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Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Whimsical Veterans' North East & Sikkim Ride - May 2024

 

Three members of the 'Whimsical Veterans' group (a group of 4 Dehradun based 'Fauji' veterans) are leaving Dehradun astride their Honda H'Ness CB 350 motorcycles on a road trip which will cover around 5500 km. The ride starts on 01 May and will end on 19 May 2024. The bikers will be riding all the way up to Tawang (Arunachal Pradesh) through UP, Bihar, West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and return to Dehradun. Highlights of the trip are a visit to Gurudongmar Lake (17,800 ft altitude) in North Sikkim besides Lachung and Gangtok, a visit to the Ram Temple at Ayodhya, Kamakhya temple at Guwahati, the newly constructed Sela tunnel and the famous Buddhist Monastery at Tawang. The members of the group are :

1. Col Rakesh Singh Sidhu (68 yrs)

2. Self (68 yrs)

3. Capt (Indian Navy) Anoop Chauhan (60 yrs)

The detailed itinerary is as follows:

Date

From

To

Distance

Time

Remarks 

01 May 2024

Dehradun

Shahjahanpur

408 km

8.5 hrs

Via NH 734 (Haridwar-Bareilly)

 

02 May

Shahjahanpur

Faizabad

300 km

6 hrs

Via NH 30 & NH 27 

03 May

Faizabad

Muzzafarpur

406 km

8.5 hrs

Via NH 27 

04 May

Muzzafarpur

Siliguri

388 km

9 hrs

Via NH 327 & NH 27 

05 May

Siliguri

Lachung

228 km

8 hrs

Via Gangtok (For  Permits) 

06 May

Lachung

Gurudongmar & Back

228 km

9 hrs

One way -114 km ,Gurudongmar Lake (17800 ft)

07 May

Lachung

Gangtok

116 km

4.5 hrs

Halt at Gangtok – Local sightseeing

08 May

Gangtok

Binnaguri

165 km

4.5 hrs

 

Via NH 10 & NH 17

09 May

Binnaguri

Guwahati

349 km

8 hrs

Via NH 427

10 May

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Halt at Guwahati. Visit Kamakhya temple etc

11 May

Guwahati

Bomdila

335 km

7.5 hrs

Via NH 27 

12 May

Bomdila

Tawang

177 km

171 km

5.5 hrs

4.5 hrs

Via NH 13

Via Sela Tunnel (opened 09/3)

13 May

Tawang

Tenga

194 km

6 hrs

Via NH 13 

14 May

Tenga

Rangia

221 km

6 hrs

Via Arnatulla Kalaktang Rd 

15 May

Rangia

Siliguri

390 km

9 hrs

Via NH 27 

16 May

Siliguri

Muzzafarpur

388 km

9 hrs

Via NH 327 & NH 27 

17 May

Muzzafarpur

Faizabad

406 km

8.5 hrs

Via NH 27 

18 May

Faizabad

Shahjahanpur

301 km

6 hrs

Via NH 27

19 May 2024

Shahjahapur

Dehradun

410 km

8.5 hrs

Via NH 734 

Total 5410 km (19 Days)

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