पंग तो तो Jipsa

Left Pang and the altitude thank goodness and headed to Jispa.Jenny felt better after a night on oxygen. Ritu asked Jo why she didnt come to the medical outpost.... couldnt move was the answer!! Once again the roads were hard work. Initial part of the journey deep mud (so we thought at the time) crap roads.Climbed up and up and yes snow again . The bikes were great but every now and then at altitude they would stall.. not so flash if you were heading around a hairpin and hit dust/snow/water or all of them! It got cold again thank god for thermals. We stopped for a photo shoot on the second pass. Michele stalled in the water and Raj had to push out the bike. Wet feet not happy but the team pulled together with spare socks boots and gloves.We travelled through the 21 loops which were fun but once again the unpredictable Indian roads tested us. You would have a stretch of Tar and be heading around a hairpin and it would turn to rocks, sand or water.... or all threeeeeeee.And then there were the trucks. Jo wasn't following Rajs lines (as sometimes they were a little dodgy) took a loop wide and yup a truck!!**##!! Ah well stopped at the cliff edge. We do hope the helmet cam has some of this stuff on it. Jo was watching the road as you do but trying to film over the edge... it made for interesting times.
Our next stop was at a bridge that a truck (!!) had broken. The metal plates fell over the edge and the supports had also bitten the dust. The towy was an army truck (they are even bigger and give way to nothing... except Kerrie) and it took a couple of hours to fix. Lots of standing around muttering and one of our drivers Tashi took to the plate with a sledgehammer Nono the other driver was also being helpful but sustained an injury. Don't know what the rest of the 30 blokes were doing. Hurry Up and wait again. A couple of the local ladies liked the look of Raj and with lots of laughs and sign language one was caught trying to pat him on the butt!
Finally got over the bridge before the traffic jam headed off. The beauty of the Enfields again.Had to cross yes another mountain pass. Got good at water crossings axel deep running off waterfalls across the roads washing whatever with them!! The Enfields again were fabulous and we were all feeling pretty cocky about the conditions. At least the weather was good. Arrived in Jispa... a guest house with yes HOT water and a loo. We dont ask for much. Dahl again ( got a little sick of this) Everyoone feeling better now we were down at a little lower altitude.