I have ridden over 20,000km across Western Europe, and realized that I haven't explored my own backyard.
So I decided that when October comes, I will ride to the North East first since I've somewhat done North and South and the West.
Then I thought,
why stop there. I work remote, I have a nice bike that I need to use, let me also do Wagah Border and Rann of Kutch.
Then I thought,
why stop there? everyone else is on the way somewhere.
Then I thought, at this point I don't know what I'm doing, so I might as well see everyone and do a chapter run.
So here's what I'm doing
1 Bangalore → Salem → Madurai → Rameswaram 620 Bangalore
2 Dhanushkodi → Palk Bay coast → Point Calimere → Tharangambadi → Puducherry → ECR → Chennai 650 Chennai
3 Chennai → Pulicat → Nellore → Ongole → Hyderabad → Vijayawada → Machilipatnam → Konaseema → Vizag → Chilika → Puri → Konark → Digha → Kolkata → Durgapur 2650 Hyderabad, Kolkata, Durgapur
4 Durgapur → Malda → Siliguri → Dooars → Guwahati → Tura 1320 Guwahati
5 Wangala at Asanang → Shillong → Cherrapunji → Dawki → Kaziranga → Kohima → Shillong Cherry Blossom Festival 1470 —
6 Guwahati → Siliguri → Patna → Varanasi → Lucknow → Nainital → Corbett → Dehradun → Amritsar (Attari–Wagah) 3430 Patna, Dehradun
7 Delhi NCR → Sariska → Jaipur → Pushkar → Bhilwara → Kumbhalgarh → Udaipur → Bhuj → White Rann → Road to Heaven → Dholavira → Ahmedabad 2020 Delhi NCR, Jaipur, Bhilwara, Udaipur, Ahmedabad
8 Ahmedabad → Statue of Unity → Indore → Mandu → Nashik → Mumbai → Tamhini Ghat → Pune → Vijayapura → Hampi → Bangalore 2720 Indore, Mumbai, Pune
8 legs of me not knowing what I'm doing, and if I can get a couch to crash on rather than spend money at a hostel/hotel, I can cook, clean and I've worked on a farm and at a mechanic when I was doing the same thing in Norway.
I leave on October 16 2026, and I have no idea when I'm back. I will be in the North East for roughly 3 weeks to a month, to catch Wangala, NERM, and the Cherry Blossom festival in Shillong. I might be there in Nagaland for Hornbill, but I don't know yet. However, I expect to be home by New Year hopefully hahahaha
Happy to have people along for the ride as well for certain legs!
Cheers
DJ