At Chang La - it's a tough pass and is also called the Mighty Chang La. It was -2 during the day when we were passing through

View on the way down from Chang La towards Tsultok

A small lake after Tsultok - Tsultok means the land above the lake in Ladakhi

The winds were bringing the clouds down due to which there was even slight snowfall that day

After crossing Tsultok

On way to Durbuk

A chorten on the way, there it was standing right in the middle of nowhere..!!

Meher riding ahead

Durbuk in the distance, me n Meher took this shortcut off the road, Subash was doing the full road, he had to come back and park his bike on the dirt track for this shot :-)

View of Durbuk, we were to later get third class adulterated petrol here...

Subash just waiting for us to finish our photo shoot

On way to Pangong Tso, the roads were pretty bad in some patches, but the scenery more than made it up for that..

After the intersection before Pangong Tso for Phobrang, on way to Phobrang

This might look like the road for Marsimek La, it's not.. this is the approach road for Phobrang... just imagining what the road to M-La would be like...!

The next day, on way to Marsimek La. The first bike you see is mine, then the second bike is Bijoy from Delhi and the last bike and 2 people that you see is Subash and Rajan also from Delhi- we met them on way to M La. This is the first ascent on the way to M-La. At around 14kms from Phobrang. First tough point.

Then again at 19kms from Phobrang, our bikes got struck in the mud. The dark shape that you see in the right hand side is Meher and a really small speck that you see far away is Subash. It was only will power now that would get us to the top.

Finally.. MarsimekLa Top. WE HAD DONE IT. Raahi made me proud that day.

The board announcing that Marsimek La was the Highest Motorable Pass in the World. The barely readable board reads : CHAK DE, MAPSIMEK - LA, WORLD'S HIGHEST MOTORABLE PASS, AT ALT - 5590 MTS - 18,634 FEET, CONST BY 6FD COY, 236 C/R CHAK DE, CHAK DE

At M-La Top

Everybody had said that there was a marble plaque at the top which read : THIS HIGHEST ROAD IN THE WORLD WAS CONSTRUCTED BY B COY OF 1ST BN ITBP UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF SHRI SONAL PALZOR COY COMMANDER THE EVERESTER IN THE YEAR 1983. I was absolutely shattered to find the plaque BROKEN..!!!! I even tried to re-assemble the broken pieces, as if it were a jigsaw puzzle. Finally had to give up.

Meher arrived after some time and we greeted each other with highfives and bear hugs and shouts of we did it man, we did it :-)). He went up and planted our LKM Ride 06 flag on the top, to serve as a memory for us and also to announce to the world that the Mamas had been here earlier :-))

Raahi stands in mute testimony to the broken plague, on the reverse side is the sign board saying M Mekla --> 0