When you do not feel like coming back, toh aap Ladakh main hain;
You keep asking yourself – Am I still in India?, toh aap Ladakh main hain;
Everyday you wake up to snow capped mountains, toh aap Ladakh main hain;
You click any photograph anytime and it seems that can be used as a wallpaper on your computer, toh aap Ladakh main hain;
If everyone keeps saying “Juley” to you, toh aap Ladakh main hain;
If you are at your bargaining best in the market, toh aap Ladakh main hain;
When the landscape changes every hour on your roadtrip, toh aap Ladakh main hain;


If you feel many a times if you just switched planets, toh aap Ladakh main hain;
Moon and Mars is what you feel you are roaming around in, toh aap Ladakh main hain;
You respect the Indian Army even more, toh aap Ladakh main hain;
You realize how tough it is even to vacation but Indian Army fights for keeping our freedom, toh aap Ladakh main hain;
When you see sand dunes and camels at an altitude of 10000 ft, toh aap Ladakh main hain;

When you see clear water stream next to the roads, with horses running and it almost seems like a fairytale, toh aap Ladakh main hain;
Feels like meditating becoz you can feel the calmness everywhere, toh aap Ladakh main hain;
You see clear blue lakes at the height of 15000 ft, toh aap Ladakh main hain;

You are on “The highest motorable road in the world”, toh aap Ladakh main hain;
You know you will have location hangover for weeks, toh aap Ladakh main hain;

When you do not miss your TV, internet and phone connection, toh aap Ladakh main hain;
When you keep saying the words ‘Glad to be here’, toh aap Ladakh main hain;
When you planned for a trip for over 6 months and do not repent a single sec of it and actually feel nice that you spend so much time planning and detailing every short path, way and the passes, toh aap Ladakh main hain;
You keep pinching yourself to feel if its good to be true, toh aap Ladakh main hain;




When you keep repeating these words “Trip of a Lifetime and devote your lifetime for this trip”…Toh Aap Ladakh Main Hain.

Pangong Tso (Lake Pangong) in Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India. At an altitude of 14270 ft. Clicked by Juhi Khichariya. All rights reserved.




4 thoughts on “Toh Aap Ladakh Main Hain…”
  1. Tusee chaa gaye ho… Good work of fiction… It seems Ladak trip has changed your life and profession… You can now participate in sharyi competions and may write lyrics for bollywood / hollywood songs… looking forward to see many more such entertaining write ups… Arvind

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