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AAH !! No sooner he lands on Indian soil and Biru is back on the road ! Your wandering tales are any bikers dream. Great pictures as always and a true bikers grit and spirit !

Ride On Biru ! And Ride Safe

Awesome pics Biru...Man, seems like you had one heck of a road trip...I keenly go through all your travelogues...waiting for the main course

Mubarak ho biru bhaiya.. atti uttam .!!!
baaki ka maal leke aao

Great Going Biru Pics as usual , good

Hey gread travelogue
Btw am from Uttarakhand
Cheers man

Great log and pics pal.
I belong to dehradun myself and the odds haha...my native land is in Munsyari in kumaon hills.
Ive been there lived there a lot. What happened that you needed to tow your bike? What happened?

Superb , waiting to read the complete trip report

Awesome Biru baai is back with an awesome trrriiip.. :-)

Thank you Mod

Thank you sir ji

Thank you buddy

Thank you dost,Enjoy Abu for now

Thanks Phani

Thanks Buddy,I was there in Haldwani for entire day..trying to get my bike repaired at Shri Balaji Honda,but they failed and i have to shell out 2200 bucks after all that.


Thanks Ankit.Its nice to know you belong from such a beautiful place.Bike tow story will be unfolded sooon

Thanks Sandeep.

Thanks Machi

CHeers
BIru

Day 1 - Noida - Meerut - Dehradun - Mussorie - Kempty Falls - Chakrata


I reached Delhi on 23 March morning and my bike was supposed to arrive by the evening,as i had parceled it on 22 March morning.Expense break up of booking was "1600 - Indian Railway Charges + 300 - Packing + 200 Loading".But i would say,the money i paid for loading got wasted because they didn't loaded the bike on Friday as the parcel compartments of trains were mostly occupied.





My bike got loaded in Swarna Jayanti on Saturday evening,which arrived on Sunday evening.I was worried for a while on Saturday,when it didn't arrived.Luckily there were no damages,except the right hand side rear view mirror.I was thinking to start on the same day.but my friend persuaded me to start next morning as we have been beer hopping in Gurgaon.


Delay in bike transport has already costed me one day.I woke up with ease on Monday morning and when i arrived at the parking to get on with the ride,i saw few drops of oil on the floor..under the engine belly.And it was continuously pouring down,drop by drop...I checked around based on the little knowledge i posses and found out,its the pipe which contains the extra oil.I emptied the pipe and started towards Meerut.After two hicupps back to back,finally my ride started.


Roads were pretty good till Muzaffarnagar,4 lane all the way from Noida to Muzzafarnagar.Post muzzafarnagar roads got pretty bad with deep pot holes in every part of the road..bus,truck,car drivers dodging the pot holes and making difficult to judge their movements :P.Conditions got improved 50-60 kms before Dehradun.I stopped in Dehradun for quick lunch.


Last time when i came to Dehradun from Haridwar,I skipped Mussorie for some other time.And yeah,this was the time for which it was left .While Dehradun is spread on the plains,Mussorie is situated 30 Kms away on the hills.


Roads were good and the view from the hills was spectacular as well.














Finally i made it to Mussorie,I took another route instead of the main highway to reach Mussorie and benefit of that was,I was greeted with much better views.





I crossed the busy and narrow streets of Mussorie and reached Kempty falls.Stopped there for a well deserved break


In between i stumbled upon these beautiful landscapes.










A part of Kempty falls from a distance.



And a closer look to the hidden parts :O





Some setting was wrong with the camera or my hand was quite shaky,messed up this shot



TO BE CONTD


Cheers
Biru

Wow!! Beautiful pics and awesome travelogue. I think you got many interesting stories to tell us,waiting for a complete one.

After a tea break i started back on the road.Now the road ahead becomes bit lonely,narrow and windy.Same old..Same old mountain roads which keeps making fool of you.Where 10 kms is spent on Climbing up..10 Kms is spent on climbing down and 1-2 kms is spent on jumping from one hill to another.But the best part is the virginal beauty you get to admire and feel.





When you come out on such lonely/less travelled roads,you get to see the real beauty of the nature..untouched..unharmed..Enriching.





As i moved ahead,I reached a junction..where the road ahead was going to Yamnotri while the other road was going to Chakrata.I took the other route and as i travelled ahead for about 5-10 kms..I got another junction.Left road was the main highway and the right one was looking bit spooky..like nobody takes that route.I waited there for a while,because i suspected i had to take the other route which might be a short one.Patience paid and two villagers in bike showed up,they confirmed that i had to take the spooky route which is around 40-50 Km short than the main highway to Chakrata.





Road condition was quite bad and i was still miles away from my destination.








There were many diversions on the route and many times i had to wait for somebody to come and help me with the correct route.And that costed me lot of time,Sun started to settle down.





I still had some 25-30 kms to cover and Mr Sun finally settled in west.





Last 30 kms were ridden in the night time.And i reached Chakrata around 7:30.


Short break before Chakrata



Went to Sadar area and started hunting for accommodation.A local fella from Deoban helped me to find a cheap guest house.I paid 300 for 4 beds,as that was the only room which was available for the night





Cheers
Biru

A good start with some really nice pics.
A bit perplexed by the offroad section you encountered. I did this route three years back from Chakrata to Mussoorie and roads were good(relatively speaking) throughout but yes, lots and lots of diversions. My thumb rule was that the better road must be the right one.