Leave Mumbai at 1:45am. Get to Moscow at 8am. Get drunk on Guiness at the Irish Bar. Buy “prosh” Russian vodka and beer to mix for the boys at home. Check email. Finances are fine. Finish travelog.
Archive for April, 2005
Tuesday – Mumbai to Moscow to Seattle
Posted in India 2005 on April 19, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
Monday – Pune to Mumbai
Posted in India 2005 on April 18, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
Get up at 6am. Have breakfast. Boxter drives us to bus stand. Three hour bus to Dadar (Bombay Station) Spend whole day riding around in taxis to and from Mumbai Central Station to Apirport and other train stations trying to get Geoff back to Kabul. Hang out in McDonalds as [...]
Sunday – Lanovla to Pune
Posted in India 2005 on April 17, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
Find out my clutch is OK, bolt loose. Adjust Geoffs carbs. Ride to Pune. Arrive around 2pm. Karbatangs are home luckily. Hang out with Boxter and Jeni. See LaVonne for a bit. Eve wakes up and takes us to buy bus tickets. Then to Snoop and Tuna’s [...]
Saturday – Mumbai to Lanovla
Posted in India 2005 on April 16, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
Took nice ferry RS 150 -/ A/C from Dwada back to Gate of India. Got our bikes from Mumbai Central Train Station. Ate at McDonalds. So good, plus A/C. Mumbai is muggy, hot 36 degrees C. Took bike to mechanic for new bearings. Left Mubmai to Sion to [...]
Friday – Alipag
Posted in India 2005 on April 15, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
Found Kihim Beach. Beautiful hidden secret beach not in guide books. Kihim Beach Resort has tents for RS 1000 -/ night including food and transport from Bombay. Hung out on beach for hours drinking King Fisher beer. Met couple from Bombay, and drank and talked for a while next to a [...]
Thursday – Mumbia to Alipag
Posted in India 2005 on April 14, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
Get off train. Broken clutch handle, taillight, Geoff’s distributor cap. Wait around in train station while our bikes are being fixed. Ride through town to cheap ferry service. Took RS 25 -/ ferry from New Ferry Wharf to Dwada and took big auto rickshaws to Alipag. Checked out Windmill Resort, but [...]
Wednesday – Ahmedabad to Mumbia
Posted in India 2005 on April 13, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
Hang out in Amdavad all day. Find moto area. Get stickers put on bikes “Silver Surfer” on mine and racing stripes. “Sarge” on Geoff’s and star and ohm. Ride bikes to MG House for tali with Andreas. Get dad an antique pan peti. Take a night train to Mumbai. [...]
Tuesday – Ahmedabad
Posted in India 2005 on April 12, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
Try, but can’t get into India vs. Pakistan cricket match. Pakistan wins by one wicket. Go to MG House for the royal treatment. RS 247 -/ Tali is the most amazing ever. Lounge on cushions on the rooftop. Impeccable service. Get bike serviced. Adjust timing and carbs. [...]
Monday – Palitana to Ahmedabad
Posted in India 2005 on April 11, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
Wake up 6am. Service coffee. Auto rickshaw to temples. Walk 4000 steps uphill barefoot. Amazing complex, 800 temples, mazes, gods, faithful pilgrims. On the way down Geoff gets blisters. Coolies take us down for RS 250 -/ cash. Meet two Belgian guys at Sameru Government Hotel. Eat [...]
Sunday – Diu to Palitana
Posted in India 2005 on April 10, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
Meet A to Z owner, get great information. Motor to Palitana around 2pm. Amazing roads. We stopped every 40kms or so for a break. Great ride.
183 KM Diu to Palitana
Bearing: NE
Time: 3 hrs 53 min
Stopped: 1 hr 1 min
Max Speed: 78.8 km/hr
Moving Ave: 47 km/hr
