5 Bikes, 7 People, One Goal - Just Drive in the Mountains

Start of the journey...early morning gathering...fastening the bags with bikes...setting Trip Meter at ZERO again...and we are ready to go...

A quick tea break after completing small part of the journey.

Perks of carrying some pillion riders....they can capture your pics @90kmph

Ganney-ka-juice break...also, some relief from burnt bums and twisted wrists due to non-stop driving...another reason to cheer

Reached Mussoorie by early evening....that was a good news....but there are so many people everywhere...that was bad news....So, we all decided to move ahead and look for some quiet place to conclude the Day 1

Walking past villages one after another like a pack of wolves....in the search of quiet and budget hotel..

View from the window of the Hotel Satkar, Dhanaulti....we found this 4-double bed room @800 after 'searching, bargaining and rejecting' rest of the hotels at Dhanaulti...it does take some time to find a budget hotel with spectacular window view...but this is the fun, optimum utilisation of resources

Found the hotel...now the search for liquor and chakkna begins in this infinite cold...so, beside the bonfire, we were gathering information from the locals to complete our requirements...

Woke up at 5....Erected cameras on tripods on the roof of a shop just outside the hotel for an uninterrupted view of the morning...now, we can only wait for the sun to emerge behind the mountains.

Pahaadon ki Subah ki Meethi Dhoop aur ek cup Kadak Chai...these small things are more than enough to keep a person motivated to travel as far as possible

Time to ride again...no destination....just going by signboards and suggested places by locals

Saw a signboard about a temple on the way...so we parked our bikes on the road beside a shopkeeper who was helpful enough to provide safety of our bikes and bags tied to it... and here we are, climbing stairs to reach the peak and visit that temple

Here, we are...the very famous Temple as told by the locals....the view of Kedarnath Peak and bird-eye view from the top to almost every corner of the valley....unimaginable...

Back to road again....extremely exhausted as all of us has skipped the breakfast so that we can cover maximum distance.....locals suggested us to try Kadi-chaawal and Rajma-chaawal from the nearby Dhaabha....That was amazing

A short break while traveling towards to a village....Kanatal

Somehow managed to reach the village while driving all the way through a path which was meant for trekking....parked the vehicle outside the village and then explored the dense forest of Kaudia Range

Time to relax under the shade of tall and dense trees...planning where to go now!!

Saw a signboard...Tehri Dam is near....Toh nikal padha carvaan naye thikaane ko...

Tehri Dam Reservoir....never saw such a vast expanse of water in my entire life...it took me some time to process what i was seeing....it made me realise that how infinitesimally small we are.....i was completely blown away by the view (FYI, i haven't visited the sea beach yet)

Reached Rishikesh by 10 pm! we spent too much time at Tehri Dam...it was already dark and Rishikesh was extremely far...to make things worse...my bike developed a snag...somehow managed to rectify it...luckily, found a place to stay...but struggled to find food and drinks...This was how Day 2 ended

Time for a holy dip as we would be going back to home and to resume Corporate Slavery...

Last pic of the trip after reaching home....676.5 km of happiness.