!!JUST RIDE!!

2009/09/10

Ladakh ...Ladakh....Ladakh

Ladakh ...Ladakh....Ladakh
Originally uploaded by Captain Nandu Chitnis, is back

Gentle snow slopes..

2009/09/08

RAW HEAT

RAW HEAT
Originally uploaded by Captain Nandu Chitnis, is back

Gas Flaring Operations at Bombay High !

A Gompa at Leh

A Gompa at Leh
Originally uploaded by Captain Nandu Chitnis, is back

The Wild Wild side of Ladakh.

Mountain Slopes On The Far Side of Pangong Tso

Mountain Slopes On The Far Side of Pangong Tso
Originally uploaded by Captain Nandu Chitnis, is back

Ladakh Photography

2009/07/05

2009/07/02

Karakhoram Ranges Ladakh

Karakhoram Ranges Ladakh
Originally uploaded by Captain Nandu Chitnis, Master Mariner

Grandparents Medini and Nandu rode to Ladakh July 2007 solo on the Avenger.

The road trip was 3000 odd kms covering

Jammu>Srinagar>Sonmurg>Drass>Kargil>Lomayuru>Leh>Khardungla>Manail>Delhi

Tribute to Ladakh:

Tribute to Ladakh: Best seen large...ON EXPLORE
Originally uploaded by Captain Nandu Chitnis, Master Mariner

Ladakhi saying:

"The land is so barren
And the passes so high
That only our fiercest enemies
Or our best friends will want to visit us"

My Pulsar 220

The Lid
Originally uploaded by Captain Nandu Chitnis, Master Mariner

High Speed Panning Shot

Minimalistic Shot in the wilderness called Nubra Valley

Minimalistic Shot in the wilderness called Nubra Valley
Originally uploaded by Captain Nandu Chitnis, Master Mariner

Ladakh

2009/06/30

The Other Side of Ladakh, Dr Arnob Gupta: His Karizma got snowed out at Tangalanga La

The Other Side of Ladakh, Dr Arnob Gupta: His Karizma got snowed out at Tangalanga La
Originally uploaded by Captain Nandu Chitnis, Master Mariner

And he had to abort a dream record setting Ride from Leh to Kanyakumari, on 28 June 2009.

Dr Gupta is a Dental Surgeon based at Mumbai. He has been figured in the Limca Book of Records for his Motorcycle riding speed records here in India as also abroad in the USA.

This failed record ride will be a major story for me to write soon. Doc Arn has allowed me to use his pictures and write his story.

We Bikenomads are working on that.

He just about survived this at minus 15 deg centigrade. Lucky, he is safe and sound.

For all his amazing skills and records, he is humility personified in person. He taught me that, when riding a mo bike.

We went through this pass in snow and ice conditions just a few days later, at a height of 17,000 odd feet above sea level.