Leh 2006 - revisited 2

These days I'm struck with the great Himalayan fever again. Very eagerly waiting for the next season to recuperate my sickness. September 2006 Himalayan biking remains as unforgettable experience as October 2007's lonely travel to Cambodia or June 2008's Mt.Kinabalu expedition.

Here are some of the pic(k)s from the himalayan trip.

Leh 2006

Two years ago, this day, I began my 16 day long biking journey towards one of the great mountains, the Himalayas. The trip remains an unforgettable experience in my life. While I'm planning for a similar trip in coming 2009, a small revisit to those days.

Excerpts from the Day 1 log.

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Day 1: 02-Sept-2006. Reached Delhi by 10:00 am. Learnt that rains had just stopped there. Took a pre-paid taxi for Rs.250 from Airport to GATI office in Delhi south only to get disappointed. Only Arun’s bike was found there while my bike was transferred to Delhi north office. Took delivery of Arun’s bike, filled some petrol that was brought in a can from a nearby petrol pump, saved some fuel in the can for my bike, took an auto-rickshaw for Rs.200, went to GATI office in Delhi north, collected my bike after all the formalities. We started loading/packing our stuffs in the bikes immediately and were ready by 4:40 pm when the sky was getting darker with clouds. We decided and left Delhi to begin our wonderful journey. Within few minutes, there was a heavy downpour. After just 5 mins shelter under a huge flyover, we continued our biking in the rains. Had a small ‘chai’ break in a petrol pump on the way and also filled our bikes tanks with petrol. Ride, ride and ride all the way through rains, bad roads, heavy traffic and reached Panipat at around 8:30 pm. Panipat, a famous historical place. We had done only 100 kms so far. Somehow we had left Delhi and that’s what was satisfactory to us. Checked into Rainbow Guest House on Panipat Highway (on the right hand side) and retired for the day.
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remembering my bike

which is pulsar

In the last few years, there've been three things very close to me. One of them is my bike, Pulsar. We have travelled together lots & lots, to near & far, in sun & rain, with plans & without plans. Now I'm missing it a lot since leaving my place. But I know for sure that I'll get it back when I'm back to Bangalore and we would do lot more bikings all over again. Meanwhile, here're some of the pics of my bike in the beautiful backdrops.