Road trip to Tabakoshi, about 8 kms beyond Mirik, Darjeeling district, West Bengal in end August 2019

Tabakoshi is a Japanese sounding unspoilt hamlet surrounded by hills and well maintained tea gardens on the banks of Rangbhang River and located 8 kms beyond Mirik in Darjeeling district of West Bengal.

Sunakhari Homestay is the ideal place to stay in Tabakoshi.

Piyali Ghosh and her husband stayed in the stone house. There's also a tree house, bamboo house and a bottle house. The home stay has its own poultry and facilities for fishing. There are two temples nearby.
Home cooked tasty food is served in 'kansha' utensils.

The owners of Sunakhari Homestay are Ramesh Rai and family. The contact numbers are 8348031197, 6297963228, 9593661864, 9593793057. Food plus stay was Rs 1200 per head per day in end August 2019.
There's also Khushi's Homestay a short distance away.

Content and photo credit: Piyali Ghosh. 

"Mighty M80 takes on Mighty Khardungla" - Girish Venkatraman's post on 2019-08-26

I am totally overwhelmed to inform you all about my ride of the year 2019.

As you all know, Khardungla is a holy place for every rider and if you been there once, the shrine calls you back again and again .... this will be my 4th visit there.

In 2019 my riding partner is none other than Mr Rakesh Edurkala from Puttur.

We have planned our journey for Sep 2, 2019 by train from Mangalore to Chandigarh. From 5th September we will start our ride from Chandigarh to Leh/ Khardungla via Manali and back to Kanyakumari, covering over 4500 km.

Khardungla to Kanyakumari, that is our K2K ride in September 2019. 

We started preparing for this ride since March 2019. We have got our rides ready, did some test ride and everything seems to be in place.

I request your kind support to us during our ride, same as last year.

This year we have named our ride as: 

“Mighty M80 takes on Mighty Khardungla”

Both of us will be riding 15+ years old Bajaj M80  to Khardungla.

I will update the routes and more details in coming days.

Wish us success and keep us in your prayers.

Thanking you all

Girish 

(Copied verbatim from Girish Venkatraman's post on 2019-08-26) 

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Darjeeling and surrounding places of interest

Darjeeling and surrounding places of interest.
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#DarjeelingAndSurroundings
#OnlyWhileTravellingByRoadInIndia
#BengalTrails

Places of interest in north, south, east and west Sikkim.

Places of interest in north, south, east and west Sikkim.

Road trip to Itachuna Rajbari, Hooghly district, West Bengal in early September 2019

Photo blog of Ms. Haimantee Mulhopadhyay's overnight trip to Itachuna Rajbari, Khanyan - Polba Road, Pandua,  Hooghly district, West Bengal in early September 2019.
Room rents start from Rs.3000
The food is good, however, the behavior of staff is unsatisfactory.

Indian Roadie Preferred Route, Best Route For Road Trip, Motoring Route, Driving Route from  

Kolkata to Itachuna Rajbari 

(Kolkata_ItachunaRajbari): 

Kolkata ---- Vivekananda Setu Toll Plaza (2nd Hooghly Bridge) ---- Kona Expressway (NH117) ---- Nibra ---- Salap ----Drive on NH16 upto crossing of NH19 ---- Dankuni ---- Old Delhi Road ---- Drive upto crossing of Delhi Road with Bandel Pandua Road, turn left ---- Itachuna Rajbari.

Total distance: 74 kms.
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* Road trip to Itachuna Rajbari
* Kolkata And Surroundings
* Bengal Trails

Road trip to Bhimlat Waterfall, 32 kms from Bundi

Indian Roadie Preferred Route to Bhimlat waterfall:
Drive from Kota to Bundi. At Bundi, start driving/ riding on State Highway 29 .
There are two routes from Bundi to Bhimlat, viz.
1st via Neem ka Khera.
2nd comes after 20vaa mile. on 1st way 2 kms after Neem ka Khera take right and up on the hill take left.
on 2nd way after 20vaa mile take right.   
Kota to Bundi = 35 kms.
Bundi to Bhimlat = 32 kms.
Kota to Bhimlat = 67 kms.
Direct fourline from

Kota to Salawatiya is 4 lane NH.
Thereafter, Salawatiya to Bhimlat is double lane road. 

Road trip to Sun Temple, Modhera, Mehsana district, Gujarat

Sun Temple, Modhera, Mehsana district, Gujarat is  99 kms from Ahmedabad.
Built over a 1000 years ago this temple is an example of excellent craftmanship with exquisite stone carvings.

Photos credit: VM Srinivas was there in Modhera on 1st August 2019. 

Cheryl Zeglen, 59, of Canton died after an accident caused by grass clippings left in the road

A motorcyclist died after an accident on Saturday, 2019-06-08 caused by grass clippings left in the road, according to witnesses.

Cheryl Zeglen, 59, of Canton, Illinois, USA was riding with her husband and other motorcyclists on County Highway Route 6 in Bureau County when the accident occurred.

When the group came upon grass clippings left on the road, the lead rider, Zeglen’s husband, Tom Zeglen, began to lose control.

When Tom Zeglen slowed down, Cheryl Zeglen crashed into him and was ejected from her motorcycle.

Zeglen died at the hospital two days later.

Tom said she was first taken to Perry Memorial Medical Center, then to OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria.

She was pronounced dead two days after the accident, on June 10th at 12:00 p.m. from blunt force injuries.

Initial drug and alcohol tests were negative. Tom said there was no autopsy.

Washington Police Chief Mike McCoy tells us Zeglen was an active member of the motorcycle community, often participating in the St. Jude Ride.

Zeglen was a waitress at Joe’s Place in Norris, Illinois, and worked previously as a paralegal.

In late April, KWQC published a story about the potential dangers grass clippings can pose for motorcycle riders.

Road trip to Kartik Swami Temple, Chamoli, Uttarakhand

Kartik Swami Temple, Chamoli, Uttarakhand.

There is an appealing history of Lord Murugan to reveal to the devotees. Once Lord Shiva enlightened their lads that whosoever takes the seven rounds of earth will get an opportunity to pay respect to their parents first. While Kartikeya headed off to take the round of universe, Lord Ganesha showed his astuteness and started taking the round of Lord Shiva and Parvati stating that he sees the whole universe in both of them. Lord Shiva got amazed by his acumen and offered him the privilege to worship first. Annoyed by this decision, Kartikeya gave his flesh to Maa Parvati and bones to Lord Shiva.

Kathgodam to Dharchula - Indian Roadie Preferred Route

Indian Roadie Preferred Route, Motoring Route, Driving Route, Road Route, best route, for road trip from 

Kathgodam to Dharchula (Kathgodam_Dharchula) is 275 kms and takes 10 hrs 15 minutes to drive in a car. The duration includes one lunch break of 30 mins and three tea/ refueling breaks of 10 mins each.


The Indian Roadie Preferred Route is:

Kathgodam - Bhimtal (KMVN Rest House besides Bhimtal Lake) --- Matial --- Dhanachuli --- Panauli --- Suakhan --- Basoli ----- Sirgaon --- Makraoo --- Nayal Dhura --- Panar Bridge --- Pithoragarh --- Mera --- Satagarh --- Kanalichinna --- Bandarleema --- Chami Garkha --- Dharchula.

Distances: 
Kathgodam to Bhimtal (KMVN Rest House) = 22 kms/ 50 minutes.
Bhimtal to Panar Bridge = 125 kms/ 4 hrs 30 minutes.
Panar Bridge to Pithoragarh = 35 kms/ 1 hr 30 minutes.
Pithoragarh to Dharchula = 93 kms/ 3 hrs. 

Road trip to Dagara Sea Beach, 12 kms from Baliapal, Balasore district, Odisha



Indian Roadie Preferred Route from:
Kolkata to Dagara Sea Beach or
Balasore (Remind, NH16) to Dagara Sea Beach.

Irrespective of whether one is driving south from Kolkata or North from Balasore, NH16 is in great shape generally. 

The routes are as follows: 
Kolkata (Vidya Sagar Setu toll plaza) - Kona Expressway (NH117) - Dhulagarh toll plaza - Uluberia - Kolaghat - Debra toll plaza - Kharagpur roundabout - Dantan - Sonakania - exit NH16/ NH14 a little later by turning left - drive on double lane state highway - cross Subarnarekha River bridge - Baliapal - Dagara Sea Beach. 
(Approximately 230 kms max) 

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Kolkata (Vidya Sagar Setu toll plaza) - Kona Expressway (NH117) - Dhulagarh toll plaza - Uluberia - Kolaghat - Debra toll plaza - Kharagpur roundabout - Dantan - Sonakania - Jaleshwar - exit NH16/ NH14 by turning left - drive on double lane state highway - Nimpur - cross Subarnarekha River bridge - Baliapal - Dagara Sea Beach. 
(Approximately 230 kms max) 

Or 

Balasore (Remuna) - Jaleshwar - exit NH16/ NH14 by turning right - drive on double lane state highway - Nimpur - cross Subarnarekha River bridge - Baliapal - Dagara Sea Beach. 
(Approximately 65 kms) 

The double lane state highway from NH16 to block headquarters in Baliapal is reasonably good. From Baliapal upto Dagara beach (12 kms)  is single lane PMGSY road. Heavy vehicles including buses regularly ply on that PMGSY road. Nearest market at Kalipada is 4 kms away from beach. Every grocery items and even Foreign Liquor is available. On the beach, there are several shanties where you can get basic items. 

Dagara Sea Beach is yet to develop as a full fledged tourist destination point. 

Baliapal has a PWD Inspection Bungalow with 2 bedrooms only. Spot bookings are available for only 1 room. The other room is always kept booked for government officials. 

The only other staying option nearby is OTDC Panthasala in Chandaneshwar, about 19 kms north of Dagara Sea Beach. The check out time is 12 noon. It has AC Suites, AC Double-bed Rooms, Non AC Double-bed Rooms. Roadies should check out the OTDC website for tariffs, availability, bookings.