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thanks aryan da for approving the topic. I resized the pictures. I hope they are fine now...

finally THE thread's up....!!!
nice pics..buddy
congrats for the roadtrip..
waiting for the rest of the log...

After so many days finally after my laptop recuperated from serious crash and with all my exams and office burden deep buried, I'm here to complete this log. Sorry for being so late.

The Plan
As per planning with myself and abhiskek bhaiya aka abhishek2243, I was supposed to have a fine short trip to Rohru via Narkhanda. But plans did changed drastically after I reached Narkhanda at 0845 hours and called abhishek bhaiya from there and he said I should leave for Rampur and then decide for further journey.


I quickly moved along the beautiful roads towards Rampur and from there I finally set my destination for Kalpa.

The Destination (Kalpa, Chitkul)

Kalpa
Blessed with some of the most spectacular and beautiful landscapes anywhere, it is a travellers paradise -lofty snow peaks, deep gorges, lush green valleys, fast flowing rivers, enchanting mountain lakes, flower bedecked meadows, beautiful temples and monasteries steeped in time.

Location: 616 km from Delhi.
Height asl: 3300 metres.
Route Taken by me: New Delhi - Banur- Zirakspur - Shimla - Narkanda - Rampur - Karcham - Powari - Recong Peo - Kalpa.

Chitkul



Chitkul is the last inhabited village near the Indo-Tibet border; the Indian road ends here. During winters the place remains covered with the snow mostly & these people move to the lower areas of Himachal. Chitkul, on the banks of Baspa River, is the first village of the Baspa valley and the last village on the old Hindustan-Tibet trade route.


It is also the last point in India one can travel to without a permit. Of particular interest at Chitkul are its houses with either slate or wooden plank roofs, a Buddhist temple and a small tower.

The Rider
It was all solo trip. And as it was my first solo without much experience of that sector few members and friends helped me a lot during my journey and it was never like I'm alone.


Thanks to Abhishek bhaiya, Ravi Bhaiya, Rajat aka cool_boy for being in constant touch with me and helping me with the routes till the end.








The Journey
`500 per night after some serious discussion they discounted `100 but had a problem of parking. I was so tired that I asked them any suitable place to park the beast will do. They showed me a parking in jungle and that was quite safe I guess. I parked there and ordered some Dimsums (momos) but yuck they tasted like rubber. I then bought some chips and slept like a child that night.







Next early morning the plan was of Chitkul.




Sometimes In Life when we face difficult roads ahead, we tend to confuse ourselves. Some takes U-Turn and some go beyond and Make it BIG :-).....A road to chitkul





I packed everything, cleared hotel bill and left for the destination. A very very rough road welcomed me after I crossed karcham. Few foreign Bikers met me in the way who told me the weather above is awesome.

After that I reached chitkul in 2hours, with scenes like river flowing along the way. It was like scenes that were calling my name and were telling me to stop and admire them.


But after reaching chitkul everything changed.


A very small town with only one hotel, few general stores and a big school beside the river bank. I parked my bike at the hotel and trekked almost 1km to reach the river bank.
I spent almost 2 hours here with river singing and me admiring

Thanks for that Great trip log mate, solo ROCKS
Mind blowing snaps

keep the spirit up, ride safe

thanks bro...I know we were planning this together but due to some circumstances you couldn't join me but believe me we will make it bigger than this and that too together :-)....

Glad that you liked the pics and log....SOLO rocks in a different way...thanks mate :-)

awesome log, awesome place and the narration was also awesome shaan bro..
will repent for missing this one for that mussorie ride...anyways congrats for completing it...

still waiting for this...?????

Awesome Job done keep it up bro !!

Thanks hey ....nice to see your comment here captain


yup the place was mirror image of heaven indeed ..I hope soon we come up with a good mutual plan to conquer the roads...

Nice ride & really wonderful pictures.
You guys are so lucky with so many picturesque places to ride from Delhi

what were the dates for this trip???

A very nicely put brief travelogue !! loved the pictures, would love to do a trip like this with a couple of rider friends, i'm not a solo person when it comes to long trips!!
well done shaan! lets catch up at the dhaba and hear more about this trip from you!

Man the pictures are just amazing. Do one thing put the full size pics on Facebook too man. You are a great rider. You have justified the definition of a rider that if no one goes with you then go alone. So you are an ultimate biker The write up is excellent. Cheers!! Ride Safe

I don't remember the exact dates but it was around mid June.

Thank you sir ji ...I know I must be sounding like a psycho doing all this alone but believe me it was different kind of fun . Just ride and ride and ride...

yup lets do a meet-up at dhaba soon...


Thanks a ton bro. You know how desperate I was getting in those times . I'll upload the pics at picassa. FB also compresses the pics .


Thanks Haroon...Yeah sometimes when you feeling like mountain-fever they ain't that far from here :-)