Thanks Dost

Thanks Ananth,Water was Damn cold,but i had no option to take a dip to wash away all the sins .


Thanks Kakkar sir,Glad a tourer like you liked my log.Sir,this was my old love which i had to sell

Thank you boss.

Thank you sir ji.

Dhanyawaad Nunnu

Cheers
Biru

Day 21 - Puh - Nako - Gue - Tabo - Kaza - Ki - Kunzum Pass - Chandrataal

View from the balcony of Dorm made my day, It was so f*ing beautiful. Brown mountains surrounding the place, Clouds hanging on their own and the aggressive river flowing on the base of the mountains.



I pinched myself to get awake from the dream, only to know it was all real. Time to pack up and start my journey. I crossed Khaba those twisty, loopy and mountain roads and reached Nako. Took pit stop to have tea, as it was freaking cold and foggy out there.

A water crossing with all his gratitude wishing me Good Morning.





As far as i remember,these are called as Kazigs - Just like the Gata loops on the LEH track







The famous Nako lake was on few kms climb from the village, view was beautiful but was not clear to take a clean shot.




After taking my time at the lake,i went to the nearby HELIPAD. Local public was allowed to roam around and have as many photo shots on the Helipad.



After leaving from Nako,I entered into the spiti valley.And the welcome message says it all.






Spiti,the word means "The Middle Land", as it falls between Tibet and India.Spiti valley is basically a desert mountain valley,where spiti rivers runs along the base of these mountains.








I was moving towards Tabo,i saw an diversion towards a placed GUE.And it striked my mind,I have heard about this place somewhere.But i wan't able to recollect.So i decided to go to the place and check it out.
I was amazed to see a black nallah running along the road,looked like the common site of Nallah's we have in Mumbai.Starnge but Truth



A distant view of Gue village and mountains around it.



After 10-15 kms of run,I reached the monastery.Quite a small village it was,with so many eyes staring at me.I made my way to the monastery.Just when i entered the Monastery i remembered,the place is famous for the 'Preserved Mummy'



Was so happy with my decision to check out Gue,got to see the first mummy of my life.And here is the outcome of happiness,posing at the entry gate of the road leading to GUE.




TO BE CONTD

Cheers
Biru

I dont think i will ever want to come back from there if i ever go there !

Excellent pictures there...

Day 21 - Puh - Nako - Gue - Tabo - Kaza - Ki - Kunzum Pass - Chandrataal ...CONTD

After a casual meet and interaction with the Mummy at the GUE,I vroomed towards Tabo.Tabo village situated in a secluded zone of the Spiti valley..Isolated from the outside world.



At Tabo



Tabo is famous for the ancient temples it has.Within the ancient monastery's compound..there are nine temples built between the late 10th and the 17th century and numerous stupas.

Look at the ESTD date !!!



Before reaching Tabo,there was news that the route is closed as one of the bridge got washed away by a land slide.It was true,but the Army people has aleady fixed it. Salute to these peoples for the work they do.
I reached Tabo and parked myself along with the bike on a Italian coffee shop.Whoa !the black coffee he served was awesome but the apple pie i ordered was having fungus on it.

After sipping the awesome black coffee,I went to the Temples.
Visited all the temples one by one and got to see some amazing paitings,beautifully carved idols.







The care taker didnt allowed to take photo as it was quite dark and i might have to use the flash to click.And according to him,the flash lights affects the painting.And he was damn rite,I visited all the temples and continued ahead towards Kaza.

Kaza was another 46 Kms from Tabo. And the beautiful scenery continues to follow me.



How close the river Spiti river flows and follows









I reached Kaza and headed towards the fuel bunk.Only fuel bunk in the entire Spiti circuit.But chances of getting fuel is very less,because of the road condition and landslides..the supply of the petrol never reaches on time.So when travelling in Spiti circuit,never rely on the fuel station for any kind of top up.Carry enough back up fuel.

In between i stopped at the Kaza monastery,but it was closed at that period of day.I just paid a visit from outside..so some kids playing around and asked them if they want to pose on my bike and want to be clicked.They happily agreed and jumped up on the bike.







The petrol bunk is on the other end of the Kaza village,and i was lucky..the fuel tanker had just arrived..fuel was available.But there was a long queue for fuel refilling.So i thought i will go to Ki-Kibber Monastery first and then while coming back i will top up the fuel.Anyway i had two canes of fuel with me as a backup.

Just when the Kaza village ends,there is a diversion for Ki-Kibber monastary leaving the Kaza - Gramphoo road on the other side.Key monastery was another 11-12 kms from the diversion.
And a distant view of the Ki Monastery.






I reached Ki monastery by crossing the winding roads,the monastery looked huge and quite old standing on the top of the hill.The monks at the monastery were very nice to me,they greeted me and welcomed me with some black tea.I had 4-5 of them,even though i was burning due to the Italian coffee i had in Tabo.




The weather outside was getting spooky,i was able to see some super black clouds in the direction from i came and the direction where i had to go back.So i skipped the plan of going to Kibber and started back for Kaza.



TO BE CONTD

Cheers
Biru

maar daala fir se

Day 21 - Puh - Nako - Gue - Tabo - Kaza - Ki - Kunzum Pass - Chandrataal ...CONTD

And the dark clouds started surrounding me,i left Ki monastery and headed towards Kaza in a hurry.Where i am going to stay for night wasn't decided..Any place after Kaza..I reached back to Kaza and refilled the tank.By that time all the crowd was done with their refilling.The sky was clear on the side where i was heading,so without wasting time i made my move towards Kunzum Pass.



Needless to say,the scenery around was still that much beautiful that i couldn't stop myself to stop and take photo breaks.







Some Grand canyon sort of scenery





I rode,I Rode,I rode running from those dark clouds..evening went and night came.I did not find any accommodation in between so i decided to reach Chandrataal and stay there for night..I wasn't aware of the fact that there isn't any proper road existing to Chandrataal.






You guys wont believe but its is truth that i crossed the Kunzum Pass in the night time,Here is one of the landmark in the night time before reaching chandrataal.



I moved slowly slowy with paitence covering inch by inch of the Kunzum pass,no freaking soul around to help me with the accommodation and route related help.And just when i decended from kunzum pass i saw a board pointing towards an diversion to chandrataal.The only thing i can hear in that silent night was the flow of water/Water crossing.

And when the roads ended,I was riding on the basis of my inner instincts 'When everything happens right in your life,Take a right' .And then suddenly i noticed a ray of hope,saw some lights.So i started to follow the road leading to the lights.I had to leave the main road and take the off road or shall i say the route where it has no route.
With all hicupps i can face,i reached the place and saw some tents and a person flashing light on me.It was 11:30 PM in the clock.I was happy that i made safely,My first question to the person was "Is this place chandrataal".He said 'NO'
I was like 'WTF,where am I' ?..He said relax..chandrataal is 4-5 kms trek from here.A sigh of relief,I asked him about the tent charges..he quoted 1000.Again a shocker.I requested him that i am having only 500 Rs and started telling him my story that i have left the job and travelling on limited budget and blah blah.He was a kind man and he agreed to give a tent for 500 bucks.

I was so freaking tired that i rushed to the tent,pulled out the shoes and wet clothes and immediately crashed to bed as the trek to Chandrataal will start early in the morning tomorrow by 06 AM.

Cheers
Biru

A [B]big[B] salute to your spirit. No words to describe your courage and passion... that was one helluva leg of your ride... what you have done is just unthinkable for the commoners like me.. Kudos..

Day 22 - Chandrataal - Gramphoo - Rohtang - Manali - Chandigarh

Early morning trek to the Chandrataal begins at 06 AM in the morning.The guide said its just 03-04 Kms from our camp site. Interesting,after a bone chilling night ride what i needed was a early morning trek of 4 Kms.
Along with me were two love birds which were married for last one year.Bharath and Nisha from banglore.Thank god,atleast i wasn't solo in this trek.Pretty soon we striked the conversation and in very few moments we became good friends.

And between those conversations,we never knew how the time flew and we made it to chandrataal.It was foggy everywhere.

First view of Chandrataal



While the couple went busy admiring the beauty of the Taal,I myself sat behind the Taal and started capturing the beauty of it.Chandratal which means 'Lake of the Moon'.Basically it gets this name for its crescent shape.
In times of clear weather,reflections of the surrounding mountains in the taal magnifies the mesmerizing beauty of the Taal to hundred folds

A small reflection can be seen


I also had my share of posing and then we started back towards the camp.Returning back was the tough part,but was quick enough.Daandi yatra for an hour and we were back at the camp site.

It was cold


On our way back to the camps


First thing to do was to rush for the Dodo,i filled one of the water bottle and ran towards the mountains.Trust me the Dodo experience was just awesome on those open fields surrounded by brown mountains :P and one more addition to the count of those mountains

I rushed back to the tents,had tea and breakfast and started my course towards Gramphoo..
This is where i stayed for the night


While i rode from Chandrataal to Kaza-Gramphoo road,I was continuously cursing myself for being such a stupid and asshole.The road i traveled in the night time to reach Chandrataal was very dangerous and lonely.I thanked to the god for looking over me when i was alone in the dark,when was in danger because of my own stupidity.









I reached back to the Kaza - Gramphoo road and,took the diversion towards Gramphoo.



TO BE CONTD...

Cheers
Biru

After few kms the road disappeared and i found myself riding on a River bed,multiple routes heading into multiple directions.I was clueless as many times i ended up reaching to dead ends and taking U turn and choosing another route.It was fun but since the rear tyre was running on Tube..I was little bit scared.Went through many of those water crossings which i missed in the Ladakh ride.









The river bed patch ended and the and got a straight road running in between two valleys.Saw a huge road jam ahead,because of a pagal nullah.I somehow managed to cross it,I reached Gramphoo and stopped for a tea break.It was sort of a junction,where the right turn was leading towards Leh and the left one was taking me to Rohtang Pass.For one moment i started planning for LEH again,but then remembered the joining date for IBM.So..after the tea break started towards Rohtang Pass.









Rohtang was as usual full of vehicles and Slush.Riding on those winding roads of Rohtang took almost an Hour.Reached Manali by the evening time and stopped for a much deserved Tea break.









I thought of staying for the night in Manali,but it would have been a costly affair.So i continued ahead and stayed for the night at a place called Barmana.

Cheers
Biru

Day 23 - Barmana - Chandigarh

Ride was nearing to its end and was feeling sad about it,these 22 days has been my lives most memorable days..Where i traveled to those unknown and unplanned places.Initial plan was to ride back to Mumbai via Delhi, Jaipur and Ahmadabad. Next destination Chandigarh,which was 142 kms.

Encountered a road block in the morning,took an hour to clear up.



I left Himachal Pradesh and entered Punjab.Everything was going according to the plan,suddenly i felt some wobbling with the rear tyre.I stopped and checked,it was a damn puncture.I prayed and thanked to GOD,that all this didn't happened in the Spiti circuit.
Found a puncture shop,but Sardar Ji didn't agreed to open the tyre.So,I had to ride approx 30 kms with puncture tyre until i found a guy who agreed to fix the puncture.
Finally i was back on the road.



I reached Chandigarh by afternoon,The condition of the bike was not looking good..SO i decided to parcel the bike to Mumbai and travel via Public transports.I went to the railway station..got my bike packed and purchased the builty to parcel the bike to Mumbai.

I remembered our fellow biker KurtRules is put up in the same city,so i buzzed him and though of meeting him over few drinks.And the meeting turned into a night stay affair..where we gulped half Blenders Pride over the stories of each others ride.Didn't even remember when i passed out

Day 24 - Chandigarh - Delhi - Mumbai

In the morning Kurt dropped me at the Bus station,I took a Bus to delhi.Chandigarh to Delhi,I reached by afternoon.I was clueless about the journey ahead,as no buses runs between New Delhi to Mumbai.Sleeper/AC Class train tickets will be difficult to get.So i was left with only option to take a flight.So..flight it was.Went to airport,bought the ticket..and then flew back to Mumbai

An truly epic ride comes to end.How i started for Rajasthan and MP...And how i ended up visiting Rajasthan,MP,UP,Nepal,Himachal..Met numerous strangers..Made plenty of friends..Learned So many things..Gained plenty of experience.It been 02 year when i did this ride and the memory of this ride of mine is still fresh in my back of my head.

Finally the log is over

Cheers
Biru

An epic log (finally) ends!
Irony: that Mr. Berojgaar is now an export quality rojgaar and (sadly) without bike

Thank you Bugger for your Epic comment

Cheers
Biru

Dude what s the price of the Saddle bag and tank bag U have... !

What s the Price of the tank bag and Saddle bag u have. ?? I'm having R15 v2.0 will that saddle bag be fit for my bike ?? and any online store u can suggest me where can i purchase it ?? !!!

biru bhai do you carry map and all gps ya kuch ? or else depend on people to show the path ?
na adventure is one thing but dont you feel afraid akele kuch hojayega toh ?

Hi Biru,

New member on xbhp, was just going through your posts and am awestruck man. You left for such a long ride, just like that?? Hats off to you man. The pics are awesome and so is the travelogue. This is how you live life!!

Really impressed and a fan now.