India
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Last Days in India
The ride from here becomes progressively worse. Driving through a town called Am (Ahm?) we lose a passenger foot-peg on the bike – its nut has come loose because of all the vibration…
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Planting Around the World – Mission 1 (INDIA)
In our Planting Around the World Mission our challenge is to plant at least one tree for every country we visit during our world backpacking trip. Why? With all the talk about carbon…
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Journey to McLeod Ganj (Dharamsala)
Our journey from Kasol takes us out of the Parvati Valley, back on to the national highway by Mandi and from there on to Dharamshala about 100km west. Dharamshala is the town where…
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Little Israel??
The next morning we say thanks and goodbyes to Mr Bhalla the owner and Hira, the manager, a really helpful guy, and we set off towards the Parvati Valley about 15km South. Having…
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No Escape from “Progress”
Early morning we put Kullu behind us and ride two hours up into Manali, the last town before the great Rothang La mountain pass which leads up into the great heights of the…
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We Came, We Saw, We Left in a Hurry
We make our way from Karsog at about 09:30 towards Mandi, on roads winding through beautiful mountain forests. The views are spectacular and the riding is challenging and at some points downright scary.…
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Diamond in the Rough
From Shimla we plan to drive the back-roads via Karsog to Mandi, which we hope to be able to accomplish in one day. This way we may be in for a slower journey…
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Our Shimmy in Shimla
We awake the next morning to monkeys rattling the metal grids in front of the hotel room. We’ve had a good rest and walk the main street, the Mall, which is a pedestrian…
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Second Great Escape from Delhi
It’s about 04:00 as our alarms sound and we get ourselves dressed and the bike loaded down in the alley in front of the AMAX Hotel. By 05:00 we’re ready to go. We…
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Delhi Again
We arrive at the hotel at 3AM. They try to overcharge us on the prior agreed rate – “tax” being the excuse. We don’t get much sleep and our day from morning to…
