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- 1. f5 THE TRANS HIMALAYAN MOTORING EXPEDITION-SAVE THE YAK-2011 THE FIRST TRANS-HIMALAYAN MOTORING EXPEDITION-SAVE THE YAK-2011 ORGANISED BY THE HIMALAYAN EXPLORERS SPONSORED BY MAHINDRA & MAHINDRA LTD., MUMBAI.
- 2. TEAM MEMBERS DR.VINOD L.THAKUR SHAHRUKH J.CASSAD SHIRAZ K.DOONGAJI ASHISH LIMBANNA YOHANN S.DOONGAJI AHMED PANJWANI
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- 4. Vivek Nayer, senior vice president, marketing, automotive sector, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., flags off the Save the Yak expedition from Mahindra's Automotive Plant at Kandivali.
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- 7. HI TECH DHABA NOTHING HITECH ABOUT IT.
- 8. SEVOKE ROAD TURNING TO GUWAHATI. STRAIGHT ROAD GOES TO RANGPO,SIKKIM.
- 9. Tea garden in Assam
- 10. PICKING THE TEA LEAVES.
- 11. AT THE KAZIRANGA NATIONAL PARK VIEW POINT.
- 12. THE FAMOUS ONE HORNED RHINO AT KAZIRANGA.
- 13. VAST GRAZING FIELDS IN ASSAM.
- 14. A TYPICAL ASSAMESE VILLAGE HOUSE ON STILTS.
- 15. YOHANN DOONGAJI ENJOYING AN ELEPHANT RIDE.
- 16. LOHIT RIVER IN ARUNACHAL.
- 17. ONE OF THE MANY SUCH SUSPENSION BRIDGES WE CROSSED. BUILT BY BRO.THE UNWRITTEN RULE TO REMEMBER HERE IS THAT ONE VEHICLE AT A TIME ONLY IS ALLOWED.
- 18. MEETING THE TRIBALS OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH. THE WOOLEN CAP, POUCH AND THE KNIFE ARE PART OF THEIR TRADITIONAL TRIBAL DRESS.
- 19. ON WAY TO KIBITHU.
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- 21. WELCOME BOARD BY THE ARMY .
- 22. AT KIBITHU.
- 23. IN THE BACKGROUD IS CHINA.AT THE HELIPORT IN KIBITHU.
- 24. A GROUP SNAP WITH THE ARMY PERSONNEL.
- 26. ON WAY TO THE YAK FARM,NYUKMADUNG.
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- 28. THE MITHOON, A BISON LIKE ANIMAL, NATIVE ONLY TO ARUNACHAL PRADESH.
- 29. A BEAUTIFUL RAINBOW GOING ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN PEAK.
- 30. Ferns, creepers and trees cover the sides of the road in Arunachal Pradesh.
- 31. THE YAK RESTAURANT, LOHITPUR. THEY DON ’ T SERVE YAK MEAT. AND THE CHICKEN MOMOS WERE DELICIOUS .
- 32. THIS BEAUTIFUL AND DENSE FOREST IS SHORTLY GOING TO BE CUT TO MAKE WAY FOR A NEW FOUR LANE HIGHWAY AND A SIX KMS. LONG BRIDGE.
- 33. DRY RIVER BED NOW, THIS PLACE IS DEEP UNDER DRY NOW, UNDER DEEP WATER DURING THE RAINS. NEAR ROWING, ARUNACHAL PRADESH.
- 34. ANOTHER DRY RIVER BED TO CROSS.
- 35. RIVER CROSSING IN ARUNACHAL.
- 36. SHIRAZ DOONGAJI CROSSING A RIVER AND IN THE PROCESS WASHING THE UNDER BODY OF THE MUV.
- 38. RIVER CROSSING BY FERRY WHERE NO BRIDGES EXIST AND THE WATER IS TOO DEEP TO DRIVE ACROSS.
- 39. DR. VINOD THAKUR POINTS TO THE WAY WE HAVE COME BY FERRY.
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- 41. A BACK PACK AND HAT MADE FROM CANE. THEY ARE ALL WEATHERPROOF AND USED ALL ROUND THE YEAR.
- 42. THIS FINELY WOVEN CANE HAT COSTS A BOMB, LASTS A LIFETIME IF WORN ALL ROUND THE YEAR.
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- 45. A SHORT SPAN BRIDGE BUILT BY BRO. THE NAILS USED CAN PUNCTURE YOUR TYRES EASILY AS WE FOUND OUT IN LOHITPUR.
- 46. TRIBALS WITH A WILD MOUNTAIN GOAT WHICH THEY HAD HUNTED FOR A VILLAGE FEAST.
- 47. OUR MEMBERS POSE WITH ANCIENT RIFLES AND KNIVES OF THESE TRIBAL HUNTERS.
- 48. A MASSIVE MITHOON SITS NEXT TO A MILESTONE SHOWING DON-7 KMS.
- 49. YOHANN DOONGAJI HOLDS A BASKET LIKE THE LOCALS DO.
- 50. AN UPCOMING RESORT NEAR ZIRO,ARUNACHAL.
- 51. YAK MOTHER AND CALF
- 52. A HERD OF YAKS TURN ROUND TO SEE SOME UNUSUAL INTRUDERS (US) ON THEIR GROUND.
- 53. AT SELA PASS NEAR TAWANG. 13700 ft.
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- 55. With Mr. Naba Basumatary,President of Rotary Club of Bongaigaon,Assam.
- 56. TSIRANG,BHUTAN
- 57. YOHANN, AT TSIRANG, WONDERING ‘HOW DO I PACK ALL THIS IN?’
- 59. CLEAN , NEAT & DISCIPLINED TRAFFIC.
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- 63. A HOTEL ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF THIMPHU.
- 64. COLLEGE OF BUSINESS STUDIES.
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- 67. OUTSIDE THIMPHU.
- 68. WELCOME GATE AT THIMPU.
- 70. HAVING SNACKS FROM SHIRAZ’S MAGICAL BLACK BAG.
- 72. DOMBANG VALLEY
- 73. LACHUNG,SIKKIM
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- 75. PUTTING ‘SAVE THE YAK’ STICKERS ON TAXIS IN YUMTHANG VALLEY.
- 76. YAKS AT YUMTHANG VALLEY.
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- 78. THE SCORPIO AT NATHULA GATE.
- 79. YOHANN CHECKS OUT THE CHINESE VEHICLES COMING IN THRU NATHULA GATE.
- 80. A YAK SHEPPERD
- 81. A DECORATED YAK FOR JOY RIDES AT CHHANGU LAKE,SIKKIM.
- 82. AXIS BANK ATM @ 13200 ft.
- 83. MRS.VERMA,PRESIDENT –ROTARY CLUB OF GANGTOK.
- 84. AT ONE OF THE NUMEROUS WATER FALLS IN SIKKIM.
- 85. A POLICE CAR LEADS OUR TWO VEHICLES THRU’ THE DESERTED STREETS OF NEPAL..
- 86. MAHENDRA NATIONAL HIGHWAY IN NEPAL. ON WAY TO KATHMANDU. DESERTED DUE TO A BANDH.
- 87. RIOT POLICE WATCH US FILL UP FUEL IN KATHMANDU.
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- 94. FROM KATHMANDU.
- 97. INDO-NEPAL BORDER BETWEEN MAHENDRANAGAR & BANBASSA.
- 98. At Sharda Canal just inside I ndia.
- 99. A 110 year old steam locomotive which used to work the gates of dam at Banbassa’s Sharda Canal till recently.
- 100. THE GUEST HOUSE IN SUNGURI.
- 101. FRONT VIEW.
- 102. VIEW FROM SUNGURI GUEST HOUSE.
- 103. ANOTHER VIEW FROM THE GUEST HOUSE, SUNGURI
- 104. ON WAY TO NAKO,HIMACHAL.
- 106. A VIEW OF THE HIMALAYAN MOUNTAIN RANGE.
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- 108. ANOTHER VIEW.
- 109. EARLY MORNING.
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- 113. IN UTTARAKHAND
- 114. WAITING FOR THE BULDOZER TO CLEAR A LANDSLIDE.
- 115. A BULDOZER WORKING TO CLEAR A LANSLIDE.
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- 118. GUPTKASHI IN UTTARANCHAL. ON WAY TO UTTARKASHI .
- 119. LOCAL TAXI IN UTTARANCHAL. 25 PEOPLE IN A BOLERO MEANT FOR 10.
- 120. Giving our ROTARY FLAG to Mr.Sharma,member of the recently chartered ROTARY CLUB of Uttarkashi
- 121. THESE ROADS HAVE BEEN CARVED OUT OF SOLID ROCK.
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- 125. WATCH OUT FOR ‘PAGLA NALAS’. BECAUSE OF THEIR UNPREDITABLE NATURE KNOWN FOR SUDDENLY DISCHARGING HIGH VOLUME OF WATER. A
- 126. NAKO VALLEY.
- 127. NAKO VALLEY, HIMACHAL PRADESH.
- 128. NAKO VALLEY
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- 130. APPLE ORCHARD AT HIGH ALTITUDE NEAR NAKO.
- 131. WARNING BOARD AT JALORI PASS. ON WAY TO MANALI. TRECHAOUS
- 132. WITH ACTIVISTS FROM YOUTH HOSTELS ASSOCIATION OF INDIA.
- 133. AT ROHTANG , VOLUNTEERS ASKING TOURISTS NOT TO LITTER THE PLACE. IN THE BACKGROUND A LONG LINE OF CARS WAITING TO REACH THE SNOW COVERED SLOPES OF ROHTANG.
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- 135. ROHTANG PASS
- 136. ROHTANG
- 137. A GROUP SNAP AT THE TOP OF ROHTANG PASS.
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- 139. A BRO BULLDOZER CLEARING THE SNOW ON WAY TO KELLONG.
- 140. TANDI
- 141. Next Pump-365 kms.
- 142. BETWEEN KELLONG & BARALACHA.
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- 144. Ahmed at BARALACHA
- 145. AT BARALACHA PASS ON 4 TH JUNE 2011.
- 146. SARCHU ARMY CAMP. 14300 FT. AND SUB-ZERO TEMERATURES & A TIN SHED.
- 147. WITH ARMY JAWANS AT SARCHU.
- 148. SAND & SNOW IN LEH.
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- 150. ON WAY TO MARSMIKLA
- 152. SOME AMERICANS ON THEIR WAY IN LEH.
- 153. ON WAY TO MARSMIK-LA.
- 154. MARMIK-LA ON 6 th JUNE 2011. ON 6 th JUNE 2011 WE REACHED HIGHEST MOTORABLE PASS IN THE WORLD. 18634 ft.
- 155. AT MARSMIK-LA.
- 156. ROTARIANS SHAHRUKH & SHIRAZ HOLD THE ROTARY CLUB OF NAGPUR FLAG AT MARSMIKLA
- 157. IN THE BACKGROUND IS PANGONG LAKE.HIGHEST SALT BODY IN THE WORLD,AT 14000 FT.145 KMS. LONG [35 IN INDIA,110 IN CHINA].ALSO SEEN IN ‘3 IDIOTS’.
- 159. MARMOOT [FIA] ,NATIVE OF THE HIGH ALTITUDES.
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- 165. TAGLANG-LA @ 17582 ft.
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- 169. MOON LAND. BETWEEN LEH & KARGIL.
- 170. Traffic Jam at Zoji-la.
- 171. AT ZOJILA PASS.
- 172. SHEEP AT ZOJILA MOVING NORTHWARDS TOWARDS LEH.
- 173. THE ROAD DOWN FROM ZOJILA TOWARDS SRINAGAR.
- 174. ON THE WAY TO DRASS.
- 175. AT KARGIL.
- 176. CHILDREN WAVE US GOODBYE AT KARGIL.
- 177. MAIN BAZAR,KARGIL.
- 178. AT DRASS.
- 179. AT DRASS. AT 6.00 am WE ENJOYED THE LUXURY OF HOT TEA AND OVEN-FRESH NAANS.
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- 181. SONMARG.
- 182. LEAVING THE SHER-E-KASHMIR UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES & TECHNOLOGY.
- 183. AT THE FLAG-IN AT THE INDOOR SPORTS STADIUM, NAGPUR ON 11 TH JUNE 2011.