Thread: Solo Ride to Uttarakhand - Kausani & Auli

It has been a week since I had returned from the tour. Sitting on my office desk, my spirits were high upon successfully completing my first ever solo trip. I tell one of my colleagues sitting beside me “I was travelling all alone in the mountains during the four day long Holi vacation”.

He pauses and then bursts into laughter saying “Heights of Frustration!”

I was like “err? “.

Where did I go wrong? I guess I was expecting some kind of applause or praise because this is something only a few dares to do! Here I was, thinking that traveling for 1200 km on a motorcycle all alone for four days through some very stunning mountainous terrains often on roads hit by landslide, covered with mud and sometimes black ice - was an act of adventure and freedom driven by sheer passionate love for mother nature and the thrill involved in a motorcycle tour.

But I guess most people around me would take it as an act of frustration instead. This is not something a common man does even if he has all the resources, money and time. Society advocates that you sit home watching one of those popular reality TV shows or go out to the malls, eat junk foods and watch the latest Bollywood blockbuster. But if you do something different, it will come for you, hit you hard, tell you what you have been doing is a fool's errand and make you feel utterly worthless!

Well, may be what I did was an act of frustration; maybe I'm blinded into believing a fool's errand to be an adventure. I really don't know. But one thing I can tell you for sure - I enjoyed it like hell! And I will do it again and keep repeating it as long as I am capable of. I did not try to justify or explain this so called ‘act of frustration’ to my colleague. I replied “This is just the beginning”.

Few pictures below. Detailed travelogue and more photos to follow soon!

Someshwar


View from Hotel in Kausani


View from Hotel in Kausani


Somewhere between Baijnath and Karnaprayag


Road between Joshimath and Auli


Approaching Auli


Approaching Auli


View of Auli from Ropeway


The mighty Nanda Devi!


Peaks surrounding Auli


Panoramic view in Auli


Skiers at Auli


Approaching Rudraprayag


Panoramic view from Pauri

Travelogue approved

Lovely pictures bro!

Originally Posted by SKSy_Biker

Travelogue approved

Lovely pictures bro!

Thanks a lot for the approval

My first thought - This guy Nirmal is a liar!!! He goes to some Swiss or something & wants to call it Uttarkhand!!! Seriously some amazing pics, either to do with the camera or the person behind the lens or both combined with Uttarkhand. T'Logs like this provokes people to visit such places.

PS - No wonder you posted asking where the Mods were; its more than worth reading this T'Log.

PPS - Rating this 5* hoping this T'Log doesn't fall into buckets of EMI's

Beautiful Pics and pro shots
Solo riding has its own charm and fun. It gives one confidence to venture out to many more such beautiful places

And regarding the response from that guy, you were expecting too much from a Mango man

Awesome pics! Waiting for the rest of the Travelogue

Originally Posted by aargee

My first thought - This guy Nirmal is a liar!!! He goes to some Swiss or something & wants to call it Uttarkhand!!! Seriously some amazing pics, either to do with the camera or the person behind the lens or both combined with Uttarkhand. T'Logs like this provokes people to visit such places.

PS - No wonder you posted asking where the Mods were; its more than worth reading this T'Log.

PPS - Rating this 5* hoping this T'Log doesn't fall into buckets of EMI's

Thanks aargee
I assure you I will finish this Tlog. Although My other travelogue is still incomplete , but thanks to Sunil Sir and Sunny Sir the full log was published in orange issue (Aug-Sep) of xbhp magazine.
I started touring about 2 years ago, but this trip is special being my first solo tour... which I had been planning to do since a very long time

and i Believe you are in erodov too?

Originally Posted by flyingJian

Beautiful Pics and pro shots
Solo riding has its own charm and fun. It gives one confidence to venture out to many more such beautiful places

And regarding the response from that guy, you were expecting too much from a Mango man

hehe. thanks bro! this is only my 2nd trip where you were missing :P

Originally Posted by shelton_jh

Awesome pics! Waiting for the rest of the Travelogue

Thanks shelton_jh

Originally Posted by nirmaldas

Although My other travelogue is still incomplete...but this trip is special being my first solo tour... which I had been planning to do since a very long time

Sounds to me!!! But I hope to see the pics & write-up flowing through soon.

Originally Posted by nirmaldas

and i Believe you are in erodov too

No; I'm not

@Nirmal : You...... Haven't told me even that you went there. Lovely pics.... How much was the per day expense??

Originally Posted by prateek2210

@Nirmal : You...... Haven't told me even that you went there. Lovely pics.... How much was the per day expense??

sorry bro. Have not been in contact with you for days. It was a sudden plan, and I have been little sick since returning from the trip... this changing season getting very annoying.

Regarding expense, total cost was around Rs. 4500-5000 for the four days. 3 night Hotel stays expenditures were 400, 300 and 400 respectively. Total fuel cost around Rs. 2000 for 1180 km