The Road trip to Lansdowne

Date : Feb 27th to 29th 2016

Me along with two of my  friends started our Journey from Roorkee Saturday early morning.  Red bus ( local bus) we took at 6 from Roorkee and by 8am we were in Rishikesh. We planned to take this 150Kms journey to Lansdowne by bikes. Sardaar ji is famous for renting bikes in there. We reached the shop well before the Bohni time but still it took us 3 hrs to finally rent bikes and start our Journey. BTW in the meantime I had breakfast, obv I can't stand empty stomach u know me guys. Bread omelette - aunty was very sweet.

Waiting outside Jumping Heights

Started our journey towards Lansdowne

My friend wanted to experience Bunngy Jumping but with 3 hrs delay at Sardarji meant we had to postpone our Jumping Heights adventure to Sunday. Now we headed for Lansdowne by 12 noon. I don't know how but we took the road not taken !!! These are the deadliest mountain roads with few remote villages Enroute. Trust me small Kankar can be as deadly as a rushing truck towards you. Yes you guessed it right, on the lean curvy roads bikes slipped a few times. With few snack breaks enroute we reached Lansdowne by 5pm. The place is not famous for much of site seeing, its the journey it is famous for.

Maggi break enroute

Tea break

Avengers and the Bikers

There are two major tourist attractions - Artificial Lake and Tip Top Point ( customary sun set point @ every hill station ). But we were too tired and sleep deprived to roam around. After checking In @Windor Cottage hotel, we directly went to market to have some food and rushed back to hotel. Obviously who would want to miss Ind vs Pak T-20. Chilling out at a hill station and watching the match with buddies, what else you want in life.

In the morning we got up and as planned we had to leave for Jumping Heights for Bungy Jumping. But none of us wanted to move our asses. We wanted to chill out and lie down, that's it. So we decided to return to Rishikesh and stay the night there. We checked out of Lansdowne by 12noon. But this time we took the road most travelled - smooth and fast. It was a memorable ride back coz of the conversation I had with my friend. In 125Kms back we discussed - business, friends, family, philosophy, past life changing decisions and what not. However, there was a small glitch while returning, we lost sight of other bike and ended up in Rajaji National Park. Well I was the Navigator on the trip so I take the blame for the glitch. Anyway finally we reached Rishikesh by 5pm. We checked In at a hotel near Laxman Julla.

Where Mishra got into the Ganges and played with fishes

Tip-Top Point @Lansdowne

We decided to go ahead with what we planned I.e. firangi toota spotting and lying besides the Ganga bank. It is one of the best experiences for me on the trip. Soothing feeling, blowing wind and friends company. And by the time I returned to hotel after appreciating the firangi beauty, my friend made me realise why is that we Indians by default like 80% of the foreign girls we encounter. Well since then things have been screwed up in mind now, I no more able to appreciate a Firangan :-P. 

So after postponing twice finally on Monday morning we left for Bungy Jumping in the morning @ 11.  But how can a road trip be complete without bikes creating problems. Bike chain got off twice. But we had our mechanic with us ;-). At last we reached Jumping Heights by 12:30.  Among us, only one wanted to challenge his fear of heights. Another friend of mine was not in an adventurous mood and as far as I am concerned damn I am damn scared of free fall. I can't even take a jump in the swimming pool damn it. So I was nor ready to challenge my fear. My friend was a bit  nervous going into this Bungy Jumping but when he actually took it, he was pretty chilled out. Standing at 83metres and smiling, it takes a lot of guts. He overcomed his fear with a BIG Smile on his face.

Before the Jump- the
Nervous look

After the Jump - the ecstatic  feeling

So before i end it here, i want to list down my top 3 moments of the trip -

1. Delicious Lotus Maggi on our return to Rishikesh.

2. Conversation i had with Subhanshu on the bike.

3. Lying down on the bank of Ganges and feeling the flowing river

P.S>  We missed our other friends who couldn't make it to the trip. Hopefully we make a trip together soon