my keyboard has got its "C" key in a problem,so it write something like "hintu Bhai" for c_sbk..
so i hope you understand what wud be the problem's i wud be faing..

@Aryan - Why were you stopped by those guys in Accent??

It is coming soon...

Your "C" does not have a problem there it seems!

Finally got time to read the first two day's log.Very good read.

The crosswind story was quite scary but I guess in this season you get strong crosswinds everywhere.

Although I agree the major part of this statement but I don't agree the last part of the statement.Shimla is bad but not that bad.You still have some good places there.

This one is good.

DCS Bhai --->> entertaining write up brother..... good that you didnt narrate it on any TV channel otherwise their would be more beeps than words (just kidding) but that macro has come out good.

Aryan Da --->> the morning picstures with Sun on half mountain and the village still under shade is marvellous.... its very mesmerising to have such a look out of your window...aaahhh thank you bhai for showing us the beauty of mother earth......

waiting for next

Day-6: Jhakdi - Rampur - Narkanda - Shimla - Solan - Dharampur - Kalka - Panchkula - Ambala - Sonepat - Panipat - Karnal - Murthal - Delhi

Time: Around 12 hours

Highlights of the Day:
1. The mad dash towards Delhi
2. Meeting a couple of xBhpians of Chandigarh.
3. Stopped by a few lads in a car, on the National Highway - 1

We knew today we had to reach Delhi. This was Day-6, the last day of our marvelous Spiti ride. The ride that took us to some memorable places that mother Earth has to offer - like the last village on the Indo Tibetan border, to the beautiful Nako lake, to Kaza to the highest motorable village in the world Kibber, to the amazing Ki Gompa...

It was about 9am when we started, and the sun was already out. It was getting hot. We crossed Rampur in a jiffy, and went through Narkanda and Shimla in almost no time. Enroute, we did take a couple of halt to just give a little break to that butt of ours, and to eat something since all these days we would just start riding without having anything in the morning. DCS also gave a call to a couple of Chandigarh xBhpians, namely 'Kurtrules' and 'Biker_Boy'. They were to meet us at Panchkula.

By the time we reached Panchkula, it was evening. At the designated meeting point (Indian Oil Petrol Pump, at Panchkula), we all met. It was really good to meet Kurtrules and Biker_Boy and another friend of Kurtrules' who had accompanied him from his office. Incidentally, even though Kurtrules and Biker_Boy stay in the same city, and belong to the same biking group, they were meeting for the first time ever, which was really strange for me to know! They said they had made plans for a Chandigarh G2G many-a-times, and had canceled subsequently, each time.

Nevertheless, thanks to me and DCS, these guys were able to meet, finally! We went to a near-by food court and had some wonderful cold coffee. It was really refreshing. After spending more than an hour chatting with the Chandigarh xBhpians and sipping on coffee, we decided it was time to leave, as we had about 250 kms. still to cover, before we reach the National Capital. We were also a little worried about the ongoing 'problem' in Punjab, but we decided to ride towards Delhi nevertheless.

Night had fallen, and we were riding on the NH-1. DCS overtook a Hyundai Accent, and I followed. Suddenly, something happened to the driver of the Accent. I thought may be his ego was hurt, because a couple of puny two wheelers had overtaken his massive (comparatively speaking) 'four-wheels'. He drove towards us, and pointed us to stop by the road side. I was really skeptical. I thought they would be a nuisance. Moreover, I could see three-four healthy guys sitting inside that car.

Anyways, we did stop and three of them came out of the car. The driver, a moderately built guy, asked us, of all the questions - "Are you guys from xBhp?" And we were relieved. As it turned out, while we overtook them, he saw the xBhp stickers on our machines, and hence, stopped us. We talked quite a lot about what he did, and where were we coming from. He turned out to be an xBhpian himself. He hadn't re-registered pre-server crash though. Incidentally, he also turned out to be a friend of Akshay (Chandigarh xBhpian).

All this went for ten odd minutes, before THEY let us go. Finally, we carried on non-stop towards Karnal, where we had some tummy filling paranthas and tea, after which we moved non-stop to Delhi. We did ofcourse stop enroute once, to wear our rain-gear since it did seem it might rain anytime. The clouds had gathered, and we could see lightning, and even felt a little drizzle. But, the drizzle, thankfully, did not turn out to be anything more than that.

Finally, at about 12:30am or so, we entered Delhi. We stopped, and congratulated each other for the wonderful, event-free 6 day tour that we did. And thus, the 6-day Spiti ride came to a conclusion.



There are lots of bits and pieces of information that we would be sharing over time, which we might have just missed. It is not always possible to mention each and every detail of such a ride, at one go. I believe, that is pretty much understandable.



@All: Thank you all for the wonderful support that you guys provided during the whole trip, from updating the respective thread time to time, to everything else.

@DCS: It was absolute pleasure riding with you, and exploring the beauty of Kinnaur Valley and Spiti Valley, all these six days. I look forward to more trips like these, with you.

@ Aryan: The pleasure was mine.

@ Shivanshu: (beep)..(beep)..(beep)..(beep)...(beep)...(beep), who says I use too much of abusive language.????

@ All my xbhpians: I hope you have enjoyed what Aryan had to say. I in the meantime am editing my travelogue for the rude, obscene and abusive language. so please maintain calm, it may take me some more time than expected. Cheers!

Bhai atleast I dont.... its pleasurable to hear those beeeeppppssss


Well Aryan Da and DCS bhai hats off to you both for this fantastic overwhelming ride...its out of this world...

Though I would like to ask you both... I mean being where as you said God's reside with out of this world atmosphere and beauty...were guys able to cope up after you came back.....??

Actually, that's a very APT and wonderful question you asked Shiv. I, atleast had a tough time coping up for about 2 days or so. We reached Delhi at about 12:30am, and I reached home by 1am, and slept by 2am. I woke up at 5am and the first thing I thought was where do we have to ride today? What was our destination for the day? But, within a second or two, I could see my PC, the familiar atmosphere of my room, and I came back to my senses that we were, after all, back in Delhi.

I did have a strange feeling for atleast 2-days. It was all feeling a little strange. Logging onto the internet after 6-days, seeing so much traffic and chaos after 6-days, and ofcourse the pathetic May summer heat which is absolutely killing. It was really heaven back in Spiti. That's why I say: Spiti - Where Gods Reside, because I truly believe Gods do reside there.

That Accent part was a bit scary. I was expecting the worst! Phew... breathe easy.

Great trip log. Lovely reading through it. Marvellous photographs. Pity though you could not shoot at night despite the stars being bright.

Next time, Chandrataal!

Very true said Aryan, I had a tough time to come to the office, see the same old workstation, pathetic people and what not. not to forget the scorching heat, I wish I could ride to Spiti some time very soon.

But then it feels good that am back to my work, am making some money so that I can go to Spiti again, if not to Leh this year.



@ Ken: For sure its Chandertaal the next time. We unfortunately could not make it this time but hopefully by Mid June or Early July, I will see The Chandu-taaaaaal

Yes, it was. A little.

Thanks!

Surely, next time it IS going to be Chandratal. We planned to do it this time itself, but the Kunzum pass was obviously closed, else you would have seen atleast a couple of days' worth of trip-log more!

But, surely Chandratal would be up sooner rather than later.

Very rightly said after seeing the pictures and reading your trip log, I am eager to go their.... as per your description and details...the place where you can hear your own heart beat in the silence of the nature is the place where GOD's RESIDE.........



DCS BHai it is an addiction i truely salute your spirit and yeah this is what a true rider is you never have enough of these heavenly places....

Welcome back brother you guys are blessed by God's own nature...

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