Well, I’m off on a new adventure. It’s the tame sort, I suppose, given all that I’ve been fortunate to do and see in the past year. I’ve gone back in time a bit, and just picked up my (new to me) Suzuki DR350. This the same bike I traveled on in the summer of
Tag: Motorcycle Travel
Motorcycle Expeditions Trans-Himalayan / Ladakhi Adventure
Part A of my Indian Himalaya Adventure was a tour of the Ladakh region with Motorcycle Expeditions. Here’s a promotional video Motorcycle Expeditions made from our trip. What a great adventure I had with them. They are a top-notch motorcycle touring / motorcycle expedition company. I can’t say enough good things about them and the
Part A of my Indian Himalaya Adventure was a tour of the Ladakh region with Motorcycle Expeditions. Here’s a promotional video Motorcycle Expeditions made from our trip. What a great adventure I had with them. They are a top-notch motorcycle touring / motorcycle expedition company. I can’t say enough good things about them and the
Bijli Mahadev
Here’s a video from the ride to Bijli Mahadev: If the link doesn’t come through, click on: http://youtu.be/FBZdDGKMAYw
Here’s a video from the ride to Bijli Mahadev: If the link doesn’t come through, click on: http://youtu.be/FBZdDGKMAYw
Bijli Mahadev
Yesterday Buddhi and I went for a little ride to see a remote temple, Bijli Mahadev. Biji Majadev is a temple to Shiva (the Destroyer). There’s a large pole that serves basically as a lightening rod. Every March a lightening strike comes through the temple and shatters the lingham (linham=penis), which is made of metallic
Yesterday Buddhi and I went for a little ride to see a remote temple, Bijli Mahadev. Biji Majadev is a temple to Shiva (the Destroyer). There’s a large pole that serves basically as a lightening rod. Every March a lightening strike comes through the temple and shatters the lingham (linham=penis), which is made of metallic
Bring in the Monkeys
What a difference a day makes! Yesterday we went riding (more on that in the next post–those take me longer) in the rain, but then it cleared. Today, Thursday, dawned coll, sunny, and glorious. I’ve come to really like Manali–can you not when you spend time in a place where you can call downstairs and
What a difference a day makes! Yesterday we went riding (more on that in the next post–those take me longer) in the rain, but then it cleared. Today, Thursday, dawned coll, sunny, and glorious. I’ve come to really like Manali–can you not when you spend time in a place where you can call downstairs and
A Day with Rain
It’s cold, wet and rainy here in Manali. It rained most of yesterday, too, but cleared up long enough for Buddhi and I to walk down the hill in Old Manali and have dinner without getting too wet. Tandoori chicken and a Banana Lassi. Yum! The droning downpour was terrific for sleeping, and I stayed
It’s cold, wet and rainy here in Manali. It rained most of yesterday, too, but cleared up long enough for Buddhi and I to walk down the hill in Old Manali and have dinner without getting too wet. Tandoori chicken and a Banana Lassi. Yum! The droning downpour was terrific for sleeping, and I stayed
YouTube Video–riding in the Indian Himalayas
Third video: (which also can be found on YouTube HERE if the link does not work)
Third video: (which also can be found on YouTube HERE if the link does not work)
YouTube Video–riding in the Himalayas (Rohtang Pass-pile of corpses)
Below is another video, also from our last day of riding on the Leh-Manali Highway traversing Rohtang Pass. This video shows typical riding conditions in the Himalayas of northern India. Here’s what Wikipedia says about Rohtang Pass: Rohtang Pass (Hindi: रोहतांग दर्रा) (Bhoti: Rohtang , lit: pile of corpses,[1] due to people dying in bad
Below is another video, also from our last day of riding on the Leh-Manali Highway traversing Rohtang Pass. This video shows typical riding conditions in the Himalayas of northern India. Here’s what Wikipedia says about Rohtang Pass: Rohtang Pass (Hindi: रोहतांग दर्रा) (Bhoti: Rohtang , lit: pile of corpses,[1] due to people dying in bad
YouTube Video–riding in the Himalayas (sheep crossing)
This was our last day of riding on the tour–we’d just left Jispa and were headed up and over the mountains back to Manali.
This was our last day of riding on the tour–we’d just left Jispa and were headed up and over the mountains back to Manali.
AMA Conference is Over
Today was the last day of the AMA (American Motorcyclist Association) Women & Motorcycling Conference. I met so many wonderful, passionate, and courageous women here in Carson City, NV, this weekend! I didn’t take too many pictures since I killed my small (portable) camera in the rain on the way down here, but here’s one
Today was the last day of the AMA (American Motorcyclist Association) Women & Motorcycling Conference. I met so many wonderful, passionate, and courageous women here in Carson City, NV, this weekend! I didn’t take too many pictures since I killed my small (portable) camera in the rain on the way down here, but here’s one