Bumpy Trail Bicyclists: Himalayan Biking

as soon as the semester ended, three bumpy trailers were off to the mountains. this trip was joydeep's inaugural himalayan trip, after he had missed out on last year's ranikhet tour.

Riders:
* Binoy Raveendran on his BSA ACT-110 (acquired a month ago just in time for our taj pedal yatra),
* Joydeep Dutta on his merida 40 and
* Amit Mukerjee on a btwin sports-one.

Itinerary: Bhimsen-Bhowali-Mukteshwar, with a side visit to Nainital.
april 22-25, 2011

the routes. day one: acclimatization (blue). day two: nainital red. day three: mukteshwar (yellow). day four: down to kathgodam (green). map is a photo from the nest & wings map of uttarakhand.

Routes:

Click on each day's link for details of each ride.

day 1 apr 22, Fri: acclimitization run: bhimtAl-naukuchiyatal-bhowali: arrive at bhimtal after overnight drive. morning circuit of bhimtal. excursion to naukuchiyatal after lunch; visit to bhowali.

binoy posing above naukuchiya-tal; am-jd-binoy at nainital: on the promenade ; at the nainital mall-rd park (day 2)

streaked laughingthrush (day 3; mukteswar);
day 2: bhimtal-bhowali-nainital sat-tAl bhimtal. explore nainital. on the way back, check out sAt tAl
day 3: bhimtal-bhowali-ramgarh-mukteswar reach mukteswar by noon. lunch. explore the IVRI valley and the mountaintop temple.
day 4: mukteswar-kathgodam start early from mukteshwar. jd puncture at bhowali, fixed with feviqwik. i have repeated punctures after bhimtal. drive back evening to reach kanpur early tuesday.

day 4: starting back from mukteshwar to bhateliya and on to kathgodam. joydeep dutta, binoy and amit.

larger un-marked version of map for kathgodam mukteswar nainital area

amitabha mukerjee for the bumpy trail bicyclists. sep 2011. feedback: mukerjee [at] gmail