Ride to Rohtang - Day-1

Total Distance traveled:1194 K.M
Height Reached: 13051 ft
Road map: Noida -> Delhi -> Ambala-> Chandigarh-> Mohali-> Bilaspur-> Mandi-> Kullu-> Manli-> Rohtang

Day 1: After getting 9 miss call from Mitra I get up at 3:35 A.M and we leave the hot weather of Noida at 4 A.M in the morning. We got some traffic on the NH1 and we take our first break after Panipath at nearly 6 A.M. Then we reached Ambala nearly 9 A.M take some oily food from Ambala bus stand and pickup Mitra,s brother in law as my pillion.



When we are just going to cross Chandigarh chain of bike roaring like a shit. I just check it with a mechanic shop there and then move on towards Ropar. At that time we we were fighting with heat and just waiting for hilly ways to come.

After a small break for nimbu pani we move on again and got some hilly area but no sign of cool weather.
Fortunately we got a river on the way and make ourselves cool wit it water.



When we were just behind few kilometers from Mandi I found my rear tire is punctured. Fortunately there was a mechanic shop there but they take nearly 1:30 hrs to repair it. As the mechanic first time repairing a Zma bike.



Finally we got some rain there and make ourselves cool.We were expecting some rain but but it was above our expectation and we were feeling very cold at that time and fortunately find a cave way to take a break. At that moment we were planning to stay at Kullu but the bad weather telling us you can not reach Kullu.



After sometime we move on again and finally able to reach Kullu at 9P.M.

Subrata,
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