Hey,
Browsing Facebook one day, I found an article telling 10 things to do before marriage, one of them was solo bike trip. In that article, scene of mountain top with hunk riding the Bullet. So every time I read something like this and thought would it be ever possible to do this without having bullet and with 125cc Splendor?
Unlike every Road trip, doing unplanned solo trip is way more different. Things go haywire, you are on your own, no one else to ride the vehicle and the worst no one else to joke around :P. But the best part of solo trip is you are the BOSS. You can ride in whatever manner you want to ride, stay where you want to stay, eat what you like. There is no one else to change your mind!
After persuasion from friends and some background study, instantaneously planned to go to Murthal(infamous Amrik Sukhdev "Dhaba") from Gurgaon on Saturday night which is just 80KM one-way trip. So trip started lots of enthusiasm and minor irresponsibility(phone was charged just 40% and no power backup was charged :P). The drive from Gurgaon to Delhi via NH8 is very pleasant without any traffic, sometimes scary due to caravan of big trucks travelling from Jaipur to Gurgaon. Just after leaving Delhi via NH1, I realised that my front tyre's has very low air pressure. Due to this, I was not able to drive/turn properly. At that moment you get the proper feeling of solo bike trip. If you get nervous then it's over. I reached to patrol pump by driving slowly and filled the air. Don't know why but tyre didn't inflated till I reach Murthal. Another major problem was using Google Maps is very cumbersome in bike if you don't have proper cover that can hinge your phone in the bike. I need to make sure screen is not deemed and google maps is not closed.
Talking about Amrik Sukhdev, it is not a Dhaba from any angle. It was like 3 times Bikanerwala on the highway. After enjoying awesome Parathas at Murthal, I was pretty sure that my bike would be inflated and guess what it was inflated but the luck was with me. Tyre shop was just beside my bike with guy sleeping on torn lousy couch. And sitting over there watching awesome Sunrise thought that my trip is over, I am just going back didn't visit any new places.. Then idea strike to visit Chandigarh, as most of people at Murthal are going to end destination, unlike me. I got to know that it's around 160 Km from Murthal and then thought that would be just 4-5hrs from here on awesome straight road of NH1 with cool breeze of morning. The journey to Chandigarh was very scenic, passing through various kind of factories to green lush farms. It was very experience to drive without knowing how far is the destination, driving using only sign boards on highway, don't know if you are riding on the right path or not. In this type of ride you can get the most of the journey, because otherwise in car/bus trip, we don't enjoy the scenic ride, we just go to sleep or read book.
After arduous trip of more than 300 KM distance, I reached Chandigarh(green city of india). Reaching there you get the feeling that you have come to foreign. It's not part of india. Because it was so much beautiful with 4 lane roads with Greenery everywhere. It was so silent that no one blew horn even in Signals. Everybody obey the signals even bicycle riders. The reason for this was strict rules imposted by local Traffic police. Every nook and corner you can find traffic police with Innova car. I thought to broke some rules and see what happens but ignored it. Chandigarh has two very beautiful attraction Sukhna Lake and Rock Garden. Sukhna Lake has well maintained Garden and long sidewalk along the river where you can walk with your loved ones or sleep on one of the benches(:P).
Rock Garden is one of the most beautiful creation(coming under Indian Archeology). Man Made small hills, waterfalls, aquarium, long swings, various kind of sculptor made from rocks are the attraction of that place.
By afternoon, I left chandigarh as I know it will be 6 hours trip to Gurgaon. When coming back to Delhi from Chandigarh, I asked one guy about the road to Delhi, he first look at my bike and then laughed that are you planning to go on this bike? Then I thought that is was common people's mentality, you just think living in your hole without having experience of(Hypocrisy). After having several dose of lemon juice, with empty stomach(to not to feel asleep) reached Gurgaon. It was like watching TV sitting in the same pose just getting around to fill the petrol or ur stomach :P
Nice bro!
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