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Solar Power Pack Installation,the silk route in 12 days…
Date: 25-05-2008. Camera purchase in Delhi for recording this project
Route
UP:Auroville
DelhiManali
LehKargil
Zanskar
Down:Zanskar
(Jos treked to manali)
kargilSrinagarJammuDelhi
Auroville
Date: 11-06-2008. Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Delhi
5am departure for Manali with equipment by Jeep not Tonga
Jammed and breathing diesel near Delhi
Stopped by red-tape. We have system papers but the driver doesn’t have permit for interstate taxi operation.
Rs.3000 fine !!!
One of many tea stops. Jos has consumed some suspicious sweets.
Date: 12-06-2008. Night halt was in Manali and departure 12th morning.
Near Manali, Rishi’s camera captures all the beauty…
…on closer look with the new camera we see the tourist traffic jammed most probably all the way
back to Manali.
More kms. more jams
New camera stops functioning!!
Halt at police check posts
Local road repair crews. Beyond this point no local people were used by BRO
Ladhakian driver. Hardly ate. Lived on tambaccoo.
Date: 12-06-2008. Nearing the Rhotang pass at 13000 +feet
Still nearing the Rhotang pass a
t 13000
+feet
Tourist spot !!! Lays, pepsi… Rhotang pass at 13000 +feet
Sledge rides, Yak rides, Slide rides on tubes at 13000 ft. !!!
We are happy anyway
Jos continues to consume …border-line bananas.
Amazing lone lady rider
No let-up on the bouncing
Army everywhere
BRO crew. Most probably from Haryana or MP. Security reasons?
Their accomodations.
SWH
Left to right: Beenu, Hemant, Jos, Rishi
We managed this crossing easy but got stuck in deep sludge next morning along with the Hyundai car and had to be pulled out by a
passing van.
Nicely rotting-smelly bananas
But Jos would not allow them to be thrown out.
Breather
Date: 12-06-2008. No record for many hours as we were totally dead at 5000+mts. after Taglangla pass.
Towards evening we got stuck due to a wide overflowing river across the road.
No option but to wait in almost freezing temperature inside jeep till next morning for the level to go down.
Date: 13-06-2008. Jos… and a toilet roll.
Rishi sleeping inside >>>
Jos…
Date: 13-06-2008. Relief !! With night halt
in Leh.
Outside Naro hotel !! >>>>>>
Date: 14-06-2008. Leh to kargil road.
<<<<< Green o
asis
Lamayaru monastry,
Leh – Kargil road.
Lamayaru monastry
Solar powered Prashar Bharathi
Army’s solar installation
Bananas gone
Green oasis in mountain desert.
Night halt in Kargil, Siachen Hotel.
Departure next day 2am for Zanskar. But got held up by taxi union outside Kargil for 2 hours.
Transferred equipment and bags to new taxi and moved on.
Date: 15-06-2008. Kargil to Zanskar road.
Panikhar Glacier covered with mud
Jos… working hard despite his stomach
Scanning for the safest road-line to follow
4400mts tea stop
Bumpty-bump all the way.(click below for movie)
Drang-drung glacier
Same place last year
Zanskar valley, 3pm.
Date: 15-06-2008. 4pm.The Sani hospital !!!
Date: 16-06-2008. The wall.
The crew
The Cowboy and Red-indian
And the challenges.
Local handiwork
Indoor temprature
Outdoor temprature
Mixed dal and rice. Yummy lunch…
The chef and kitchen
End of installation day one
First day work done
Constant dust keeps their nose runny and
eyes red
Rainbow
Padam hotel.
Luxury in Zanskar.
Nadeem joins us on second work day.Date: 17-06-2008
Toasted
Use conciously , or else…
“Do not touch”
Done! In less than half the estimated time.
Date: 17-06-2008. Picture Perfect.
On to Lamdon school to check last years installation.
Checking system condition, Lamdon school.
Same place last year
Checking PV condition
Same place last year
Principals room.
Date:18-06-2008. On to Reru. 2 hours drive from Padam.
Bardan monastry and local yak transport
Recreation room. Reru school.
Invertors exchanged to solve tripping
problems.
Reru school
Date: 19-06-2008. Heading back home to Auroville…
Via Srinagar by bus.
Rishi enjoying not
being bounced around.
Date: 20-06-2008. Srinagar
Date: 23-06-2008. Chennai camera service center. New camera suddenly starts
functioning again!!
