1.Start early morning at 7 am from Chandigarh.
2.Have breakfast at Dharampur and a 40 mins. Halt just to have a feel in Himachal.
3.Ride through Solan to Shimla through the Shivalik ranges and we pass but no stop at Shimla.
4.Have a break at Naldehra to see the beautiful golf course and a view of the snow clad peaks.Time is around 1 p.m.
5.Ride through the grasslands, with the Satluj to have a break at Tattapani.You may have food or you may take the natural hot water bath at Tattapani. We should leave at around 5p.m.
6.Final stretch and we ride through the state highway to be finally at Chindi (Our host for the night) and have a glimpse of the Karsog valley.Its about 8 p.m.

Day 2: 19/02/2012 110 kms. Chindi- Pangna- Sundernagar – Rewalsar (Hectic and tough day,on state highways ,it may be snowy and the roads are tough terrains)

1.Have breakfast and start early morning at 8am for Sundernagar.
2.Have a stop at Chowki as we are pass the heighest point of our journey today.Be prepared in case it rains or snows heavily.Carry your woollens.
3.Have tea at Rohanda at one of the heighest point of our ride and we look down at Sundernagar which looks so beautiful.
4.Reach Sundernagar by 4 p.m. And have snacks near the lake.
5.Ride to Rewalsar and reach there by 6p.m. And be a part of the evening prayers at the lake.
6.Time to rest.

Day 3: 20/02/2012 25 kms. Rewalsar- Mandi(Light day,on state highways ) Happy Mahashivaratri

1.Explore the Rewalsar area early morning, And at 12p.m. We leave for Mandi.
2.Explore the area till evening,get custom ed to the traditions of Mandi and Himachali culture and celebrate Maha Shivratri Shivratri with the locals and be a part of this International festival.
3.We stay at Mandi or ride back to Rewalsar as the majority wishes.

Day 4: 21/02/2012 184 kms. Mandi- Bilaspur- Swarghat-Baddi- Chandigarh(Busy day,on national highways )

1.Leave Mandi in the morning at 8 a.m.via NH 21.
2.Ride along the Satluj and with the Guru Govind Sagar Dam at Bilaspur finally to reach Chandigarh by 6 p.m.

23/06/2011 Delhi-Chandigarh

Departed from my friend Pintu’s place to collect my luggage from Naveen Bhaiya’s place and had same discussion with him,to go or not to go and finally left his place (Punjabi Bagh) at around 9:15. The bike speedometer read 21413 kms. It was a hot and sunny day on I was carrying two bags,one at the back and one on the tank in front and I was the center of attraction at most of the traffic lights. I was listening to music and was enjoying my ride with the music,At one of the traffic lights I noticed a guy standing adjacent to me continuously staring at me,I asked him to click my photograph, looked the photograph and I was looking okay. I was enjoying the music and riding at around 80+ and enjoying the cool breeze on that sunny day. There was normal traffic on the road as anybody can expect on the G.T. Road and I was overtaking most of the vehicles. The Delhi Chandigarh Higway is a boring road with lots of traffic and not much of scenic views so nothing on the way intrested me so much to stop or to take a picture other that a small water logging(may be a lake) and a one liner on a truck’s back that read “Crorepati bhi banengey aur ash bhi karengey”.I wonder when that truck driver could prove that one liner to be correct and I doubt him because a truck driver can never become a millionaire in India until he is so hard working or may be he gets a bumper prize in a lottery. Moreover we do not have lorry races. However you do not need to be a millionaire to enjoy you just need to enjoy whatever you have and who knows the day you become a millionaire you do not have a truck which you enjoy to drive,and there are no more dhabas and your truck driver friends in your life and those fancy restaurants just add glamor but no taste to your life and that dream of being crorepati while driving was nothing but just a mirage. With this note I reached a Dhaba just after crossing Karnal to have some meal. Had Parantha ,Chips and curd in the dhaba while interacting with two guys who were going to Chandigarh on a crane to bring their car to Delhi cause the mechanic at Chandigarh was charging nearly 5times to change the gear box of their car. Had some words with them and I was about to leave I could see my Enfield’s one of the front shocker leaking and the fluid was coming out,I had fixed that seal previous day. Started to Chandigarh and as I was to reach Chandigarh it started raining heavily. It was raining heavily and I was all wet by the time I reached my cousins place at around 1:15pm .Met him and in the meantime contacted Ram G who has just arrived some 1 hour ago in the city and got to know that he is in Sector 28 with 4 other people and they were ready to leave Chandigarh to Bilaspur but only after the lunch. So we decided to meet at Sector 22 roundabout and I was to guide them for a good restaurant and then guide them for a way to Bilaspur. We met at the decided place and he Introduced me to the other group members Eluroy (An Indian and now an American,settled in Chicago and was on his Yamaha), Jegan (From Trichy and working at Noida in Barco as a Linux Programmer on his Thunderbird) ,Karan (From Pune working in Barclays Bank on his Thunderbird) and Yogesh (From Mumbai working with a finance firm at Mumbai on his Yamaha). Some exchange of words and we left to Tehal Singh Sector 22 for the Lunch. And as we parked our bikes outside the Dhaba people were anxious to know where are we coming from and where are we going. They had their Lunch and lots of cold drinks and water over there and I suggested them to follow Baddi,Swarghat road as it is the shortest road and has less traffic and has a good scenic views. They decided to follow that road out of other choices. All of them were riding for the first time except for the Jegan who had been to that place last year and Eulroy who used to ride some 5years earlier and now he is riding to Ladakh and then he plans to ride to Amritsar,then across Rajasthan to Mumbai before leaving back to Chicago.One more guy Amit was to join them at Manali who at the moment was somewhere at Uttaranchal. On coming out a girl approached us and started asking as to where are we going,Knowing that we were going to Ladakh she warned us of the roads at Rohtang La are blocked. A few more conversation with Karan and all the riders were ready to leave the place so Karan had to hurry up and finally we left the place. Went with them uptil a village just next to PGI ,we had some photographs and told them that I may join them at Manali the other day if I finally decide to ride. While riding with them I was feeling very good ,it was fun , a group ride and that too to Ladakh and when my phone ranged. It was my father who asked me where I was and I said I am about to reach Bilaspur and told him that we were 6 people together,he seemed to be okay with this and that was the time when I finally made up my mind that I was riding to Ladakh . Reached my Cousin Yashi’s place who again motivated me that I should go and you may not find such opportunity in future. I was not prepared so I started to borrow and buy stuffs for the ride. Got a nice warm jacket and sweaters from a friend, brought gloves ,water proof lower, medicine , ropes and other stuffs for the ride. Had words with Subbu who was to leave Leh the next day and we decided to meet up at Manali. I decided to leave Chandigarh at 6am to Manali so that I could catch up others on the way and also I get some extra time to fix my bike but unfortunately the seat made me loose control over the parked Enfield and it tilted down resulting in breaking the left foot rest and it was so uncomfortable to ride without a footrest. So I decided to fix it up at Chandigarh the next morning before I finally leave to Manali. The evening was spent at Sector 15 with nice food and drinks and a nice time with my cousins Yashi and Amit. It was so much fun and I was on the verge of getting in to the other world.