RideAsia.net at the highest road in the world

KTMphil

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RideAsia.net at the highest road in the world

Derek just came back from north India & was at the highest navigable road in the world - the "Khardungla Pass" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khardung_La), which is 5,369 meters (17,582 feet) above sea level. He managed to get some RideAsia.net stickers placed up there.

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On this route you also pass the highest fuel station in the world too - 3,740 meters above sea level

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Derek also managed to get a RideAsia.net sticker on the 3rd highest navigable road in the world - "Chang La"

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This sign apparently means "blow your horn" in the local language (note the sticker)

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Not really sure what this one means but it was captured with a sticker in the same area in northern India

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In this area there is a very small town called "Mud"
 

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Apparently this yak tried to bite him while placing the sticker

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A classic Enfield 500 in the same area

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One with a chromed tank

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Hippie converted Enfield

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Indian motorcycle registration

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Derek tells me this stuff grows wild up there! He called this photo "weed love you to join"
 

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KTMphil said:
Derek tells me this stuff grows wild up there! He called this photo "weed love you to join"

When I worked in Bhutan around 1994 this stuff grew in my garden at my apartment in Thimphu - no one really cared and when it was time to cut the grass, the stuff was cut as well and just thrown away.
 
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