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Dream road trip to Tibet in my Thar along with 8 other off-roaders

11th September 2024, 13:33 by Utkarsh Chaudhary

The convoy included 4 Mahindra Thars, 2 Toyota Hilux-es, 1 Maruti Jimny, 1 Ford Endeavour and an Isuzu V-Cross.

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It was always a dream to drive my Thar to Tibet and after a lot of planning and with the help of some good friends I was able to do it this year along with a group of 8 other off-roaders from 1st of June,2024. Since this drive involved extensive driving and crossing multiple international borders, I carried minimal baggage and didn't even carry a camera. All images shared are with the phone.

The convoy included 4 Thars, 2 Hilux-es, 1 Jimny, 1 Endeavour and a V-Cross.

I started from Bangalore early morning at 4am and reached Nagpur around 6pm in the evening after an uneventful drive on Day 1.

We stopped for lunch at the Food Pyramid near Kurnool.

Dinner in Nagpur at Puransingh Dhaba

Day 2, I headed to Prayagraj after breakfast near Lakkhangaon.

Paratha breakfast

Entering Prayagraj

Parked in a lane for the night

Lovely old Haveli hotel

Views of the holy river

Random mural

Choti Kothi

Ganga Aarti

Sangam madness

Picking up some dinner

Day 3, we reached Gorakhpur via Ayodhya.

Chaos near Ram Mandir, Ayodhya

The Gorakhpur temple

CM's residence

Day 4 was the start of the actual trip. We started in the morning from Gorakhpur and entered Nepal via the Sanauli border. The paperwork took some time while we enjoyed a lovely Nepali thali

Entering Nepal

Immigration

Lunch stop at the Nepal border

Tasty thakali thali

Drove on to Chitwan for the night across one of the worst sections of the road during the entire trip. Progress was painfully slow in Nepal.

In Chitwan, Nepal

Chitwan river vista

Next day, we drove to Kathmandu and had an extra day there for sightseeing as well as last-minute preparations before crossing over to Tibet.

Roads improved as we headed out from Chitwan towards Kathmandu

Each turn was photo-worthy

Local Kathmandu sights.

Streets of Thamel

Chandragiri Hill ropeway

Durbar Square

Decided to take an early morning mountain range viewing flight to check out Mt. Everest. It turned out to be a clear day with great views. It costs around 8k and I would definitely recommend it.

Boarding the flight

Mount everest, Lhotse, Makalu

Gauri Shankar

Lovely peaks

Another amazing Nepali Thali

Fake Red Bull

The next day we drove down through broken roads and slushy corners to Syapru Besi to be close to the Tibetan border (so that border control is convenient the next day)

Parked in a guest house at Syapru Besi