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BHUTAN-Eastern India 2011 - Revival of the THUNDER DRAGON DREAM
THUNDER DRAGON DREAM 2011
RIDERS CONFIRMED:
Spiderweb aka Rohit (ZMA R)
Motorbreath aka Swapnil (P200)
BHUTAN:
Phuntsholing
Thimpu
Paro
Bumthang Valley
Wangduephodrang
Punakha
SIKKIM:
Gurudongmarg lake -17000 ft.
Yumthang valley
Kanchenjunga wild life reserve
Nathula pass (china border)
DATES: sometime in 2011
DURATION: 20 days including buffer
COST: 50K / person including flight & bike transport (CAUTION : Riding with us is EXPENSIVE, but a pure Nawabi experience)
RIDERS: 4-5 max.
ROUTE: Patna-Sikkim-BHUTAN-Meghalaya-Assam
Mumbai-Patna = Train (Bikes)
Mumbai-Patna = Flight (Riders)
Day 1 : Patna - Siliguri = 473 kms. (12 hrs. ride)
Day 2 : Siliguri - Darjeeling = 70 kms. (5 hrs. ride)
Day 3 : Darjeeling sight seeing.
Day 4 : Darjeeling - Gangtok = 100 kms. (3 hrs. ride)
Day 5 : Gangtok - Changu Lake - Nathu La - Baba Harbhajan Singh Shrine (China Border)
Day 6 : Gangtok - ENTER Bhutan via Jaigoan - Phuntsholing border + Halt
Day 7 : Phuntsholing - Get some more permissions to roam Bhutan + Halt
Day 8 : Phuntsholing - Thimpu = 170 kms. (7 hrs. Ride) Saturday Night
Day 9 : Thimpu sight seeing
Day 10 : Thimpu - Paro = 70 kms. (3 hrs. ride)
Day 11 : Punakha - Wangduephodrang (confluence of Punak Chu and Dang Chu, Gangtey)
Day 12 : Trongsa - Bumthang Valley = 68 kms. (urjey Lhakhang, Jambey Lhakhang, Karsumpey Plateau, Swiss farm & Jakar Dzong)
Day 13 : Mongar (East Bhutan) - Thrumsingla (Highest pass @ 12,400ft) - Trashigang (Easternmost part)
Day 14 : Samdrup sight seeing
Day 15 : Samdrup - Guwahati - Cherrapunji = 263 kms. (10 hrs. ride)
Day 16 : Cherrapunji - Shillong = 53 kms. (1 hr. ride)
Day 17 : Shillong - Guwahati = 100 kms. (2 hrs. ride)
Day 18 : Buffer
Day 19 : Buffer
Day 20 : Guwahati - Mumbai (Night Flight) + (bikes by Train)
(^^^this PLAN needs to be rectified + last minute changes possible. Dates will be finalised)
Refer: India Travelogue Destination Bhutan: Trip planning, places to visit in Bhutan
Info:
Entry Formalities for Indians Nationals :
Visa not required. Route Permit issued at the point of entry. Visitors must carry document testifying Indian nationals viz : Passport, ration card, driving licence or Electoral ID. Route Permit can be arranged prior date of arrival on receiving the following information in advance
1) Full name
2) Date of Birth
3) Father's/ husband's name
4) Profession
5) Address in India
6) Xerox copy of identification.
Entry to Bhutan is through Jaigon (Indian Border) and Phuntsholing (the Bhutan border).
Nathula is open on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays. We have to get the permit from the Tourism Department through a Travel Agency.
Inner Line Permit (Sikkim Permit) to enter Sikkim. First 15 days permit is given to any individual intending to visit Sikkim. Sikkim permits are issued from the following offices.
Sikkim Tourism Offices:
Sikkim Tourism, Pancheel Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi.
Sikkim Tourism, Middle ton Street, Kolkatta
Sikkim Tourism, Hill Cart Road, SNT complex, Siliguri.
Sikkim Tourism, Rangpo Border, East Sikkim.
It takes just minimum five minutes to get the permit from any of the Sikkim Tourism, Offices. Most offices are closed on government holidays.
Indian nationals: require permit from the Police Check Post office in Gangtok to visit the following places. Tsomgo Lake, Baba Mandir, Lachung, Yumthang Valley and Lachen, Thangu and Gurudogmar Lake. Nathula tour can be availed through a regulated tours, which requires permit from Sikkim Tourism, Police Check Post and Army endorses the permit at 5th Mile, J.N.Road. . Nathula is open on : Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sundays. Baba Mandir and Nathula is opened for Indian Nationals only.
RIDERS CONFIRMED:
Spiderweb aka Rohit (ZMA R)
Motorbreath aka Swapnil (P200)
BHUTAN:
Phuntsholing
Thimpu
Paro
Bumthang Valley
Wangduephodrang
Punakha
SIKKIM:
Gurudongmarg lake -17000 ft.
Yumthang valley
Kanchenjunga wild life reserve
Nathula pass (china border)
DATES: sometime in 2011
DURATION: 20 days including buffer
COST: 50K / person including flight & bike transport (CAUTION : Riding with us is EXPENSIVE, but a pure Nawabi experience)
RIDERS: 4-5 max.
ROUTE: Patna-Sikkim-BHUTAN-Meghalaya-Assam
Mumbai-Patna = Train (Bikes)
Mumbai-Patna = Flight (Riders)
Day 1 : Patna - Siliguri = 473 kms. (12 hrs. ride)
Day 2 : Siliguri - Darjeeling = 70 kms. (5 hrs. ride)
Day 3 : Darjeeling sight seeing.
Day 4 : Darjeeling - Gangtok = 100 kms. (3 hrs. ride)
Day 5 : Gangtok - Changu Lake - Nathu La - Baba Harbhajan Singh Shrine (China Border)
Day 6 : Gangtok - ENTER Bhutan via Jaigoan - Phuntsholing border + Halt
Day 7 : Phuntsholing - Get some more permissions to roam Bhutan + Halt
Day 8 : Phuntsholing - Thimpu = 170 kms. (7 hrs. Ride) Saturday Night
Day 9 : Thimpu sight seeing
Day 10 : Thimpu - Paro = 70 kms. (3 hrs. ride)
Day 11 : Punakha - Wangduephodrang (confluence of Punak Chu and Dang Chu, Gangtey)
Day 12 : Trongsa - Bumthang Valley = 68 kms. (urjey Lhakhang, Jambey Lhakhang, Karsumpey Plateau, Swiss farm & Jakar Dzong)
Day 13 : Mongar (East Bhutan) - Thrumsingla (Highest pass @ 12,400ft) - Trashigang (Easternmost part)
Day 14 : Samdrup sight seeing
Day 15 : Samdrup - Guwahati - Cherrapunji = 263 kms. (10 hrs. ride)
Day 16 : Cherrapunji - Shillong = 53 kms. (1 hr. ride)
Day 17 : Shillong - Guwahati = 100 kms. (2 hrs. ride)
Day 18 : Buffer
Day 19 : Buffer
Day 20 : Guwahati - Mumbai (Night Flight) + (bikes by Train)
(^^^this PLAN needs to be rectified + last minute changes possible. Dates will be finalised)
Refer: India Travelogue Destination Bhutan: Trip planning, places to visit in Bhutan
Info:
Entry Formalities for Indians Nationals :
Visa not required. Route Permit issued at the point of entry. Visitors must carry document testifying Indian nationals viz : Passport, ration card, driving licence or Electoral ID. Route Permit can be arranged prior date of arrival on receiving the following information in advance
1) Full name
2) Date of Birth
3) Father's/ husband's name
4) Profession
5) Address in India
6) Xerox copy of identification.
Entry to Bhutan is through Jaigon (Indian Border) and Phuntsholing (the Bhutan border).
Nathula is open on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays. We have to get the permit from the Tourism Department through a Travel Agency.
Inner Line Permit (Sikkim Permit) to enter Sikkim. First 15 days permit is given to any individual intending to visit Sikkim. Sikkim permits are issued from the following offices.
Sikkim Tourism Offices:
Sikkim Tourism, Pancheel Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi.
Sikkim Tourism, Middle ton Street, Kolkatta
Sikkim Tourism, Hill Cart Road, SNT complex, Siliguri.
Sikkim Tourism, Rangpo Border, East Sikkim.
It takes just minimum five minutes to get the permit from any of the Sikkim Tourism, Offices. Most offices are closed on government holidays.
Indian nationals: require permit from the Police Check Post office in Gangtok to visit the following places. Tsomgo Lake, Baba Mandir, Lachung, Yumthang Valley and Lachen, Thangu and Gurudogmar Lake. Nathula tour can be availed through a regulated tours, which requires permit from Sikkim Tourism, Police Check Post and Army endorses the permit at 5th Mile, J.N.Road. . Nathula is open on : Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sundays. Baba Mandir and Nathula is opened for Indian Nationals only.
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