18/09/13 to 03/10/13
Yes I know I am
getting slack on the blog posts. I hung around in Dharamsala till
about the 29th visited the Dala Lamas winter palace and
meet up with a group of people I know from Ladark and Goa. Then
decided to go to Bir for a last chance at Paragliding the Himalaya's.
Well here I have meet up with others I know from Goa and broken down
and been for a ride.
When I broke down I
was with the bike wondering what to do when a Kiwi I had meet in Leh
walked along so told him my problem and he gave me a ride down to a
mechanics. We chatted to the guy and he grabbed some things and
started riding up with us. At one point he stopped so we waited and
he re-appeared with a passenger. Then he stopped again and said he
would meet me at the bike.... I waited for about an hour and decided
to have a play myself. I got her going but not well and decided to
try for a guy I had been told about that was 12km away. I made it
down to the main road and stopped..... got her going and made it a
bit further. Then a couple of Indians on a bullet pulled up for the
second time and the passenger offered the riders services as a
mechanic (again) and again the ride just sat there. Then a
waiter/shoe repair guy I had meet in manali or Leh road past and
recognised me. He said he would go to the mechanic and tell give
him my number, he also said that it was down hill after the rise
ahead of me. So I pushed the bike up and while riding down the other
side saw the waiter talking to other. Oh and also rode past the first
guy who had come to look at the bike but not turned up and the other
one who had offered his services but never helped, I had no intention
of giving them any money now.
Once at down I was
only about 5km from Jodindernagar and looking at another rise so just
kept pushing after that rise was down hill to town and just a small
push up to the mechanics, only about 2-3km of up hill pushing. The
guy went over the spark plug lead and through the fuel line making
sure all was flowing right. Then checked the timing and just put a
slight amount of grease on the spindle then she was going again...not
100% but good enough, INR50. Man the roads I pushed the bike up definitely
look steeper riding down than they did pushing up.
The weather has not
been good for paragliding and even though I have been here 4 day so
far it looks like it could be up to a week before I could go so will
head out tomorrow.
From Dharamkot
Monastery in Bir
Chi Shop view just south of Bir
Lovely ride and came around a corner and had to stop and take a photo.
Something just seems not right? But hey This is India....
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