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Travelogue Approved

Good job with the bike and the ride, now get a full face helmet

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Good start. Not much t'logs can be seen with a 2-stroke nowadays.
Waiting for the rest!

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Thanks [MENTION=38603]The Monk[/MENTION] for the quick approval and suggestion for the helmet, I already have a Studds Ninja full face helmet, doesn't wear it that time because in full face helmets talking to the pillion becomes a very hard task and I have to turn my head every time I have to say something to my friend sitting behind me, which turns my eyes away from the road [emoji12]
But I always wear a full face helmet whenever I am riding alone [emoji4]

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Don't worry [MENTION=57323]krishna77[/MENTION], I will make the tourer forum alive with many more t'logs on 2-storke along with my beloved Raxy [emoji106]

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Hey buddy, good teasers. Come up with more. This is the time when every where it is full of lush green & most beautiful scenic picturesque valleys & landscapes can be seen.

However, sad to know that Nainital city is experiencing floods, water logging & wash away muds, etc.

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Thanks mate

When one of my friend sent me some pictures of water and sand logging in roads of nainital alongwith a video , I was like - what the hell, from where all that water comes on the road with that much sand and mud. [emoji47]
Wanted to go there and see what actually happens there, but my father strictly said no to that [emoji20]

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Yes, its better not to go there now. Never know how nature changes her mood. It is targeting each place every year. We just have to wait & watch.

These days I like Rudrapur-Pantnagar route. That little stretch is very beautiful.

:beer: waiting for more of ur travelogue.

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Indeed it looks like that way, tsunami in tamilnadu-water flood in uttarakhand-extreme hot in andhra pradesh-earthquake in Nepal-flood and landslides in nainital [emoji20]
No matter how well we prepare ourselves, mother nature will always be 1 step ahead of us!!!

Are you from pantnagar/rudrapur???

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DAY 1 : Pantnagar-Haldwani-Ramnagar-Ranikhet (approx. 175km)

As this trip was not planned before, all four of us were having our breakfast at a tea stall outside our hostel.
It is then clicked in our mind that lets ride to some place in the hills for 2-3 days as the relative humidity in Pantnagar was at its max being middle time of the year, i.e., June . Then the real argument starts between us for deciding where to ride and also which place would be light on our pockets. Suddenly my cousin from Ranikhet called me(it was like as he was listening to our argument about places from there ) and say “bhai KAFAL khane aa ja(KAFAL=a fruit found in hilly regions of Uttarakhand)” . After listening to our conversation my friends asked me whether we all can stay at my cousin’s place for the night and it is than decided that we all are going to Ranikhet, crash at my cousin’s place for the night and head back to Pantnagar the other day

I immediately call back my cousin and told him about our plan and he was more than happy to hear that I am coming that day itself
We all hurry back to our rooms and pack just two laptop bags(without laptops ) with one jacket + one sweatshirt for each and my camera + charger(less luggage more fun)
So guys now the "feast to the eyes" begins :


In between Haldwani to Ramnagar






Just a few more kilometers for our first tea break






Dried Dabka river(8kms before Ramnagar)






Dabka river Bridge






Kosi Beraj at Ramnagar






Hill view from Ramnagar






Ramnagar to Ranikhet route






Spotted Deer near Ringora village(5kms after Ramnagar)












Sarayal, this place is 45kms from Ramnagar and is famous for “Pakode with Raita(pahadi style)” and also tea






Harsh lifestyle at hills






Smooth tarmac road(wouldn’t be like this if the rainy season had been started)






Aj me upar - aasma niche ( these sights make travelling more enjoyable in hills)







My cousin and his younger brother on the way to his home. We have to walk for approx. 2km to reach my cousin’s place and to prevent our rides from theft and tempering on the highway road, we keep them inside a tea shop for the day and whole night(good thing that my cousin knows the owner of that tea shop)






Finally reached at my cousin’s place around 2pm and first thing we do was – Lunch




After finishing our spicy meal it seems to be impossible to further move our legs to roam around the area so we all decided to sleep for couple of hours to recharge ourselves and also my camera battery. Woke up at around 4pm and decided to roam around the field to capture the diverse flora and fauna of the hills J



My Village (All the houses belong to my Uncles)






In case of fauna I found only these creatures






And now the Flora part begins with ripe Grapes






According to my cousin, this one is the biggest KAFAL tree in the 15kms radius






Some juicy and ripe Apples






Round Pear tree with lots of Pear hanging on it








Pre-mature Walnuts on tree








Bedu fruit(this fruit has its own song in Kumaoni language “Bedu pako bara-masa”)






Wild Mushroom ( this is what my Uncle brings from the forest for my dinner) , this edible variety of mushroom grows abundantly in the forest along with a similar looking poisonous variety, so only few experienced person(like my Uncle) who can differentiate between them can bring them for food.
I am telling all this because few years back during one of my visit to cousin’s place, I in overconfidence went to the forest to gather these edible mushrooms and when I returned back to the house with 35-40 mushroom bulbs(feeling very proud of myself that moment) my uncle inspects them all and told me that only 4 bulbs are the edible ones and rest of them are poisonous(that day I learn – “Overconfidence kills”)




After having delicious and spicy dinner we all settled down inside our blankets and share our various experiences with each other as we all are from different states(Me+Cousin+Indresh=Uttarakhand, Rajesh=Bihar, Hanumant=UP)
During our chat my cousin told us that yearly fest is going on in “Binsar Mahadev Temple”, and also suggested me that if I wanted to show my friends the temple than this is the perfect time in whole year. My friends were all pumped up hearing that and with some old stories of the temple , we all passed out for the night

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Straight from the road!
This is one of the benefits of biking. You get to experience and feel a lot of things which probably would not have been possible otherwise.

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Definitely the benefits of biking [emoji106]

Because while driving a car whenever I slow down to capture a moment , someone from the rear seats(most of times my parents) starts yelling at me to not to stop the car and just keep moving , which really frustrate me sometimes, even my friends have that motive to first reach the destination and than shoot the place [emoji35]

But on bike I can stop whenever I want to and do whatever I wanted to do [emoji4]

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None. I used go on that route to meet my earstwhile gf (now my wife).

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Great to see all fruits. Missed kafal this year. Ur uncles village is like a small heaven. :thumbup:

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Only during may-june time, other than this time no fruits at all [emoji20]
That's why I prefer to visit them this time of the year [emoji12]