7CBROWN

7CBROWN

Thursday, March 21, 2013

On our way to the Elephant Fest.

 

march 17 220 km manali –nagrota

Beautiful day riding along hwy 21. The road is the last mountain road before you hit the flats of india.  You have the mountains over your throttle hand and the flat plains over your clutch hand.  It made for a beautiful sunset.  Camel dropped her bike doing a u turn today.  She always gets so mad at herself. I tell her that its no big deal.She also had a man literally run into the side of her.  Its really not safe to run in the streets here in india.  Everything must move at a smooth steady pace or it just doesn’t work here.  Just another day on India roads.  Did I mention that my horn is so so LOUD, and it plays 18 different tunes.  Things move out of my way when they hear me coming.  Cant wait to bring one home for my bike.

march 20 Mcle ganj- hoshipur 130 km

 

Left the home of the Dali Lama and headed south today out of the mountains toward the fertile plains where everything grows including Mary Jane.  roads today were full of turns and void of straights.  fun riding really.  The whole day you could smell and see Mary growing all along the road. The temps. are getting warmer now.  Monkeys are lining the road waiting for some food to be thrown from bus windows.  Passed a truck full of goods and people that had rolled down a switchback.  People had stopped and were pulling up the wounded in blankets. some looked real bad off.  Read in the paper the next day 3 died and 11 injured.  That will make you want to ride a little slower.

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