Through these beautiful pictures we hope that we can communicate to you the joy & excitement, the highs & lows that we experienced on this trip which covered 17 diff. Indian States, 2 countries-Bhutan & Nepal and a distance of 16000 kms. over a period of 42 days. By - Shahrukh Cassad

1. f5 THE TRANS HIMALAYAN MOTORING EXPEDITION-SAVE THE YAK-2011 THE FIRST TRANS-HIMALAYAN MOTORING EXPEDITION-SAVE THE YAK-2011 ORGANISED BY THE HIMALAYAN EXPLORERS SPONSORED BY MAHINDRA & MAHINDRA LTD., MUMBAI.

4. Vivek Nayer, senior vice president, marketing, automotive sector, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., flags off the Save the Yak expedition from Mahindra's Automotive Plant at Kandivali.

6. Entering Orissa

9. Tea garden in Assam

10. PICKING THE TEA LEAVES.

11. AT THE KAZIRANGA NATIONAL PARK VIEW POINT.

12. THE FAMOUS ONE HORNED RHINO AT KAZIRANGA.

13. VAST GRAZING FIELDS IN ASSAM.

14. A TYPICAL ASSAMESE VILLAGE HOUSE ON STILTS.

15. YOHANN DOONGAJI ENJOYING AN ELEPHANT RIDE.

16. LOHIT RIVER IN ARUNACHAL.

19. ON WAY TO KIBITHU.

21. WELCOME BOARD BY THE ARMY .

22. AT KIBITHU.

23. IN THE BACKGROUD IS CHINA.AT THE HELIPORT IN KIBITHU.

24. A GROUP SNAP WITH THE ARMY PERSONNEL.

25. TAWANG MONASTERY.

26. ON WAY TO THE YAK FARM,NYUKMADUNG.

28. THE MITHOON, A BISON LIKE ANIMAL, NATIVE ONLY TO ARUNACHAL PRADESH.

29. A BEAUTIFUL RAINBOW GOING ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN PEAK.

33. DRY RIVER BED NOW, THIS PLACE IS DEEP UNDER DRY NOW, UNDER DEEP WATER DURING THE RAINS. NEAR ROWING, ARUNACHAL PRADESH.

34. ANOTHER DRY RIVER BED TO CROSS.

35. RIVER CROSSING IN ARUNACHAL.

36. SHIRAZ DOONGAJI CROSSING A RIVER AND IN THE PROCESS WASHING THE UNDER BODY OF THE MUV.

37. Turning back point.

39. DR. VINOD THAKUR POINTS TO THE WAY WE HAVE COME BY FERRY.

41. A BACK PACK AND HAT MADE FROM CANE. THEY ARE ALL WEATHERPROOF AND USED ALL ROUND THE YEAR.

42. THIS FINELY WOVEN CANE HAT COSTS A BOMB, LASTS A LIFETIME IF WORN ALL ROUND THE YEAR.

45. A SHORT SPAN BRIDGE BUILT BY BRO. THE NAILS USED CAN PUNCTURE YOUR TYRES EASILY AS WE FOUND OUT IN LOHITPUR.

46. TRIBALS WITH A WILD MOUNTAIN GOAT WHICH THEY HAD HUNTED FOR A VILLAGE FEAST.

47. OUR MEMBERS POSE WITH ANCIENT RIFLES AND KNIVES OF THESE TRIBAL HUNTERS.

48. A MASSIVE MITHOON SITS NEXT TO A MILESTONE SHOWING DON-7 KMS.

49. YOHANN DOONGAJI HOLDS A BASKET LIKE THE LOCALS DO.

50. AN UPCOMING RESORT NEAR ZIRO,ARUNACHAL.

51. YAK MOTHER AND CALF

52. A HERD OF YAKS TURN ROUND TO SEE SOME UNUSUAL INTRUDERS (US) ON THEIR GROUND.

53. AT SELA PASS NEAR TAWANG. 13700 ft.

55. With Mr. Naba Basumatary,President of Rotary Club of Bongaigaon,Assam.

56. TSIRANG,BHUTAN

57. YOHANN, AT TSIRANG, WONDERING ‘HOW DO I PACK ALL THIS IN?’

58. ENTERING THIMPHU, BHUTAN.

59. CLEAN , NEAT & DISCIPLINED TRAFFIC.

60. MAIN SQUARE,THIMPU.

61. MAIN STREET,THIMPHU.

63. A HOTEL ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF THIMPHU.

64. COLLEGE OF BUSINESS STUDIES.

67. OUTSIDE THIMPHU.

68. WELCOME GATE AT THIMPU.

69. PHUENSHOLING GATE.

70. HAVING SNACKS FROM SHIRAZ’S MAGICAL BLACK BAG.

71. DOMBANG VALLEY,SIKKIM

72. DOMBANG VALLEY

73. LACHUNG,SIKKIM

75. PUTTING ‘SAVE THE YAK’ STICKERS ON TAXIS IN YUMTHANG VALLEY.

76. YAKS AT YUMTHANG VALLEY.

78. THE SCORPIO AT NATHULA GATE.

79. YOHANN CHECKS OUT THE CHINESE VEHICLES COMING IN THRU NATHULA GATE.

80. A YAK SHEPPERD

81. A DECORATED YAK FOR JOY RIDES AT CHHANGU LAKE,SIKKIM.

82. AXIS BANK ATM @ 13200 ft.

83. MRS.VERMA,PRESIDENT –ROTARY CLUB OF GANGTOK.

84. AT ONE OF THE NUMEROUS WATER FALLS IN SIKKIM.

85. A POLICE CAR LEADS OUR TWO VEHICLES THRU’ THE DESERTED STREETS OF NEPAL..

86. MAHENDRA NATIONAL HIGHWAY IN NEPAL. ON WAY TO KATHMANDU. DESERTED DUE TO A BANDH.

87. RIOT POLICE WATCH US FILL UP FUEL IN KATHMANDU.

88. DARBAR SQUARE,KATHMANDU.

89. DARBAR SQUARE,KATHMANDU.

94. FROM KATHMANDU.

95. TOWARDS MAHENDRANAGAR.

96. WITH NEPAL POLICE

97. INDO-NEPAL BORDER BETWEEN MAHENDRANAGAR & BANBASSA.

98. At Sharda Canal just inside I ndia.

99. A 110 year old steam locomotive which used to work the gates of dam at Banbassa’s Sharda Canal till recently.

100. THE GUEST HOUSE IN SUNGURI.

101. FRONT VIEW.

102. VIEW FROM SUNGURI GUEST HOUSE.

103. ANOTHER VIEW FROM THE GUEST HOUSE, SUNGURI

104. ON WAY TO NAKO,HIMACHAL.

105. SNOW CAPPED MOUNTAINS

106. A VIEW OF THE HIMALAYAN MOUNTAIN RANGE.

109. EARLY MORNING.

113. IN UTTARAKHAND

114. WAITING FOR THE BULDOZER TO CLEAR A LANDSLIDE.

115. A BULDOZER WORKING TO CLEAR A LANSLIDE.

120. Giving our ROTARY FLAG to Mr.Sharma,member of the recently chartered ROTARY CLUB of Uttarkashi

121. THESE ROADS HAVE BEEN CARVED OUT OF SOLID ROCK.

127. NAKO VALLEY, HIMACHAL PRADESH.

128. NAKO VALLEY

130. APPLE ORCHARD AT HIGH ALTITUDE NEAR NAKO.

131. WARNING BOARD AT JALORI PASS. ON WAY TO MANALI. TRECHAOUS

132. WITH ACTIVISTS FROM YOUTH HOSTELS ASSOCIATION OF INDIA.

133. AT ROHTANG , VOLUNTEERS ASKING TOURISTS NOT TO LITTER THE PLACE. IN THE BACKGROUND A LONG LINE OF CARS WAITING TO REACH THE SNOW COVERED SLOPES OF ROHTANG.

135. ROHTANG PASS

136. ROHTANG

139. A BRO BULLDOZER CLEARING THE SNOW ON WAY TO KELLONG.

140. TANDI

141. Next Pump-365 kms.

142. BETWEEN KELLONG & BARALACHA.

144. Ahmed at BARALACHA

145. AT BARALACHA PASS ON 4 TH JUNE 2011.

146. SARCHU ARMY CAMP. 14300 FT. AND SUB-ZERO TEMERATURES & A TIN SHED.

147. WITH ARMY JAWANS AT SARCHU.

148. SAND & SNOW IN LEH.

150. ON WAY TO MARSMIKLA

151. BARREN,DRY AND DESOLATE.LADAKH.

152. SOME AMERICANS ON THEIR WAY IN LEH.

153. ON WAY TO MARSMIK-LA.

155. AT MARSMIK-LA.

156. ROTARIANS SHAHRUKH & SHIRAZ HOLD THE ROTARY CLUB OF NAGPUR FLAG AT MARSMIKLA

157. IN THE BACKGROUND IS PANGONG LAKE.HIGHEST SALT BODY IN THE WORLD,AT 14000 FT.145 KMS. LONG [35 IN INDIA,110 IN CHINA].ALSO SEEN IN ‘3 IDIOTS’.

158. RETURNING FROM MARSMIKLA.

159. MARMOOT [FIA] ,NATIVE OF THE HIGH ALTITUDES.

165. TAGLANG-LA @ 17582 ft.

169. MOON LAND. BETWEEN LEH & KARGIL.

170. Traffic Jam at Zoji-la.

171. AT ZOJILA PASS.

172. SHEEP AT ZOJILA MOVING NORTHWARDS TOWARDS LEH.

173. THE ROAD DOWN FROM ZOJILA TOWARDS SRINAGAR.

174. ON THE WAY TO DRASS.

175. AT KARGIL.

176. CHILDREN WAVE US GOODBYE AT KARGIL.

177. MAIN BAZAR,KARGIL.

178. AT DRASS.

179. AT DRASS. AT 6.00 am WE ENJOYED THE LUXURY OF HOT TEA AND OVEN-FRESH NAANS.

181. SONMARG.

182. LEAVING THE SHER-E-KASHMIR UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES & TECHNOLOGY.

183. AT THE FLAG-IN AT THE INDOOR SPORTS STADIUM, NAGPUR ON 11 TH JUNE 2011.