Day 15: Delhi to Pune by flight 2nd July '17

We caught the night flight back to Pune and were in for a pleasant surprise when we were warmly greeted by our better halves at the airport! This marked the best end to the most amazing trip of our life!

Waiting at Delhi airport

Tired but happy to be heading home!

Being greeted by our better halves at Pune airport!

This Nitrojain Leh/ Ladakh trip was truly amazing and we were fortunate enough not to have had any incidents or mishaps on the entire trip. It was the first trip of this kind for us all and we are truly thankful to God and all the prayers and support of our loved ones, without which this journey would not have been successful.

We hope that our blog will be an inspiration to other bikers and always welcome any questions or information you might seek. We truly recommend that you do this trip atleast once in your life and if you wish to take your partner along, rent an SUV! There were many couples on route and with a little pre-training and planning, you can all do the trip and relish the lifetime memories!

Bon voyage!

Day 14: Ambala to Delhi 1st July '17

Ambala to Delhi is only highway and is really boring! We had real difficulty staying awake due to the big breakfast and lassi we had in the morning! We reached Delhi by afternoon and returned our bikes, without any hassles from Ikerz! They are really cooperative and recommended to anyone who wants to rent bikes from Delhi!

Last time our luggage would be packed on the bikes

My trusty companion for the past 14 days

Rahul Trehan of Ikerz with Nitrojains!

In the evening we went sightseeing to some places in Delhi and then settled in for the night, reminiscing on the most amazing and life changing journey we were just about to complete.

Day 13: Manali to Chandigarh / Ambala 30th June '17

Manali is a pleasant hillstation in Himachal Pradesh. It becomes very crowded and quite commercial during the peak seasons. You can do white water rafting at Manali which is highly recommended. It is situated at an altitude of 2,050 m (6,726 ft) in the Beas River Valley. Its is usually known as Kullu Manali due to the proximity of the 2 places. You can Google for Manali and you will find many blogs and information on Manali.

We did not take a day to explore Manali, as most of us have already been here. We instead chose to head to Chandigarh / Ambala and eventually to Delhi, which would complete our journey! 

Manali to Ambala 335kms

There are 2 routes you can take to reach Chandigarh or Ambala from Manali. Coming down from Manali head towards Mandi then Bilaspur. Just a little ahead at Swarghat there will be a fork on the road. One will take you on the Rupnagar->kharar->Chandigarh/Ambala and the other from Nalagarh-> Baddi -> Chandigarh/Ambala. You can take either one of them. The entire route is highway and pretty well maintained. 

Towering coniferous tress at Manali

Manali

Buying apples and plums on route

Taking photos of huge waterfalls

Confluence of Beas and Parvati rivers

You can choose to stay at Chandigarh or head a little further to Ambala. Since we had time on hand, we headed to Ambala and spent the night there. Just before checking into the hotel, we stopped at a roadside dhaba and had a huge dinner with enormous glasses of lassi!

Huge glasses of lassi at Ambala