North East Riders Mania ( NERM) diary - day 1 comes to an end.

Day 1 - route

After the hiccup of realizing that my saddle bag was left in Kolkata, n we having to buy a saddle bag last moment, (lucky I found one I liked, it was more big then it needed to be, but than I did not know that when I bought it) 

31st Nov- morning is already here and time to head out for the 15-day trip to NERM, nerm starts on 10^th and we had 11 days to reach the event

The first day saw u start out early morning, 0600 hours but as is usual we just hung out in Jamshedpur itself and was 0900 hours 

David, Sisir, me, Ganesh and Raees were finally on our way and we were still getting ready, so there we were in jamshedpur and getting impatient to get going for the trip, as we headed out I realized my summer bike protection 

Saddled up and ready to head out 

was not going to be enough and I again went back home and wore my riding jacket, and

Boy was I glad for the rest of the trip that I did that, for it did get cold as the day went along,

Fuelled up full tank, odometer said: 01830km, we were out of jar via choke, and we stopped at choke were till the RKMC boys had come to drop us off,

It was a grey day and the sun dint really shows up, we found ourselves in Ranchi and stopped for a snack at

1145 hrs. odometer : 1983

Snack really, I am getting impatient with the guys for being so slow on food but all seem to want to go hungry so I keep quiet and go along with some samosa and jalebi.

Not enough food in me

BY 1330 WE WERE IN HAZARIBAGH, and it was going on a good clip, we were making good time, 2080 Km the odometer said and we continued on with a stop in bokaro to get a bike fixed that was shorting out, n finally with daylight getting low we were in kodarma at 1710 hours, odo: 2138 km

We had done: 308 km in 8 hours of riding it was a slow start and I was all for taking a break for he day and relaxing and spending time in Kodarma with the kodarma boys who were to joining us for the rest of the ride, there were 3 riders who joined us at koderma and we had a lovely chicken and roti meal and rode around the city like idiots with lights blazing no one in Koderma really cared that there were bikers roaming the streets but then such is life. we are sometimes so full of ourself.

We fueled up and hit the sack early as we planned for a 0400 hours departure there would be 9 of us from this point on.

to be cont ...

The wedding

Grooms Family

Here comes the bride

One of 4 rounds

Bride groom and people

Legalese

Bride comes home

Blessing the groom

Sindoor 

Married almost

One more step

You are mine

I am yours

We are married

Off to Delhi for a wedding

Rahul with parents and sister

My cousins walking towards his next ( 2nd phase of life)  as he loses his freedom, marriage never seemed to work for me, hope it does for him,

Me with the Train approaching the station

We start from Jamshedpur, Rajdhani is the train to take to Delhi, we boarded and am in compartment A2, while 2 aunt and a uncle and his wife is in A1, maybe we will all get together on the train, or not, waiting for the TT as I look at the new train packaging of food.

Took the first bite of food, not too bad, the samosa is quiet nice and warm

As the train rolls along the TT offered to change my seat to be with my family, n I agreed, surprised the TT was going out of his way to do it, but the A1 compartment is packed and so warm, n kids wailing, no I am back in A2, have no patience and love my solitude to be here n watch a movie and use my time then just sit and do nothing

On the road, come ride with us

was one of those days when you just had to ride out and see for yourself

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after many hours of flying

Returned last night to India and after many  countless hours of not knowing what I was doing, I managed to get 7 hours of eye shut, that was nice, n today morning am doing fine and thus the office is out,  me spread out on the bed with my stuff,

and then I walk into the parlor of my cousins house n there she was 

swati

well what else could I do but create a few images 

Swati + 1

a morning well spend and I can feel the jet lag coming along again, darn!  time to crash again!!!