What better way to celebrate crismas holidays than a wonderful ride.

As me and my brother had never seen Taj and we were quite bored after spending one holiday sitting idle at home. so we planned our one day trip to Agra

Plan was simple, just ride to Agra, See one of the 7 wonders of the world - The Tajmahal and return the same day
One of chief motivation behind this was to transfer whatever Basics of touring I have to my younger brother, so that he can also start touring on his own.

We prepared our bike, made some quick notes about places to visit and route to follow, filled tank, set correct tyre pressure. All set to cruse


Trip Log

Time : 6:30 am
Place : Home
Trip meter : 0.0 km
Like every morning I gave a good morning kiss to my bike, warmed her engine, set trip meter to zero, clicked some
pics and zoomed to the Symbol of Love - The Taj.......

The Ride - Bajaj Pulsar 180 UG IV



Tripmeter




Time : 7:25 am
Place : Near Prithala, Faridabad
Trip meter :42.6 km
There was a bit of fog in the air, whether was a bit chilly, roads were good. It was a real fun to ride in these conditions. Initially we found some traffic, but as we marched towards outskirts density of traffic reduced
After riding for nearly 50 odd mins, we saw sun rising on our left hand side. We decided to stop to click some photographs.






Jet Flying in the sky



Sunrise








Time : 8:20
Place : Prince Dhaba, Hodal
Trip meter :86.7 km
After we crossed Faridabad, there was very less traffic on road, so we drove at quite a good speed. we were feeling a bit cold. so we stopped at a roadside dhaba and ordered tea and butter toast. Tea really helped in
beating the cold and we were again ready to hit the road.

Our Helmets at Dhaba



Bike outside the dhaba



Time : 9:25 am
Place : Jai Gurugev Temple, Few kms Before Mathura
Trip meter : 142.5 km
As we were nearing the holy city Mathura, we saw a beautiful temple on out left side, we stopped and clicked few pics and continued our journey.

Jai Gurudev temple



AV Posing






Time : 9:46 am

Trip meter : 158.6 km
We crossed Mathura at about 9:35 am and have been driving for more than 3 and 1/2 hours, so we stopped at Mc Dolands in front of Mathura Refinery to have few burgers. Mac D was really crowded and we have to wait quite a lot to have our burgers and coffee...








Time : 10:48
Place : Sikandra
Trip meter : 195.2 km
Ride from Mac D to Sikendra was really fun and we were able to cover quite a good distance in short time. After reaching Sikendra, we parked our bike and went inside Sikendra, which is actually tomb of Emperor Akbar. The placed looked beautiful and we were able to click few good photographs.
















Time : 12:30
Place : Tajmahal
Trip meter :209.2 kmThe Entrance




The Taj





River Yamuna







Guard keeping an tight eye






Time : 5:00-6pm
Place : Agra Fort
Trip meter : 210.5
As it was getting late, so we decided to look Agra fort from outside only. We had our Lunch at a Dhaba outside fort. It was already 6 pm. Time to head back home

Agra Fort



AV Posing outside Agra Fort




Time : 10:00 pm
Place : Home
Trip meter : 419.3 km
After driving continually for 4 hours and zipping through some heavy traffic my butt was begging for mercy. After reaching home I found that some function was going on where I park my bike.
I parked my bike and when we were clicking pics of trip meter all the eyes on us and finally when I gave a good night Kiss to my Bike All aunties were in quite a shock and we marched towards home to have a long peaceful sleep.........

The Tripmeter