very friendly CS fellow. We had nice evenings together and with his friends! Delhi is a huge city.…
Funny warnings in Himalaya roads
If you ever drive in Indian roads, particularly in Himalaya ones, you cannot miss the funny warnings sign all over the way. Here a best of them: Dare devil? Not here please! If you drive like hell, you will soon…
Amritsar
I took a night bus from Jammu to Amritsar: an interesting experience, the first time I saw fully sleeper bus: the bus is split horizontally: seats down and sleeper up. I got a sleeper for the 5 hours drive. The…
Jammu
I planned to take a night bus from Srinagar to Jammu but a few hours before, Iqbal told me he will go to Jammu with his car the day after. So I joined him in his comfortable SUV on the…
Srinagar
We finally arrived in Srinagar by the sunset, the summer capital of Kashmir. The most popular place to stay in this touristic city is in one of the thousands house boats in the Dal lake, the beautiful lake in the…
Ladakh to Kashmir
I was thinking about leaving Leh directly the day after climbing Sock Kangri, but met Heidi and Stefan, a German couple, who proposed me to share a car to Srinagar on the 17th and 18th. So I enjoyed the 16th…
At 6125m in the top of Stock Kangri
I stayed the 11th in Leh to rest and organize the next expedition: a 4 days trek to Stock Kangri at 6123m! We were supposed to be a 5-people group but 3 postponed the trek because of the weather. So…
Bike tour in Nubra Valley
Back in Leh, I rented a mountain bike for the next days: I took one of the best of the shop, a Giant with disc brakes. The biking company usually proposes daily tour to get down from the Kardung La,…
Leh and around
Leh is still quite a remote place. While becoming very touristic with plenty of travel agencies and restaurants, most of them are just opened 4 months a year, the road to Leh being closed during the winter. There is also…