Nick’s good childhood friends, Kuldeep and Charu are in Haflong (Assam) and we decided it would be awesome to go see them as we had met the whole Ambala crew. We mapped out our route and decided that on the way to Haflong we’d visit Nagaland. This time we were able to do our reseach […]
Over this trip we have learned something. With this bike, at least in India, it’s always better to stay in smaller cities or villages. I don’t know what it is, if city folk have lost respect for others, their space, and other’s belongings or what but it’s a pain in the ass. When we go […]
As soon as we set foot in Assam, it got warmer…yay!!! This means our laundry might dry! Since Nepal, locals grow banana and bamboo and the same goes for Assam and the other 6 sister states. You also see a lot of supari palms and coconut palms surrounding the bamboo woven houses (it’s amazing what […]
The ride from Darjeeling to Gangtok was a pretty easy, unexceptional ride. We passed by the Sikkim Distillery but unfortunately they weren’t giving tours since it was a Sunday. Once we got to Gangtok, our first order of business was to find a place to stay (our least favorite thing to do)! Everything was a […]
The drive to Darjeeling was a foggy one! We could see the road fine but the view was gone! After 3 hours we reached Darjeeling. Mr. Kang had recommended a place for us called Alice Villa. After leaving the bike and our stuff at the old British hotel, we roamed around the streets of Darjeeling. […]
We woke up in the morning and decided to try the tea from their tea bar Chai Country. Nick ordered the Ghar di chai (masala tea) and I ordered the Irish cream tea. It was an amazing surprise! I expected a creamy, unhealthy tea coming my way. It was art! It was Darjeeling tea, with […]
The morning we left we were running around to pack and also send off a package back to the US of stuff that we didn’t need and of a couple of souvenirs. We ended up leaving a bit late but we headed out of Kathmandu along what seemed like a nice highway. Around 4pm we […]
We got back and got done to the business of laundry. We had loads…we hadn’t even changed much but almost everything we owned we had to wash! We also missed good food and found an Indian restaurant in Thamel and indulged in some butter chicken and butter naans! Nick decided to end the Bhagat Singh […]
The next day we decided, we were too tired and too congested to stay up any longer…we wanted to get back down. It took us about 7 days to trek up and we were planning on 3 days down. After we had reached EBC etc, we felt like we couldn’t take it anymore, we needed […]
Trekking from Pheriche to Lobouche presented us with lots of ice and forced us to cross two high passes. Nick was feeling better but we wanted to protect his knee so we took it at our pace. Any water along the way, stream, waterfall, river, a trickle, was just frozen in place causing me a […]