Thanks alot or such wonderful words
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Originally Posted by saket77 Amazing scenes and beautifully photographed. Wallpaper material easily. Waiting for you to unfold rest of the story. Come out soon! |
More soon
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Originally Posted by vasudeva Have been there thrice, last time in 2010, but never in the winter season.
The only place in India (except for my wife's hometown) which I can keep visiting again and again.
The last photo seems to be the Lidder in Pahalgam. How the river has shrunk in the winters. |
Thanks, yes last pics is one of the offshoot of Lidder, on the way to Aru
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Originally Posted by Sommos Beautiful pictures Rajiv.
Must appreciate your courage to venture out into such uncertainty.
In the third picture your car was covered with snow in front of the red building, how did you get it out from there. |
We used our shovels to clear the snow in front to get out, this was just 10% of the snow we experienced a day before, when the car was completely under the snow
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Originally Posted by codelust RK,
All I see is white! Looks like it was quite an adventure and the teasers hint at the very-much-expected-by-now RK class photos and some really great driving.
Were you carrying snow chains? |
Thanks, we missed snow chain big time. more than 4WD, it was the need of snow chains
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Originally Posted by sameervg Mind-blowing pictures Rajeev!
It is really tempting!
How car did behaved at cold starts and how was the visibility during such heavy snowfall? |
No cold start issue, I guess lowest we experienced was -12 at night which is not that bad for Petrol cars.
Visibility was pathetic, during our drive between Pahalgam and Anatnag, we drove under heavy snowfall. I will write about it when we reach there in this thread
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Originally Posted by rajneeesh Rajiv,
There are two people who make me want to pack up and head for the mountains. You and Tanveer. The Pictures are simply superb. Waiting for a complete blow by blow account. |
Head out there soon, another western disturbance is on its way
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Originally Posted by recshenoy Absolutely beautiful! Really want to go for a snow trip now. Pictures have come out really well. Please share more snaps.
By the way how much was total trip cost like stay , food etc. |
thanks, around 28K, with a stay for three days at a friend's house. We always stay at JKTDC or goverment guest house, unless its not available. Reducing the cost of the trip is as important as the trip for us
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Originally Posted by Amogh Barakol LOvely ! ABsolutely lovely ! Admins please don't flag me again for one liners , but the quality of the pictures has left me speechless . To experience that first hand , my oh my ! |
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Originally Posted by pulsar56 Wonderful pictures Rajiv. No wonder Kashmir is called the Paradise on Earth.
Please do continue with the rest of the travelogue soon! to the snowman! |
More soon
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Originally Posted by sukhoi30 Beautiful pictures!!! I want to go next year. Will probably will get in touch when I plan that to get more details. |
Sure, BTW we are doing Zanskar and Nubra in June
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Originally Posted by hyper-VTEC What's your photo gear? Exceptional photos. How did SX4 do? Any issues faced in the snow? |
SX4 did really well, not a single issue. Climate Control was running 100% of the time
On some of the snow drives, we missed the engine braking of diesel SUVs and less weight was going against us.
We were driving at 15km/Hr with tyre pressure at 13 psi, all was well, till there was steep descend, where I had to apply little brakes, I guess I tapped it little hard, and car did 180 and both me and wife out with Shovels . After this tough lesson, I did fine for the rest of the snow drive.
There was a desparate need of snow chains, a fully loaded vehicle and engine braking of diesel vehicles.
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Originally Posted by Farukh The whiteness of the snow is blinding.
I am already rating it 5 starts and awaiting for the trip to unfold! |
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Originally Posted by Silverfire Wow! Absolutely stunning Photologue man. Made me look at Kashmir in a whole new light. |
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Originally Posted by RArun Hi Rajiv,
Looks like you and family had a wonderful time. The photos are good enough to be an advertisement for Kashmir Tourism (I would be amongst the first ones to sign up for a trip).
By the way did you have to prep up you SX4 for driving on snow? Any special arrangement?
Arun |
No special prep, except regular service before the trip
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Originally Posted by Sleeplessdriver Wonderfully narrated using images. Your experience casts a spell and pushes me to take that plunge and go for that vacation revisiting "Kashmir".
Great job |
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Originally Posted by Mohan Mathew A I am speechless. It looks so wonderful. Awaiting more.. |