Day 1(16th Aug)
SO we were all set and by midnight we started our journey around 3:30 stopped at our frnds place for food(and protection of Scarab and Rakhi ) and were out by 5:00.. the ride was smooth till Ambala our first pit stop!! It started to rain after we reached Ambala so we had to stop there and i also wanted to get Gios bike repaired there so we ended spending 6 hours in Ambala and there we also had our lunch. I don't know what happened to Gio but he wanted to got some sticker job done so we were all set on piped up rides. Finally we were out of ambala and we took rajpura road instead of normal ambala chandigarh Highway. We entered Chandigarh refueled and moved on to our destination by evening we entered HImachal whereas we were supposed to be in Manali by 6-7 in the evening but thats cool we covered more then 80 -90 kilometers which was not that pleasant there were few patches where we had to stop for a while coz there were 2-3 kilometer long traffic jams due to landsliding so our boots were covered with mud and we reached Bilaspur by 8:00. Our hotel was nice so we just cleaned up everything took a shower and headed for food. Bilaspur is a small town so everything was closed by 10 the only place where we can get food was the bus stand and our royal dinner was nothing but chips and Biscuits ..we cam back and had a good night sleep.
Day 2(17th AUg)
We got up arounf 8 or 9 and hit the roads by 11 not too far from Bilasour we had to stop for Gio as he had a flat fron tyre so I had to get a mechanic to fix it. After that we saw a couple riding towards MAnali so we chased them and finally overtook them I don't know why I wanted to follow them coz we didn't stopped to talk we jsut overtook them, the view was breathtaking and it was getting greener and better I am from northeast and lived most of my life in Army camps(which are always green) so I felt like coming home it was nice and soo peaceful. We reached kullu around 4 and were on time .. I was pretty happy about it after crossin kullu there was a small Nalah(something like a stream but Gio calls them River) I crossed it without any problem but Gio's bike stopped midway so some water got into his spark plug so his bike refused to start next thing I know Gio kicking his guts out ot restart the bike I aslo tried we put the choke as well but nothing worked so after 10 minutes ordeal I decided to get a mechanic who was couple of Kilometers away so I wnet up came down got the spark plug changed and we were on the roads again we reached Manali around 6-7 and I realized Gio was not that happy with his bike and was kinda demotivated but after we reached Manali things got better Gio took me out for DInner and I bought by Windproof JAcket as well. So Night at Manali was good
Day 3(18th Aug)
We were planning ot leave early but the hotel guys were not able to wake us up on time so we titrated around 8. I tried withdrawing some cash but the ATM was not working WHAT A START on top of it Gio's tyre was flat again but it was a good thing coz the puncture was serious thing there was piece of nail inside the Tyre and it could have been a bigger problem later thanks to the puncture guy who fixed it we also met that couple we overtook last day they were looking for Company I was like wow i wanted to be whit these guys and they walked up to us so now we've got three bikes which is a very good thing. I was glad that we were not on schedule and suddenly i was stuck with this idea forget everything and just ride u're on vacation bozo enjoy it don't race and then I started to enjoy it coz thats what the purpose of this whole trip is I want to happy and carefree again so jsut do things in the way you want... and we started the real journey first 50 kilometers were a,amazingly beautiful the road till Rohtang la was mesmerizing i was stunned by the beauty we stopped at 2-3 places for some pics and then fianlly we reached our first pit stop for the Day Rohtang la its 51 KM from Manali, and is a high mountain pass that connects the Kullu Valley with the Lahul and Spiti valleys of Himachal Pradesh. It is suggested by some linguists that the name rohtang is a Persian word meaning pile of dead bodies. we were there for an hour had out lunch it was kinda foggy but still It was not that hard to realize that this place is more like an amusement I could see the commercialization of that spot. We decided to move on and I guess by 2 we were out of Rohtang la and then the real jorney began suddenly the landscape changes and we were in Lahul and Spiti in some time we crossed Keylong it was gettign dark so we decided to find a resting spot tried to stay at a camp bt ended up in Jispa we stayed in a hotel best part about that hotel was HOT SHOWER !!!!! best thing ever really charged us for the next day
SO we were all set and by midnight we started our journey around 3:30 stopped at our frnds place for food(and protection of Scarab and Rakhi ) and were out by 5:00.. the ride was smooth till Ambala our first pit stop!! It started to rain after we reached Ambala so we had to stop there and i also wanted to get Gios bike repaired there so we ended spending 6 hours in Ambala and there we also had our lunch. I don't know what happened to Gio but he wanted to got some sticker job done so we were all set on piped up rides. Finally we were out of ambala and we took rajpura road instead of normal ambala chandigarh Highway. We entered Chandigarh refueled and moved on to our destination by evening we entered HImachal whereas we were supposed to be in Manali by 6-7 in the evening but thats cool we covered more then 80 -90 kilometers which was not that pleasant there were few patches where we had to stop for a while coz there were 2-3 kilometer long traffic jams due to landsliding so our boots were covered with mud and we reached Bilaspur by 8:00. Our hotel was nice so we just cleaned up everything took a shower and headed for food. Bilaspur is a small town so everything was closed by 10 the only place where we can get food was the bus stand and our royal dinner was nothing but chips and Biscuits ..we cam back and had a good night sleep.
Day 2(17th AUg)
We got up arounf 8 or 9 and hit the roads by 11 not too far from Bilasour we had to stop for Gio as he had a flat fron tyre so I had to get a mechanic to fix it. After that we saw a couple riding towards MAnali so we chased them and finally overtook them I don't know why I wanted to follow them coz we didn't stopped to talk we jsut overtook them, the view was breathtaking and it was getting greener and better I am from northeast and lived most of my life in Army camps(which are always green) so I felt like coming home it was nice and soo peaceful. We reached kullu around 4 and were on time .. I was pretty happy about it after crossin kullu there was a small Nalah(something like a stream but Gio calls them River) I crossed it without any problem but Gio's bike stopped midway so some water got into his spark plug so his bike refused to start next thing I know Gio kicking his guts out ot restart the bike I aslo tried we put the choke as well but nothing worked so after 10 minutes ordeal I decided to get a mechanic who was couple of Kilometers away so I wnet up came down got the spark plug changed and we were on the roads again we reached Manali around 6-7 and I realized Gio was not that happy with his bike and was kinda demotivated but after we reached Manali things got better Gio took me out for DInner and I bought by Windproof JAcket as well. So Night at Manali was good
Day 3(18th Aug)
We were planning ot leave early but the hotel guys were not able to wake us up on time so we titrated around 8. I tried withdrawing some cash but the ATM was not working WHAT A START on top of it Gio's tyre was flat again but it was a good thing coz the puncture was serious thing there was piece of nail inside the Tyre and it could have been a bigger problem later thanks to the puncture guy who fixed it we also met that couple we overtook last day they were looking for Company I was like wow i wanted to be whit these guys and they walked up to us so now we've got three bikes which is a very good thing. I was glad that we were not on schedule and suddenly i was stuck with this idea forget everything and just ride u're on vacation bozo enjoy it don't race and then I started to enjoy it coz thats what the purpose of this whole trip is I want to happy and carefree again so jsut do things in the way you want... and we started the real journey first 50 kilometers were a,amazingly beautiful the road till Rohtang la was mesmerizing i was stunned by the beauty we stopped at 2-3 places for some pics and then fianlly we reached our first pit stop for the Day Rohtang la its 51 KM from Manali, and is a high mountain pass that connects the Kullu Valley with the Lahul and Spiti valleys of Himachal Pradesh. It is suggested by some linguists that the name rohtang is a Persian word meaning pile of dead bodies. we were there for an hour had out lunch it was kinda foggy but still It was not that hard to realize that this place is more like an amusement I could see the commercialization of that spot. We decided to move on and I guess by 2 we were out of Rohtang la and then the real jorney began suddenly the landscape changes and we were in Lahul and Spiti in some time we crossed Keylong it was gettign dark so we decided to find a resting spot tried to stay at a camp bt ended up in Jispa we stayed in a hotel best part about that hotel was HOT SHOWER !!!!! best thing ever really charged us for the next day
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in short: the adventure of our lifetime!!
amazing, wonderful, stunning, breath taking, impressive, beautiful, mind blowing, wicked, incredible... just an unforgettable road trip!
THANX BRO!!
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