Saturday, September 5, 2009

Char Dham Yatra (Part 1) - by Pankaj Sharma

Sorry guys for keeping you waiting. This post will come in parts.

Day 1 (8th July, 09): After lot of planning and discussions we got ready to test the claims made by the mobike companies. At 10.30 am in the morning I started off from Muradnagar in my Bajaj XCD 125 along with 6 friends for Chamba our first destination. Our arsenal also had bullet 350, Pulsar & Yamaha 200 cc. With our past experience we had carried with us 2 extra pairs of spark plug, tube and extra tool kit. Once we narrate the full story you would see how important it was to have these with us.

We touched Hardiwar at around 4pm. We just halted for half an hour to pray in Har Ki Pauri for a safe journey and continued our ride till Chamba via Rishikesh. With cramps building in our muscles already we went to bed early in a small hotel here.

Rishikesh

Day 2 (9th July, 09): Our mobile alarms went off at 5am in the morning and the glimpse of early morning sun made us all excited. Having a breakfast of bread and butter we started off for Dharasu from where we would reach our final destination Janki Chatti. The journey till Dharasu was very pleasant, sun playing hide & seek with beautifull landscape all around. After leaving Dharasu our luck went a bit wary. Rain started pouring in suddenly. Before we could reach Bahot a stone punctured my bike. The road was empty and no locality was in sight. Bittu was the lightest and the bravest person among us who decided to ride the bike by sitting on the tank. Finally after reaching Bahot I could repair the puncture and drove for Janki Chatti. Reaching there was reasonably easy as we did not face any major challenge. All were very tired and decided to end our day in a small hotel at 7pm in the evening. Janki Chatti would be our base camp for next 2 days.

Step farming on the way to Dharasu

1 comment:

  1. Interesting narration.Keep writing.Also give your recommendations of places/hotels and places to eat.

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