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Travelogue approved.

This looks interesting! There have been quite a few people who have done long distance touring on smaller capacity bike like yours! Bring it on, i am following the thread.

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We'd love to go through your experiences. One request - please avoid SMS language.

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Kudos to you
Bring it on..

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during this journey I
went thru bareli, pilibhit,(all Nepal-kailaali, banke,bardiya,kohalpur,chitwan,butwal,dakshinkali, lalitpur,bhaktpur,Kathmandu,gorkha,mustang,kaski,p arvat,parsa)raxol,motihari,ayodhya,lucknow,Aligarh . During this journey I met many people who helped me a lot to understand this world . I had many problems like language and some problems related to bike .bike consumed around 95 liter petrol had to change one tire,one tube break shoes and engine oil two times. .once I fell down with bike ,wounded rib is still paining. the reason to go by bike was convenience and to visit remote area where public transport is not good .my topic of ph.d. is sociopolitical assertion and nepali dalits art. There is not a single article available on this topic. So its really tough .its not copy paste like most of the people think of ph.d.

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i started from delhi around 3 pm and in night stayed in bareilly..next day crossed dhangadhi border in nepalese side -to take your motorcycle to nepal indians need to pay around 85 rupees per day custom duty as well need to present papers of vehicle ..there is time limit to keep ur vehicle inside nepal ,its one month ...in dhangadhi i bought a nepalese sim card and than headed to kathmandu ,stayed at chisapani during night .that day coverd almost 255 kilometer..photo of rural nepal [district bardia ]

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after crossing PALIA i entered kishanpur sanctuary adjunct to dudhwa national park.(lakhimpur district.u.p.)it was a ride inside jungle after crossing kishanpur i entered dudhwa national park. road was not in good condition there were signboard to slow down vehicle and be aware of wild animals. going to thru long grass was really creepy.this jungle is full of tigers ,leopard and other animales but i went on after one hour ride i crossed dushwa national park and reach gori phanata .from gori fanta i entered dhangarhi.nepal.there was no one to chek my bike or luggage i just asked some people where is bhansar chowki(customs house)they told me me that after crossing the bridge u will find bhansar chowki. i found bhansar chowki. i gave custom officials copy o9f my bike r.c. and asked me reason to go to nepal[photos from dudhwa national park-lakhimpur district -up]

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Nice work man, following your thread to know all about it

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rural nepal-district kailali

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[rural house in nepal-gaily built
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after riding bike in evening and dark at avrage speed 70/hour i reachd chisapani around 9 pm and decided to stay there as advised by some police. i decided to stay at a budget hotel for 200indian rupees per night and had a nice dinner (desi murga).in morning i started around 9 a..m. and crossed thru bardia national park.road condition is very good. mahendra highway passes thru bardia national park.bardia is home of rihnos,elephant and tigers. after three hour ride in jungle i started feeling thirst for water and asked some people who were sitting at a bus stop .that where i can get water .they indicated me that go this way after one kilometer u will reachd village.i followed their instruction and reached

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after having lunch at a road side dhaba. i started again for chitwan around 4 pm i reachd chitvan district.and in city i saw some signboards of dance school.as my work is to study about nepali dalits art so i just wanted to visit those dance and music school and had a conversation with them. they were happy to see me and i enquired a lot from them about current dance and music of nepal.in dance school one nepali dancer also showed

nepali dancer me some moves and happily had a photo session

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after seeing some lovely performence by nepali dancer i came to soraha.(chitvan national park)chitvan is most famous national park of nepal to see wildlife.here are more than 126 tigers and apart from that its home of rhinos, leop[ard,bear.deer,crocodial. in chitvan i stayed for 2 night s and one day .i stayd at hotel river side .thATS A VERY GOOD PLACE TO STAY in chitvan. with free wifi. room price was 750indian rupees per day(it was off season)this hotel is just on the bank of river.

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in chitvan next day i went for elephant safari.i was amazed to see dust bean even on tree along the elephant track.

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views of chitwan national park

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after spending two days in chitwan i headed toward butwal.where i have to go for my field study of ph.d. during this time i have interviewd around 20 people .visited 6 village around butwal. coming by bike from india was very good indeed ,due to my own bike i easily moved village to village and many places

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after staying 4 days in butwal i headed toward kathmandu via dakshin kali route.this route is used by small vehicles .in dakshin kali i saw deepest trenches .i have also saw some very pretty nepali girls.

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when i was on way to kathmandu ,rain started i was forced to take shelter under a bus stop .and had a coversation with some nepali teens. their favourite hero is sunny deol and salman khan

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after 5 hour journey i was in kathmandu.i directly reached thamel area of kathmandu.thamel is turist hub in kathmandu. this is my third visit to nepal so i knew this place. i was looking for a hotel finally i stayed at a hotel for 500IC per night .and had rest first day.than next day i took a surwey of thamel market .there are hundreds of shops which deals in mountaineering gears .i also bought one sleeping bag (for -20 tempreture for 2200 indian rupees from a big store,mountaineering shoes.china made for 1600ic and rucksack

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next day i went to meet aruna hingmang .she is quite famous painter in Nepal .whos main interest is dalit and feminist theme

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same day i visited grave of begum hajarata mahal.wife of lucknow,s nawab wajid ali shah . hajarat mahal led revolutionery against britishers and gave them a very toguh fight in lucknow .earlier she was a court dancer . after the failure of rebellion she came to nepal and died here.her grave is situated at jama market .kathmandu .Hazrat Mahal, Begum of Oudh, during the national liberation uprising of 1857–59 in India headed the rebels. ”
—Karl Marx
That the resolute and capable Begum still maintained, in spite of all these disorders, the whole administration in tact is a sure indication of her grit. ”
—Veer Savarkar

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next day apart from visiting many institutes and tribhuvan university (hub of higher education in nepal)i also explored many sites .i was checked by police at various places in kathmandu,due to my bike,s indian number. they used to ask me for bhansar(customs) recipt.but nepali police is very cooprative and good as compared to Indian police. they wont bother you without reason like indian police .

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i also visted head office of gaayne musician in thamel. gaayne are traditional musicians of nepal. who play sarangi and other instruments. according to legend they are descendants of mythical gandharv so they are also called gandharv. some gaayne use gandharv as a surname

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one of my friend .she is nepali and activist of communist party of nepal(engles,marx,lenin)invited me to meet me at prgyaa bhavan (a very famous auditorium in kathmandu)to meet.there i saw adhiveshan (congress )of communist party -engles ,marx lenin.

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leaders of communist party of nepal on dias

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one of my frieend .she is nepali and activist of communist party of nepal(engles,marx,lenin)invited me to meet me at prgyaa bhavan (a very famous auditorium in kathmandu)to meet.there i saw adhiveshan (congress )of communist party -engles ,marx lenin.

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during this time i changed hotel and shifted to budget hotel .this hotel is very good and situated in muslim tol.thamel. my bike,s tire also got puctured due to some glass .panchar wala advised me to make tire tubeless .i asked how much it will charge he said 700nepali rupees per tire .i thought it will be a wise decision to make tires tubeless as i have to go on some rough terrain especially mustang .finally i paid him 1300 nepali rupess and he made both tire tubeless and gave me tubes of both tire.now i was free of worry of puncture.

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pashupatinath temple compound

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on 3rd june i left for pokhra .which is round 200 kimi from kathmandu .as i have to visit pokhra and mustang area. i was excited to go to muktinaath temple .which is situated in mustang district of nepal. till 1952 no foreigner even stepped
inside mustang. mustang was an independent dependent kingdome inside nepal till 2008 ,when nepal become republic it was fully merged with nepal . after a five hour ride on a very good road i reached pokhra .when i was about to reach pokhra around 20 kimi before it started
raining i was forced to take shelter under a closed shop tirpaal. now i have ride slow as road was wet, i stayed at finger point spa.which is a very good hotel at lakeside .pokhra is a tourist town . famous for dance bars,massage center(read prostitution)there is very beautyful lake in pokhra .mostly in winters mount machapuchhare is visible from pokhra .

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after reaching beni i enqured local people that what is the way to go to muktinaath and also asked them about fuel(i had full tank of petrol in my bike)as i have heard there is no petrol pump beyond beni .but as i was riding platina and mileage is good so people told me no need to worry .go ahead. and i left beni. around 3pm after few kilometers i tested the real road to muktinaath.i wont say it was a road. stones everywhere .it was very difficult to ride above those stone.it become very difficult to make balance on a road like this. my hand started paining a bit due to strong holding of handle. i have a thought for a second that what was the need to come here by bike.but again i remembered great travelers like huen tsang and rahul sanskritayayan .that compared to them i ot not doing any big thing .i stand no where .at least i am riding a machine.i am not walking .and there is lot of safety nowdays of thief and robbers , and there are halts with many facilities.so i kept on going .

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road was becoming more worse.sometimes there was water on roads.i could never ride in fourth gear.there are some restaurants and t houses along the road .i also had a stop in a MAGAR(a community from nepal-most of them use title thapa) village.in a t house i stopped for t .i ordered them for t .they provided me black t. though i am not habitual of having black t.but i had it.they shop was owned by a MAGAR. he was speaking broken hindi. he told me that he has been to Malesiya as a laborer. his mother who was around 80 year old lady ,did not know hindi at all (i wanted to have a conversation with her)she was smoking.than i asked them that where i can stay next.and how far can i go till dawn.they advised me to satay at tattapani(natural hot spring water)10 kilometer ahead. here road condition was same. i could reach ten in an hour.kilometer

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friends i have never seen such a bad road .i have been to khardungla by bike,rohtang,whole uttrakhand, u.p. and i have traveled from india to syria via road .but this road was mother of all in worsen . it was a very difficult task to ride on such road .nepali authorities did nothing to make road. they just cut some rocks roughly .and says this is road .an they charge vehicle 500 nepali rupees to enter into annapurna conservation area.i gave 400 rs fee to enter into annapurna area and 500 for bike .

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around 8 pm i reached tattopani ,a place famous for natural hot spring. it is said that this water cures nervous related problem. tatto pani is smaal village on way with many good t houses and with free wi fi facilities. hotels are cheap here but food is costly(its everywhere same in nepal-i mean hotel r cheap,food is costly)i paid 500 nepali rupees per night for a room.room was good with attached bathroom and free wifi. i stayed in trekkers inn.i think the best hotel in tattopani. next day in morning i went to hot spring to take bath .water was really hot.i had a wonderful bath there.and after bathing i have started thinking that i have become more healthier(it may be psychological effect)

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after having a bath in taptkund .i moved ahead .road was goiing togher and tougher due to many streams .water was flowing on road.i hav crossed many streams and waterfalls.my platina never cheated me when i crossed thru water .

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after a 3 hour ride i reachd ghasa. a village on this route. there is a check post to collect taxes from tourists. i gave 400 nepali rupees as fees to enter into Annapurna conservation area and 500 rupees for bike. this fund goes to Annapurna development programme and utilized for development work. after ghasa terrain start changing dramatically. after ghasa road was bit better compared to before. on way i crossed some waterfall .it was wonderful.waterflow was very strong.once i thought i may flow with this.i gave my camera to a passer by and asked him to take my photos .for 2 minutes i was in water.bikes silencer was immersed in water and engine was on.but here i would like to appreciate engineering of BaJAJ engine did not turned off. --------i crossed this stream in one go with ease and than came back to have some photos.i handed ovr my camera to a boy and asked him to shoot <span style="background-color: rgb(252, 252, 255);"><font color="#141414" face="Georgia, times new roman, Times, serif"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">

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Beautiful snaps!

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road to mustang

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Great @laxman12 ji

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A big salute!