North East India - 20161001 (18 days)

Been to north east india recently. Travelled around on Road.

Some numbers:

2 country borders, 4 States, 6 bikes, 8 people, 18 days, ~3500kms covered.

I will try to give the itinerary and points to consider on each of the places.

Day 1: Landing in Guwahati (Haven’t done much, time went in meeting teammates, finding place to eat etc).

Day 2: Collecting bikes and test ride.

Day 3: Towards Tawang, covered Kaziranga, stayed in Tejpur.

Day 4: Went up to Bomdi-la. Went further and stayed in Dirang. 

Day 5: Left comfortably. Went to Tawang. 

Day 6: Headed back towards Guwahati. Stayed in Bomdi-la Monastery.

Day 7: Headed towards Phuentsholing, Bhutan. Started searching for staying option from 4pm, got a place after 100+ kms, 4hrs later in Pathsala. 

Day 8: Reached Phuentsholing, didn’t get permit. Stayed there for the night.

Day 9: Headed back, and stayed in Pathsala again.

Day 10: Reached Shillong, and stayed there.

Day 11: Visited Chirappunji. Rode in clouds, was good experience. Stayed in Shillong.

Day 12: Visited Dwaki, Bangladesh Border, Living roots bridge. Stayed in Shillong

Day 13: Reached Kohima, Nagaland.

Day 14: No bikes day. Went to Konoma valley, Kisama Heritage village and World war 2 memorial. Had rice beer. Stayed in Kohima.

Day 15: Roads were unpredictable. Anil was sick. Stayed in Mokokchung.

Day 16: Went on ferry through Brahmaputra, to Majuli Island, Assam.

Day 17: Came back to Guwahati, gave the bikes back.

Day 18: Visited Kamakya Temple, headed back to Bangalore.

Practice Ride: To Sagara and Back : Sept 3rd and 4th, 2016

Decided to go to native on bike, alone.

Distance covered in 2 days: 820kms

Went to Sagara, came back next day in same route. Had no rains while going, but faced small durations with rainfall while coming back.

Practice ride: Muthatti Forest - Aug 15th, 2016

Me and Shishir decided to go on a practice ride (for our forthcoming NorthEast trip).

Left at 6:30am, came back at 11:30am. Covered 190kms.

Me in my Enfield, he took KTM 398.

Took it easy, not many stops.

Manali -> Leh -> Srinagar Enfield Ride

Time: 15th June, 2015 to 27th June, 2015
Distance Covered: approx 1700kms

Places of Interest : Manali, Rohtang Pass, Sissu, Balaracha pass, Sarchu, Pang, Leh, Kardung La, Nubra Valley, Hunder, Pangong Tso Lake, Tikshey, Kargil, Drass, Srinagar.

Organizers : Ride of My Life

It was one of the awesome experience to ride bike in those ranges.

Photos:

Amrish Patel's Camera
Anmol's Camera
Shishir's Camera

Anmol's Video in Youtube

Practice bike ride for Manali -> Leh (2015, June 7th).

Started from Bangalore by 9:45am, left towards Mysore. Road was almost packed. Went to Srirangapatna, and changed route plan to visit ShravanabelagoLa as blr-mys road was not so pleasant for the ride. It turned out to be a very nice decision. The road was good, greenery on the side. Hit Mangalore-> Bangalore highway, reached home back by 4:45pm.

Total distance covered: ~350kms
Time: 7hrs

Thailand (May 19th - May 28th 2015)

Been to Thailand with Wife and kid.

Covered Phuket, Pattaya and Bangkok.

Fantesia show, Phi Phi island, city tour of phuket, coral island of pattaya, sriracha tiger zoo, underwater world, gems factory, Alcazar show, wild safari & marine park, tiger temple, floating market, bangkok city tour were some of the highlights.

Enjoyed the trip.

Flying experience @ Jakkur (12th April, 2015)

The experience of flying is really nice. Tried this @  Jakkur aerobase with Agni Aero Sports Academy.

Thanks to Capt. Aravind Sharma, the experience was awesome.