Monthly Archives: April 2011

30.4.2011 We are staying at Panipat tonight. Three great battles were fought here. No trace of them remains now. It is a dusty, rickety town of a few very rich and mostly very poor people. It is also a town … Continue reading →

29.4.2011 Chandigarh We reached Chandigarh yesterday. From Pahelgham we came to Pathankot, losing our way often. We had blindly followed advise of the locals, tried to save 30 kms and in the process wasted 2 hours riding through narrow, broken, … Continue reading →

28.4.2011 Chandigarh  WE REACHED CHANDIGRAH TODAY. ON THE WAY WE VISITED PAHALGAM AND PATHANKOT. SAD TO LEAVE KASHMIR. HAPPY TO LEAVE KASHMIR. MORE THAN KASHMIR’S BREATHTAKING NATURAL BEAUTY, WHICH DOESN’T NEED TO BE TOLD AGAIN, I FELL IN LOVE WITH … Continue reading →

22.4.2011 Sonamarg Less than two weeks ago we were in a desert in Rajasthan. Today we are at Sonmarg. There is snow all around us. The road has just been cleared. But most of the shops are still closed because … Continue reading →

21.4.2011 Gulmarg Too tired to write. See the photographs today. The bike is giving real problems. This time it was the gear. Started for Gulmarg at 7.30 in the morning. Waited for four hours at a place called Kunjar for … Continue reading →

20.4.2011 Srinagar We have finally reached Srinagar. The weather cleared in the morning leaving behind fresh snow all around us. It was very cold. So we started late – at about 8.30 am because it was terribly cold .  We … Continue reading →

19.4.2011 Banihal We tried to reach Srinagar today. But could not proceed beyond a place called banihal. It is 100 kms from Srinagar. It rained without stopping for a moment since yesterday.  The  two shirts that I am carrying and … Continue reading →

18.4 2011 Patnitop We are at a place called Patnitop. Our plan was to reach Srinagar. But heavy rain halted us. Once again it was a boon in disguise. At 9.30 pm the weathewr is still bad. Still raining. Very cold. … Continue reading →

17.4.2011 Jammu We reached Jammu today. From Amritsar. Our trip was Kolkata-Kanyakumari-Kashmir. We have reached Kashmir.  Instinctively, as soon as we reached Jammu, I opened the map. We have travelled a long distance indeed! From a human habitation called Kolkata, … Continue reading →

15.4. 2011 Amritsar “Ye road safety kya chiz hay? Helmet bechte ho kya?” a gentleman had asked Pat yesterday after coming to know that campaigning for road safety was one of the objectives of our trip. That was enough provocation … Continue reading →