Border crossing in Pakistan was relatively quick even though we went through 7 check points. It was much slower in India border. We had to wait more than a hour for the person who did paperwork for the carnet to arrive. After we checked into our hotel on Amritsar, Choy and I headed back to border to witness the Indian - Pakistan border closing ceremony.
providing up to 100,000 free meal everyday
September 24- 25 New Delhi
A whole day was spent riding to New Delhi. The next day we went to Myanmar embassy to apply for our visa. Unfortunately, we didn't realized that it was a holiday on the 25th, and the embassy was closed. So our rush to get to New Delhi by Thursday was a complete waste of effort. Alan was having trouble with the fuel pump of his bike. He could not ride above 4,000 rpm, so he took his bike to local bike shop for repair. The took out the fuel pump and cleaned it. his bike appeared to run well after a short test ride.
September 26 Jaipur
We decided to go for a ride to Jaipur for a day. Alan's bike problem reappeared during the ride. By the time we arrived at our air conditioned hotel. none of us was keen to venture out in the heat to do some sightseeing. The next day, Alan waited in the hotel for a truck to come and take his bike back to New Delhi. Choy and I rode to visit this step well called Chand Baori which was built in the 8th - 9th Century A.D.
September 27 - October 1 New Delhi
We arrived back in New Delhi, and applied for and got our Myanmar visa in two days. We waited a few days for Alan's bike to be repaired. It now has a modified fuel pump which is working well. We visited a couple of famous tourist spots.
October 2 - 3 Agra
We visited its most famous tourist attraction -Taj Mahal.The white marble mausoleum
was commissioned in 1632 by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan to house the tomb of his favorite wife of three, Mumtaz Mahal.
Agra Fort was built in the 11th Century AD.
October 4 - 7 Varanasi
Varanasi is regarded as the spiritual capital of India, it draws pilgrims who bathe in the River Ganges’ sacred waters and perform funeral rites.
October 8 - 14 Patna, Purnea, Jalpaiguri, Bongaigaon, Guwahati, Dimapur, Inphal, Moreh
We are now just making our way to the Myanmar border. The road are generally in poor condition, and we are passing through small town with lots of cows, dogs, goats, people, bicycles, motorcycles, tuk tuk, cars and trucks. So we could only traveled 200 to 300 km each day.
On the first day, we got caught in heavy traffic jam in a town called Bergusarai with a small population of 250,000 people. There was some sort of religious gathering and an organized political rally supporting their Prime Minister, Modi. Massive crowd of people, bicycles, motorcycles, car and truck were converging from opposite side of the two land road trying to cross each other. We were caught in the middle of this traffic jam in the blazing sun for one hour. I was covered with sweat, and took my riding jacket off and strapped it onto the back seat . Unfortunately, someone stole my Spot GPS tracker from the pocket!
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