helmets off guys, very very interesting travelogue, really some kickass riding and wonderful travelogue.
pics and logs made me read out the whole logs in one go.
this is some interesting ride which we all see very less nowadays, and that too riding in between 2 countries.
Applause guys and cool pics.

we saw a Carolla Altis which just arrived when we were about to leave the Restaurant.. there were 2 hot chicks.. again.. me and Amresh fell in LOVE

wished we could have delayed. but we had to move on as it was getting late already.. we had made up few plans in Kathmandu..

it was somewhere around 5:30 in the evening and we were getting late.. yet another 80kms to cover.. on our way, the roads were being repaired hence the traffic was slow.. since we were on bikes.. we were able to beat the traffic easily.. alas.. Classic 350 found it a bit difficult.. but yet Amresh made it through easily..

Every attempt we made to overtake a true went in vain as the opposite traffic was hitting on us.. Amresh was affected the most... and then me.. Manoj was able to clear through them easily as he had a smaller bike.. but our funda was, Amresh on Lead, Manoj is middle and me on Tail.. I wanted to maintain this so that we don't get lost.. but manoj kept going ahead leaving out Amresh behind.. so i kept slowing down waiting for Amresh and at one particular time, i picked up speed to catch up with Manoj and ask him to let Amresh Take lead.. and I had to travel for almost 2 mins to find Manoj waiting for us..

after that we made Amresh be in the lead.. we had a momentum going.. me being on the tail position made way for Amresh and manoj to overtake as i was quite far and was able to see the on coming traffic..

and when Amresh was stuck.. Manoj used to help him pick up pace with us.. we never let anyone over take us when Amresh was to overtake as the side mirrors of Classic 350 is of no use and he cannot see who is coming from behind.. so we helped him out..

We were hit by heavy traffic just 20kms to kathmandu and the time was already 8:30 PM.. cutting through the traffic was not possible as everyone on bike was trying to do the same.. luckily we had enough company and we need not be scared like the other day towards Pokhara..

after a while, the Traffic cleared and we moved as quick as possible and reached Kathmandu.. as soon as we reached.. I removed my gloves while Amresh wanted to ask the cops where we will get decent rooms with parking place to keep our bikes safely.. at that time.. me and Manoj gave a knuckle shake punching each others knuckles.. and i completely forgot i didn't have my gloves on and he did.. God.. that hurt to the core

We checked out almost 5 hotels and found one at about 9:45 PM.. we unpacked.. went into the room and fell on the bed ordered for dinner and planned to go out for a walk and see if we can find any club to enjoy

dinner came at around 10:30 PM and we were already tired.. we badly wanted to go the club but the guys in Hotel were not ready to let us know and they frightened us saying they will rob us and make us go bankrupt.. so cancelled that plan and decided to sleep..

We discussed about the silly mistakes we made during the ride and laughed out... It was a pleasant freezing day..

Meet you guys in the next post

15th Feb 2012... The Journey Continues

As said.. we had goosebumps every time we thought about the decision taken by us on 14th of Feb.. so that night we decided never to travel in night on the mountains..

We had to go to Kathmandu that day.. somewhere around 210 kms we had to travel on the mountains.. so we decided to take enough rest and leave at around 10 in the morning and we slept off..



I usually wake up at 6 AM.. hence I woke up at 6 and washed my Gloves off.. then headed down to my Black Pearl.. Removed the HID and put the stock bulb back and checked if it was working fine.. and then I tried to check what the problem was with the rear tire and noticed it was moving freely today.. though I didn't wanna leave it that way.. I took her to a nearby mechanic.. Those guys.. instead of listening to my problem.. they kept poking me asking me about her.. I didn't have much patience to answer each and every question they put on me.. so i just cut short and went ahead with my point..

They checked the tire and everything was normal.. got them to check the chain.. in-fact the chain was a bit loose and i had them tighten it.. after getting that done.. I just took my Black Pearl for a spin and she was so darn smooth to ride..

after reaching the room, I saw Manoj's RTR had a nail stuck on the rear tire.. he came down.. took out the puncture kit and we were fixing it.. meanwhile.. we heard some horrible gatak gatak noise and when we turned back.. it was a foreigner on a Pulsar 180.. he was complaining about the bike's performance up hills and when he got the bike for rent.. the bike was smooth and after riding it for some 100kms on the mountains the engine sounds horrible.. we were like.. lol..

Then finally Amresh wakes up.. and he went to the kitchen of that hotel and ordered for Tea for the 3 of us (i don't drink tea)... I started abusing him again..




Well, while manoj was fixing the Puncture, they brought us tea.. when I turned around to take the tea, it was a beautiful young girl.. <3 <3 me and Amresh fell in love that very next second we took the tea from her and we couldn't take our eyes off of her then she went inside.. Amresh was too curious to see her again so he went into the kitchen and ordered for few more Tea..

This time it was her brother who brought it and we were like.. grrr.. thanks..

well.. then as soon as manoj fixed the puncture.. we turned back to our room.. we were hungry so we wanted to have our breakfast and then set ourselves to leave for Kathmandu.. Amresh hoping that the girl will be in Kitchen.. went down to order for Aloo Paranthas.. to his luck.. he saw her and up he came happily with a wide smile on his face..

We had our breakfast and this was a special breakfast specially made for us as they don't make paranthas there.. we had.. and this time.. her bro came up to pick up the plates and Amresh and me told him we will bring the plates down ourselves and we took the plates.. saw her again.. Amresh commented saying "the paranthas were lovely. please give us the recipe" lol...

We packed up.. got ourselves ready.. took bath.. (it was freezing) and we headed our way.. we thought we can go for sight seeing...

We checked out at 12 PM and started looking for tourist spots.. but alas.. we were scared we will be robbed as we were asked to leave our bikes on the road and go some 2kms inside were we could not take our bikes..

so we decided to skip this place and move on to Kathmandu..

it seemed like we were going on flat roads and not on mountains.. atleast for few kilometers.. well.. Amresh's classic 350 was making some unusual noise from the silencer so we stopped to check and found that the bolt fell off the silencer cover and we needed to get it as it was kind of irritating him.. So we went to a mechanic and he got it fixed and when Amresh asked how much, they were Charging INR 50/- for a piece of bolt..

We were like WTFFFF?? we had to pay else he was gonna charge more as labor.. lol..

we moved on from there.. went past the Pokhara Airport.. and this city was beautiful.. no doubt.. the scenery, the sight.. and many rich guys around..

it was a normal day without any hesitations or any problems.. on our way.. we clicked many pics.. took lots of breaks and the roads were simply awesome..



We took turns riding on the curves of the mountains..

It seriously was a pleasure to ride on the mountains..

The problem with the drivers there was, they don't even give you a sign of them coming.. they were just coming.. and overtaking.. and they didn't leave us way.. the truck drivers were kind.. but the others.. they just wanted to get past you.. Amresh was almost hit by a car and a speeding bus.. and we had to slow down.. but the roads were wide enough and we easily hit 90kmph on the mountains.. continuous 90kmph.. we stopped often to enjoy the beauty.. and Amresh wanted to go Loo every time as it was too cold.. then we stopped at a place for even snacks.. we enjoyed the view and took some snaps..

More pics in the next Post...

Thanks Buddy.. It sure was amazing

Amazing Guys... Bravo...

Sorry for the Long wait... Work Pressure hence could not come and post the Travelogue though I was surfing through XBhp..

well.. it was 5:10PM and we were busy taking pics just before we started climbing up the mountains to Palpa..


Well, the Photo session was over and we saw many guys going up the hills and down the hills.. by the way.. It was valentines day so there were loads of couples going up and down.. God knows what they were doing

as we started off.. we were quite happy that we are going to reach the destination point early and we can go shopping etc etc as it was just 5:30 PM.

I took lead for some time, Manoj in middle and Amresh was holding the tail position... I was cruising up the mountains at a speed of 60kmph and I saw a couple of couples coming the opposite side on Unicorn and Stunner.. and just 10 seconds after they passed by.. I heard a heavy crash sound.. Immediate feeling was something happened to Amresh or Manoj and that worried me to the core.. I stopped my bike.. turned back and saw Manoj also stopped then looked at Amresh Sitting on his bike looking behind him seeing the couples on Stunner crash.. Amresh left his bike on the middle of the road and went to help the poor guys.. I parked my bike on the side.. Manoj did the same.. we went to those guys and saw that the bike had skidded and fell on the right side.. crushing the girls legs.. of course not a severe injury.. but for a girl yes.. it is..

Amresh.. our hero.. was pulling the girl.. Note.. without picking the bike off of her legs.. :-/ such an idiot.. I parked his RE to the side.. ran and picked up that bike.. and then pulled out the girl.. the girl got cut on her chin and big scratches on her right hand and leg.. I thought we were going to be screwed by the guys there as the Stunner hit into Amresh's silencer and the guys might have thought it was Amresh's fault.. the villagers asked us to leave so that we don't get into trouble..

we went and went and went.. and Classic 350 was hungry.. so we decided to fill up the tanks of all our bikes.. we were of course cheated at this point of time with the fuel price.. we filled up the tanks and we checked up on how far Palpa is from there.. and they said it is roughly 25kms.. and we asked them the conditions in Pokhara.. they said nothing much.. its a clear sight there.. then we continued up the mountains.. and we saw a path down the side of the mountain where water was running down.. we decided to go there for a photo shoot.. and the time now is 5:45 PM.. I went down to check if the path is clear to go down.. it was not such a good path to go down.. but took enough risk knowing my bike can make it down and make it back up without any strain.. went down.. checked the path and everything was clear.. though there was lots of stones on the way causing sudden jerks of you don't where the bike will be pushed off to..

Gave Manoj and Amresh a sign to come down.. they came down.. Manoj came down faster than Amresh.. obvious its an RTR and not heavy..



We spent about 30 minutes here talking funny pics

so we were all exhausted and we wanted to go and take rest..

Then Me and Manoj thought we can play with Amresh saying we will change the destination back to Pokhara instead of Palpa as he was too tired.. expecting he will say no..

We asked and he was like hell yeah.. lets goo..

me and Manoj were surprised at his answer and we both were ready to continue further.. and yeah.. it was already 6:15 PM.. we were almost 150kms away from Pokhara.. we didn't even care about the Weather conditions there.. we just wanted to make it

So we decided to carry on from there.. it was getting dark.. many people were going up the mountain.. we were happy that we had many others to accompany us up..

we went up and up and up.. it got dark by 6:45PM.. so we decided to turn on the head lights.. everyone coming downhill was on highbeam and we got irritated.. by the way, I had HID installed in my bike.. not the Projector.. just the HID.. so I decided to turn On the HID.. (low beam was yellow light)

Turned on the Hi Beam whenever i saw an idiot in Hi beam on the opposite side..

well.. we were going up and up and the time was 7:30 PM.. we crossed only 3 trucks in total till now.. and as we went up higher and higher.. no one was on the roads.. that frightened us a bit.. and we stopped for tea break.. stopped our bikes on the side and it was completely dark.. just few houses with lights on.. and other houses had no lights.. the tea store too didn't have lights on.. but they were serving tea..

while waiting for the tea to be prepared.. the 3 trucks that we crossed passed by us.. and after that no other vehicle.. Against scared to the core..

we started off from there and we were somewhere around 110kms away and the time is already 7:45 PM.. we started off with the night venture without knowing the effects of what is gonna happen.. lol..

we went up and up and up.. time is 8:15 PM and this time.. my bike started feeling heavy.. as if something is pulling the bike back or something heavy is sitting on my back.. scared the shit out of me.. i didn't want to turn around and see due to some old sayings regarding ghosts slapping you if you turn around when you feel something heavy.. I didn't tell Manoj or Amresh about this as I didn't want them to get scared too..

i kept praying to Lord asking him to protect us throughout.. kept saying "Jesus Save us" "Jesus Be with us".. Terrified.. time was 9:30 PM and we stopped in a small dhaba for dinner..

Informed Manoj that my bike tire seems to be tight at the rear and he sat down to check and he fell down.. thats how much tired he was.. we checked the chain if its tight or loose.. it was pretty decent.. and we were still not sure why the tire is tight..



we had our dinner.. me and Amresh ordered for Chicken Fry.. by the way.. Manoj is a Veg and he loves to comment on me and Amresh when we eat chicken.. :P

so while having our dinner.. manoj had a word with a driver nearby and asked him how far is Pokhara from there and he said it is about 90kms.. we were riding slow due to the hair pin bends in every curve.. we could not go beyond 40kmph..

so the Driver started asking information about us and manoj to be on safer side gave him fake details.. the driver suggested that we travel in the day as anyone can stop us in between and loot us.. or what will we do if our tires get punctured in between.. valid point but we had all the equipment we needed..

so we decided not to listen to that guy and move further..

We came out of the dhabba..

Inserted the Key and turned on the ignition.. Held the clutch and pressed the self start switch.. the speedo went blank and came back to life once i left the self button.. then I pressed again.. same happened.. I was terrified.. battery was completely dry as i was using HID throughout.. the others started and moved ahead without noticing i am missing.. i honked.. Manoj stopped and turned back.. he asked what happened.. I said battery is dead.. and I need to push the bike to start.. I turned the bike around.. applied the clutch.. put the bike in second gear and let the bike move under gravity down hill.. left the clutch and the bike started.. gave as much acceleration as I could and turned on only the Pilot SMD lights on..

We continued on our journey.. I was frightened as I was still holding the tail position as if I was a HERO.. lol.. we couldn't think of anything else that night but think about reaching Pokhara which is some 90 kms away with all the hair pin bends..

Amresh was on lead.. we crossed some 20 kms.. and we started noticing strange things on the road.. dead cats, animals, lemons all along which frightened us to the core. but no one said it to each other so that we don't scare the other person out.. my bike still felt heavy..

A mistake my Amresh -

He was leading throughout and a small mistake he made almost costed the life of the 3 of us..

we started moving at a faster pace and started hitting 50-60 kmph and Amresh instead of turning right on the curve.. he went a ahead which seeemed like a road.. since we were following him.. we were going behind him.. and suddenly he applied sudden brakes and there was a big wall in front of him.. he would have crashed into it.. then Manoj and then me.. without the headlights..

we stopped for awhile.. i didn't turn off the ignition of my bike as I didn't wanna push start the bike again..

Amresh went to Loo and then manoj followed him.. then I followed.. while looing.. i didn't notice my gloves fell into the ditch there where we were looing.. yuck.. but I needed the gloves so i picked it up.. tied it over the saree guard and let it dry.. out of fear.. we said to ourselves.. this is a foolish decision made by the 3 of us.. just when we were about to move.. me and Amresh for no reason got into a conflict.. not sure what happened to us.. he has lots of patience and me.. no where near patience..

then we moved along and the time was 11:55 PM and we were just 25-30kms away from Pokhara.. we were soo tired.. exhausted.. waiting to reach Pokhara.. and we were really terrified after all the incidents.. and yet.. my bike is still feeling heavy.. it was fine for quite few distance when we start from halt.. and then it feels heavy again..

It was 12:30 AM and we finally reached Pokhara.. we saw cops and we were so excited and happy that we met people after almost 3 hrs.. we asked them for a hotel to stay in and they guided us to a place.. we went and checked.. they were full.. again exhausted.. we couldn't move any further.. I was waiting outside all alone when Manoj and Amresh went inside to check on the availability of rooms..

Just when manoj and Amresh came out of the hotel without any luck.. 3 guys came on an Avenger 180 and asked us if we wanted rooms to stay.. we didn't want to trust them.. but we had no other choice but to follow them... I had my left glove on in case we needed to punch them.. Pro Biker Gloves would help.. they took us to a pretty nice place.. Manoj and Amresh went inside to check out the rooms.. after almost 15 minutes.. they came out.. we were in contact with the PTP walkie Talkies

All was good.. we went up to the room.. with 3 beds.. first thing I did was.. take my gloves and put it for wash..

Then we went to the bed and we spoke about everything we felt that night.. everyone had the same issues except the heavy feeling of the bike.. the lemons, dead animals, cats.. one thing they noticed.. which I didn't was a dead body lying on the side of the road.. since I didn't keep my head lights turned on.. I probably didn't notice it..

We were frightened to the core.. we had the goosebumps everytime we think about that decision to ride all the way to pokhara in the evening before Palpa...

Will continue the next day adventure in the next post

Day 4 - 14th Feb 2012..

on the 13th Feb 2012.. we got help from Krishna.. on how far we can travel and where to stay the 14th Night... he suggested many places.. out of which we decided to halt at pokhara.. which is somewhere around 450 kms away from Bardia National Park.. and he suggested to skip Nepalgunj as there is nothing interested unless you want to see some strip dance or sandwich massage.. lol..

so that night.. we decided to leave as early as 7:00 AM and as usual, Manoj and Amresh woke up only at 7:00 AM and I woke up at 6AM and did all the morning chores and went out to clean up our 3 beasts..

after they woke up.. they finished the morning chores and we paid Krishna for the wonderful food and home like hospitality.. and we left at somewhere around 8:30AM..

We started off slow as the roads we were off the roads and riding on a so called road with lots and lots of stones.. I had to be more careful because of the Full fairing.. and was way behind RTR and Classic 350.. and we reached the main road at somewhere around 9AM.. we then continued on our Journey..



Problem with Amresh was he had to LOO every 1hr and whenever he stops for a loo, we take some 5 mins rest.. we stopped by to have our breakfast.. and we took almost an hour break for no reason all thanks to Amresh..

another incident.. I had a bottle tied to the saree guard with my banyan strings and somehow the bottle got loose got stuck to the alloy wheel. I never noticed till i heard a sound that almost made me think the rear tire burst.. I stopped and noticed that shitty bottle stuck.. removing it took me almost 5 mins and mean while the other 2 idiots didn't even care to look behind and they crossed almost 1kms from where i had to stop.. after removing it.. i picked up speed and reached them.. started abusing them for not stopping

we had to follow only 1 road.. through out.. we filled up the tanks at a stop and Manoj was looking out for a double side tape to tape his mobile behind the speedo of RTR.. that took almost 30 mins. and the time was somewhere around 12PM and we covered only around 100 kms and we had to cross 350 kms more.. and as it was winter.. it gets dark by 6PM.. so we had to cover 350 kms in 6 hrs.. which includes 180 kms on the mountains with complete hair pins bends..

so we decided not to stop much and avoid breaks.. and we continued.. Amresh got a call from his friend saying heavy rain towards Pokhara and it is not safe to climb up the mountains hence she suggested to stay somewhere else.. so we had a choice to stay either in Butwal or in Palpa.. a small place just 30 kms from Butwal towards Pokhara..

we decided to skip Pokhara and go to Kathmandu the next day from either Butwal or Palpa..



it was about 3PM and we were 50kms to butwal and 80 kms to Palpa and we took a tea break thinking we have enough time to reach 80kms.. we were just checking out some girls there looking at them as they looked at us :P and time passed by so fast.. it was 3:30PM already and we were asking the guys there for directions to Palpa and asked them where wil it good to stay and things..

so we started at somewhere around 3:45PM and we left that place.. we were going slowly.. and on the highways.. a P220 started racing me after seeing my Black Pearl.. till then we didn't cross 90kmph and my veins started pumping.. lol.. I picked up speed.. he assumed that I can't reach him.. i closed by him and over took him.. over took him at a speed of 110 kmph.. and while overtaking.. i saw his speedo read 124kmph.. he must have thought my ZMR is doing some 140kmph and I slowed down showing him thumbs up and gave him a knuckle shake as he passed by me.. and another guy in P150 smiled and said good race.. :P after some 15seconds.. Manoj came on his RTR chasing us.. he got scared that me and that guy in P220 were gonna end up fighting.. but I told him cheers.. and he was like I was chasing you guys.. but he ended up 15 seconds later thats the only time i lost control of my speed control and chased.. Amresh has lots of Patience and he never crossed 90 kmph.. Cool Guy

we were nearing Butwal and the police check post again.. they stopped us and asked us for the documents.. bansal (Permit to ride Indian Bikes in Nepal) we showed them and they let us go.. they enquired about our rides and our journey so far.. and they also admired Classic 350 to the core

we moved from there and we reached Butwal at 4:45PM and Manoj was on call with his wife for almost 20 mins and he went to the ATM to get some cash as we were running out of cash in hand..



The time now was around 5:10 PM and we started towards palpa.. which is just 30kms away from butwal.. maybe less..

Continued in Next Post..

very nice, kathmandu i one place i would love to go .... more plz..

Krishna and Manoj

The kids in Nepal who asked us to click pics of them

Bardia national Park Entrance just before the 2nd check post gate..



Temple on our way tot he camp..




Amresh and Krishna

here is the Visiting card of Krishna. If any of you guys are going to Nepal, you guys should stay over at this place in Bardia national park.. Wonderful place to stay in with great dinner and a pleasant at home feel.. and very economical..


One More thing.. the route to this place is almost off road.. and our bikes were completely dirty.. and over the night.. we found dews on the bikes which made it easy to clean te bikes


This is Krishna by the way


We were right at home.. We shared many things that night.. he cracked so many jokes.. we were talking about every possible thing we guys can talk on..

He has a great accent for a Nepali.. We read all the visitors feedback and This guy is great..

more pics in the next post as I guess the limitations for pics have been reached on this post.. sorry admins

If we had enough time, we would have gone for a walk in the Jungle.. he tempted us to the core... and at no extra cost.. but we didnt find time as we had to reach Kathmandu...

Will keep you guys posted.. Sorry manoj is a bit busy with the work flow.. so I am posting on his behalf

Well, here is what happened after we left Mahendra nagar.

Our Goal was to reach Butwal via nepalgunj..


we had to cross 468 kms to reach Butwal.

We were rocking and having fun on the straight roads of Nepal and admiring the Beauty of Nature.. Taking Loads and loads of snaps..



As we went along, we were happy to see the school kids playing on the roads on their way to school.. They were waving their hands on seeing us.. We took some time to take pics of few kids who kept asking us to take more snaps of them..



we then started moving and we couldn't resist but stop every 10 kms to admire the nature and fall in love with the place.. It seemed as if God abandoned the place..



continuing on our journey.. we had to go past few check posts.. we were asked to give all the information about us which included our original drivers license, RC books of our bikes and they gave us a pass.. when we asked what this is about.. they said this path goes through a forest.. and we have to reach the other end (somewhere around 8-10 kms) in 20 mins time.. again, we were confused about why we were allocated time to get to the other end for which they said there are lots of smuggling of wild animals in the forest and if you don't pass the forest in that particular time, we will have to be completely checked and pay some fine.. and speed limit of 60kmph.. In between we saw wild animals which was pretty cool as we were riding in the middle of the forest on bikes and animals were crossing the roads in between..

I have a video of us riding in the forest.. Will upload it later some time..

We were asked to give details again in another check post and again we were going inside the forest.. we reached the other end of the 2nd checkpost.. we were just outside the Bardia National Park (150 Kms from Mahendra nagar).. Manoj always wanted to tent out in a national park so we asked to police guys about this and we were pushed to another guy by name Krishna.. we had a conversation with him.. and we were in a big dilemma whether to camp in the forest.. and we finally decided to stay back here over the night..

we were off the road for almost 10kms towards the cottage of Krishna..

Name of the cottage - Wild Route Tented Camp..
Address - Wild Route Tented Camp, Bardia national Park, Thankurdwara, West-Nepal.
Mobile Number - +977-9803833881, +977-9848070831


More pics in the next post...

Here are few more pics during the Venture to Nepal..



More Pics to come and travelogue to be updated.. Manoj.. Please do the Honors

Hi Nagesh,

Thanks for liking the post

i have uploaded few more pics

cheers

Great way to start your journey on xbhp with a wonderful travelogue.
Nice to see Nepal since it is rarely discussed here.

Eager for more. I am tuned in.

My God.. Wonderful Days of My Life.. One of the Best Bike rides i have ever been on.. Thanks Manoj for reminding me of those lovely moments.. I will let you share the story and will update if you miss out anything

Eagerly waiting for the rest of the adventurous moments we had