Started off for the famed Saach Pass on 30th ( Dharamshala to Tissa ), 1st was Tissa to Saach Pass which is the entrance to Pangi Valley and then back to Chamba, 2nd was from Chamba back to D'sala via Khajjir and Dalhousie.

My companion and support for this ride was Nilesh Dhruve also on deputation from Jamnagar to Phagwara.

Saach pass is supposedly open for traffic - at least on paper - reality was something diffrent...!!!

On the map of Himachal Tourism and on Lonely Planet road maps - Saach Pass is shown as a Trekking route to Pangi Valley. Pangi has remained isolated to the rest of Himachal as the only way to mainstream Himachal was then through Keylong ( a road which again remains closed for a major part of the year ).

It's at a altitude of 14500 Feet and the last 30 odd kms from Bairagarh is absolutely killing. BUT... What a RIDE :-))

Reached Dharamshala on 28th evening. 29th explored Mc Leod Ganj.

Tried less of Landscape pics and more of close up etc...

Monsoon ride with 60kph to the Jungles of Dangs...

Had a blast.... no words can describe it enough...

Watch a sample video at

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gb8nT7wjcq0&v3

Fantastic Write Up of the ride can be found here :

http://forum.60kph.com/viewtopic.php?t=70

We rode thru 2 sanctuaries i.e Purna Sanctuary and the Vansda National Park.

Our stay for the ride was facilitated by the Forest Dept at their guest houses at Kilad, Mahal and Lovchalli.

The ride route was Ahmedabad - Bharatpur chowkdi - Waghai-Pimpari-Kalibel-Bhenskatri-Bardipada-Mahal- Ahwa - Lovchalli - Giramal
Falls- Lovchalli - Vyara - Mandvi - Netrang - Movi - Rajpipla - Dabhoi - Baroda - Ahmedabad.

Total Distance covered 1100 kms....over 5 days... Not much in terms of Kms... but priceless in terms of memories....

Hi, the images for 60kph's LKM Ride 2006 - Done with Subash - from Chennai, Meher - from Hyderabad and Myself - from Ahmedabad to Ladakh have been uploaded on my other id :

http://raahi.fotopic.net

Started from Delhi on 3rd and came back on 27th.

A short weekend ride to the Jambughoda Wild Life Sanctuary. The first one with my wife Smita, more so as a prelude to the looong Ladakh ride that we are planning this June - July (see details on the main page )

Jambughoda wildlife sanctuary is Near Pavagadh, roughly 180 Kms from Ahmedabad. We'd decided to skip the touristy Kada Dam and instead made our way to the Targol Guest house of the Forest Dept. The guest house is situated on a small hillock and overlooks a small reservoir.

The Jambughoda sanctuary spread over 130.38 sq kms, with its dry teak and dry mix deciduous forest, is home to a variety of wild animals including leopards, reptiles and birds. The sanctuary has rich vegetation as well. Definitely a must do in Monsoons and Winters.

Total Distance covered 460 kms. Riders Gaurav, Kavin & Us.

After Kutch Calling ( Jan 05 ), Kutch Reloaded ( Feb 05 ) another 60kph ride to the Little Rann of Kutch though only as a weekend ride, approx distance covered 515 Kms.

The little Rann of Kutch, a place where the sky is an equisite shade of blue, where if you stand still you can feel the silence of 5500 sq kms of emptiness, where at night, sleeping on the hard caked soil, you can see the stars so clearly and so bright that a normal city dweller could never even imagine..!!!

Started Solo from Ahmedabad, met up with Gaurav & Anuj a.k.a Rocky a.k.a Rocksy a.k.a Rocksy Baaaiby ;-) at the border of the Rann. The Rann of Kutch is in 2 parts - Greater Rann and Little Rann. Greater Rann is 8,500 sq km and Little Rann is 5,500 sq km. The Little Rann is roughly between Amdavad and Gandhidham and the route followed for this ride was via Dhrangadhra - Halvad - Tikar - Little Rann - Kuda Village - Varnu and back. The Rann is actually a sea-bed that is dried up. In monsoons, most parts of the Rann get filled with sea water. In the summer, the water receeds, the soil hardens and thus bikes can travel through it.

Call this our freedom ride or Independence day ride or swades ride or the Isse ke saaath ride or the Maazzzzaaah aaa gayaa ride. Call it whatever you want, but we had a mindblowing time... One of my best rides.. a total of 1040 kms over 3 days with 60 kph. There were 6 of us, 4 from Maharashtra ( Richard, Nikhil, Jan and Gaurav ) and Amol n me from Gujarat. We rode thru 2 sanctuaries i.e Purna Sanctuary and the Vansda National Park. Purna Sanctuary is a part of dense moist deciduous forests in Western Ghat of Gujarat and supports gamut of flora and fauna of very high evolutionary value. The Sanctuary ( spread over 160.8 sq. km ), along with Vansda National Park, is the only Protected Area in South Gujarat for conserving diverse biological resources. We visited 2 waterfalls of the region Gira Falls and Giramal falls where the water falls from a height of almost 150-175 feet on the rocks below...!!! Our stay for the ride was facilitated by the Forest Dept at their guest houses at Ahwa and Subir, with both of these being more than 100 years old and exclusively available for us. The ride route was Ahmedabad - Gundalav chowkdi - Waghai-Pimpari-Kalibel-Bhenskatri-Badripada-Mahal- Ahwa - Giramal
Falls)Dhichkiyaon place - Subir - NH 6 ( Maharashtra side ) Songadh - Vyara - Mandvi - Netrang - Movi - Rajpipla - Dabhoi - Baroda - Ahmedabad.

It was supposed to be a family get away... but turned out to be a semi adventure... we'd just gotten the new car and decided to go to Shirdi via Saputara... however the rain gods also decided to be generous to Gujarat starting the day we started our trip... these are some of the pics of the trip... Ahmedabad - Saputara - Shirdi - Saputara - Ahmedabad... most of the pics are from the Dangs region only as wanted to capture the beginning of the rains in this region... at many places, the rivers had started flowing over the bridges and pretty soon they were closed for traffic... luckily we made it over and back to Ahmedabad just before all hell or rather the heavens broke loose over the region...

Pic's of the 60 Kph ride to Velavadar Blackbuck Reserve. Rode with Anuj, Kavin and Gaurav.
Great ride...

Pictures of the 60kph ride to Kevadia Colony, the base of the Sardar Sarovar Dam over the river Narmada on 12-13th Mar 2005

The return journey from Gandhidham to Ahmedabad via Rajkot.

Had the saturday half day... decided to visit Mandvi beach near Gandhidham. Excellent beach and town. The town also has a small pond which was host to a lot of "phorenar pakshis".

Did a solo 450 kms ride from Gandhidham - Mata No Madh - Narayan Sarovar - Koteshwar ( claimed to be the western most point of India )

These are some of my pics from my revisit to Kutch..... the visit was actually a deputation from the office, but then just in the after ride of the Kutch Calling Ride, there was no way i was going to miss out on visiting Kutch from Ahmedabad, and so happened Kutch Reloaded, my 1600+ kms ride from Ahmedabad to Kutch and back...

26 bikes from 5 states of India, what a blast we had.... all the ingredients of a masala movie :-) laughter, tragedy, brotherhood, camaderie.... we all came together in this ride like never before.... With this ride, 60kph evolved to become what we call "India's only Biking Family"

60kph's 3rd anniversary ride - To the Rann of Kutch in Gujarat. This was my first ride to the Rann and what a ride it was.... he Little Rann has not just become 60kph's favourite ride-out, but also a home away from home. Nothing as far as the eye can see, the Rann redefines personal space. There is something very alluring about the emptiness.