No posts by Inder since yesterday, Ghor Kalyug!!!

Pulsar = Definitely Male = I hope you get it

We Pune guys had a meet yesterday and a lot of things have been planned and finalised yestreday. Inder will be posting it in detail sometime later in the day.

Partially agree.

Great men think alike on the second point. As for the first point, sorry but you are not correct.

You are NOT going hiking on the bike. You are just going to sit there and twirl the throttle. And yes, lean

I took a UK Army spec Karrimor KSB waterproof ankle height shoe there. Guess what - it NEVER dried once it got wet. My feet came back severely blistered/swollen. Whereas a regular sports shoe would've been dried in 15 min over a kerosene stove. This one was totally soggy after 2 + hours.

Yes, a dry-able ankle length shoe is the best option, but they don't dry too well normally. I personally rode easy peasy so I was dead sure I wasn't going to fall (where ankle length shoes would matter) - YMMV.

Btw - please carry atleast 2 newspapers from manali to leh. and refill. Newspapers are the best method to dry shoes. But even they are sorta meh with my "waterproof" shoes

Boots, Boots! Else we shall have to ride to Nashik to get them!

There is a shop somewhere in Pune which stocks shoes also supplied to army I think.Will post the name of the shop later this weekend after I pick up my pair.Prices are between 500-800 per pair.


Cramsters shoes are trash at 5k + a pair.Personally owned them and this is my opinion.

Oh cool! Let us know. I'll probably ride down to Pune on the weekend so if you can PLEASE post the name of the shop before that, it would be awesome! Thanx again!

Thanks a TON to Praful for the very helpful info mentioned below:

Here's your list of Hotels...

1. Amritsar - Hotel Kishore Castle - 0813-240218,2402820, 915537235

Decently priced AC rooms. Plenty of other options in that area available.

2. Jammu - Main market area

I stayed with my brother here, so can't give an exact picture about the place. But there are plenty of options

3. Srinagar - Road in front of Dal lake has a number of hotels and pretty cheap. IIRC, we paid 400 bux a room per night.

4. Drass - JKTDC Tourism bungalow, best option in Drass. Other hotels are not that good or clean either. 300 bux a night for a room with hotwater

5. Leh - Reeyork Guest house was where we stayed. This was quite inside the town. Again not to worry here there are plenty of guesthouses/hotels in Leh town.

6. Diskit - This is a small town and there are probably 3-4 small guest houses here. One of the bigger ones is exorbitantly priced the others were pretty reasonable at about 300-500 bux.

7. Lukung (Pangong Tso) - There is a combination of Eco Huts and Tents available here. Huts cost 300 bux a night, tents are slightly cheaper. If you don't have anything at Lukung, you can head further towards Spangmik which has the same Eco Huts and Tents at similar prices.

8. Sarchu - This place has only tents and a few tin sheds. There is no number to contact here.

9. Manali - Huge number of hotels here, nothing to worry about.

lol ok!

Cool! Will wait for the thing to be up! For now can someone post a brief "points discussed" thingy?


Why are you riding to pune
@Darth: where in pune? Inder was saying some place, but he seems to have gone underground!

Paaji has gone underground from last couple of days and will be dazzling you all with his faultless home work on all the issues discussed / finalised / debated.

It is another issue that with Me, MG and his room mate Rudra who would be joining us in the ride had to force him to type a single character but since we all were sitting on all sides watching him, he had no option. But believe me, the output post will be dazzling to all due to its thoroughness, thoughtfulness, perceptiveness, laziness, forgetfulness

MG in fact, helped by completely taking apart each aspect of the tour and discussing in details. Wait for the aakashwani from paaji.

MG planning in depth for tour ---hmmm that's a new one

Sorry guys for missing from the thread!! Have to catch up on a lot of things and answer a few questions too..will be done by afternoon some time.. Pls. bear with me..

As Vishwas already told some decisions were taken yesterday..will be posting them in detail in some time..

You have to understand that he was planning in depth for OUR tour and not his. That too, because I pestered him about several things.

Don't worry he has not changed.

I'd tell you but then I'd be ruining the surprise :P

I wish I could have tagged with u guyz; I know i am not eligible spid-e() read ur post from the start the earliest one and i respect that clear cut attitude and concern.... if i was in ur place i wld have done d same.
b'coz of exams and work commitment was not able to post or comment on anything...

wish u guyz best of luck for the teerth and plz bring some prasads after ur teeerth..

Important Notice:

Today one meet was there to discuss stuff for Leh-ride..some points which have come up are..


1) What is the daily expenses budget(hotel+khana) on everyday basis?

2) One person should be responsible for "Every Activity" in the itineary..i.e one person for Hotel booking..one person for Food expenses..detailed maps..etc.
--Now we need to take a call who can take care of what activity and manage all of the things throughout the trip..! If people dont volunteer soon..then it would be done by

3) The itineary has been altered a bit..which be posted tomorrow in detail..! Everyone should see that and confirm whether that is do-able or not..!

P.S: This is for the jorney starting from Delhi on 1st June. People riding from Pune/Mumbai will have to co-ordinate amongst themselves for their plan to reach delhi.

New Itineary:

01 June Day 1 – Delhi - Bilaspur (360 kms)
02 June Day 2 - Bilaspur - Manali (184 kms) - Manikaran optional another 60kms
03 June Day 3 – Manali - Sarchu (218 kms) -- Petrol -- Manali, Vashist, Tandi
04 June Day 4 - Sarchu - Leh (160 kms) -- Petrol -- Karu, Leh
05 June Day 5 – Leh : Permits n stuff, Chill-out -- Petrol -- Leh
06 June Day 6 - Leh - Khardung La - Hunder (120 kms) -- Petrol -- Leh
07 June Day 7 - Hunder - Sumur - Khardung La - Leh (165 kms) -- Petrol -- Leh - Try to take the other route to Khardhung via Wari-La
08 June Day 8 - Leh - Chang La - Pangong Tso (155 kms) -- Petrol -- Leh, Karu
09 June Day 9 – Pangong Tso - Marsimik La - Pangong Tso -- Petrol -- Karu, Leh - Break this in two days. Spent more time in Pangong and don't push your body after doing Mla.
10 June Day 10 – Pangong Tso - Chang La - Leh - Lumiaroo Monastery
11 June Day 11 - Lumiaroo Monastery - Magnetic Hill - Drass - Sonamarg -- Petrol -- Leh, Kargil
12 June Day 12 - Sonamarg - Srinagar (141 kms) -- Petrol -- Srinagar
13 June Day 13 - Around Srinagar
14 June Day 14 - Srinagar - Jammu(289 kms) -- Catch Train to Pune in evening --
OR
12 June Day 12 - Sonamarg - Srinagar (141 kms) -- Petrol -- Srinagar
13 June Day 13 - Srinagar - Amritsar (454 kms)
14 June Day 14 - Amritsar - Wagah - Amritsar
15 June Day 15 - Amritsar - Delhi (470 kms)
16 June Day 16 - Off to Mumbai
17 June Day 17 - reach Mumbai
18 June Day 18 - Buffer day
19 June Day 19 - Buffer day


4) People who want Leh-permits(before-hand) should mail the scanned copy of the below mentioned docs to me([email protected]) by Tuesday evening..if someone fails to do that..his permit wont be taken out, and that person will have to take the same out when we reach there..

--Photo ID
--Date of birth
--Address Proof
--Bike papers[RC,DL,Insurance]
--Money for the permit..Rs.100/Head.

In detail here..http://www.xbhp.com/talkies/420676-post398.html

5) The formation has been decided as to who all would be riding in which formation! Its been put-forth considering/seeing the riding styles of all. All are expected to adhere to that. Of-course there might be some alterations on run-time ... but its better to stick to it..

Formation:
Spidy
Alankar

Inder
Motor
Rudra

Satyen
Winzee

Vishwas
Aman

6) Satyen has been appointed the "Accounts Manager" for the trip.. i.e everyone has to submit 1000 rupees to him once in delhi, Manali, Leh OR as and when required. He would be maintaining the list of ALL EXPENSES throughout the ride and all monetary matters are to be discussed with him.

7) Since, some Group2 is coming by train..so Group1 ppl have to buy petrol for Group2 and meet them at railway station(as per the train's time+bike unloading time). From there all would be riding out of Delhi(with help of a delhi xBhp member--TBI).

Group 1:
1) Inder
2) Satyen
3) Spiderweb
4) Aman
5) Alankar
6) Motor
7) Winzee

Group 2:
1) Vishwas
2) Rudra





p.s: If have missed out anything..Vishwas & MG pls. pitch in with those points.


Thanks,
-Inder.