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kool pics Zyan....waiting for more....

nice name 'Holi pe Auli'
Plz bring on more pics.

Good to see Zayn getting in to hard-core touring. Kudos!
Looking forward to the pics and logs. I hope there are acrobatic shots too.

Wonderful stuff Manan and Zayn. And quite a hilarious, but apt title as well. Me likes. I can't wait to look at the Auli photographs. It has been eons now that I have wanted to travel to Auli, but never quite managed to materialize the plan. Perhaps, looking at this log and the photographs, I will ride to Auli very soon.

Kudos to both of you, for doing this, that too during the season of Holi. Bring on the log and photographs now. Soon!

@Zayn: I have removed the bold formatting from your text. Post your log in normal text. That increases the legibility of the text. Titles/ Sub-titles can ofcourse be kept in bold.

Thanks,
-Aryan.

Good going Zayn!! I am extremely happy that you are becoming more of a regular tourer. Waiting for more, with bated breath

Wonderful stuff Zayn and Manan, Kudos, lovely pic up there. Would be waiting for the log and pics.

Thanks,Yes more coming soon..

Thanks it was Manan bhai who decided the name

Thanks you sir...yes there are

Thanks Aryan da its a very nice place with limited tourist still not known to many you should go there.yes log coming soon.

Thanks sir,I love touring.

Thanks Imran bhai for liking it and Thanks from the bottom of my heart for giving me your jacket for this trip..

Day-1

I woke at 3am got fresh and gave call to Manan bhai.
I left home at 3:30,put the bike on idling,up-up and away.
Maintained a constant speed of 60kmph to reach Hapur toll
where we(Manan & Zayn) were meeting.I reach Hapur toll at
4am after 20mins Manan bhai arrived.We both decided to go
early to avoid traffic at NH-24.We took long route because
NH-58 is full of insane drivers.

Meeting Point


So we started our journey at 4:30am at that time NH-24
was trucker paradise.So decided to maintained a speed of
70kmph and ride bike in left side of the road,man the sound
those truck were creating by their tires can make person deaf.
Fog did not trouble us as we had expected.We had a few
patches of bad roads near Garhganga that slowed us down
for a few minutes.So it was time to stop at Manan bhai's
Mansi dhaba after having breakfast when Manan bhai offer money
to the Dhaba keeper he didn't accept the money from
Manan bahi....It was going to be 6am and we had only
covered 103kms from meeting point.Now roads from here was
awesome.The red hue in the eastern sky indicated the approaching
dawn and I looked forward to a day of riding along the highways
and soon the twisties in the Himalayas.

Dawn


We took a U-turn from Moradabadh to go Kaladungi
but the roads where bumpy.After crossing Tanda we
saw a this and stop.



Then move ahead thinking that that we are behind
the schedule.We reach Jim corbit stop and click some
pics there and some creative shots too.



We started climbing up after Neya village.Reach at point
where we feel like Mogli but Manan bhai become Mogli
acrobatic shots


Time 9am and we still not at Nanital we were seriously
behind the time after riding through those twisters we
reach Nanital at 10:30am time was kill the fun.Cold wind
was blowing through Nainital and warm sun rays making
us feel like taking a nap...

Naini Lake




After Nainital we both decided to cross Almora really fast.
We were back on the usual smooth roads of Almora soon enjoyed
our ride along the twisties and the breathtaking sceneries as we
climbed higher and higher into the Himalayas.We saw a Gori River
flowing parallel to the road and decided to stop again.

Gori River


Again Acrobatic Manan



Resting Helmet


Now reach Almora at 12pm bikes
where running rich so we both decided to tune it lean there.
Manan bahi told mechanic to set its mixture setting he said
what is the problem he told him bike is running rich he said
ok "saas le rahi hai" he yes yes "wahai" problem he tuned our
bike within 1min time and now bikes where climbing hills very easily
But now I had a problem big problem my bike battery got completely discharged don't know how..? so decided to continue Now time was 12:30pm we were hungry so decided to have some parathas. Suddenly white Scropio stop at restaurant after staring us for 10-15mins and our bike he started asking questions

Man:where are you coming from
We:Lajpat Nagar 4
Man:I am coming from Rohini Delhi
We: ok good
Man:kiney din lage yaha tak??
We: started our journey today morning
Man:Seriously.Where are you going? It took us 1.5 day to reach here 400kms
We:Auli
Man:Can you reach today?
We:yes ok we need to go
Man:yes but 1 photo with me please
We: ok

We were like celebrity at that point of time... Got ready and of to Karnpryag which was approx 90-100kms from there and time was 1:30pm.It was clear that we had to do night riding to reach Joshimath,my first time in life never did night riding in hills.We take Gwaldham route to reach Karnpryag this route is ok but Gwaldham is a place to see awesome place with no tourist but it has hotels to stay.

En-Route Karnpyag


Gwaldham


Road of Gwaldham


It was 4pm and we still haven't reach our destination from
here Karanapryag was 80kms and roads where very narrow.
In uttarakhand Holi is celebrated for 6days.So that day was
Holi and some Hooligans were blocking road we some how
mange to come out of that.We reach Karnapryag at 6pm here
we had evening tea now time was 6:30pm and it was dark.
It was my first time doing night riding in hills. Deserted mountains
where looking scary when Moon beam was falling on them as if
they will eat you.My suggestion to newbies don't look at the
mountain while riding you will end up doing something wrong.

We stop at Pipalkoti at 7:30pm where we had dinner we met
a man who was coming from Topovan and going delhi his car fuel injector was
not working so he directly connected fuel supply to the engine.
After having dinner it was time to reach Joshimath so leave
pipalkoti at 8pm my dinner got digested after seeing route from
pipalkoti it was full of Hair-pins bends and I was left alone
sometime because Manan bhai was an expert rider where it
was my first time and when I look into my rear view mirror I
see nothing accept black.

We reach joshimath at 9pm it was like 2am in joshimath there
was none out except platoon of dogs roaming here and there
and chasing our bikes.The main road is dotted with hotels and
dhabas on both sides as you enter Joshimath. We checked into
one close to the ticket booth for the GMVN ropeway and settled
in for the night.

Total distance covered: 630kms

Route taken: Home - Gujraula -Bajpur - Nainital - Almora - Kausani - Bajnath - Gwaldham - Karanapryag - Pipalkoti - Joshimath.

great pics man.... great going!!

Hey Zyan, nice writeup....waiting for rest!

But why so tiny pics????

It was really nice riding with you, you never made me feel that this is your only 3rd Long ride. Waiting for remaining pics, but this time please post little bit bigger pics.

@Zayn: Nicely written log, but it was a little brief and the photographs are a little too small. You can go ahead and post the photos at 800x600 resolution. It looks like you wrote the whole thing (along with embedding the photographs) in a word editing tool like 'Microsoft Word' and copy-pasted the whole thing in your post. That is the primary reason it's showing a little weirdly.

As for the photographs, I liked them. What I loved even better was looking at Manan doing his acrobatic stuff! This lad doesn't tire to show off his acrobatics with his full external riding gear at that! Would love to know first-hand from him how did people react looking at this man from another planet!

Good to see that you guys rode sanely and for a change Manan did not try to get his knee down on every corner! Night riding in the hills presents it's own challenges. It is a different ball-game altogether which, if done in the right spirit and manner can be real fun and really satisfying too.

I am eagerly awaiting the next set of logs and photographs. This is getting interesting already, and I am yearning to ride to Auli more than ever!

Manan bhai, have you forgotten this moment :

@Sunny: This was precisely what was in my mind when I said he seldom forgets to show his acrobatic skills whenever he is out for a ride! He WILL 'perform', it's just that he needs someone who can capture it all in a camera and show it to the world!