The day started peacefully with nice roads and pleasant weather. It was a breeze through to Dehradun as we stopped at Raipur Rani and Herberpur for snacks tea. Within Dehradun city traffic was this Maruti 800 driver who seemed to be a little short on time. Without noticing the Panniers crept up to me from behind and banged his headlamp into the rear. As I looked back, this fellow had managed to smash up his headlamp and scraped the paint on the right end; another good use of panniers – protects you and your bike from unwanted motorists trying to creep up a little too close for comfort. As we got a minor oil leak fixed up on the Bull at the RE workshop we bought an Eicher Road Atlas. Finally we weren’t feeling as lost as we’d been over the last few days. Met up a friend of Rohon’s and her entire family in Dehradun and ate Lunch at Nirula’s – yeah the same Delhi Nirula’s!! As we hurried towards Rishikesh, we finally dumped our luggage at the camp called Logout @ Work located on the banks of the Alaknanda, 23 kms from Rishikesh. OMR, Hog, Snore!! Yeah, OM was back in action with the temperatures dropping again.
We were scheduled to meet Rohon’s friends a day later. With an extra day in hand, we picked up Malari as the destination for the Friday. Malari is where the road ends (very close to the Indo-China border) about 50 kms from Joshimath. Expecting to cover more than 300 kms the next day, we took an early nap.
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