<img style="float: left;" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2015/sep/the-guide-logo.gif" alt="" width="150" height="36" />&nbsp; From Kanyakumari to Kashmir<img title="Merryl D&rsquo;Souza at Lachungla Pass, the second highest pass (at an altitude of 5,065 m) on the Manali-Leh Highway." src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2015/oct/Merryl-D-Souza.jpg" alt="Merryl D&rsquo;Souza at Lachungla Pass, the second highest pass (at an altitude of 5,065 m) on the Manali-Leh Highway." /> Merryl D&rsquo;Souza at Lachungla Pass, the second highest pass (at an altitude of 5,065 m) on the Manali-Leh Highway.
<img title="STArting point: A view from Kanyakumari, the southernmost tip of the Indian peninsula, where she started her journey. pics courtesy/ Merryl D&rsquo;Souza" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2015/oct/Kanyakumari_2.jpg" alt="STArting point: A view from Kanyakumari, the southernmost tip of the Indian peninsula, where she started her journey. pics courtesy/ Merryl D&rsquo;Souza" /> Starting point: A view from Kanyakumari, the southernmost tip of the Indian peninsula, where she started her journey. pics courtesy/ Merryl D&rsquo;Souza 
Chang La Pass: Kashmir To Kanyakumari, India is One &mdash; a signboard at Chang La Pass, a 5350 m high mountain pass in Ladakh. The road to the pass is steep and demands careful driving
<img title="Chang La Pass" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2015/oct/Chang-la-pass.jpg" alt="Chang La Pass" />
Across the tropic of cancer: Stopover at a point where the Tropic of Cancer passes through Gujarat. D&rsquo;Souza recalls the state&rsquo;s roads were some of the best she rode on her journey
<img title="ACROSS THE TROPIC OF CANCER" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2015/oct/Gujurat.jpg" alt="ACROSS THE TROPIC OF CANCER" />
Army detour: Pakistani militants were captured at Udhampur&nbsp; leading to blockades. She stopped by this Army caf&eacute; on the Srinagar-Leh Highway, taking a 40 km detour to reach there as per plan
<img title="ARMY DETOUR" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2015/oct/Pahalgam1.jpg" alt="ARMY DETOUR" />
Shaky roads, beautiful SKies: A landslide near Pang caused nearly 2 kms of the road to be swept away. She had to take an 80 km detour. Despite the bumpy ride, the natural beauty bowled her over
<img src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2015/oct/SHAKY-ROADS.jpg" alt="" />
Age is no limit: On her ride from Leh to Manali, she met a group of bikers aged 50 to 75, as well as two women Bullet bikers
<img title="Age is no LIMIT: On her ride from Leh to Manali, she met a group of bikers aged 50 to 75, as well as two women Bullet bikers" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2015/oct/Leh-to-Manali.jpg" alt="Age is no LIMIT: On her ride from Leh to Manali, she met a group of bikers aged 50 to 75, as well as two women Bullet bikers" />
A spy-sea ride A cheeky signboard that D&rsquo;Souza spotted during her ride on Karnataka&rsquo;s highways
<img src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2015/oct/A-SPY-SEA-RIDE.jpg" alt="" />
That on-top-of-the-world feeling! &ldquo;I passed the highest motorable road in the world, Khardungla, during my week-long stay in Leh. This was a special stop also because I had been carrying an Indian National Flag that was gifted to me by a group of autorickshaw drivers at Santakatte stand in my hometown, Mangalore, Karnataka.
<img src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2015/oct/Khardungla.jpg" alt="" />
During an overnight stay at Dandeli, Karnataka, it was torn by a few kids; only the green part of the flag was untouched. When I reached Khardungla, I tied the flag on this sign board,&rdquo; recalls 29-year-old D&rsquo;Souza.

Mumbai girl, Merryl D&rsquo;Souza fulfilled a long-held dream of riding solo across India from Kanyakumari to Kashmir. She negotiated 6,886 km of uncharted, and mostly, inhospitable terrain. Looking at some of her favourite snapshots from the ride

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