Nainital Trip: Day 1
After a hectic and tiring week at office, i was left exausted and stresses. So come Friday and was chit chatting with one of my friend and suddenly he said; why don't we go to some hill station this weekend?? Got hit by an idea that was buried somewhere deep inside due to the daily chores of the busy Delhi life. And it was already 11PM and i was in office. Decided to start the ride @ 4:00AM along with my friend as pillion and another friend on his Fiero F2. So finally my shift ended at 2:00AM Saturday morning and decided to rush back home to pack some stuff and get a bath. Went to parking lot and to our horror my friends bike was leaking. He had got servicing done just a day before and the amount of oil leak was immense. with every throttle it was spraying oil. So definatly we could not go as planned. Planned to get the bike checked @ 9:00 AM and then will ride together. So here goes our precious 5 Hours. went back home but could't sleep. But somehow fell prey to it at around 8:00AM and woke up with a kick on my arse at 10:AM. another hour lost. Saw a message in my box from my friend that he will not be able to join us, because he was busy sleeping. Sleep was more important to him then what we had planned. Anyways after cursing him for good 10-15 minutes we got ready. Sun was out with all it's strength and hell lot of traffic. Got the bike filled up with gas worth 570/- and filled up some air in tyres. So here we were starting our trip good 8 Hours late @ 12Noon. Anyways we were not concerned about the time shortage we had but we were more inclined towards enjoying the ride sans any timer. Roas conditions are good and some strechs are really good. That helps in making up for the lost time in the traffic. But then there is a pathetic patch of around 50Km's that kills the ride and the rider. aweful roads due to ongoing work that i've been seeing from the last 3 years. Same consition and no changes. My first stop was at Gurmukteshwar(probably). took some snaps and enjoyed the beauty of Ganga.
After the patch we went non stop to Mooradabad. and just after Mooradabad and before Ramput toll, there is a sharp left turn that leads to Jim Corbett. Took this route and after 3Km's took a right towards Nainital. roads are good with villages every few Km's. Took a butt break at a dhaba and hoped on food like a hungry soul.
Then after around 50Kms roads get awesome with almost no one on the road and both sides of roads covered with dense forest.
It was already 5 when i reached this place. And soon i was riding on a steep road. had to reset the tuning of my bike as it started breathing like it is not getting any air or petrol. And even after that my bike was struggling to some extent at every sharp turn. And the struggle was justified too. it was carring a total load of around 150Kg's. Myself being 65 and my friend (Gurpreet) being 85Kg's/
when we started climbing up it was already around 6 and sun was ready to set.
hence at a beautiful corner with enough space to park my bike safely clicked few pics.
Then after loking at the beautiful sunset for good 15-20 Minutes, we started again. This time moving bit slowly. encountered endless Langoors and Monkey's on the way. Another stop came in the form of a maggy point. eating maggy and special tea in hills at night or evening takes you to another world altogether.
After this it was a non stop ride till Nainital and lots of left-right-left turns.
reached Nainital at around 8:00PM, parked the bike at main parking lot near the small play ground. strolled around in the market. Eat boiled eggs, omletts and tea non stop at every given opportunity.
Then realised that we have not booked a room as of now. So the hunt for a decent room started. looked at a room and he asked a price of a small and compact room @500 a day and that too it did not have attached Bathroom. But the view was amazing.
Dropped the plan and went to anothe hotel and he gave us a room at 1st floor with balcony facing the lake and bathroom with good and wide double bed.
Liked it and after some buttering got the room for Rs.400/-.
so left the baggage at the room and went for another walk. The lake looks awesome at night. all the reflection of the mountain with small lights. It looks lovely.
finally came back to room at 11:00 PM and decided to hit the bed after a warm bath.
Decided to wake up at 4:00 and leave the room by 5:00 to witness the beautiful sunrise.
Day 2 to be continued.
A teaser:
It was already 5 when i reached this place. And soon i was riding on a steep road. had to reset the tuning of my bike as it started breathing like it is not getting any air or petrol. And even after that my bike was struggling to some extent at every sharp turn. And the struggle was justified too. it was carring a total load of around 150Kg's. Myself being 65 and my friend (Gurpreet) being 85Kg's/
when we started climbing up it was already around 6 and sun was ready to set.
hence at a beautiful corner with enough space to park my bike safely clicked few pics.
Then after loking at the beautiful sunset for good 15-20 Minutes, we started again. This time moving bit slowly. encountered endless Langoors and Monkey's on the way. Another stop came in the form of a maggy point. eating maggy and special tea in hills at night or evening takes you to another world altogether.
After this it was a non stop ride till Nainital and lots of left-right-left turns.
reached Nainital at around 8:00PM, parked the bike at main parking lot near the small play ground. strolled around in the market. Eat boiled eggs, omletts and tea non stop at every given opportunity.
Then realised that we have not booked a room as of now. So the hunt for a decent room started. looked at a room and he asked a price of a small and compact room @500 a day and that too it did not have attached Bathroom. But the view was amazing.
Dropped the plan and went to anothe hotel and he gave us a room at 1st floor with balcony facing the lake and bathroom with good and wide double bed.
Liked it and after some buttering got the room for Rs.400/-.
so left the baggage at the room and went for another walk. The lake looks awesome at night. all the reflection of the mountain with small lights. It looks lovely.
finally came back to room at 11:00 PM and decided to hit the bed after a warm bath.
Decided to wake up at 4:00 and leave the room by 5:00 to witness the beautiful sunrise.
Day 2 to be continued.
A teaser:
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