Thanks!

wish you all the best. happy journey.

All the best brothers, god bless...

Thanks Buddy

Thanks vineeth

Proud Of You Grv

God Bless You

Wish i could have joined you too

Take Care. Ride Safe.

Thanks Speedster.

With PRIP RK Saboo sir flagging off our ride to create awareness among the people of India, we traveled through the busy roads of Panchkula with a unique feeling of pride in us. In around half an hour, we reached Dera Bassi, where we had an interaction session with the Rotary Club of Dera Bassi. We were greeted with great honour and enthusiasm.PP Rtn. Bhupinder Singh ji introduced us to the whole team of the rotary club, and the fellow roatarians showed an equal interest in the interactive session as we both did. It was a new experience for both of us, as we did not have such an exposure before. Anyways, one of the rotarians raised a very nice question i.e. What are we both going to do on our entire expedition to create awareness about the Virus?.

Being the team leader, What I answered was, I want to meet each and single Rotaractor and Rotarian on my way so that I can interact with them, and ask them to visit every household in their area and give a dose of Polio vaccine on the NIDs to every child below 5 years of age. Now, that we have been able to reduce the number of cases of Polio from 740 last year to 41 this year, we should not be careless, rather we should be more cautious now, as this disease may rebound back with a greater virulence (as said by Saboo sir in his speech on 24th December, 2010).

Another Rotarian, asked me to interact with the people in their native language, and ask them whats the main reason behind polio being prominent in their areas. I found his suggestion really very great. So, I will keep such a thing in my mind while interacting with the people of different areas, esp. UP and Bihar, where the cases are found to be more. After the interaction session, we took our lunch and then started off to our destination, Delhi. We were seen off by the Rotarians.

While on our way to Delhi, we met with some real problems. First, A very heavy traffic jam near Sonepat. It was really tiring. Secondly, the bungee cords which were used to hold my bag to the bike, broke and my bag fell on the highway. It was really a horrible moment for me, as my fellow rider had gone a few miles further. However, I somehow managed to get the things back to normal and carry on with the ride. We reached our guest house in Delhi University at around 8:30pm and had our dinner. Then coming back to my room, I am sharing this blog with you all.

P.S. Pics here

Day 2: Delhi to Agra to Kanpur

It was a fresh morning today with a little cover of fog around the city. We got a knock at the door, I opened the door to find a service man carrying a kettle having tea. He was serving the morning tea to every room in the guest house. We had the tea and got ready, as we were supposed to have our Breakfast and then depart for Agra.
Having had corn flakes and bread in our breakfast, we moved towards the reception of the guest house to find the Rotarians Rtn ML Aggarwal, Rtn Amit Jain, and Rtn VK Jain waiting for us. We greeted them and then, as were getting late, Rtn Amit Jain, flagged our trip off.
Then while on the way to Agra, we were met by Rtn Lokesh Gupta. He gave us some namkeens and atte ki pinni to eat on the way and the literature and other relevant material relating to the campaign. It was a very nice moment that time. We clicked some pics while waiting for Rtn Lokesh Gupta ji.



As Lokesh ji left us, we started for Agra. The journey till Ballabhgarh was very tiring and full of traffic jams. But, the NH2 after Ballabhgarh was really very smooth and awesome. We enjoyed riding through the smooth roads and mesmerized the along lying sarson fields. But, the main problem I faced on the roads was people coming from here and there and having no sense of crossing the roads. They were surpassed by the Trucks coming from the opposite direction(wrong way) on our road. It was really scary and we were made to drive very cautiously and carefully. Anyways, then taking rest for about 2 times on the way, we reached Agra, covering a distance of about 240 kms and driving for 4 hours. Some pics of our journey till Agra.





We reached Agra at 1:30 pm. Rtn Shivraj ji (NPM), Rtn Inder Chand Jain ji(President), Rtn Jagjit Singh ji(Club Trainer), and Rtn Mrs. Mithilesh Jain (Secretary) were their to receive us at Prem Food Court. We, then had our discussions regarding our mission and the trip we are carrying out. Then came the press people, who asked us about our mission etc. After that, we had our lunch and then as the time was flying by, we completed our lunch and headed towards the parking where our motorcycles were parked. While I was walking towards the parking, a waiter came nearby and asked me if I was their to perform something. To which I replied, "Yes buddy, we are here to perform something, which is 'CREATING AWARENESS ABOUT POLIO'". (I could not click pics there)
Some pictures that we clicked enroute to Agra.

gr8 going guys,wishing you both all the very best and do keep us updated,i have this same idea going on in my head for quite some time

Thanks buddy

sorry for posting a day late, but i didnt have an internet connection yesterday, so posting today.


Day 3: Kanpur to Varanasi





We drove for around 120 kms towards Varanasi on the NH2. Then, we took a halt at a Dhabagobhi ke paranthe with mirchi ki chatni and tea while all the scene. There was one Suresh Singh with long moustache as of a traditional village folk, sitting on a charpayi. While talking to him, I found that he often visits Chandigarh, so, I gave him contact number and asked him to contact me while he comes to Chandigarh. After we finished our breakfast, we left for our destination, THE HOLY CITY OF INDIA.
Some of the pics enroute to Diguli.

We kept driving for another 60 kms. Then we found the holy river Ganges flowing under the bridge we were riding on. We stopped there for some time and mesmerized the beautiful view. We clicked some pictures and then again started off.
Some pics clicked at the bridge.

We then decided not to stop before we reached Varanasi as we were getting later than the time we told Rtn Rajesh Gupta(President Rotary Club Varanasi East), who was taking care of our visit to Varanasi. Then, at around 3pm, we reached the Raj Ghat Pull, where we were supposed to see Rtn Rajesh ji. Then, Rajesh ji came and took us with him. We went to his office in a building called Atithi Bhavan. There we remained for another 2 hours while the reporters visited us to interview us and ask our experience till now. Also, they asked about our motive to campaign about polio by riding. We also served them the pinnis that Rtn Lokesh ji gave me. They all liked them. Then came a photographer named Anirudh pandey ji. He was a very impressive person and told us everything about the city. A few things that he told us was Varanasi is called the city of streets, city of lights, mini India as people of almost every region reside here, etc. He also told us that people in Varanasi have a low standard of living. Another thing he told us was the area called Assi. According to him, people from different intellectual, political, monetary level gather to have tea at Pappu aur Poi ki chai ki dukan
Some pics at Rajesh ji's office.

After that, Rajesh ji took us to the highly congested streets of the city, where driving even a cycle was a tougher task, but we were riding our bikes there. It was a new experience to ride in such congested streets. Then at my request, he took us to a panwala and bought us banaras ke famous J Though, the songs were to be hindi songs. We were honored by the Rotarians present there and we discussed about our expedition to create awareness to eradicate polio. Rotarians that were present in the function were, Rtn Rajesh gupta ji, Rtn Pradeep De ji, PDG and NCM Rtn Dr VN Singh ji, Rtn Amar Chand ji, Rtn sanjay Aggarwal ji, Rtn Rajesh Saxena ji, and Rtn Deepak Asthana ji.
Some pics clicked at the function.


We also met some rotaractors there and interacted about our projects and the normal discussions went on while having our dinner. While we were having our dinner, Rajesh Gupta ji came and told us he was leaving. It was a sad moment for us as he became very close to us. Anyways, bade him Good Bye. Then, the rotaractors helped us reach our hotel and then bidding them good night, we came to our room. Immediately entering the room, I started writing the blog.

We were supposed to wake up at 5:00 am today. But as we were tired a lot, we woke up at 6 am, that too at the wake up call of the receptionist. We ordered some tea. Getting freshened, we got ready in not much time. Then, we left the Diamond hotel and collected two newspapers which covered our story yesterday. We, then moved on towards the GT Road. On the way was the Raj Ghat Pul, where we halted for sometime and clicked some morning pics.
Some pics clicked.


Some pics clicked.

Great ride guys. waiting for the full report.

@fatality... thanks buddy... i wanted to share whole of my experience with everybody here, but no one seemed to be interested, so i didn't bother to update the thread. if you want to know about the trip, kindly check GRV-TEAM A2B