02/09/2017 Khoksar – Keylong

02/09/2017 Khoksar – Keylong

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The following morning we woke up to brilliant sunshine and a completely different world. We dried the last of our wet clothes by tying them to the panniers as we cycled along. Even though we were climbing it was easy going because the road surface was good. We met a 70 year old Indian cyclist who had already covered 17.000 km and was by no means finished. Language was a barrier but he managed to convey that he planned to come and cycle in the UK and Europe next.

We rolled up in Keylong by lunch time and were very pleased to see Max again. We first saw Max on the road to Kibber. He was cycling by himself because his friend came of his bike near Nako and broke his collarbone. Both guys had given up their jobs in order to come to the Himalyas and it was a grim reminder for us how quickly dreams can end. Of course it could all have been a lot worse for Dave but still he remained in good spirits.

Keylong is the last place to stock up before we continued on the Manali to Leh Highway. As well as lots of high calorie food we stocked up on whisky to help us through the next difficult section of our route.

We were pleased to have some wifi so we could catch up with the children. Unlike in South America where almost every place however isolated had wifi. Here in the Himalayas it is very scarce and intermittent.

Leh doesn't seem that far away but there were some majorpasses to cross .The lowest one just
over a hundred meters higher than Mont Blanc at 4918meters. 

Some machinery for a change. Not just human power.