Re: Wah Taj and Mesmerizing Nainital - 3800 kms, 10 days, 6 states and a Couple on two different Bik

Lovely to read the story of the both of you

Re: Wah Taj and Mesmerizing Nainital - 3800 kms, 10 days, 6 states and a Couple on two different Bik

The coversation above is half said and one sided

I was encircled by 20 monkeys while finding my way out. hanuman ji saved me after i prayed him for help !!
Monkeys did not allow me to receive my phone as i was fearing that they might snatch it and run away !!

The guide misguided me to find the way out because while entering the fort we asked him to leave us alone and dont bother us as we are less on time and leave soon <Revenge it was...in short>

If i wouldnt have found you Sachin it would have been my 8th round inside the fort....Seems like workout was missing me all these days...:-D

and yes thanks to that person...he was so sweet...he saw us screaming and he came towards us saying "mein tho lattering ja raha tha app log ko jagadte deka to samjanae ah gaya" hahahahah

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Amazing ride buddy!

I didn't know that the YEH is open for bikes. The tragedy is that although I am from Agra, I've never managed to ride on the YEH

Re: Wah Taj and Mesmerizing Nainital - 3800 kms, 10 days, 6 states and a Couple on two different Bik

Cannot help but just laugh my @$$ off .. you guys must seriously be having a helluva fight to have someones "lattering" put off for a while ... HAHAHHA

God bless you guys !

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[MENTION=71810]SachinDesai[/MENTION] - honestly bro you are so lucky to have your better half support... mine is always ready to slaughter me at the drop of a hat the minute I mention a ride coming up ... :P and you would know cajoling and calming our better halves is by no means cheap

Hope mine doesnt read this some day !

Re: Wah Taj and Mesmerizing Nainital - 3800 kms, 10 days, 6 states and a Couple on two different Bik

One Beautiful T-log there

Re: Wah Taj and Mesmerizing Nainital - 3800 kms, 10 days, 6 states and a Couple on two different Bik

DAY 4, 4 Jan 2016, Agra to Nainital

Route taken : Agra – Yamuna Express Highway - Gr. Noida - Gaziabad – Hapur(Pronounced as Hapud) - Moradabad - Rampur - Rudrapur - Haldwani - Nanital (470 kms)
Road conditions : Agra/YEH/Gr Noida – one of my new favorite roads in country,
GrNoida/Hapur – four lane roads with moderate traffic with crazy drivers/riders
Hapur/Rampur – Excellent 6 lane road
Rampur/Rudrapur – Bad to worst road, lots of potholes

Initial plan was to ride through Bareily, but we changed the plan in order to not getting tired on bad roads and decided to ride through YEH, we woke up little late as our bodies were little tired as we had ridden 1400 kms in three days without much rest, you can always push your bodies, “You are the boss of your body, but you are the only employee too”, so never push hard, you can always see new places, in the process you can miss some places too, we quickly had some biscuits, Almonds and green tea (we love green tea, we did carried tea bags, all you need is hot water to prepare it),

Ek pose toh banta ha with our stay and bikes



and then cleaned/ lubed the chains, put all the luggage on the bikes, and Day 4 has started around 7am in the morning in an anticipation of reaching Nainital, it took some time for us to hit the much awaited road THE YAMUNA EXPRESS HIGHWAY due to some traffic and under construction roads within Agra city, before that we quickly clicked some photos near Red Fort of Agra and proceeded towards YEH.

Kiran is the poser among both of us which is obvious..




The visibility was low wind was blowing fast and we had all our warm clothes and thermal liners on us but still it was bone chilling cold and we were welcomed by YEH, and took a halt for photo break, admired the roads construction and appreciated ourselves too for riding this far, self-motivation and appreciation is very important, even though roads are 95% concrete, it has horizontal lines on it for traction, so it doesn’t shines like other concrete roads but it did shined on our hearts.

Saffy and Airavat posing and feeling happy that they will have a great times ahead..



Saffy and her rider, thinking too deep i guess



Kiran always disturb Kids, and this time she took schoolgoing boy's two wheels



No no, i am completely happy with my Airavat, i was trying to dance



Soon we reached to the food mall besides YEH after paying 175 INR for the toll which was totally worth it, had Veg roll for me Pizza for Kiran, pizza was too good took extra piece from Kiran and I pissed her off, She made me buy another Pizza , had coconut water too after that and burrrpp.


Back to YEH, we were doing good speeds above legal limits too (don’t tell anyone :P), but I still wonder the red colored patches on the road, looks like blood from past day’s accidents, not sure we were just guessing, since it was Monday we did not encountered much hooligans and by noon we were in Greater Noida of course we had one more halt for photo sessions and saw Buddh Internation Circuit(seeing it and thinking someday I will ride here too :P, Daydreaming)

buddh International Circuit



Gr.Noida to Gaziabad till Hapur we felt like riding in Mumbai, lots of traffic and lots of honking, managed to reach Hapur by 14.00 refuelled and continued to ride, landscape started changing and post Hapur traffic was almost not there and four lane became six and we munched miles quickly, could not find good eating joints, but sometimes you get good meal at the least expected place, the places was little shabby but had one of the softest tandoori roti and egg curry, I was getting temped to see the mutton/chicken biryani, but gave it a passL as we had to rush and time was running out coz post Haldwani roads were not going to be easy as we will be near mountains.

Post Rampur, roads started getting bad to worse, lots of potholes and oncoming traffic made it even more difficult to ride, lot of potholes were too huge that we were literally jumped on our bikes, Kiran had a tougher time than me as she couldn’t stand on the foot pegs due to foot pegs are forward set, where as I was having a little better time, Even Airavat (Mojo) was feeling fine on those roads and plush suspension of if took all the jerks without any issue.

Sun god disappeared quickly and we took a small hydration break, and continued to ride for some more time in the Dusky lighting, but this light is very confusing, you are always confused whether to ride slow or fast, so we again took one more break so that we can put thermal liners inside our riding jackets, had a tea also where some monkeys came and took some things from the Tapri it made us laugh and they were shocked to see Monkey in the evening as they don’t see it by evening, left from there enquiring about the roads conditions ahead, and they told potholed roads would be there for some 6 odd kms and then till Nainital roads are good, and they really were, but lots of traffic in between.

“Haldwani” felt like good place with lots of shopping Malls, Pizza hut, Dominoz and all, but we couldn’t wait as we had to reach Nainital, our initial plan was to try and reach Almora but that was not possible as it was getting darker and colder and did not wanted to ride till we give up and crashed for the night at unwanted place as we were going to stay for two nights, so wanted to have good place, it was about 7.30 pm and we hit the mountains and it was damn chilled, then dangerous twisty roads started coming and we were around 20 odd kms from Nainital, we could have managed to reach up top but decided to find a hotel, and found good one with heater facility and awesome interiors, had some fantastic meal and called it a day.

Chicken Platter, want some?



Next day was going to be leasure day as it will be the only rest day and riders will become tourists.

Live to Ride!Food for Ride!

Re: Wah Taj and Mesmerizing Nainital - 3800 kms, 10 days, 6 states and a Couple on two different Bik

There are so many things running on my mind that I can't comprehend what to say... First of all You are Lucky dude!!!! Your wife knows to ride the bike...... That's freakinn awesome! And She does ride solo on a highway. You must be really brave to allow her to do. Mine after a lot of coaxing got her to ride the Activa. I am engulfed in envy now... Not in a bad way but because of the helpnesses I am in.
Its a privilege to know someone like you here. God bless you both!!!! Have a wonderful life together. Hope you have many such memories together. You are an inspiration to many...

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ajextreme, thanks a lot buddy for such a kind words, and this is the community where nobody will envy others in bad way, all we get is inspirations from each other. Cheers

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[MENTION=75452]GauravD[/MENTION], glad to hear we made you laugh, and i can understand how cheap it must be to calming down your better halves..

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[MENTION=44210]surendran[/MENTION], thanks a lot

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[MENTION=74591]rachitsharma2000[/MENTION], Thanks a lot buddy, and i would suggest you to plan the next ride only for YEH and let us know how was it?

Re: Wah Taj and Mesmerizing Nainital - 3800 kms, 10 days, 6 states and a Couple on two different Bik

Day5, 5 Jan 2016, Rest/Leisure day

Route taken: Nainital-Bhimtal-Nainital(60 odd kms)

The day has arrived where we don’t have to pack our saddle bags and tie it on the bikes and head out, and the much needed rest/break after 4 days of riding through 4 states and more than 1800 kms, we partied hard the last day and of course the alarm was not set and woke up at 10 am, and still wanted to sleep but somehow managed to get out of bed, had an awesome breakfast in the hotel itself clicked some pics, and left for BhimTal (Bhim Lake), Tal means lake, bhimtal was good, less crowd huge lake,

Breakfast like a King, we ate it like begger..



Happy faces knowing that today is the rest day.



Left from Bhimtal towards Naini lake, the most awaited mango shaped lake which we always saw in pictures, we took some other road, and found out after riding for 20 odd kms that we are heading in some other directions, but who cares as long as you are on bike and and having fun on Mountains, today we gave Saffy a break and went out with Airavat ofcourse for a Romantic ride..:P

When you get lost you get to see some nice places too







Soon we reached Naini lake parked the bike near police chowki(safest place), though it was nothing to be feared as people who stays near mountains are the most happy and satisfied people I have ever met, be it Uttarakhand or Leh, clicked ourselves near lake, sat down and enjoyed for sometimes until Guides and boat guys started annoying us for tours and etc, we did booked one cab for local site seeing, which I think was waste of money but did it because one of our friend suggested us to do that, after wonderful lunch went for boat ride, the guy was so down to earth and happy with his work and told us so many things about the place such as, various movies have been shot in Nainital, there are Temples, Masjids, Gurudwara’s and Churches in Nainital, all people here live in peace which ideally should be the case everywhere in our country.

Naini Lake











After visiting Himalayan View Point, Cave, Lovers/Suicide point (would not recommend to anyone), Naini lake point from mountains(The place from where Naini Lake looks like mango shaped), we told our cab guy to take us to the Sunset point and watched the sun setting having coffee together, not speaking much, sometimes silence is the best way to talk to each other.









Love you for a Thousand years.





Cab guy dropped us at the Mall road and we roamed there for some time had some hot chocolate sitting beside lake, then had some Jilebis from some a shop with interesting interiors, the cold was getting more wilder as time passes by and we left from Naini Lake towards our Hotel had dinner in between as it was so much of cold and we did not carried much warm clothes, reached hotel, started heater and started snoring within a minute.

Market at Mall Road and chilling by the lake





Day 6 was going to be kind of starting return journey but through different route, and first minor breakdown while going towards Mathura.

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Day 6, Jan 6 2016, Nainital to Mathura/Vrindavan

Route Taken: Nainital - Rampur - Moradabad - Hapur - Gr Noida - YEH - Mathura/Vrindavan (500kms)
Road Conditions : Refer Day4 in reverse

After having a day like tourists it was again time to get back to traveler mode, and Kiran was not feeling good the previous day, reason was she did not rode her Saffy that day

After having a nice buffet breakfast in the hotel itself day 6 started little late than planned, and we encountered little traffic in Haldwani too, post Haldwani, country roads were scenic and faster too being two lane road until we reached Rudrapur, though we knew that roads between Rudrapur to Rampur would be broken and it we covered it in good time and we did cover it in good time.

Enroute Zila Gaziabad



Water break and chocolates on YEH, fog was too much


By 18.30 ish we reached Mathura, and in no time found good hotel between Mathura and Vrindavan, initial plan was to just halt in Mathura but my HVK forum/xBHP friend Sandeep Shukla insisted (multiple time he told me, he was also on his Ride to Uttarakhand), that we should visit at least one temple which is of completely Marble, and I thanked him several times for insisting us to go and visit the Mesmerizing Prem Mandir(Apologies for the Phone click, forgot to take DSLR here )




Day 7 was difficult for us as Kiran was fasting for Margshirsh month thursday and it was going to be difficult for me too seeing Kiran fasting and riding..

Re: Wah Taj and Mesmerizing Nainital - 3800 kms, 10 days, 6 states and a Couple on two different Bik

Awesome captures.

Re: Wah Taj and Mesmerizing Nainital - 3800 kms, 10 days, 6 states and a Couple on two different Bik

By 18.30 ish we reached Mathura, and in no time found good hotel between Mathura and Vrindavan, initial plan was to just halt in Mathura but my HVK forum/xBHP friend Sandeep Shukla insisted (multiple time he told me, he was also on his Ride to Uttarakhand), that we should visit at least one temple which is of completely Marble, and I thanked him several times for insisting us to go and visit

Thanks a lot sachin...glad that you liked the temple.it's always better to visit this place with ur better half [emoji14]

Re: Wah Taj and Mesmerizing Nainital - 3800 kms, 10 days, 6 states and a Couple on two different Bik

[MENTION=71810]SachinDesai[/MENTION] Lovely Trip and You'll are the Ideal Couple.. Definitely an inspiration.. God Bless You'll.
I particularly like the mix of pictures in your log. Journey, bikes, food and monuments..

Could you post details of your experience on touring on the Mojo... With the torquey engine and Mahindra's talk about it being a touring centric motorbike, it woiuld be interesting to know first hand user info like highway mileage, long distance comfort, highway rideability, comparison to the other bikes that you have owned or riden in similar conditions and so on.

Re: Wah Taj and Mesmerizing Nainital - 3800 kms, 10 days, 6 states and a Couple on two different Bik

DAY 7, 7 Jan 2016, Mathura to Jaipur

Route taken :Road conditions :First Pic stop Between Mathura and Bharatpur



Mesmerizing









I went inside the fields searching for some good clicks..



This was the view waiting for me

View from the Khatiya(This is why we ride)



Kullhad Tea

Something about Margashirsha Laxmi Puja:Suraj Bhagwaan Prasanna hue..



Reached the Pink city by 15.00, felt like we were in Sakinaka :P lots of people driving/riding rashly, again wasted the time coordinating with each other(Bluetooth Communication devices were highly missed L), found the hotel, unloaded the bags, took some rest and left for Amber fort, saw Jal Mahal and Hawa Mahal while returning, had early dinner around 20.00 and slept early as we were excited to ride towards one of our favorite cities in the country, The City of Lakes(Udaipur) .

Re: Wah Taj and Mesmerizing Nainital - 3800 kms, 10 days, 6 states and a Couple on two different Bik

This is going good..Dada
I am jealous...