Day 1 Delhi

Well we arrived safe and sound on India Air. We were collected as arranged and taken to the hotel. Hotel is good and a little haven from the madness of Delhi.
The city is hot, noisy, smelly and very overcrowded. The place is cheap to live but poverty is everywhere. Found a Macdonalds for lunch (they don't sell burgers)
We met Simon this afternoon and discussed the trip.
So early night tonight and tomorrow we meet Lalli Singh to sort out the bikes. Its gonna be a good trip.

A couple of photos from the streets around the hotel

India D-Day -5

Well 5 days to go before we head off to India. Simon flew out yesterday and we should see him on Monday in Delhi. In the mean time we are packing and sorting out the last few bits. I am hoping the hydration pack I ordered from Lincoln turns up in the next couple of days.

I have taken over the lounge will all my kit laid out ready to pack at the end of the week. Two days left at work (Can't be arsed).

The most essential parts to travel in India are included.....The toilet roll back right of the picture and the boxes of diarrohoea pills (next to the t-shirts). Everything I take I have to carry, so on the left is my riding gear and the bag can be packed down into my second bag. The second bag is then going to be strapped onto the bike. Before you ask only 3 pairs of pants...A bit risky but hey the whole trip is a bit risky.

 India news update
Currently there is a few environmental and political issues in India, firstly the newspapers out there are reporting strikes by Air India....bugger. The monsoon rains are causing major flooding north of Delhi and today I see the east side of Delhi has actually had some flooding. Another 4 days of heavy rain expected. Media is reporting 1000 dead in the Himalayas.
Today in Srinagar the army had a shoot out on the east side of the town with some militants. 4 soldiers are dead. The Indian PM is due in Srinagar tomorrow.

Hopefully the next update will be from India.
See you all soon
Geoff

Indian Himalaya trip

 

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Since me and Andy came back from Russia we have discussed the idea of going to India. We decided to organise our own Himalya trip. One objective to get to this point.

                                                         (source Google images)

This is Khardung La just outside Leh near to the line of control in Kashmir. Its 18000 feet above sea level.

So planning has been taking place since Christmas. We have two seats on an Air India flight from Heathrow to Delhi.
We have organised two 500cc Royal Enfields from Inder Motors (Lalli Singh) which are all booked.

We have a hotel booked near to Lalli's workshop for the first two days and the last day.

International driving licences and visas have been obtained at considerable cost. (£100)

So we go in three weeks and it looks like we will be joined by Simon. Simon is from Plymouth and a avid adventurer (motorcycle and cycle). We met him at the Horizons event last year when he was presenting on India and America.He will be in Delhi at a volunteering project and had decided to join us. We should meet him in Dehli on his Honda Hero 150.

This is what we are expecting:

 

 

(Source from Horizons Unlimited)

 

Keep an eye on the blog from 29th June as I will be posting from the road. I will endevour to update Facebook and Twitter.

 

New ride

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Well the BMW has not been running its best recently. A hefty repair bill of £430 was enough to start thinking about trading up. Anyway went to Derbyshire two up with Mrs G to the Horisons Unlimited HUBB event without incident. But that proved I needed to trade up when Andy had to carry some of the luggage.
So I have bought a XT1200Z Super Tenere from Alford Brothers in Folkestone.

Very please with it and have orderd a couple of bits to 'farkle' it up.

Met the Wandering Waltons at the HUBB which sealed the deal Yamaha for me.

Bike update in due course when all done.