Riding the Sands of Time
This is a Blast from the Past… When I used to ride with the Luci-fers… a bunch of bike enthusiasts from my ex-office… before…
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The Trans Himalayan Experience
We halted there for about an hour to tank up on fuel, breakfast and water. Soon it was time to move and we headed out to Tanglang La over the Gata Loops, which is a series of 21 hairpin bends, starting at 13780 Ft ASl and in a stretch of 17 kms, take you up by 1500 Ft to 15302 ft ASL.
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A dream fulfilled!
After reaching Leh, detailed in the previous post, all we did was relax and rest. We had plans to ride to Khardung La the…
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Wishful Riding – a Partial Reality – Baralacha La to Leh
I did not realize the importance of this place at the time of clicking this snap… Found out later that this was the place where the sindhu Darshan festival is held to comemorate and celebrate the Sindhu River, which plays a major role in the lives of the people here…
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Wishful Riding – A Partial Reality!
Everyone who enjoyed the wishful Riding series would know what this means to me. This was an ever present dream, that itchy feeling which…
Read MoreDelhi – Dehradun (The Long Way Round)
Flashback to 2004 I had become a proud owner of a brand new Estem VXi and was eager to go on a long drive…
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Delhi – Manali (The Long Way Round)
It had been quite some time since I rode long distance on BB. being out of action due to a bike crash, has a…
Read MoreWishful Riding – The last Chapter (Manali – Bilaspur – Delhi)
After loitering in Manali for a day, gathered my stuff, had breakfast, paid the bill and moved on… Home beckons. The ride from Manali…
Read MoreWishful Riding – Leh to Sarchu to Manali
For the sake of keeping it short and in order to avoid a writer’s block, I would be condensing two days of riding in…
Read MoreWishful Riding (Conquest of the K-Top)
After the futile effort of sightseeing in Leh due to the bike troubles and all that pushing & pulling, I had decided to crash…
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Visiting a part of History – Maithon Dam
The decision to go to Maithon was made on a whim… we had nothing to do and it was a Sunday… usually a half day in most of the trading establishments…
Read MoreWishful riding Part 7 – (In and around Leh)
Post the exhausting ride from Sarchu to Leh, I had dropped dead in probably the most comfortable bed on the entire duration of the…
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