Delhi/Gurgaon to Anandpur Sahib 09.09.07
A quick visit to the local mechanic to change our engine oils, and we were flagged off by Kenny's roomie. It took us a hour and a half to squirm out of the intense Delhi traffic, even on a sunday, and catch NH 1. The highway allowed us to revv our bikes at last and provided us the much needed relief to be constantly looking into the rear view mirrors.
The alarm woke us up at sharp 06.00 hrs, and very very very relunctantly (it was a sunday morning after all) we all got up and got about mounting the saddle bags onto the bikes - on my Pulsar 200, on Himanshu's Pulsar 150 and on Kenny's Bullet Electra. By the time we finally managed to get the saddle bags, sleeping bags and mats tied onto the bikes, it was 09.20 hrs.
A quick visit to the local mechanic to change our engine oils, and we were flagged off by Kenny's roomie. It took us a hour and a half to squirm out of the intense Delhi traffic, even on a sunday, and catch NH 1. The highway allowed us to revv our bikes at last and provided us the much needed relief to be constantly looking into the rear view mirrors. We halted at Murthal at around 11.30 hrs for our breakfast- sumpto
us paranthas with homemade butter, pickles and yoghurt. A quick glass of lassi and we were back on the road. The next stop at 17.00 hrs was Chandigarh where we filled up our tanks and had some quick bites for lunch. We proceeded towards Kiratpur and Anandpur Sahib for our first pit stop. It was getting dark and the road was a nightmare-potholes appeared out of nowhere and trucks were showering us with meteorite dust storms. Finally ,at around 20.00 hrs, we logged into a hotel at Anandpur Sahib, our clothes, bikes, visors -all a shade of dust brown.
us paranthas with homemade butter, pickles and yoghurt. A quick glass of lassi and we were back on the road. The next stop at 17.00 hrs was Chandigarh where we filled up our tanks and had some quick bites for lunch. We proceeded towards Kiratpur and Anandpur Sahib for our first pit stop. It was getting dark and the road was a nightmare-potholes appeared out of nowhere and trucks were showering us with meteorite dust storms. Finally ,at around 20.00 hrs, we logged into a hotel at Anandpur Sahib, our clothes, bikes, visors -all a shade of dust brown.A cool shower later, we were laden off the kilos of dust on us and dipped our clothes into a detergent wash for a quick clean. Pre dinner, Kenny and I walked out in search of our "holy grail"- the watering hole! But being a holy city, Anandpur Sahib offered no respite- the nearest "theka" was a good 4 km away. We walked back into the hotel to just settle for dinner and log off. Sleep came the moment we hit the sack.
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