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Tuesday, 22nd September, 2009 : DAY 1 : Delhi to Ambala
No sign of bike yet. By afternoon we got the info that Ram’s bike has reached Gurgaon and will reach Delhi only by midnight. We were not ready to wait until midnight. So we decided to ride to Gurgaon on my bike and pick up Ram’s bike. By 2 we were back in the hostel with Ram’s Bike. We quickly pack our baggage and by 3 P.M our ride had officially beganJ.
It took nearly 30 mins to tie the baggage onto the bike for the first time.
Only now we got a taste of Delhi roads. It took us nearly 45 mins to come out of Connaught Place. At one of the signals I had borrowed Ram’s mobile to see the GPS and before I could return it back the signal went Green and we had to start. Within minutes we lost each other and I had Ram’s mobile. Another half an hour passed before we could re group. And now following the directions from the GPS we reached Qutub Road. Courtesy: Googlemaps GPS. Only after reaching there we realized it was a very long narrow market place. It took us another 1 hour to come out of Qutub Road and reach the NH1 – Grand trunk Road. So finally more than 2 hours later we were out of Delhi. I stopped at the first petrol bunk, filled my bike to its limit and hit the Highway.
What followed was one of the fastest long distance rides I ever had. By the time we left Delhi the sun was already set, the clock ticked 6 P.M and we had to cover nearly 200 kms to reach Ambala. Not many sceneries to see as it was dark, so the only thing we did was to burn some rubber. We stopped at a road side Dhaba and had a relaxed dinner. The shocker came when we saw the bill. 4 Parathas and a mutter panneer costed 300 bucks on a less than average road side Dhaba. Since he didn’t have a menu with prices we could not even argue with him. We payed the bill and got to the highway. My helmet had a black visor that made it impossible to see through at night. Since it was a high speed highway opening the visor will make it difficult to see with the winds blowing at high speed on my eyes. So most of the distance I rode behind Ram with his tail light as the only guide. If the tail light swayed to the left, I swayed to the left. If it swayed to the right, I swayed to the right. If he slowed down, I slowed down. All this at 100 kph. That was fun. To my surprise we reached Ambala by 10:30 P.M in spite of stopping for dinner and breaks in between.
Wednesday, 23rd September, 2009 – DAY 2 – Amabala to somewhere beyond Shimla.
We woke up at 8:30 A.M thanks to some intelligence I showed the previous night (I managed to switch off all the 4 alarms that Ram had set in his mobileJ). We quickly finished our morning rituals had our breakfast and checked out the room. Only when we brought the luggage to the bikes we realized the long ceremony that we did with the bike before leaving Delhi will have to be done every day morning. Anyways today was the first day that we will be riding from morning and I was pretty excited about it. With this thought in mind, we made sure the baggage was properly tied, clicked a few snaps with the fully loaded bikes and off we went. After riding for a couple of hours we touched the footsteps of the hills.
Boy O Boy wasn’t that a wonderful sight. The First view of the valley was nothing but truly magnificent. Huge mountains covered with lush green trees divided by deep gorges. I immediately stopped and put my new camera to test.
I just couldn’t stop clicking. So much so that I almost forgot that we have another 150 kms to cover.
Adding to the beauty of the valley are the smooth and curvy……. ….. RoadsJ. It was a pleasure to ride on them.
Nice song is’nt it. Riding on the hills with the cool breeze blowing on my face, with the vistas that make you feel so close to mother nature as never before, listening to your favourite song on the ear phone…..Life was just BEAutiful.
Oops almost forgot that we were supposed to be in Shimla for lunch. It was already 2 P.M and shimla was another 70 kms away. In the hills 70 kms could take much longer than that on roads. We put a halt to the photography session and proceeded towards Shimla.
One Sweet Family
By around 4 P.M we reached Shimla. The first thing that I noticed was how beautiful the women in Shimla were. Woow. It was really hard for me to concentrate on the road. So much so that I almost forgot I was really hungry just a few minutes ago. Anyways we quickly got into nice restaurant for lunch.
We took a long time to finish our lunch and were also not sure if we should ride further today or stop in Shimla for the night. Manali is another 150 from here we couldn’t have made it today. We covered only about 100 kms for the day. We thought it was too less and decided to ride a little further and stop at the next town that comes on the way.
Near the Restaurant
Beyond Shimla, the condition of the roads started deteriorating. It became worse as we moved further. It was already dark and it made it very difficult to ride on those rocky roads. About 30 kms further we hit Darlaghat. It was a small town and there were hardly one or two hotels. We didn’t want to ride any further for today and decided to spend the night in one of the hotels there.
The Journey Begins
DAY (-1), DAY 0
DAY 1, DAY 2
DAY 3
DAY 4
DAY 5
DAY 6
DAY 7
DAY 8
DAY 9
DAY 10
DAY 11
DAY 12
The Journey Ends
No sign of bike yet. By afternoon we got the info that Ram’s bike has reached Gurgaon and will reach Delhi only by midnight. We were not ready to wait until midnight. So we decided to ride to Gurgaon on my bike and pick up Ram’s bike. By 2 we were back in the hostel with Ram’s Bike. We quickly pack our baggage and by 3 P.M our ride had officially beganJ.
It took nearly 30 mins to tie the baggage onto the bike for the first time.
Only now we got a taste of Delhi roads. It took us nearly 45 mins to come out of Connaught Place. At one of the signals I had borrowed Ram’s mobile to see the GPS and before I could return it back the signal went Green and we had to start. Within minutes we lost each other and I had Ram’s mobile. Another half an hour passed before we could re group. And now following the directions from the GPS we reached Qutub Road. Courtesy: Googlemaps GPS. Only after reaching there we realized it was a very long narrow market place. It took us another 1 hour to come out of Qutub Road and reach the NH1 – Grand trunk Road. So finally more than 2 hours later we were out of Delhi. I stopped at the first petrol bunk, filled my bike to its limit and hit the Highway.
What followed was one of the fastest long distance rides I ever had. By the time we left Delhi the sun was already set, the clock ticked 6 P.M and we had to cover nearly 200 kms to reach Ambala. Not many sceneries to see as it was dark, so the only thing we did was to burn some rubber. We stopped at a road side Dhaba and had a relaxed dinner. The shocker came when we saw the bill. 4 Parathas and a mutter panneer costed 300 bucks on a less than average road side Dhaba. Since he didn’t have a menu with prices we could not even argue with him. We payed the bill and got to the highway. My helmet had a black visor that made it impossible to see through at night. Since it was a high speed highway opening the visor will make it difficult to see with the winds blowing at high speed on my eyes. So most of the distance I rode behind Ram with his tail light as the only guide. If the tail light swayed to the left, I swayed to the left. If it swayed to the right, I swayed to the right. If he slowed down, I slowed down. All this at 100 kph. That was fun. To my surprise we reached Ambala by 10:30 P.M in spite of stopping for dinner and breaks in between.
Wednesday, 23rd September, 2009 – DAY 2 – Amabala to somewhere beyond Shimla.
We woke up at 8:30 A.M thanks to some intelligence I showed the previous night (I managed to switch off all the 4 alarms that Ram had set in his mobileJ). We quickly finished our morning rituals had our breakfast and checked out the room. Only when we brought the luggage to the bikes we realized the long ceremony that we did with the bike before leaving Delhi will have to be done every day morning. Anyways today was the first day that we will be riding from morning and I was pretty excited about it. With this thought in mind, we made sure the baggage was properly tied, clicked a few snaps with the fully loaded bikes and off we went. After riding for a couple of hours we touched the footsteps of the hills.
Boy O Boy wasn’t that a wonderful sight. The First view of the valley was nothing but truly magnificent. Huge mountains covered with lush green trees divided by deep gorges. I immediately stopped and put my new camera to test.
I just couldn’t stop clicking. So much so that I almost forgot that we have another 150 kms to cover.
Adding to the beauty of the valley are the smooth and curvy……. ….. RoadsJ. It was a pleasure to ride on them.
‘Yeh Dooriyan,
In rahon ki dorriyan,
Nigahon ki dooriyan,
Hum rahon ki dooriyan,
Fanah ho sabi dooriyan.’ – Love Aaj Kal
Nice song is’nt it. Riding on the hills with the cool breeze blowing on my face, with the vistas that make you feel so close to mother nature as never before, listening to your favourite song on the ear phone…..Life was just BEAutiful.
Oops almost forgot that we were supposed to be in Shimla for lunch. It was already 2 P.M and shimla was another 70 kms away. In the hills 70 kms could take much longer than that on roads. We put a halt to the photography session and proceeded towards Shimla.
One Sweet Family
By around 4 P.M we reached Shimla. The first thing that I noticed was how beautiful the women in Shimla were. Woow. It was really hard for me to concentrate on the road. So much so that I almost forgot I was really hungry just a few minutes ago. Anyways we quickly got into nice restaurant for lunch.
We took a long time to finish our lunch and were also not sure if we should ride further today or stop in Shimla for the night. Manali is another 150 from here we couldn’t have made it today. We covered only about 100 kms for the day. We thought it was too less and decided to ride a little further and stop at the next town that comes on the way.
Near the Restaurant
Beyond Shimla, the condition of the roads started deteriorating. It became worse as we moved further. It was already dark and it made it very difficult to ride on those rocky roads. About 30 kms further we hit Darlaghat. It was a small town and there were hardly one or two hotels. We didn’t want to ride any further for today and decided to spend the night in one of the hotels there.
The Journey Begins
DAY (-1), DAY 0
DAY 1, DAY 2
DAY 3
DAY 4
DAY 5
DAY 6
DAY 7
DAY 8
DAY 9
DAY 10
DAY 11
DAY 12
The Journey Ends
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