Mountainbiketrip (Darsha - Lamayuru) India

Arravial in New Delhi Airport (Pic: Mesum Verma, Nikon P5000)


Arravial in New Delhi Airport (Pic: Mesum Verma, Nikon P5000)


Lunch somewhere on the road between Mandi and Manali (Pic: Mesum Verma, Nikon P5000)


get the bikes at Dorje´s house (Pic: Mesum Verma, Nikon P5000)


make the bike´s ready for a testride around Manali (Pic: Mesum Verma, Nikon P5000)


(Pic: Dorje Tsering, Nikon P5000)


how is going to cross a stream? well we did ok, after we had all wet feet´s :-) (rider: Thomas, Otmar, Mesum) (Pic: Wolfgang Haslinger, Nikon P5000)


some sightseeing, Hadimbatemple (rider: Wolfgang, Mesum, Thomas, Otmar) (Pic: some tourist, Nikon P5000)


Praying for a good trip (Otmar, Thomas) (Pic: Mesum Verma, Nikon P5000)


first day on the trip, Zankskar Sumdo (rider: Otmar, Thomas, Mesum) (Pic: timer, Nikon D40)


second camp at Ramjak 4500meter over sealevel (Pic: Mesum Verma, Nikon P5000)


after a hard day over the Shingo La (5100m.o.S.) a nice downhill down to Lhakang Sumdo, we had the camp just underneath the holy mountain (Gumburanjan 5900m.o.S.) (rider: Mesum Verma) (Pic: Thomas Knecht, Nikon D40)


the night was cold, but not so cold i expected, yes in the morning i saw why, was snowing over night. (Pic: Mesum Verma, Nikon P5000)


so we had to continue per foot, Lakhang Sumdo forward to Kargyak (Pic: Mesum Verma, Nikon P5000)


but then, the weather was perfect!! after Shi (rider: Wolfgang, Otmar, Mesum) (Pic: timer, Nikon P5000)


Nice singletrails, (rider: Otmar) (Pic: Wolfgang Haslinger, Canon EOS 450D)


Nice singletrails, (rider: Mesum, Otmar) (Pic: Wolfgang Haslinger, Canon EOS 450D)


Nice singletrails, near Purne (rider: Mesum) (Pic: Wolfgang Haslinger, Canon EOS 450D)


way to Pukthal Gompa, (rider: Thomas) (Pic: Wolfgang Haslinger, Canon EOS 450D)


up and down before Padum (rider: Mesum, Thomas) (Pic: Wolfgang Haslinger, Canon EOS 450D)


Thomas is pushing hard the manuell, Padum (Pic: Mesum Verma, Nikon D40)


very nice downhill down the Hanuma La (4700m.o.S), (rider: Mesum) (Pic: Dorje Tsering, Nikon D40)


very nice downhill down the Hanuma La (4700m.o.S), (rider: Thomas) (Pic: Dorje Tsering, Nikon D40)


very nice downhill down the Hanuma La (4700m.o.S), (rider: Wolfgang, Thomas) (Pic: Dorje Tsering, Nikon D40)


very nice downhill before Lingshed (3900m.o.S), (rider: Wolfgang, Thomas, Mesum) (Pic: Dorje Tsering, Nikon D40)


very nice downhill before Lingshed (3900m.o.S), (rider: Wolfgang, Thomas, Mesum) (Pic: Dorje Tsering, Nikon D40)


very nice downhill before Lingshed (3900m.o.S), (rider: Mesum, Thomas) (Pic: Dorje Tsering, Nikon D40)


on the back is Lingshed, (rider: Wolfgang, Mesum, Thomas) (Pic: Dorje Tsering, Nikon D40)


after Margun La (4370m.o.S), (rider: Mesum) (Pic: Thomas Knecht, Nikon D40)


after Margun La (4370m.o.S), (rider: Thomas) (Pic: Mesum Verma, Nikon D40)


Singletrail over singletrail, near Potoskur, (rider: Wolfgang) (Pic: Mesum Verma, Canon EOS 450D)


the last from our trip, nice and fast downhill, down to Lamayuru, (rider: Mesum) (Pic: Wolfgang Haslinger, Canon EOS 450D)


the last from our trip, nice and fast downhill, down to Lamayuru, (rider: Mesum) (Pic: Wolfgang Haslinger, Canon EOS 450D)

my second life...

after the crash


huch, we had really luck, only the boxes are damaged, also my mountainbike was still fine!!


the passenger, and the drunken crew, yes was truth!!



the driver had a really big shock!! was only 10cm over his head!! (good we all had a shock after)


some how, buddha was giving me a ohter chance!! image, the shovel was digging, that would be cut the hole car, or the shovel hit us lower, then we would pushed down to the valley!!!

Wedding / Manali

the bar



the drinking mens (unfortunally i was not allowed to go the the women side, they was also drinking)



waitress nr 1



waitress nr 2 (he gave us 2 bottle of beer, and waitress nr 1 came two second later and gave us a ohter 2 bottle...)



traditionall dancing



the bar, with the bar keeper (yellow shirt, and also big boss of the taxi union in manali)



the mens drinking area



the young womens are waiting for go to dance



and then the party started



skeptical look from the old womens, wahts going on, on the dancefloor



I was invited for a wedding. Never before i went to a wedding here in India, so i was exited to see this. The main day, was allready gone, so we went only for the festivalday there. Ohh my gosh... so many people dancing, drinking and chatting.

Road builder / Manali

Amazing!!

When i come from the market in Manali and go home to Dorje's house, i passing some road builder. Is just incredible how the make the road!! Everything by hand!! Most of them are nepali or tibetan.