30th June, Jeori – Tapri Day 8 riding Distance: 44.9 km, Average Speed: 9.7 kph, Total: 358 km On the road at 8:30, after a hotel breakfast of parantha and chai. Climbing on a good surface. There is more evidence of hydro-electric projects. These projects are criticised by the authors of the standard travelers’ guidebooks …
I left the hotel at 7:00 am and rode (wobbled, more like, now that I had a load again) up to Chail, where I stopped for two cups of chai at the first place open. There were a few people about and the town had a pleasant relaxed feel to it. Setting off again, I …
Day 1 riding: Chandigarh – ? Wednesday June 18th, 30.9 km, 8.5 kph (impressive, eh?) It was hardly a crack of dawn start but I’d been making use of The Altius’ wifi until the early morning and wasn’t ready for a five o’clock alarm. I started off riding, the first time with a full load, …
Arrival in Delhi and entry to India was pretty smooth after my saran-wrapped bike showed up. Immediately outside customs was an ATM that worked, and a Costa coffee shop that provided a good and necessary latté. I went to the Aircel counter and actually got a SIM card installed and working – something that is …
I hadn’t really decided what to do with my bike for the week in London; It wouldn’t be easy to get it across the city using public transport so leaving it in left luggage was a viable option. Another was riding it to Greenwich, an idea that I had previously discarded as not too smart after …
I looked on the blog today for pictures of the ride into the Nubra Valley and found I hadn’t posted them. So, this is about 18 months late… Picked up a 350cc Bullet, fuelled up, and headed out of town. Late start, about noon, but I wanted to make sure I could get around town …