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

Approved!

So miyaan biwi rode their own bikes?

Great pics and the couple does look very good in the non geared avatar too!

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Ek No.............
Finally blog is up...

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Thanks for approving the thread and Yes Miya biwi rode their own bikes..

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Helmets off...to the couple....subscribed....I know it's not necessary to eat the caviar fully..but I will eat this whole jar.

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Subsribed..
Mojo does looks awesome.
I guess I saw you few days back in sec 10.

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A very brief introduction about the riders mentioned below:

Sachin DesaiKiran(wifey)DAY 1 , 1 Jan 2016, Mumbai To Indore

RouteRoad conditions:

Roadside romance..




Our favourite vegetable (Bhindi)


After sumptuous lunch we continued and reached Indore by 7 pm and found good Hotel for 1200 INR, unloaded the luggage, had a chat with hotel owner answered his questions like where you are going? From where you are coming? Why you both are riding different bikes? and lot many, I answered them with patience and after taking bath we went to see Rajwada and Sarafa Bazaar for some lip smacking Chat items, Rajwada was average but we had a blast in Sarafa bazaar eating all junk items, after eating there we returned to our Hotel and called it a day.



Ate till stomach gave up..


Day two was scary and eventfull, stay tuned for it.

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Awesome t-log. Waiting for the eventful day.

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DAY 2, 2 Jan 2016, Indore to Jhansi (554 kms)

Route taken : Indore Bhopal Sanchi Vidisha Kurwai Bina Malthone Lalitpur Jhansi
Road conditions :Somewhere near Sirohi

Ashoka the Great in the 3rd century BCE, this reminded us of shanti stupa of Leh City.

Sanchi Stupa

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

A big thumbs up to you both for completing this trip! Looking forward to read more updates from your travelogue.

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Thanks aniruddha, yes i have been so lazy, but better late than never..

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Thanks a lot Sandy!!

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k.sagar, Thanks for subscribing, you wont be dissapointed and yes Mojo does look great in flesh

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Thanks Sachinnair, your comments means a lot, always followed your blogs silently , and always inspired by you

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

Awesome clicks and t-log sirji.

I wish my biwi is also understanding person, no matter what I say, she is totally against biking,.

Wish you both good luck to cover more miles and happy life ahead

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Day3, 3 Jan 2016, Jhansi - Agra

Route taken : Jhansi – Gwalior – Agra (242 kms)
Road conditions : First 50 kms were had Potholes and lots of diversion, rest all was fine till Agra with occasional villages in between.

Well well well, finally the day has arrived for which the entire ride has been planned, and we desperately wanted to see the Symbol of Love, no matter whats the real story behind Taj Mahal, whether it was a Shiva temple or the story which everyone knows and is there on Wikipedia also, whether Tajmahal still looks the same as it used to be or not, but after seeing it once one can not feel satisfied and again you want to see it, the aura is so huge it pulls you towards it.

With all the excitement we started little late as it was just 250 odd kms to cover and before that we wanted to see “Jhansi Fort” where brave Rani fought and made history, we visited the fort early in the morning and there were no tourist at all, only local people who came there for morning walk and exercise, we quickly visited the fort clicked some pics and discussed how she (Rani) would have fought?, how brave the lady must have been?, in this huge Fort, how she would have lived? And etc. and after seeing beautiful sunrise from the fort we came down to our bikes, and started gearing up and while doing that Kiran realized that she left/forgot her scarf in the fort, and she told me ill go and get it, but after 10 mins she didn’t showed up, I tried calling her she didn’t picked her phone then after almost 20 mins I decided to go up and search for my better half and her scarf, I went up but she was not there, I shouted crazily, I was scared to hell that where is Kiran, and after 10 mins she came from some other direction where we never went, and I was like where the hell were you , and conversation was like :

Me: I called you, I shouted your name and what not huhhhh(tired and releifed)
Kiran: that guy misguided me(got angry till her face became like hot balloon)
Me: Chalo …“lets go, we are getting late”
Kiran: No, I am not coming, you go (Baloon about to get burst)
Me: Ok, I am going, its enough for me(I didn’t knew whether I was angry or scared), I rode the bike till the spot where she could not see me, and revved the bike for sometime, then I get off from the bike and walked up to her and said, chalna ha ya nahi..
Kiran: Nahi, muje kidhar bhi nahi jaana ha, idhar hi baithungi, kya kar lega(No, I am not coming, I am sitting here only, do whatever you want to do) intentionally written in hindi as I am still laughing, remembering what she said.
Me: sad and frustrated, and thinking it would have been better if I would have came up and searched the scarf.
Then twist in the story comes and one elderly gentleman came for my rescue and asked what happed kids, I explained him the situation and he consoled Kiran and me and said do not fight, these kind of situations comes in life, move on and don’t waste your time arguing, then we both smiled and left from there, and the old guy was going for Morning download, he did mentioned that and told us, I saw you both fighting and thought to see the matter, these little fights are cute and enhances everyone’s relationships.

Meri Rani Jhansi mein (Sorry for the phone click)



Our crowns also admiring the fort



Began the ride and in no time we were on the highway, rode for about 30 odd kms and took a breakfast halt, as we were scared for this particular patch between Gwalior – Agra, as we heard multiple negatives about it like not safe to ride, Dacoit fear is there, so we had some delicious Alu and Paneer Paratha and hot tea in the freezing cold, enquired about all the negatives to the Dhaba guys and they said, nothing is there, (arey, Kaaheka ka Daaku waaku, sab jamana chala gaya ha, aur wo log aap jaiso ko loot ke kya milega), we were happy to listen to that.

You have to admit north india is awesome for food lovers



Throughout MP and UP you will see these beautiful Mustard fields



From Jhansi till first 50 odd kms roads are in bad condition with lots of diversions, and when we saw super awesome Gwalior- Agra road which was in pristine condition, we took a small water break and then took off on a super sexy roads like flying jets and covered the distance, refueled before Agra so that on fourth day while going towards Nainital we don’t have to halt early morning for refueling, reached Agra found good Hotel.

And here comes the tricky part,the day for which we have been waiting so eagely and carried Sherwani and Saree to be wore while visiting Taj Mahal(We are stupid), and we were still thinking whether we should wear or not, after bath had quick lunch, we were ready and came out in no time, and the hotel guys were stunned to see us, one guy couldn’t resist asking us, sir shaadi ka kapda?(sir wedding clothes?)

I said, ek friend ki shadi me jaana ha..:P,(one of my friend stays here and going for his wedding) had to give an excuse, didnt wanted to let him know that we are crazy, we then rushed by Kiran’s Saffy as we wanted to avoid questions related to Mojo from random people, reached east gate of Taj and finding parking was a task, parked near small shop, shop guy started asking questions like from where you have come?, did you rode all the way from Mumbai and all we said once we will come back we will have chat, and left with auto who took 50 rupees for a kms ride, but it was fine as he arranged our tickets and Photographer too :P

It was Sunday evening and we entered through east gate and saw see of people, but once we saw Taj, all the people vanished and our eyes locked on to the Taj and hands too got locked automatically, then photographer took lots of snaps with his and our camera and left us, and we saw Taj Mahal till it was Dark, so many people were checking us out, foreigner’s were happy to see us, they must have thought these guys are just married , Desi people looked confused and looked at us like we were aliens, and there were some people who complimented us saying best couple of the evening and all, we had the best time, people checking us out and we checking Taj thoroughly.

Clicked hell lot of pictures..Only motorcycle will give you freedom to do something like this



Left the Taj promising ourselfs "we will be back” for sunrise shots sometimes in future, went to the photographer, he clicked some 60 pics, and trying to sell all to us, we are Mumbaikars and we know how to tackle these situations, left there by taking 10 photos from him, after all he worked hard for his money, reached to the shop and had a quick chat with shop guy where Kiran’s Saffy was parked, he was shocked to hear our story and while leaving I told him, this is not my bike, my wife rode this and I rode some other bike and his Jaw literally dropped..

Had a chicken tandoori and biryani from street side shop and it was deliciously yummy, we just love street food, I guess we were born for streets :P, eat on street, ride on streets, sleep on streets :P, after heavy dinner left the street thing and rode for almost 10 kms to our hotel in freezing cold, cold was so much that we had to stop for some time and asked for direction to the guy selling Jaggery(Gud, ganne wala:P), and told him we are feeling so much cold, he said, "have some Jaggery you will feel good", we had some and left while giving a smile to his face, reached the hotel, where they had a good parking for bikes also, one of the hotel guys wanted to ride my Airavat(Mojo), somehow I gave him the keys, he started the bike and took it inside and that’s it, I was relieved, parked both the bikes and called it a fantastic day.

Day 4 was going to be challenging and again exciting as we were going to ride on one of the finest expresshigway of the country YEH.

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

This is truly an epic ride and you both are blessed to have each other riding bikes to make the journey of life a pleasure indeed. I have been cajoling my wife to take up riding my spare bike (R15) but that day is yet to arrive. Perhaps you can share with us some thoughts from a relationship point of view as to how enriching or not it is when both partners tour on bikes!

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[MENTION=64547]TheArcher84[/MENTION], thanks for the complement and wishes,

I would suggest you to make her understand that You/We bikers understands our responsibilities and and we ride bikes responsibly, and we always wear riding gears, always obey traffic rules, we do not ride like mad people, she must have seen some crazy roadside Rossi and read multiple stories about bikers death and got scared.

I feel walking on the footpath is also risky :P, for that matter every transport mode can be dangerous.

I hope she understands your feeling, wishing you luck for that

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Thanks akshay for kind words, riding bikes together feels divine now days, but initially it was very difficult for me, as you think whether you are doing right or the conventional riding is better rider+pillion, you fear every time your better half swings her leg over the saddle, but once you build confidence in her and you start trusting her, it becomes little better,

in our case, Kiran had ample experience of road sense by sitting as a pillion with me, she never took her eyes off the roads while sitting behind me she used to discuss and ask loads of questions, how do you overtake on two lanes when there is oncoming traffic? and how do you manage to see roads while riding in the night, though we restrict ourselfs for riding in the dark for obvious reasons, but sometimes you have to ride for an hour or two which can be managed by riding little slow.

Riding bikes together have strengthen our relationships as we have seen lots of Up's and Down's, breakdowns of bikes, body's not supporting while riding in the snow and heavy rains, we even crashed sometimes minor to major(Kiran will post her blog soon of our Leh-Ladakh ride, you will get to know our crashes ), but god has been with us always and guarded us with safety, touched wood, and riding gears are boon, hope i have answered your question.