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CHAPTER 12 - “DAY 12”
“Wroomers Moonlight adventure”
Day 12 (Wednesday) – 30th Nov 2016
Route - Darjeeling – Guwahati - Shillong
Kms – 593 kms
Every part of body was in so much pain that waking up in the morning took us 30 mints to just get out of the bed. Darjeeling was as cold as before but on our 2nd visit we were not feeling so cold may be because our body was immune to cold weather now. We had our breakfast and left Darjeeling on happy note because we accomplished all those things which we dreamt of while going to Gangtok from Darjeeling and now coming back to Darjeeling and moving ahead with our next dream list.
Frankly for today we did not planned anything. We just wanted to go with the flow though we were very clear that our next destination is hitting Meghalaya.
Sachin loves tea garden, throughout our journey he was in search for same and that is exactly why we took Tukwar tea garden route but frankly Tukwar tea garden was not so satisfying, he did not even click any shots as well
To our surprise while descending from Darjeeling iam not sure which route we took but that route was one of the most beautiful scenic roads to sight, filled with tea garden at both the sides of roads. Sachin was finally satisfied seeing the roads and enjoying the view, yes we were regretting big time to have taken Tukwar garden route only because we wanted to view some tea garden. Iam not sure how we missed that beautiful tea garden route while ascending to Darjeeling previously, might be when we asked for a route to Darjeeling somebody would have misled us. Never mind we were glad to have atleast met those lovely route on our return leg.
We stopped to refill our tank at the nearby petrol pump where we also checked the air pressure of tyre because of off roading we did the day before, having 2 bananas we proceeded ahead with our journey. The roads to reach Guwahati was very picturesque with Tea garden throughout our journey but with single lane roads so being cautious was not optional.
We were talking over the Bluetooth about staying in Guwahati but then we also discussed that Shillong is just 100 kms from Guwahati with awesome roads, normally people call Shillong roads as a race track because of exquisite tar road. Now we were highly confused because according to stats we would reach Guwahati at around 12.00 a.m and reaching Shillong would take couple of hours more.
Descending Darjeeling ghat itself took 4 hours and then reaching Guwahati and then Shillong, it was impossible and stressful to do such a tedious ride after 4 days of offroading ride and Zuluk circuit without a single break but then we thought to just go with the flow and see weather our body was ready to take a beat.
We stopped after few kilometers again to check the air pressure of my bike tyres because I felt something wrong while applying brakes and to our horror the person at petrol pump who filled the air pressure was wrong and we doubted him at the same time when he said that our rear trye is having just 14 points <both the bikes>. I can understand about my bike because my rear wheel had a rim bend but Sachin rear tyre had nitrogen filled in it so how come his tyre have just 14 points which was so unlikely to happen, but somehow we thought that because of so much off-roading and bad roads it can be possible.
Later when we checked the pressure our front tyre was showing 42 points and rear tyre 57 points in it. Few people in our country is such that just for few bucks anybody can kill and ruin anybody else’s lives. If he would have asked us for 20 bucks we would have given him 30 but he shouldn’t have done anything like this which could have cost a life just for negligible amount.
By evening i.e. 8.00 p.m. We were still 150 kms away from Guwahati, we skipped our lunch because somewhere back of our mind we wanted to ride till Shillong which would make it easier for us to explore Meghalaya more the next day.
We stopped at some small shop at the highway for a tea and some snacks because we were not at all able to find any better place where we could have stopped and eat something. The shop was taken care by an Assami couple <i guessed it because of the attire of women she was wearing a saree in assami Style it was lovely >
. When we reached there and asked them for a tea, they were so courteous that though they almost closed there shop and was all set to leave for their home, still the lady made a tea for us and also served some Noodles which they made for their dinner. They were so nice that they served us whatever they had us to serve, they could have said us “NO” but they opted to treat us, though Noodles were very spicy and we just had a spoon of it but still we were happy that at least these people treated us with whatever they had to serve us without saying NO.. :-) Its good to say YES rather then saying NO just for humanity sake..
Frankly in Mumbai if we visit any place during closing hours the shopkeeper will never entertain anybody, I don’t say that everybody are such but maximum people tend to say choose simple path of "NO"
After lovely mind opener tea we resumed our ride. Darkness started getting deeper and deeper as we were busy killing kilometers when finally we understood that it was 11.00 p.m and we were still 60-70 kms away from Guwahati.
We stopped for a quick dinner because I was fasting the next day <Thursday> and the new day was about to get started in few minutes. We stopped somewhere at dabba and ordered egg masala and rice since I did not wanted to have non veg food because of my fast, I ordered for veg fried rice.
It took us 10 mints to explain that person about what veg food actually means
because Chicken and egg is just normal food for them which is part of every food. In 15 mints our food was done and served to us. Sachin was good with his food but when I saw my fried rice, the rice was covered with Sugar atleast 50 gms sugar was sprinkled over the fried rice.
We called the person and asked him about the sugar and he said its the normal custom they follow. I removed the layer of sugar and started eating, somehow the rice was stinking bad so just after having a spoon I left the entire rice. It was my fast tomorrow and having no dinner and no lunch made me feel too weak but at that moment I did not wanted to have anything and spoil my internal system so without any arguments we left from the spot to ride till Guwahati.
Sachin was convincing me to stay in Guwahati but anyhow I wanted to reach Shillong instead of staying in Guwahati because than we had to ride hard the next day too.
By 12:30 we reached Guwahati and we were surprised by the bad traffic of trucks covering all the roads without leaving any space for even bikes to move. It took us another 45 minutes to actually reach the race track of shillong.
We took a short halt at the toll naka from where the real fun was about to get started. We were feeling too tired and exhausted after the continue hectic riding for so many days including the off roading and all but still even at 12:30 am in the morning we were feeling excited to ride on superb tar of Shillong. We were also regretting of not riding on those roads during day time because race tracks can be enjoyed more when sun is up for better visibility, but again if we would have kept those 100 kms of patch for the next day we would have ruined our next day’s plan which we did not wanted to happen.
The roads to Shillong was superb but continuous curves and that too after hectic and long day made us feel too dizzy-vizzy. Iam sure if we would have rode there in morning we would have enjoyed it more with fresh mind.
We took some fruits from the fruit shop at highway, it was strange to find those shops still open even at 1.00 in the morning and lovely ladies selling those stuffs <Seems north east is really safest place in India>
We reached Shillong at 1.30 a.m. and checked in hotel which we booked via Ohio. Thanks to Google maps which helped us to locate the hotel because there was not even single person to help us with the location of hotel and whenever we waved some car to stop and asked them for help, they used to accelerate more harder and run away.
Obviously with all our gears and our attire we indeed look like Mangal daku <Some robbers on bike> :-D
Property which we booked via Ohio was really huge and good. I did not even wash my face and crashed on bed to get some kick on sleep.
We were very excited for Day 13 because finally we were about to see the Slices of heaven on planet earth :-)
Somewhere between the nature...NIRVANA
Riding around Assam..Loads of tea garden across the roads..
Not even half way and Sun was all set to say us "Good Bye"
“Wroomers Moonlight adventure”
Day 12 (Wednesday) – 30th Nov 2016
Route - Darjeeling – Guwahati - Shillong
Kms – 593 kms
Every part of body was in so much pain that waking up in the morning took us 30 mints to just get out of the bed. Darjeeling was as cold as before but on our 2nd visit we were not feeling so cold may be because our body was immune to cold weather now. We had our breakfast and left Darjeeling on happy note because we accomplished all those things which we dreamt of while going to Gangtok from Darjeeling and now coming back to Darjeeling and moving ahead with our next dream list.
Frankly for today we did not planned anything. We just wanted to go with the flow though we were very clear that our next destination is hitting Meghalaya.
Sachin loves tea garden, throughout our journey he was in search for same and that is exactly why we took Tukwar tea garden route but frankly Tukwar tea garden was not so satisfying, he did not even click any shots as well
To our surprise while descending from Darjeeling iam not sure which route we took but that route was one of the most beautiful scenic roads to sight, filled with tea garden at both the sides of roads. Sachin was finally satisfied seeing the roads and enjoying the view, yes we were regretting big time to have taken Tukwar garden route only because we wanted to view some tea garden. Iam not sure how we missed that beautiful tea garden route while ascending to Darjeeling previously, might be when we asked for a route to Darjeeling somebody would have misled us. Never mind we were glad to have atleast met those lovely route on our return leg.
We stopped to refill our tank at the nearby petrol pump where we also checked the air pressure of tyre because of off roading we did the day before, having 2 bananas we proceeded ahead with our journey. The roads to reach Guwahati was very picturesque with Tea garden throughout our journey but with single lane roads so being cautious was not optional.
We were talking over the Bluetooth about staying in Guwahati but then we also discussed that Shillong is just 100 kms from Guwahati with awesome roads, normally people call Shillong roads as a race track because of exquisite tar road. Now we were highly confused because according to stats we would reach Guwahati at around 12.00 a.m and reaching Shillong would take couple of hours more.
Descending Darjeeling ghat itself took 4 hours and then reaching Guwahati and then Shillong, it was impossible and stressful to do such a tedious ride after 4 days of offroading ride and Zuluk circuit without a single break but then we thought to just go with the flow and see weather our body was ready to take a beat.
We stopped after few kilometers again to check the air pressure of my bike tyres because I felt something wrong while applying brakes and to our horror the person at petrol pump who filled the air pressure was wrong and we doubted him at the same time when he said that our rear trye is having just 14 points <both the bikes>. I can understand about my bike because my rear wheel had a rim bend but Sachin rear tyre had nitrogen filled in it so how come his tyre have just 14 points which was so unlikely to happen, but somehow we thought that because of so much off-roading and bad roads it can be possible.
Later when we checked the pressure our front tyre was showing 42 points and rear tyre 57 points in it. Few people in our country is such that just for few bucks anybody can kill and ruin anybody else’s lives. If he would have asked us for 20 bucks we would have given him 30 but he shouldn’t have done anything like this which could have cost a life just for negligible amount.
By evening i.e. 8.00 p.m. We were still 150 kms away from Guwahati, we skipped our lunch because somewhere back of our mind we wanted to ride till Shillong which would make it easier for us to explore Meghalaya more the next day.
We stopped at some small shop at the highway for a tea and some snacks because we were not at all able to find any better place where we could have stopped and eat something. The shop was taken care by an Assami couple <i guessed it because of the attire of women she was wearing a saree in assami Style it was lovely >
. When we reached there and asked them for a tea, they were so courteous that though they almost closed there shop and was all set to leave for their home, still the lady made a tea for us and also served some Noodles which they made for their dinner. They were so nice that they served us whatever they had us to serve, they could have said us “NO” but they opted to treat us, though Noodles were very spicy and we just had a spoon of it but still we were happy that at least these people treated us with whatever they had to serve us without saying NO.. :-) Its good to say YES rather then saying NO just for humanity sake..Frankly in Mumbai if we visit any place during closing hours the shopkeeper will never entertain anybody, I don’t say that everybody are such but maximum people tend to say choose simple path of "NO"
After lovely mind opener tea we resumed our ride. Darkness started getting deeper and deeper as we were busy killing kilometers when finally we understood that it was 11.00 p.m and we were still 60-70 kms away from Guwahati.
We stopped for a quick dinner because I was fasting the next day <Thursday> and the new day was about to get started in few minutes. We stopped somewhere at dabba and ordered egg masala and rice since I did not wanted to have non veg food because of my fast, I ordered for veg fried rice.
It took us 10 mints to explain that person about what veg food actually means
because Chicken and egg is just normal food for them which is part of every food. In 15 mints our food was done and served to us. Sachin was good with his food but when I saw my fried rice, the rice was covered with Sugar atleast 50 gms sugar was sprinkled over the fried rice.We called the person and asked him about the sugar and he said its the normal custom they follow. I removed the layer of sugar and started eating, somehow the rice was stinking bad so just after having a spoon I left the entire rice. It was my fast tomorrow and having no dinner and no lunch made me feel too weak but at that moment I did not wanted to have anything and spoil my internal system so without any arguments we left from the spot to ride till Guwahati.
Sachin was convincing me to stay in Guwahati but anyhow I wanted to reach Shillong instead of staying in Guwahati because than we had to ride hard the next day too.
By 12:30 we reached Guwahati and we were surprised by the bad traffic of trucks covering all the roads without leaving any space for even bikes to move. It took us another 45 minutes to actually reach the race track of shillong.
We took a short halt at the toll naka from where the real fun was about to get started. We were feeling too tired and exhausted after the continue hectic riding for so many days including the off roading and all but still even at 12:30 am in the morning we were feeling excited to ride on superb tar of Shillong. We were also regretting of not riding on those roads during day time because race tracks can be enjoyed more when sun is up for better visibility, but again if we would have kept those 100 kms of patch for the next day we would have ruined our next day’s plan which we did not wanted to happen.
The roads to Shillong was superb but continuous curves and that too after hectic and long day made us feel too dizzy-vizzy. Iam sure if we would have rode there in morning we would have enjoyed it more with fresh mind.
We took some fruits from the fruit shop at highway, it was strange to find those shops still open even at 1.00 in the morning and lovely ladies selling those stuffs <Seems north east is really safest place in India>
We reached Shillong at 1.30 a.m. and checked in hotel which we booked via Ohio. Thanks to Google maps which helped us to locate the hotel because there was not even single person to help us with the location of hotel and whenever we waved some car to stop and asked them for help, they used to accelerate more harder and run away.
Obviously with all our gears and our attire we indeed look like Mangal daku <Some robbers on bike> :-D
Property which we booked via Ohio was really huge and good. I did not even wash my face and crashed on bed to get some kick on sleep.
We were very excited for Day 13 because finally we were about to see the Slices of heaven on planet earth :-)
Somewhere between the nature...NIRVANA
Riding around Assam..Loads of tea garden across the roads..
Not even half way and Sun was all set to say us "Good Bye"
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