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Re: Leh Ladakh 2018
Day 3
Again it was barely 5 minuets and our alarm went off. Rubbing our eyes we woke up (body was resisting our efforts but somehow did it). Got ready and left the hotel by 07:30AM. Dutta decided our meeting point and we were there. Again we had to cross Delhi town and traffic was too heavy to move faster. Met Dutta at 08:45AM and left further on our journey. For breakfast we stopped somewhere near Sonipat, and we rode fast as we were already late. Drove continuously till Kiratpur sahib (border of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh, skipped our lunch as we were too late, though took water breaks frequently, missed our exit from Ambala, google maps again guided us correctly). At Kiratpur Sahib, had some juice and water break as our next target was Mandi in Himachal Pradesh. Now the story goes interesting. Our target was to reach Manali by nightfall but situation was totally different. Why? Because of heavy traffic, when I say heavy, I really meant it, literally, when we entered Himachal Pradesh, there were thousands of trucks and we covered only 20 kms in one hour. When I say thousands of trucks, I literally mean it man, I had never ever witnessed so many trucks on one lane road. It was already 05:00PM and we were around 210 kms before Manali. Somehow I tried to console my mates to bear the traffic, it’ll soon clear up. It did but after Bilashpur in HP. We decided to reach Manali on same day, whatever time it will be. Drove continuously, with breaks of course. Reached Bhuntur by 10:00PM, had dinner there. It was clear for us that we wouldn’t reach Manali before 12:00AM. But we continued. Riding tests your physical and mental strength. We experienced that day. Body was broke, we were getting irritated but our decision was final and we were final on our decision. After long riding on bad roads, with traffic, in night, we reached Manali by 01:00AM. It was a huge relief for us. Our backside was hurting, body was screaming in protest, unloaded the bikes, went directly to our rooms, duped our bags there and went directly to bed. The rule of “Not waking up anyone” was set in place.
Distance covered 540 Kms
Roads conditions From Delhi to Ambala 6 lane, from ambala to Kiratpur Sahib mixture of 4 lane and 2 lane. From Kiratpur Sahib to Manali, mixture of 4 lane, 2 lane and single lane.
Ride difficulty 6
Day 3
Again it was barely 5 minuets and our alarm went off. Rubbing our eyes we woke up (body was resisting our efforts but somehow did it). Got ready and left the hotel by 07:30AM. Dutta decided our meeting point and we were there. Again we had to cross Delhi town and traffic was too heavy to move faster. Met Dutta at 08:45AM and left further on our journey. For breakfast we stopped somewhere near Sonipat, and we rode fast as we were already late. Drove continuously till Kiratpur sahib (border of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh, skipped our lunch as we were too late, though took water breaks frequently, missed our exit from Ambala, google maps again guided us correctly). At Kiratpur Sahib, had some juice and water break as our next target was Mandi in Himachal Pradesh. Now the story goes interesting. Our target was to reach Manali by nightfall but situation was totally different. Why? Because of heavy traffic, when I say heavy, I really meant it, literally, when we entered Himachal Pradesh, there were thousands of trucks and we covered only 20 kms in one hour. When I say thousands of trucks, I literally mean it man, I had never ever witnessed so many trucks on one lane road. It was already 05:00PM and we were around 210 kms before Manali. Somehow I tried to console my mates to bear the traffic, it’ll soon clear up. It did but after Bilashpur in HP. We decided to reach Manali on same day, whatever time it will be. Drove continuously, with breaks of course. Reached Bhuntur by 10:00PM, had dinner there. It was clear for us that we wouldn’t reach Manali before 12:00AM. But we continued. Riding tests your physical and mental strength. We experienced that day. Body was broke, we were getting irritated but our decision was final and we were final on our decision. After long riding on bad roads, with traffic, in night, we reached Manali by 01:00AM. It was a huge relief for us. Our backside was hurting, body was screaming in protest, unloaded the bikes, went directly to our rooms, duped our bags there and went directly to bed. The rule of “Not waking up anyone” was set in place.
Distance covered 540 Kms
Roads conditions From Delhi to Ambala 6 lane, from ambala to Kiratpur Sahib mixture of 4 lane and 2 lane. From Kiratpur Sahib to Manali, mixture of 4 lane, 2 lane and single lane.
Ride difficulty 6
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