Day -1 , continues

Road Ready 

Finally at 1109 hours the bike tank was fixed and Chandan another rider is ready to travel with us, we are 4 of us ready to head out on our Nepal trip, I topped up with fuel and reached the start point, this time around there were a few less folks who were there to see us off as we Started off, for Nepal.

AT Line Hotel 

 Riding the first 185 km we stopped at Mehta Line hotel for lunch somewhere past Ranchi, it was 1430 hours and we had roti and tadka and coffee yes we ate but till half full, just to keep oneself sharp and not get sleepy we planned to get as much distance as we could on this first day

At Bokaro RE showroom

Another few hours saw us at Bokaro and the Royal Enfiled showroom on the highway was a stop we took, a cup of coffee and chain lubed up on complimentary basis, before we were on our way towards Aurangabad,

Refuelling Stop

We did stop for a refuel-ing as darkness approached, we had already completed 320 km by evening and I guessed we would soon be parking for the night, a hotel on the highway would be ideal and if we could find a hotel with boundary wall it would be ideal. Security for the bikes you see is of prime importance.

Foyer of Hotel

Hotel Gargi and Dhaba was a good find, a little expensive but worth the facility and we stopped by 1900 hours in good time to get some sleep and a good warm shower, this might be the last shower we took till next 2 – 3 days.

Lawns to host party me thinks

No Alcohol in Bihar, ahhhh !

  

First day done, we were ready to call it a day by 2000 hours after all we were up since 0500 hours and waiting to get underway for the first 4 – 5 hours of uncertainty had taken its toll,

Ready to call it a day

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Headed to Nepal, - 950 km approx -01

Am Up at 0300 hours, little butterflies in the stomach, we start ride to Nepal today, & call time in 0600 hours

Rajat Ready for the road

The rides sees me go inward and dwell on the self, it is a calm time as I prepare for the ride internally, and I wait for r0430 hours to wake up and start the routine to prepare for the ride, ( I know its foolish to follow time like this, but habit)

Finally the clock says 0435 am awake & extract myself from under the sheets, the cold seems to have subsided but is an illusion, while on the bike we are always cold, and n proper protection is must.

MOM is in town and insists on waking up and making tea and we sit have tea together n chit chat,

Its 0530 time to get my bags and tent and chair n all on the bike, (yes we do carry it all on the bike), so Ruma (my moms help) and me head down n saddle up, am set to leave the house at 0552.

At kadma, DOBO bridge

I will be at the meeting place by 0600 as planned and sure enough I am the only one at the location, a few calls later I am told other riders Sishir – is looking for his ridibg gloves  and Raja- saddling up  will show up soon,  Meanwhile Biswaroop, ( another rider )  bless him spots me on the road and gets coffee for us,  and I am treated to a hot steaming cup of coffee as we wait for the riders who would be accompanying me today, and 5 riders come to see us off, finally its 0730 hours and one of the bikes tank has developed a leak,  we are yet to leave town, so better to get it reapired before we start out, Raja heads out to the repair shop  and I head home, next call time is 1030 hours to touch base with sishir and raja and hope to leave town by 1100 hours today.

Crowed helping us inspect bike :)

Watch this space for more ,,,


in the meantime today is Tue, spending the time saved meeting up gods and goddesses and seeking there blessings for the journey

Ma Kali

Lord Hanuman 

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The year that went by did see me travel and experience a lot around the country 

Is starting an initiative called “  bike tales with Rajat “, which will highlight stories reflecting the positives in this time and age?

People are helpfull & good is the premise that we work with, irrespective of what we are told by the media, and are looking to highlight such stories from across the world 

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You too are most welcome to share your stories of good things happening around you to you and your families and friends, we would want to highlight the positives all around the globe, no matter what we are told by otherwise

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Help on the train - RAILMADAD

Another year starts ( 2020)  and am happy to report many a system has working fine,

I was on the train on 7^th, and at 0630 am as I board the train from Howrah, I am on a 3tyre coach and the middle berth occupant is insistent that he will sleep and he cares not if the railway rules say daytime is sitting, he is going to be nasty and refuses to budge from his berth requesting him a few times, I realize it will be of no avail, and thus I called “ the –railmadad” , it is a online redressed system in case of any trouble it made me register on the site, and it took up a few minutes but finally I was able to lodge my complain.

It was 20 minutes before the railway police called enquiring on the status of the problem, n offered to send there railway force to my help.

In the meantime the Ticked collector had been informed and he had come and got the middle berth occupant to get off and take his seat as he should have in the first place.

Happy to see the Railway police can be reached and they are indeed proactive and helping travellers.  

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Mr Faith " I will get my purse back, no worry "

The man with Faith

  It is 0700 hours in KOLKATA and I am at a tea shop, the street side small vendors shop where tea is still available for a mere10 rs.per cup. As I enter, I spy a purse on the bench, possibly the person before me has left it behind, and I hand it over to the shop owner, mentioning where I found the purse.

It was another 20 minutes before an elderly gentleman, maybe in his mid 60’s came along and asked for his purse, and on receiving it ,  seemed like he knew he would get the purse back, and was not worried about it.

Loved how much belief he had in humanity, that he would indeed get the purse back. He enjoyed another cup of tea before he went on his  way.

Another example of humanity and his trust and faith in fellow humans.

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