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[Part 1] Bangalore – Chandigarh – Manali

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Day -1: Bangalore Time had raced past to 28 th June 2014 sooner than we anticipated & there we were, woke up early on  Saturday morning around 2.00 AM, started calling everyone just to make sure everyone is ready. Our flight was at 6.30AM, booked cab at 3.00AM since we had multiple pickups from different places, so we decided to leave early. Started sharp 3.00AM from my place, next picked up Guru near Chansandra. Headed towards Deepu’s home near Kadrenahalli, picked Deepu & Vagee. Next it was Sunil’s turn near Vidaya Peeta. Last we picked Sowmya near Dairy circle, to pick all from different corners of the city it took almost 1 hour.  Ullas was about to join us from Chandigarh.    Reached Airport well in advance. Checked in all our luggage and we were all set to go.    Flight took almost 7 hours with one stop in Delhi [3 hours waiting for next connecting flight to Chandigarh]. Since we had enough time for next flight, had breakfast in D...

Leh Ladakh Diaries [Part – 1] – Bike trip – Planning

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Leh Ladakh bike trip – Dream ride of every biker. Recent days I was seeing many pictures of the Leh – Ladakh bike rides which motivated me to plan for this trip, mainly one of my friends Vinay had been to Leh on his bicycle and captured wonderful pictures in his camera, by seeing those pics decided to plan for this dream trip. I was waiting for right opportunity to execute this plan. Finally decided to execute this plan in this year (Actually I wanted to execute this plan before I get married :P). As mentioned earlier it considered to be a dream ride for all hard core bike ride lovers, being a passionate rider wanted to execute this plan at any cost. Leh – Ladakh route will open for the tourists from June to September, so we thought of planning this trip in the month of June. Guru and I made a rough sketch of the route. When we planned for this trip, first person we approached is our friend Vinay MP; since he had been to Leh last year I thought he is the right person to guide us. When ...