Royal Enfield Himalayan 452 or a Frozen River to GET OUT of Zanskar Valley? 🇮🇳 

"Don't be Gama in the Land of Lama" serves as a vital reminder on roadways. It's inspired by a story of Gama, an overconfident mountain dweller who ignored safety and damaged trails, leading to his own injury. This tale underscores the importance of humility and respect for nature in the mountains.

BRO has some of the funniest road safety signs . My favourite are “love your children at home , belt them in the car” & “ don’t hug the curves , just feel them “ 😂

Riding alone, new bike, empty roads filming it all herself, being polite to everyone.. capturing almost every good bit that comes in the way. You are a true creator and an inspiration for sure

Man, just the fact that they actually build roads on such inhospitable places is mind boggling.

Unless you ride a motorcycle, you cannot appreciate how physically tough and challenging the non-paved roads are. Someday if Royal Enfield makes an incredibly durable, tough, motorcycle, they must call that model the Noraly. Adventure riders worldwide will show up to buy one and of course, they'll call their ride "Itchy".

Letting Noraly loose on the new Himalayan in the Himalayas is a masterstroke by Royal Enfield, and shows the high esteem to which Noraly is held. What an adventure!

Interesting how a country with nearly 20% of all Earth's population can have at the same time so many landscapes devoid of any human soul for kilometers and kilometers, again and again. This is truly amazing. The power of the nature. Lovely video, as always. Be safe. Good winds, little lioness.

"best day ever".....I'd have to agree. I rode through the Zanskar Valley (with my wife as pillion) a few weeks ago & absolutely loved it! Awesome riding & scenery! 🇦🇺

Wow, what an incredible route! Isn't it remarkable that in a country with a population of 1.4 billion, Noraly still has "got the place to myself!" What an impressive, diverse and beautiful country!

She rides up top She rides down low Wherever Noraly rides She finds a trail to go From the frozen tundras To the scorching dunes Noraly keeps her viewers Well in tune From the bikes she rides To the boats she floats Noraly always has our thumbs up votes 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

What a stunningly beautiful part of the world. Amazing video.Having seen travellers like Normally go through isolated regions of South America and Africa, I'm so impressed by the quality of road they managed to build and maintain in such isolated areas.

How beautiful India is! Thank you for all your talent to show us so many beautiful wonderful places in the world! 🧡

We know now, why Noraly loves India. It's beautiful ❤️

Hello Indian citizens from a Scotland UK citizen. 🤝 Hello Noraly....great narration and views as always ..thank you ! 🙏

Kudos to Indian authorities for maintaining connectivity to such remote areas! Vibrant cultures of India! 🇮🇳❤

Stunning scenery. Goes to show you don't need a heavy GS or AT, this new RE Himalayan is a perfect capable machine.

My family and I have just been in awe of this India series. It’s quickly becoming one of our favorites 🇮🇳❤️ Thank you, Noraly

I found this info regarding the sign. Great vid. Stay safe. Thanks for taking us along, Noraly. The meaning of Lama is associated with Buddhism. In Buddhism Lama Is Guru or Highest Teacher. So in Buddhist culture lama is weather and mountains which are associated with true learning about survival. The mountains are land of Lama. This saying is based on an old Pahadi story. A boy named Gama was very naughty. He used to live in the mountains and trekking was very easy for him, by the time he grew he got overconfident about his skills and started avoiding people teachings about safety. He started avoiding fixed trails and also started damaging trails by sliding big rocks in them. This manner also disturbed other people too. One day he went out of the town and went on the some mountain but somehow when he was climbing the mountain slipped and fall on the rocks which were previously moved by him to disfigure the trail. His leg and hand was brutally broken. But somehow people searched him alive. He became totally disabled by his own overconfident. Hence the saying became popular, “Don’t be Gama in the Land of Lama.”

As a father it gives me the creeps seeing you riding across those mountain roads. As a fan I consider you the Jacque Cousteau of the land. As you show us the wonders of nature along your way, it's also beautiful to see how the people always find their way to fit in that nature even at places one wouldn't expect them. Thank you for all this. Een echte Nederlandse globetrotter!👍

My goodness the visual scenery of this episode are absolutely stunning! I’d love to see all of footage from this ride in a super long episode. This video should be submitted for a award! Just mind blowing visuals

Itchy Boots is rocking India.

India has a special beauty all its own! Thanks for taking us along!

No one takes these challenges of adventure motorcycle riding like Noraly and present them to us vividly like this.

Gama is the name of a guy, who was climbing in the mountains and Lama stands for the gods of the mountains. So, it means, don't underestimate the mountains like this guy! Have good journey! You're the best!🙋🏻‍♀

I sit in Scotlands magnificent scenery and think how wild it can be. But watching your videos for so many years these glorious places you visit I can’t help thinking what a wonderful world you transport us to. Keep them coming Noraly you make a 79 year old proud to be a small part of you journeys

Stunning episode…..almost speechless! Wonder where the 1.4 BILLION people are….certainly not in Zanskar region. Take care Noraly, ride safe. From Cambridge UK🇬🇧

Great video, beautiful shoots and great filming I cycled from Leh to Srinagar in spring 1984 (actually I cycled from Calcutta to Nepal and then to Leh via Himachal Pradesh etc. over 1 year), when there was no road to Manali or to Zankar yet, and NO black top road from Leh to Srinagar and NO traffic, except a few army trucks once a day. It was the most beautiful, peaceful cycle ride one can imagine. Watching your video, times have changed for sure!

It's easy to see why Zanskar is one of your favorite places. I smiled throughout this video, and once again was mesmerized by the fantastical, otherworldly beauty of the mountains, the gorge and valley. Your drone footage as always, was stunning! I can hardly wait to see Kashmir. Safe travels!

I'd never thought that my country has places like this. The landscape of Zanskar is so alien to me. Extremely ruggedly beautiful. Your videos need to be made into a documentary, especially for Indians to see our land like never before. What a terrific video this is! Thanks so much Noraly for showing us these places. And the Himalayan seems to be living up to its name very well

Thank you Noraly for showing how beautiful India is 🇮🇳

Good Lord! Every now and then, Noraly puts up video like this one that stands miles above any other motorcycle adventure videos I’ve ever seen. It’s amazing just to know she out there doing this! Thank you!

As an indian from the Valley, I would ask more and more travellers like Noraly to visit the heaven on Earth. INDIAN authorities and Government have helped Ladakh and Kashmir valley by removing the temporary status and making my land as Intergral part of Indian territory and since then development of road and infrastructure is on the rise. This increases our chances at survival and tevival of our lost culture and the cultures of tibet after chinese occupation. I would like to ask world travellers to come and see the beauty of Ladakh , Zanskar, Darsik , Nubra, Leh and many other places. I hope our land gets properity! Love your videos! ❤

Was hiking in Zanskar like 25+ years ago. It was still a very, very remote part of the world then. There was no road between Darcha and Padum yet, only a footpath suitable for hikers and horses. It was a tough hike but the scenery is simply amazing and people in Zanskar are wonderfull.

"Oh this is the best day ever"! Love Love to hear Noraly so happy. I can't help but try to put myself in place of Noraly's parents watching these videos. I'm sure they have come to expect anything but they have to be pinching themselves saying look that's our daughter, a legend in her own time, bringing so much joy to the world. The video was another masterpiece throughout. The drone zoom out in the canyon was absolutely phenomenal. Thank you Noraly. Peace! ❤❤❤ PS I love it when you talk to the animals. I do the same thing.

Impresionante India, y en moto mucho más, felicitaciones Noraly

We live on a really cool planet. Thank you for showing it to us in all its glory, Noraly! 😃

Those drone shots are really quite something! What a fantastic road and what a difference to your Africa trip. My heart’s in India!

Anyone reading this, if you visit india or are an indian i highly recommend doing the Kishtwar-Killar route part of which is known as the Cliffhanger section, probably the worlds most fangerous route. Go from Srinagar to Kishtwar via Sinthan Top (beautiful route) and then from Kishtwar to Killar and from Killar to Dalhousie via the Sach pass. Incredible views, very tough and extremely satisfying for a biker.

These landscapes and locations are extraordinary! And I am quite amazed at your courage to go to these places alone on a bike. Really amazing stuff and truly inspiring.

WHAT A RIDE!!!!! Incredible scenery.

Thank you for riding this part of India. I never imagined India was so beautiful,diverse scenery!!! Just breathtaking❤

Amazing roads 🛣️ Thanks to Border road organisation for the splendid roads ❤🇮🇳

Another excellent travel video. I'm so jealous. India looks amazing. Thank you for taking us along.

Fantástica essa estrada, a Índia é um país maravilhoso, suas crenças e culturas. Lindo. Gratidão por suas imagens e vídeo. Abraços Itchy boots.

It’s so cool to see you back on a Himalayan IN the Himalayas. The breakfast with the home stay family, the long climb and descent through the arid mountains, and your commentary meld together and provide a wonderful escape from the onslaught of news of a world on-edge. Itchy Boots as emotional support services 😊

Those roads are an engineering marvel that we take for granted. For example besides all the blasting that must have been done to cut that road through the mountains, where did they get all that asphalt for those beautiful stretches of road? Thank you once again Noraly, for taking us along on such a spectacular beautiful ride. P.S. Your drone footage is amazing!

If riding it looks scary and tough...imagine the men who built these roads on those heights, harsh weather, thin air, inhospitable terrains and with tools and machinery which are difficult to operate at that height. SALUTE to them!

What a truly amazing place here on earth ~ the gorge was spectacular and the glacier just added an unforgettable touch to it! Thank you, thank you Itchy Boots for sharing this exceptional footage with us. ❤

All the years of watching your journeys, and I'm always amazed at your ability to eat the local cuisine. From camel meat to yak butter. You have a fearless palette. Best wishes Noraly 😊

What a stunning route! I can see why you wanted to come back. Another part of the world that most of us will never see in person. Thank you for sharing this with us.

Dear Itchy Boots, you make riding those terrible steep, narrow and slippery, roads, look so easy. Stay safe. Thanks for opening up these amazing places to us who will never visit them.

Astonishing imagery from the roof of the world. Thank you for taking us along. Voorspoedige reis!

As a dude stuck on riding around the terrible concrete jungle called metro manila, I love watching your adventures. The scenery there is just spectacular, something that every city dweller would surely love to experience, I know I would. ❤ Thanks for taking us on your trips😊

I agree Noraly, a person should always have enough flexibility in their travel schedule and life to say “yes”… just in case you are invited to a wedding. 😉 The morning light in the river canons was so stunning even in video cameras. It must have been so amazing in person. A truly incredible place.

Toughest journeys are conquered by will minded people, and Noraly is super one kind of an individual who is determined. Kudos Noraly.

Incredible. Views, people, routes. Thanks to your videos, Noraly, my plan for the motorcycle trip of a lifetime has changed. I hope that one day I will be able to implement this plan. Best regards from Poland.

I rode in this area a few years ago on a bullet 500cc. I agree, it is biker’s paradise. Thank you Noraly.

I did this route 6 weeks ago, one of the greatest rides I’ve ever done.

Wow!!! I normally need greenery where i travel but that ride through the pass and canyon/river is absolutely breathtaking!!! Thanks as always for bringing us along for the ride!!

I have no adjectives to describe the scenery! Another phenomenal ride with the Queen of the trails and roads:).

The 2018 version of fearless Noraly vs Noraly 2.0 of 2023, riding this region is just amazing, experience wise. You may have taken 3.5 hrs back in the beginning but not todays Noraly. Fantastic ride! It is so obvious why you wanted to revisit this awesome region! Loved it! Mega thumbs up!

Hi Noraly, "Gama" refers to the bodybuilder and wrestler "Gama Pehelwan". So what they meant is dont try to become hero or arrogant in the land of Lama. BTW really Love your Videos and i eagerly wait for your videos to come on YT. Thanks for sharing the journey with us.

You are beyond brave. WAY beyond brave. Coming down that rutted, rocky set of switchbacks! Tough stuff,

Zanskar village roads in Ladakh offer a breathtaking blend of adventure and serenity as they wind along majestic rivers. Thank you noraly for taking us with u.

It was nice for you to ask the yak, 'lost? You are all here by yourself?' The yak must have been thinking the very same thing!!😂

Thank you, Ms. Boots, for showing us who can't travel all the wonderful places in the world!

Absolutely awesome Noraly. The vision of the Himalia's is absolutely fantastic. Such a remarkable scenery and wild mountain formations is incredible. I love the way you mix motorbike riding with geology. Many thanks.

I found this channel almost 5 yrs ago and since then I am so lucky to may watch such an extraordinary biker-girl in the world! Very often my jaws fall down by surprise. Oscar deserved!

Remember, Last time in India when you were riding from Coochbehar to Tura, Meghalaya. You took the wrong road and end up at Brahmaputra River near Dhubri. Actually Im from Siliguri which is pretty close to Coochbehar and My girlfriend is from Tura. So last year in October for the first time I was traveling to Tura on a bike & That video helped me a lot or else i would've followed the Google map and most probably end up at the Brahmaputra River just like you 😄

WOW ITCHY BOOTS! What stunning views!! Just gasping around each bend of the road!! Everything you do is so impressive!! Your camera skills and riding skills are out of this world!! You make it look so easy!! Really love this India series..it just gets better and better. I could already see some fall colors in the few trees in the village! It is all so beautiful!! Thanks for sharing your awesome adventures!! So happy to share your joy!! Cheers from Texas USA❤❤

Extraordinario recorrido causa mucha impresión ese descenso tan pronunciado y prolongado y con muchas curvas. Único ese recorrido bajo la roca y paralelo al hermoso rio !!!!Que recorrido¡¡¡¡¡ . Gracias por mostrárnoslo.❤❤❤❤

That blue water is incredible!

(((((( you know Noraly it's that I'm super happy that you are our ambassador because you travel all over the world and it's beautiful to know how welcoming and helpful people are and that's the complete opposite of what show us certain rotten media..... thanks to your travels and meetings of all kinds we see that everything we say is a lie... and thanks to your travels we have a completely different vision of the world... . ..thank you and thank you again Noraly de Bernard from the Strasbourg region 😘🤗✌✌✌✌)))))))

Such rugged terrain. I understand your passion for geological features. There is so much to see along the valley. The motorcycle is certainly up to the task. Thank you for taking us on this incredible journey.

Absolutely awesome scenery. I cannot get over the passes and roads you are travelling through .I am in awe of what people can achieve. All those passes would have been cut by hand originally.. Just amazing ..More please 🙏. Keep xafe

The scenery is so spectacular it's a wonder that Noraly can remember to stop and fly the drone for those impressive aerial shots. I'm also impressed that the locals bother to pave portions of those mountain roads with so little vehicular traffic. And you have to wonder how they get those excavators up there to maintain the dirt portions. Most of those crawler rigs only have a top speed of 4 miles per hour.

Good afternoon N 🇨🇦 That was an amazing Drone sequence following the river for distance. Appreciate the history on the palace and surrounding area. Thanks for your time and resources. Take care and ride safe. 🤟🏼🖖🏼

India, land of colours. The more you ride the more you discover! Very beautiful videos, all the best.

Oh my! I love being carried along with you on your journeys, often feeling like my shyness would stop me coping with all the necessary interactions. This trip, more than any other has had me clenching nervously as you cut along those steep sided hills and valleys. I admire you, I am scared watching! ❤😂

Absolutely incredible, those places, those roads, those people, I find myself waving at those you meet..... you really are like a heroine, it's incredible, but above all, happy that you are safe and sound in your hostel. Good routes and please take care of yourself!!!!

Noraly, you are a legend. Not many men, let alone a woman would adventure out alone on the high mountain passes of Ladakh and Zanzkar. Thanks for taking on your journey, sharing the stunning landscapes and interaction with the people of the region. I can't wait for your review on the all new Himalayan. Ride safe.

It was a wise choice to take on this last 50 when you're fresh. The rockslides can be debilitating and the random takes on drainage problems on the roadways can lead to crashes. Gotta protect those mirrors... Your drone shots show just how small and insignificant we are in this world we live on... keep on keeping on!

Noraly realmente felicitaciones.... Regreso esa chispa que hace entretenidos los vídeos... Para el normal de los mortales nos identificamos verte montado una Royal Enfield Himalayan que es una moto que está más al alcancé que esas naves espaciales como Ducatti etc... Y podés hacer lo mismo o más sin invertir tantos pesos

Absolutely loving this series. The scenery is out of this world, and Noraly's commentary really conveys her love for the mountains and people of this part of our planet. Her riding abilities are fantastic, I'd like to see some GS guys trying to ride down some of those roads with such confidence. Just proves that you don't need a big bike to enjoy yourself.

Your last few episodes have the most stunning scenery of any of your motorcycle adventures. Absolutely spectacular. Keep up the great work. Noraly, you are one of a kind!

We Indians feeling so proud to have all this spectacular and wonderful places, just like heaven on the earth exist in India. We also appreciate to you for representing this to the world.. Be safety and more explore in India..

Amazing environment. So dry and not friendly to plant life, almost no green anywhere, yet people live there and seem to survive. Such a different civilization from what I'm used to in the U.S. and Canada.

Одна из самых красивых серий! Молодец, Норали!❤

This little adventure in India is really some of your best work! I am loving it.

You should go on a bike trip to these fantastic places in India, like from Gangtok to Nathu La, Coorg to Munnar, Bhalukpong to Tawang, the Rann of Kutch, or from Valparai to Vazhachal Forest. Especially, you should ride through the Western Ghats in South India and the Eastern Himalayas in Northeast India. These are some of the most amazing places in India.

Absolutely amazing landscape along the Zanskar river !! And the drone shots with background score to match the magnificence of the place made it look stunning. That's Itchy-Boots Halmark for you. Beautiful !! What's exciting is the fact that it's going to be Kashmir in Noraly 's cameras for next vlogs. That's going to be equally stunning. Can't wait to watch the Noraly show begin at the so-called paradise on Earth. Thank you Noraly , it's been hugely entertaining to watch you

Thanks Noraly bringing back so many memories of the Himalayas are they are my favorite adventure bike tour with the awesome local ABoriginal Indian motor bike tours on of course Royal Enfield , I missed out on getting a Himalayan 411 but had so much fun on the 500 classic 🙂🤙

I think that I am enjoying this series the most of all of your adventures. The drone footage of the valley is the most dramatic ever! Thanks TC

India is beautiful.....what an adventure...be safe and ride on

Wow! What an epic landscape. I could ride through that all day every day! Not envious in the slightest 😁

What a Herculean task building these mountain roads and for some parts to be sealed amazing, well ridden Noraly 🙂 NZ

Not a bad marketing idea to have Noraly ride the Himi 452. Really loved the scenery in Zanskar Valley!

You are literally living the dream of every Indian to ride through the whole of Ladakh. More power to you💪🏻❤. Hope next time when you come, they will build the road to all those places.

This lady is fearless, those rocky trails next to precipice is like running with blades. Safe travels love your channel

Thank you Noralee for taking me to Zanskar. I love stunning barren arid desert places. It was stunning 😍.