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The Big 2009 Ride – Day 2: Bikaner to Jaisalmer

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Uncle read out to us from the local paper that the temperature on the previous day touched 43C! This was supposedly way high, this being the end of September. Seemed like we had some good hot ride ahead since we were heading deeper into the Thar desert. Sipped some tea, took some snaps and we headed out of Jaswanth Bhavan with good wishes from Uncle and Aunty for the journey from Bikaner to Jaisalmer ahead. This is how day 2 started.

Our hosts - Jaswant Bhavan

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The Big 2009 Ride – Day 1: Delhi to Bikaner

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We got up quite early and geared up since we couldn’t sleep much anyway. Even at 5 AM, it was pretty warm. We woke Sachi Uncle, who came down to the parking with us to bid us goodbye. We loaded the bike, confirmed with our uncle about the directions we had to take to get onto the Jaipur road, and headed out from Delhi to Bikaner.

And, the ride had begun!

Load gaadis!
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Ushering in the Kannada New Year

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We had planned to ride during the long Ugaadi weekend, from 5th to 7th April, a month earlier. Abhi and I took a day off from office, on the 4th of April hoping for a peaceful ride out of the city before the holiday and weekend crowd started to choke the highway. A cousin’s wedding reception that ended late and the last minute packing left us only with three hours of sleep. Managed to drag ourselves out of the bed, and within a hour we hit the road.  Continue reading Ushering in the Kannada New Year →