India
Australia to India on a GSXR – A short story
It’s October 2021 as I write this and almost 2 years ago now, I fulfilled a decade-long dream to ride my GSXR from Australia to India. Yes, it’s been a while since I’ve written anything on my blog but in my (poor) defense, it’s been a crazy few years. From the highs of preparing for […]
Way of Visas
When I dreamt of a round the world adventure, I never really thought about the amount of work (and paperwork) that would go into acquiring visas. Now a little over a month from my departure, below is a summary of my experiences with visas thus far which I hope will serve as a guide to […]
Highest road in the world
The final ride from Leh was to Khardung La. Regarded as the highest motorable road in the world (although this is disputed by some), this was the road for which I had given up a further stay in Brasil an opted to come to India instead. Once again, inner line permits were needed to ride […]
Road to Tibet
Arriving in Leh meant taking care of a few key necessities. – Good food – Hot showers – Organising ‘Inner Line Permits’ which are necessary to ride out onto many key roads in the region (While these can be procured at the “Deputy Comissioners Office”, this only seems to be available to holders of Indian […]
Himalayan Green
Having pulled over as soon as I saw the engine check light come on, a hundred things started going through my head as to what may have gone wrong with the bike. Luckily for me, started with the basics, topped up the oil to level and lo and behold, problem solved. Still, having to unpack […]
Making tracks through the dust
The ride plan was the easier of 2 options favoured by bikers in the the northern most state of Jammu & Kashmir; both ending at Leh. The options were either a route from Manali to Leh, a challenging route that traverses the 2nd highest road in the world (Tanglang La) or from Jammu to Leh […]
From Brazil to the Himalayas
Four wheels move the body, two wheels move the soul. And so it was that I decided to cut short as month long trip to Brazil and instead spend the last 2 weeks riding a family members borrowed bike through the Himalayas in India. The plan, if it can be called that, was simple, to […]
