Himalayas and North India
Photo gallery and Travelogue – Part 4 of 4
Contents
Part 1: 21 April – 24 April: Start, Mumbai to Delhi, Chandigarh, Kullu, Manali
Part 2: 25 April – 03 May: Mountain Biking Expedition – Kullu to Jalori pass and back
Part 3: 04 May – 08 May: Dharamshala, McLeod Ganj, Chamunda, Amritsar, Delhi to Mumbai
Part 4: Your Comments
Part 4 of 4
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[...] Jalori pass and North India [...]
↵Hey dude…
↵Gr8 travelogue and pics…..try adding caption to the pics….it must have been a reallly memorable experience….hats off to you
Fantastic travel story. I envy you man!
↵hi Priyank,
↵good to see your blog. the photos are indeed remarkable
i was in the kullu-manali region last year and it brought my memories.
zakass !
↵Great Photography! Do keep sending such travel stories with snaps.
↵Priyank great work buddy.
↵even those who have not visited it will feel good with such mezmerising sights.
The travel report is fantastic. your web site design is also good.
↵Keep up posting such good reports on site.
I shall be a regular visitor on your site.
what a nice description man! how do you manage to do all this ??
↵pryiank has great works soon.
↵why did u shot at other friends?for me,Giri,more
nice photos! some more write up expected
!!
↵Priyank,
↵Very nice travel story and really good pictures.
Great article … informative and well compiled.
↵All the best for your new job.
I envy you! I wanted to join this expedition, but it just happened at the wrong time. Probably next time..
↵Good going and many nice pics !
Dude good;job first u steal my name and then u also like wat i love to do…Travelling…Good work add mire pictures,probably work on some slide show kinda thing…Take care and God Bles..
↵Hi Priyank, Good travelogue and photographs. I share with you a lot – travelling, trekking, nature, photography and so far one friend – Mukesh (from Chandigarh). I was also supposed to be his partner in mountain biking but something toooo urgent kept me from being there. So postponed till next season. Here I saw yr photographs and travelogue ! good work. Keep it up.
ravikant
↵Great Experience & offcourse nice photgraphy.
Keep it up & if possible inform me through my mail any Trek. Because i m also interested in such activities.
ONCE AGAIN CONGRATULATION TO ALL YOUR GROUPS
Vinay
↵Impressive travelog, gr8 snaps
↵Hay Man!! its really nice to read the description written by you.. also the photos are great!!
↵hi,
↵great trip,
description is great too, quite good to start a travel programe of your own
Hi
Phots are mind blowing…… felt refreshed after seeing the pics and gud to have you back in mumbai
↵Nice trip, Priyank. I surely woudl like to go on a Himalayan trek one day.
↵and yeah nice photographs too
Hi!!!!!!!!
↵Great trip !!!!!!!and nice photos both of harkidoon and of this one. would you like to join our youth hostel traveler group.
hi dude,
↵nice photographs.nice to c u back with expedition.i was too at saurkundi pass this year. i met there rao kaka n compony again.n dude what bout everest base camp?i am waiting for ur reply. take care.bye
Nice pic buddy, & nicely placed …kash even i could make it… i really envy u man, gr8 job, next time do tell me in advance, PLZ
↵But where r ur actualy cycleing pics.
Nice travelogue. I wish I could travel to far-away places and feel the free and clean air on my face. Sigh. The pictures were really excellent. They feel like professional. Keep it up, dude.
↵oh man ,you are lucky ! i so badly wanted to go on this trek but then there were only 10 seats per batch and i learnt of it a bit late.cool man ,really cool. what can i say. wish i was there.
cycle on
aditya
↵I have a complaint. This travelogue is incomplete without Gauarav’s, Ashutosh’s & my photos.
Hope bachcha reads this & starts cribbing.
↵Hey Priyank,
↵Great album cum journal! Must have been an awesome experience! Proud to have friends like u man!I really wish I was there. Watta do, Bangalore University exams got postponed this time unfortunately! Anyways, keep the travelling spirit going! It will keep u healthy, happy and long lived! Great work!
Best wishes,
Harshini.
hi buddy…
↵seems u hav awesome time over there…
lucky one… excellent photography wid nice narration…
congrats..
Hi Priyank,
↵Great Escape indeed !!! Excellent photos and a good update.
Could not say bye as I resumed from leave on the 24th of May.
keep in touch
Nisha
Phots are Really Nice!!!
↵Hi Priyank,
Great Job. I’ve enjoyed Himachal tour & beauty of Golden Temple by going through the travelogue. I would like to see more photographs of your tour.
↵Hi Priyank,
Beautiful . The cycle trek must have been out of the world experience. When we meet pl give more details of the cycling expedition cause I am also inetested, Best of luck and keep it up.
Venkat
↵[...] This summer I had been to Jalori pass (10,500 ft) in Himachal. Our group was relaxing at the Jalori pass temple when suddenly about 25-30 people local villagers appeared. It was a marriage party and the newly weds had come to seek the blessings of the local deity [...]
↵Good Job pal must have been some experience.
↵Great snaps too.
Will be exploring north india too refer to this thread in bcm touring
http://www.bcmtouring.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1070#1070
Hi,
↵Presently I am in my late 40′s; but you made me travel back in my early 30′s (when I took my Himalayan trek in Manali (Chandrakhani pass) organized by YHAI.
Good work. Keep it up.
Arunkumar Patel (USA)
priyank
↵u r great
[...] Photo from my Amritsar visit (May 2006). [...]
↵Awesome pics and nicely narrated Priyank!
↵Giri did invite me for this trip, now I regret not having joined you!
Man wat job r u into and wat company are u working for??????????? Anyways gud one again…….
↵Really enjoyed the writings and your pics.
↵I am so looking forward to seeing the Temple and visiting the border post. I also understand what you said re. the hard working rickshaw drivers being beaten down on price for a ride,
how mean some people are, when I travel I always pay handsomely
to locals, not for me trying to save pennies.
Best Wishes,
Martin.
fantastic
↵you have performed this job in a quite nice way
we all like it extremely
hi!guys
↵grt! it wasso absorbing tht it inspired me 2 go for Himaliyan cycling expedition on my debut mission..
lookin 4 best wishes 4 u all
Hi Priyank,
Thanks for posting such a nice information about your exp. Just wanted to know, was the biking expedition difficult compared to Har ki Doon. I am going for Sar Pass this year and wanted to go for Mountain biking expedition too in Leh. Simply said, if some1 can easily complete the trek like Sar Pass, can he manage biking expedition ..I heard its very hard..
Cheers
↵Yash
Its really fabulous that you have actually put down your experiences. If I feel great while reading, im so certain that you will feel absolutely great when you read this sometime later.
tc
↵Vaarun
Hello, just would like to know the name of the organiser and the contact details so that I make it up..
↵[...] Mridula’s blogs about Shringi Vatika and the journey towards it refreshed my memories about visiting that place back in April 2006. It was a bicycle expedition to Jalori pass. Wikipedia stub on Shringi Rishi: Shringi Rishi was the legendary Indian Hindu saint or Rishi of sage Kashyapa ’s lineage.Shringi Rishi was great saint of the Ramayan era of ancient India.His father was great saint Vibhandak Rishi.Shringi Rishi performed ‘Putrakameshti Yajya’ for King Dashrath of Ayodhya,after that Lord Rama and his three brothers were born….A temple of Shringi Rishi, is also located at Banjar in Kullu, Himachal Pradesh, in whose honour a fair is held every year in May. [...]
↵a very good read, excellent pictures…
↵Du musst ein Fachmann sein – wirklich guter Aufstellungsort, den du hast!
↵[...] This summer I had been to Jalori pass (10,500 ft) in Himachal. Our group was relaxing at the Jalori pass temple when suddenly about 25-30 people local villagers appeared. It was a marriage party and the newly weds had come to seek the blessings of the local deity [...]
↵Priyank….Thats one of the best travelogues I’ve read. I too participated in the same expeditions this year (on May 10th 2007). We were four of us – Me, Kumkum(From Mumbai), Ashish and Hridesh(Both from Delhi). Our base camp was at Aut. We took the Aut-Banjar-Jibhi-Ghiyagi-Jallori Pass route. There were tents at the Banjar Camp. Otherwise we were put up in good buildings or dorms. I will send u my snaps too from yahoo…blv me- U have provided me with lots of details which I will try to incorporate in the comments for my photos!!Thanks and keep it up!!
↵[quote comment="18988"]Du musst ein Fachmann sein – wirklich guter Aufstellungsort, den du hast![/quote]
Can you please explain this in English ?
↵Pradnya: Bable Fish translation gave this result-
↵“You must be a specialist – really good place of assembly, which you have!”
(My German sucks!)
Shantanu:
Thanks man!
Himanshu:
Adding captions is a good idea. I’ll try to do it soon
Supriya
↵Good to know that, do you have pictures online?
RSK:
Dhanyavaad!
Sandip sir:
↵I’m happy to see your comment!! Thank you:)
Jobu:
Thanks:) and yes that is the whole idea!
Mandar:
Thanks for the comments! Please keep commenting!
Swaminath:
↵Oh its not much difficult! really!
Ashu:
Thanks. I will add your and others’ pics soon!
Kaushal:
↵Some more? ahh.. maybe next year!
Avnish:
Thanks, glad you liked it.
Roshan:
Thanks for both!
Shree:
↵Me too, somehow managed to get thru!
Priyank:
Hahaha! Nice to know you.
Ravikant:
↵Oh you are a friend of Mukesh uncle. It would have been very nice to see you there too!
Vinay:
Thanks a lot!
Raunak:
Good to know you liked it
Sushant:
Thanks man!
Amod:
haha, yes its a good idea
Prachi:
The little break felt so good, but I’m happy to be back!!
Nitin:
Thanks for the compliments
Nabonita:
↵Yes, YHAI treks are quite good.
Shriram:
WOW! How was it??
About Everest base camp, replied by email!
Sharvani:
Yes sure I will. Oh actual cycling pics – none clicked!
Debu:
↵We are going next time. Get ready!
Aditya:
Oh I feel sorry for you! Maybe next year:)
Giri:
I’m guilty of not including those pictures. I shall do it soon.
Harshini:
Thanks for your compliments. I can understand the banes of being a student.. hehe! All the best
Sachin:
↵Thanks a lot!
Sameer dada:
Thanks for comments. Yes I’ll try to post more pictures.
Nisha:
Thanks.
Yes I missed meeting you!
Madhura:
Thanks Madhura!
Venkat:
↵Yes sir! Long time havent heard from you.
Rohan:
Wow that sounds exciting. Be sure to email link to your experiences once you are back!
Anandkumar:
Very nice to hear from you. Thanks
Nani:
↵ha? ok thanks!
Swaroop:
Oh thats bad! It was lot of fun indeed!
Abhilash:
I’m a chemical engineer working in project management!
Good to hear from you!
Martin:
Wagha was a very good experience indeed.
Plight of the rikshaw drivers was very touching indeed.
Thanks for stopping by.
Ashi:
↵Thanks Ashi. Who is included in “we all”?
Alok:
Wow good to hear from you. All the best!
Yash:
I have replied to you by email! Thanks for visiting.
Vaarun:
Yes Yes I do!
Keerthi:
↵This expedition was organized by Youth Hostels Association, India (http://www.yhaindia.org/). I have emailed you further details.
Archana:
Glad to know that you liked it.
Arch:
Vielen Dank!
Harini:
↵I’m looking forward to reading your travelog! Hurry up
Hi Priyank,
Nice travelogue, well compiled, and great collection of photographs!
Does Jalori at 10,500 ft lie above the tree line (almost all your snaps have trees visible). Though completely a different experience than my Spiti visit, your journey has many of the same feelings and experiences! The valleys, the Buddhist culture, the ice cold weather, and so on. Biking through this region must be extremely adventuresome, yet you make it sound so simple in your travelogue!
Anyways, do keep writing about your travels. It is an enjoyable experience to read it at leisure!
↵[...] Priyank did a mountain biking trek in the Himalayas, and his pictures are awesome. Check his Niagara pictures too! [...]
↵Nice…
↵Cool!
↵Hi
How are you ?
today i saw your web pages
nicely done
thank you for participating in this YHAI programme
you know i was in seobaug
i was form yhai official looking after the both programme
Family camping and Mountain Biking
ok later i will tell you
but this year in last of august from 21st
we are going to organise the same programme
in Leh Ladakh. you can check the website of yhai
http://www.yhaindia.org
convey the message to other friends about this.
ok
mail me
if you want to do any adventure programme in himalaya (mountain biking, trekking and river rafting)
where ever you hope you will be fit and fine.
all the best
mitra
e-mail: mitrabnaik@yahoo.co.in
↵Hi Priyank,
It was nice to read your adventurous journey details.
I am participating in National Himalayan Mountain Biking Expedition-Leh-Ladakh:2007. Joining the base camp on 22nd August.
Was eager to know hw were the bicycles? and do we have to carry our rucksack on our back or do the bicyles have carrier?
Thanks
↵Hey U all there,
Nice to know abouut ur group and the Himalayan mountain biking expedition. I luv to visist himalaya and keep exploring places.
Good to know anout people who has similar likings.
keep going…Shub
↵Hi
Very interesting information! Thanks!
Bye
↵Hey Priyank,
Very informative !
Cheers
↵Hi Priyank, A really nice and adequately detailed account of your travel experience. I am going for this biking expedition the end of this May. When did u go on the trip? It would be really helpful if you could give some tips and some good-spots-not-to-be-missed-when on this expedition.
↵Thanks for the comment Sandhya, I will send you an email.
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