Manali – Leh highway is finally both officially open as well as traffic is finally flowing on it. In fact, fellow BCMTian Naveen managed to reach Leh from the Manali side, couple of days back on the 25th of May 2009.
Even though it did snow yesterday at Rohtang, there is no news yet of the [...]

Manali – Leh highway has just been officially declared open for all types of traffic and with it the Ladakh 2009 Travel season has also just begun.
The strategic Manali-Leh National Highway 21 re-opened for vehicular traffic Thursday after remaining closed for six months. The highway was closed in mid-December due to heavy snowfall.
“The crucial 475 [...]

While the official declaration of the Manali-Leh highway being open for traffic is still a few days away, fellow BCMTian has managed to find out that the traffic is flowing on the Manali – Leh highway, though at this moment it is only small vehicles i.e. taxis.
So the Ladakh 2009 season has finally started, all [...]