http://www.barikumar.com/india Circumnavigating India by Motorbike, Sept�Nov 2005 Tue, 01 Nov 2005 00:36:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Saturday, October 22. Lovely to wake up in a clean bed and have cel phone connection to talk and for internet. Joe was picking up a couple of new tyres for the bikes for down the road and he also needed to open my bike up to check the fuel pipe. ... http://www.barikumar.com/india/motorbike-diary/chandigarh-rishikesh October 20th. what a refreshing break it was to be in Manali. (see photo). Much warmer during the day around 20 c. Manali is a small tourist destination at the foothills of the himalayas. Very picturesque. Noticed a lot of couples who seem to be on their honeymoon. Also lots ... http://www.barikumar.com/india/motorbike-diary/manali-chandigarh We woke up cold and wanted to get going before it got late. We were told to cover about 240km to a place called Sanchur where we could break if the skies were clear. If overcast, we were advised by the army personnel to carry on through the next ... http://www.barikumar.com/india/motorbike-diary/leh-manali We all woke up really cold and Col. Rakesh Mishra had asked us to stay for breakfast before we left. we figured it might be best, as the distance to covered today was less than yesterday. But the breakfast took a while to be set up and i was getting ... http://www.barikumar.com/india/motorbike-diary/kargil-leh How I wish you could see what we see! It’s really hard to describe how insanely beautiful this part of the country is. After we set off from Srinagar, it took us a while to get out of the town, trying to find the way through the narrow gullies. Once we started ... http://www.barikumar.com/india/motorbike-diary/srinagar-kargil We got started fairly early to head towards Srinagar. we had stayed the previous night a few km before Jammu. We passed through the city, which was quite polluted by the lorries spewing the diesel fumes. Once we got past the town, we started to ascend the hills. Everything was green ... http://www.barikumar.com/india/motorbike-diary/jammu-srinagar Got up to clear skies and were off by 7 am. The roads out of Amritsar were very good. The previous night’s rain was evident by the puddles on the roads. The smell of the rain soaked soil and the farms next to the highway reminded me of my ... http://www.barikumar.com/india/motorbike-diary/amritsar-jammu Our day off in Amritsar was refreshing. After we leisurely woke up and did our laundry, posted my blog, it was already late afternoon. We decided to go to the Wagah border which we were told was about 15 km away. So we carted ourselves off in 2 autos. instead ... http://www.barikumar.com/india/motorbike-diary/amritsar Good morning from Amritsar, Punjab! We did a nice long rode from Bikaner yesterday, covering about 520 km. Left at 7am from Bikaner (see photo). The hotel looks more grand and regal on the outside than it does in side. Trust me! We rode out for about 2 hours covering 160 km ... http://www.barikumar.com/india/motorbike-diary/bikaner-amritsar Ahh…To be connected again! We went by the fort last evening as the sun set and walked around a bit. The haunting sounds from a folk musician captivated our attention (see photo). He had such a sweet face and the music that he produced from that instrument was so damn good. ... http://www.barikumar.com/india/motorbike-diary/jaisalmer-bikaner After a rejuvenating break in Kharaghoda, we decided to make a slight adjustment to our itinerary. Our original plan was to ride about 350 km to Barmer in Rajasthan state and halt for the night there. We opted to carry on instead to Jaisalmer which is another 160 km. The ... http://www.barikumar.com/india/motorbike-diary/kharaghoda-jaisalmer Got out off Bhuj by 7:30am before the heat and traffic kicked in. Had some sandwiches packed at the hotel, so we could save some time. Roads were good and we were out of the town fairly soon. Actually rode out for about 75 km before we stopped for chai, Soon ... http://www.barikumar.com/india/motorbike-diary/bhuj-kharaghoda Got up by 6 am and got rolling by 7:30 am. Just can’t seem to leave any sooner. It was cool when we left, although, it was already beginning to feel humid. The roads were very good and hardly any traffic. We were riding through the desert of ... http://www.barikumar.com/india/motorbike-diary/mandvi-bhuj Hi Folks, Back again! sorry, didn’t have any wireless connection yesterday in Mandvi, hence couldn’t blog. We have covered quite a bit of ground in the last 2 days. We left Jamnagar quite early (by our standards) around 7:30 am. The road out of town was quite bad. Just as bad as it ... http://www.barikumar.com/india/motorbike-diary/jamnagar-mandvi Today was a landmark day. We set off from Chorwad by 7 am. we rode for about 30 km and stopped for a traditional Gujarat breakfast. ( see photo) It was unexpectedly delicious. We saw these 2 guys walking on the road in their traditional white clothes dyed in ... http://www.barikumar.com/india/motorbike-diary/chorwad-to-jamnagar October 1st, 2005. Good day today! got up by 5am and tried to get riding by 6:30am . Off by an hour, we were out the gates of the palace hotel by 7:30am. Got some chai on the way a couple of hours later and had some sandwiches we had ... http://www.barikumar.com/india/motorbike-diary/bhavnagar-to-chorwad                             Finally here In Bhavnagar, Gujarat, for a day of much needed rest. Let me update on how we made it here. Unfortunately, there has been no internet connection available in the last 2 places and so I could not post. Let’s go back to where I last posted. We left Panjim ... http://www.barikumar.com/india/motorbike-diary/goa-to-bhavnagar Managed to get some sleep last night at Kundapur. The food so far has been really awesome even at the roadside cafes. Sure beats Taco Bell! We set out today after a delicious breakfast of idli, vada and fantastic coffee. The south Indian coffee is supreme! Before long we got ... http://www.barikumar.com/india/motorbike-diary/second-day The first day of our adventure started off with a great turnout of our friends and family members cheering us off from a motorcycle themed cafe, “Road Trip” in Bangalore at about 9am. From Bangalore streets to the open highways (by open, i mean they are open to anyone and ... http://www.barikumar.com/india/motorbike-diary/first-day Here I am , finally in India. Reached safely on September 20th night to Bangalore. Navroze has settled on an Indian made motorcycle, Bajaj Pulsar 180cc for his ride. Dinesh and I settled for Kawasaki KLE 500 as our choice for the motorcycle. I’ll be riding the silver and Dinesh ... http://www.barikumar.com/india/motorbike-diary/beginning