Yesterday was a bad day for me; I dropped my Nokia 3530 mobile from first floor of a building! When I rushed down and collected all its parts and started putting it back together, I found that the screen was broken and rest of the body was almost scratch less!

Yes that’s right, although the fall broke the screen of my Nokia 3530, rest of the body was intact and I could even make and receive calls, though network reception at time would drop and I would end up with no voice from the other side or drop call.

I guess it is pretty much useless now and I would have to get a mobile phone ASAP, so till I do that, you won’t be able to contact me through my mobile phone.

I have finally managed to sort and select the photographs from my Ladakh 2007 trip and have uploaded them to my photo gallery.

You can view the Ladakh 2007 photo gallery here, I’ll try and write the travelogue in a few days as well.

It’s been over 10 months since I first started using the UPS battery in my motorcycle. While the battery had been working fantastically for the past 8-9 months, from past few weeks it has gotten somewhat discharged and hasn’t been working properly.

I guess it is mostly due to the fact that for past few of weeks I was riding my motorcycle for really short distances and I was solely using the electric starter and that caused the battery wattage to dip to a point that it wouldn’t charge properly or it could just be the case that it’s time is over.

In any case, it is about time I take it to the dealer to either get it charged properly or get a replacement, since I guess it is still under warranty.

For travelers traveling on the Srinagar - Leh highway, Kargil is the preferred night stop. However if you are a vegetarian like me, chances are, you will end up hating Kargil!

This is because at dinner time, it is almost impossible to find vegetarian food in Kargil! Yes you heard it right; almost every restaurant in Kargil serves non-vegetarian food at night.

A sad realty that came to light during my first trip to Ladakh. Thankfully I was warned in advance by Salil and Sunil, who had taken the Srinagar route to Ladakh and had to eat watery cauliflower and boiled rice for dinner!

Thankfully now there are a couple of options these days for vegetarian travelers planning to spend the night in Kargil.

The first place you can expect to find vegetarian food at night in Kargil is a small restaurant run by Sardarji, which is located opposite Taxi Stand in main market (little to the left).

The second place where you can expect to find vegetarian food is at the Caravan Hotel in Kargil, which is I am told, also a decent place to spend the night at.

So if you are planning to spend the night in Kargil, make sure you either locate the above two places or fill your tummy at Drass (if coming from the Srinagar side) or at Mulbek (if coming from Leh).

Here is a video of Eric performing World’s Highest Burnout on his Bajaj Pulsar 220 DTS-Fi at Khardung La, which is located at an altitude of 18,380ft and currently holds the record for being world’s highest motorable road.

The burnout was done on 6th September 2007 by Eric on his Bajaj Pulsar 220 DTS-Fi during BCMTouring’s trip to Ladakh.

His bike was also the first Bajaj Pulsar 220 DTS-Fi to make it to Ladakh.

Click here to download high resolution version of World’s Highest Burnout (right click and then choose save as, 5.45mb and needs media player 9)

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