Friday, November 25, 2005

Mussoorie by bike

I asked my mechanic , who stays in Noida from last 25 years , whats the route to Mussoorie ? …. He stared at me top to bottom seriously and said “ Bhaisab bike leke mat javo , single roads , risky curves , rushing tourist vehicles .. Don t go there .. “ . I said then I wil definitely go !! . It was 2 days earlier to my trip , first response from some one .

Next day my team members in office were chatting , planning for week ends .“ I am going to Mussoorie “ , as I said sudden reply “ Pagal Ho Gaya Hai Kya ? “ . I just smiled , I knew that no point in arguing with 9 people at a time .

My trip started with 3 people , 2 bikes . Me , Harish , Vinay . One bike was loaded with pillion and other with baggage of 3 people .

Day One :
Route : Noida – Gajiyabad - Meerut – Mujafarabad – Roorkee - Dehradoon - Mussoorie

We started at 7.00 am in the morning , filled tank and started to Meerat . Route was very good till Meerut After that real fun started , lot of holes … some time I was very much worried about bike , tyres . 100 km strech was like that. Our first official break was 170 km away from delhi . Had very nice Parantha , Dahi ( Curd ) , after small photo break we started again .

After noon we were in Dehradoon , capital of Uttaranchal . We skipped doon , Continued towards Mussoorie . It took around 45 – 50 mins to cross Dehradoon city because of heavy traffic . Route from Dehradoon to Mussoorie very good , any one will enjoy this. If we enjoy nature while driving there is no chances of survival. We had lot of photo breaks , every 3-4 km we had a break. Around 3 we reached Mussoorie. We booked room in “YOUTH HOSTEL ASSOCIATION “ . Went to mussoorie , had food , small shopping , had ICE CREAM !!! ( it was damn cold ) Came back .

Day Two :

Morning we went to topest part of mussoorie , took nice pics , went to forest . After that againg shopping for family , friends. Left mussoorie by 2 pm. Same route , reached meerat by 8 pm , heavy traffic of lorry s … after few breaks reached Noida by 11.00 pm.

My Drive to Mathura - Agra

My first drive in North India ..

Check link http://vijusnn.dotphoto.com/CPViewAlbum.asp?AID=2925507

???:

Vijay

My Drive to Hogenkal Fall


We went to Hogenkal falls during my college days ,
my team was
# Vijay
#Ajeeth
#Piyush
#Swetanshu
#Praveen
#Ambareesh

Check this link
http://vijusnn.dotphoto.com/CPViewAlbum.asp?AID=2925503

???: First time i met with accident ! - that too as pillion .
That was near Dharmapuri , Tamil Nadu . Nearest hospital
was 25 km away . My shoulders , palm totally damaged ,
scrached , after that we covered 300 km same day .

My Paintings

I always remember my Art teacher Mr. S . G . Bhat , who tought me drawing sketching ,painting . Surprising is he tought my father during his school days , he tought me too , that time he was 80+ age. He was a graduate from Famous " J J School of Arts " , he was well known photographer . I tought me as he learned in J J School of Arts . He never charged any student , instead he provided us chocolates , sweets all time .

Here is some of my drawings / paintings , i could not scan all .
Here is link
http://vijusnn.dotphoto.com/CPViewAlbum.asp?AID=2865035

???: if i get some opportunity , i would like to teach paintings to others .

vijay

My Drive to Pink City - Jaipur


November 19 th morning we left to Jaipur .
I will update details about this...







Check this link http://vijusnn.dotphoto.com/CPViewAlbum.asp?AID=3039747

???: I was driving at 90 - 115 km / hour speed

vijay

My Drive to Coorge , Madikeri

This is my tour during college days , totally un-prepared trip.
check link http://swetanshu1.tripod.com/coorgbybike/
Crazy people into this drive are
(*) Vijay (*) Ajeeth
(*) Piyush (*) Swetanshu
(*) Ambareesh (*) Praveen

???: We met a wild elephant there !!

ViJay