[chan]

Hi
A trip to Ladakh has been elusive for the last two years... finally looks like i will make it this year unless something major gets in my way...

I am doing it in the first two weeks of september and is a organised one... i will be mountain biking(cycling) through YHAI... couple of my friends also would be joining for the trip ..

here is the tentative ( and a bit ambitious) plan i have made....

29-Aug Start bangalore night
30-Aug Train travel
31-Aug reach delhi - morning 10.00 | start from delhi by evening
1-Sep manali and make it to keylong | stay
2-Sep start from keylong | reach leh - day 2 of "sept 1 " batch
3-Sep day 3 - acclimitation
4-Sep day 4 - acclimitation
5-Sep day 5 - bike from leh to nimo
6-Sep day 6 - to nurla
7-Sep day 7 - to lumayaru
8-Sep day 8 - to nurla
9-Sep day 9 - to nimo
10-Sep day 10 - to leh | start for pangong Tso | stay overnight
11-Sep back to leh | Rafting in afternoon
12-Sep Start for Sarchu/Tso moriri
13-Sep Sarchu/Tso moriri -manali | start for delhi
14-Sep reach delhi
15-Sep Catch flight at 5.20 to bangalore

the return flight from delhi is alone booked and i will not be able to fly to delhi because of budget limitations and already i will be reporting at YHAI on the 2nd day of the trip so i need to reach leh by 2nd sept....

in reality the itenary is fixed for most part... and i will try if it is possible to cut short my biking on the last day or two to add sightseeing options... but that will be known only when i am there...

help is mostly needed on how to get there and what is the best thing to do in the extra day that i have...

I am sure i wont be able to add anything to it... so based on the suggestions from u guys i will cut down and tweak the itenary....

kindly advice me

thanks
Chandru