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This is the story of my motorcycle ride to Shivpuri, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand in India, during May, 2018

Ghaziabad (4:00 AM)

This time some of the office colleagues are traveling with us. Two motorcycles and two cars
As usual we have decided to start early today to avoid the scorching sun of north India
After few calls of coordination with other group travelers, we have decided to start earlier than cars and later join them in Haridwar
Heading towards Meerut bypass with headlights on and throttle at around ~70
This month is very popular for the kids summer vacations and i am sure to see large traffic soon

As usual lots of Delhi numbered cars heading towards Uttarakhand
I am eager to take canal road and shorten my travel route
After crossing the peripheral expressway, taken the left turn at Ganga canal and throttled to my favorite speed ~70

Arrived at Haridwar and taken the road to Chandi Mata temple, also going through famous Hydro power project named Chilla Dam

Arrived on Chilla Dam and from here traveled adjacent to Ganga Canal untill the dense forest and hills of Rishikesh

Taken a breakfast pause in Rishikesh and finally arrived at our final destination Shivpuri
Shivpuri is the famous spot for white water river rafting
We have stay arrangements for tonight at a camp 500 meter uphill from the road
We parked our motorcycle before short climb to the camp
Welcomed by the drinks and refreshers in the camp and slowly we started familiarizing with the nature
Camp is surrounded by hills and forest, small streams of water flowing nearby

Around 1:00 PM we were served the lunch and post lunch we settled at the man made wooden roof top (called Machan in Hindi)

At around 5 after drinking the refreshments we decided to take bath on Ganga river flowing near to the camp

Bath at the Ganga was the best thing of the day, felt very relaxed and calm post it

We back in camp and started our rounds of beer and wine and enjoyed untill 10 o’clock
Completely relaxed and full of fun and entertainment, we called it the end of today and slept on the folding beds
It was so nice to wakeup to the sounds of birds chirps, it was very early and we slept very well
Few of us decided to go for hike to nearby hills to enjoy the nature

At around 10 after taking breakfast, some of us headed for river rafting at Ganga
I have done rafting several times, so i decided to ride back home with memories of this small trip
After riding for around 4.5 hours, arrived at home peacefully