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Leh-Ladakh via Jammu and Kashmir

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The Trip of a lifetime:  The actual planning of this trip started few days prior to the trip, with lots of discussions over how to go and then after a trail of suggestions and debate we zeroed in on going forward. 6 th  Evening:    We left at around 11:00 PM from Delhi, first stop being Murthal for dinner. We had to drive through the night so we ate home cooked Egg-curry, ordered tea(to be awake) and hot steamed momos (which seemed to be our staple food during the trip). Songs, tea and the excitement of the trip were keeping us awake yet a few caught up on some sleep while others chose to be awake to support the fellow travelers. Soon the dark night was replaced by the first glow of the sun and we were somewhere near Ludhiana admiring the “pinds” of Punjab.  We happened to have crossed Jalandhar and soon we were in Pathankot, the border of J&K, all that we could see was Indian Army all around since Jammu has the maximum Army divisions in its area  this didn’t seem to be

Andaman Islands

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In between the progression of the flights from Mumbai to Andaman Islands I was catching on some sleep, just then I woke up to the bird’s eye view of the islands surrounded by water, well it wasn’t anything extraordinary but was beautiful because of the turquoise blue water of Andaman Islands and in no time I was pretty excited to stumble upon the adventure I was going to catch up for the next few days. My first spot was Corbyns Cove beach, a non fancy beach with a bit of water sports activity backed up by the coconut trees.  I didn’t realize it was just 5 PM when I advanced towards the Cellular Jail to watch the light and sound show  but not before the perfect sunset in the calm beach.   180 degree Panoramic view of the Corbyns Cove Beach during sunset.  A little I had known about the Jail but after the show I was in complete emotional breakdown of the history behind the formation of jail in the past and how the freedom fighters were brutally tortured during the re