Due to the night ride, we were tired. We got up late, had breakfast in Mandi itself.
We left Mandi around 10:30am to Pathankot. Pathankot,Punjab is 205km far from Mandi.
There were dhaba throughout the route and we had our lunch in one of these around 2pm. We reached Pathankot at 6pm.
After quick tea, we set to Udampur,Jammu. at 6:30pm.
During the ride, 2 bikes got issue. It was ignition problem with one and the other went out of fuel. Even though the payment for mechanic was bit high we were in safe position. Because we knew that the roads were challenging and in few cases bikes can have problems. The rent for the mechanic was 1600rs per day for 8 bikes.
We had to wait for the bikes to get repaired. This was a good test of patience. It was already dark and we were waiting for the bike to get repaired. We somehow had a laugh by discussing funny things keep aside the frustration in these unavoidable situations.
We were also happy that we are facing problems in the beginning like out of fuel and all. Since we were riding in the highway we had gas stations nearby and thankfully not in isolated places or middle of forests :P which we are going to ride soon.
After a wait for almost one and half hour, we resumed our journey.
Reached Udhampur around 1:15am. This was very difficult journey as there were no proper street lights, divider without indicator. I was almost about to crash the divider for which I did not have any clue , I was cautious there after.
Since, we were not in package trip we had to choose the hotel on our own. As we reached very late and all of us were exhausted, we choose one hotel which turned out to be costlier. Off-course it was as good as room rent cost, but we did not wanted AC neither TV. Just a bed to lie down till next morning and the luggage to be safe was our requirement.
The day's journey was about 320km, this was possible as we were riding in the highway. The average speed was 80km/hr.
We knew late start was not good as we did not wanted to ride at dark because it was risky with narrow road with pits and pot holes, blind curves, steep gradients and no street light as we rode in remote/forest area.
We also thought about issue that bike will encounter such as Disc issue, battery issue, out of fuel and all. We had Gyan, fun discussions ;-).
We all needed good sleep to start fresh next morning.
Day 3 Completed.
Next : Leh 5
We left Mandi around 10:30am to Pathankot. Pathankot,Punjab is 205km far from Mandi.
There were dhaba throughout the route and we had our lunch in one of these around 2pm. We reached Pathankot at 6pm.
After quick tea, we set to Udampur,Jammu. at 6:30pm.
During the ride, 2 bikes got issue. It was ignition problem with one and the other went out of fuel. Even though the payment for mechanic was bit high we were in safe position. Because we knew that the roads were challenging and in few cases bikes can have problems. The rent for the mechanic was 1600rs per day for 8 bikes.
We had to wait for the bikes to get repaired. This was a good test of patience. It was already dark and we were waiting for the bike to get repaired. We somehow had a laugh by discussing funny things keep aside the frustration in these unavoidable situations.
We were also happy that we are facing problems in the beginning like out of fuel and all. Since we were riding in the highway we had gas stations nearby and thankfully not in isolated places or middle of forests :P which we are going to ride soon.
After a wait for almost one and half hour, we resumed our journey.
Reached Udhampur around 1:15am. This was very difficult journey as there were no proper street lights, divider without indicator. I was almost about to crash the divider for which I did not have any clue , I was cautious there after.
Since, we were not in package trip we had to choose the hotel on our own. As we reached very late and all of us were exhausted, we choose one hotel which turned out to be costlier. Off-course it was as good as room rent cost, but we did not wanted AC neither TV. Just a bed to lie down till next morning and the luggage to be safe was our requirement.
The day's journey was about 320km, this was possible as we were riding in the highway. The average speed was 80km/hr.
We knew late start was not good as we did not wanted to ride at dark because it was risky with narrow road with pits and pot holes, blind curves, steep gradients and no street light as we rode in remote/forest area.
We also thought about issue that bike will encounter such as Disc issue, battery issue, out of fuel and all. We had Gyan, fun discussions ;-).
We all needed good sleep to start fresh next morning.
Day 3 Completed.
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