The day began earlier than yesterday, and even surprising ourselves we were ready around 8-8.30a.m. we met some of Pune university people who have come there on trip in large group, and chatted for a while. Seeing a Pune registered bike there itself was big enough a shock for few of them, and seeing us…

After a rather late wake up, we quickly plotted the map about the sights to visit today. We had our breakfast at Rawat Kachori, a hotel famous for – well, kachoris. It was so crowded; it took some pushing around and some yelling to finally emerge victorious with 2 kachoris and hot jalebis. The battle…

After spending the morning with lazy wakeup and stone cold breakfast, we were eager to reach Jaipur. Train reached at 1 p.m. Again I had to walk to full platform to get Vesta. When I reached the luggage bogie (the brake van), my heart skipped by the sight. It was packed to the brim with…

There are no photos of this day, because the camera was hidden deep inside the luggage, and things were happening too fast or too slow, to take it out. I rode Vesta to Mumbai from Thane, for going to office. The difference between traffic of Mumbai and Pune is sharply noticeable. In Mumbai, almost everyone…

“How about a really long ride, dear? We neither are growing any younger nor are the responsibilities becoming smaller.” “Alright. But where? Leh Ladakh is unaccessible in Jan-Feb. What else is good?” It was around in Nov 2009, that me and Nandinee, my wife, started to get an itch for a ride. We had recently…