Re: Road Trip to Bhutan

Query Approved

Do share your tentative plan and ask specific questions. Also go through the Bhutan travelogues on the forum.

Re: Road Trip to Bhutan

Trip starts from Chennai, India to Thimphu, Bhutan.
Two bikes; RE TBTS 350 and Duke 200.

This trip is mainly for the biking endurance and not much to explore the country (I had been there more than once but by public transport).
I am used to continuous driving covering long distance in a single day.

I would be planning it for 15 days and may have couple of days for buffer to cover the unplanned delays.

Here goes the plan. I would have my queries alongside the itinerary.

First leg :
Chennai - Nellore - Ongole - Guntur - Vijayawada - Rajahmundry --> 608 Km
Q : Road condition and alternate route if any.

Second leg :
Rajahmundry - Annavaram - Vishakapatnam - Srikakulam - Brahmapur - Bhubaneswar - Cuttack --> 646 Km
Q : Road condition and alternate route if any.

Third leg :
Cuttack - Bhadrak - Balasore - Udaynarayanpur - Burdwan - Farakka --> 652 Km
Q : Suggest if there are some alternate routes with better road conditions
Q : Once we cross Udaynarayanpur or Burdwan, came across another route via Dumka which is said to be active with Maoists presence.

Fourth leg :
Farakka - Raiganj - Islampur - Siliguri - Jaigaon --> 415 Km
Q : Suggest if there are some alternate routes with better road conditions

Fifth leg : (After obtaining permit for self and the vehicle)
Jaigaon/Pheuntsholing - Thimphu --> 165 Km

We can try extending the itinerary for one more day. I know that the distance covered per day is more and the road conditions may not favor us. We have a crunch with respect to the time frame and hence the tight schedule.

Support and guidance from fellow XBHPians would help a lot.

Re: Road Trip to Bhutan

Any suggestions, please