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The Ride 101: Road to middle Earth

Posted on August 15, 2011 by venkat

The analogy with Tolkien’s worlds were setup midway through our ride when Ashish observed that some of the areas we rode through were barren, desolate and resembled Mordor in the books. Hence we longed to get back to The Shire … Continue reading →

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The Ride 100: The first days

Posted on August 15, 2011 by venkat

For the record, the ride to Spiti Valley began on Saturday July 23. It began in a car in Pune as Ashish and I headed to the airport to catch a flight to Delhi. We had heard rumors to the … Continue reading →

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The Ride 099: Executive Summary

Posted on August 15, 2011 by venkat

Finally, we are back home. Actually, got home a little over a week ago. There was the recovery phase, then the PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) phase. Then the catch-up game at work. And then the grand plans to write what … Continue reading →

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The Ride 002: Gadget Roll

Posted on July 18, 2011 by venkat

Some of the machines, gadgets and essentials being planned for this trip: 2 Royal Enfield Thunderbird motorcycles 4 cellphones with 3 different cellphone providers (to handle coverage overlaps) 2 GPS units (one in phone, other in tablet) 1 Android tablet … Continue reading →

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The Ride 001: Point of No Return

Posted on July 16, 2011 by venkat

The blog begins… The last time I rode to Leh was in 2008 and some of the memories from that time are captured here. When Setu and I left from there we knew we wanted to be back someday. Since … Continue reading →

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The Rise of Decadence

Posted on July 11, 2011 by venkat

At first it was the Westerners. Blind aping of their customs and practices, as evidenced in their television shows, caused irreversibile damage to the Indian way of life. Our youth was seduced by the dark side of Western culture (so … Continue reading →

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The Grand Unified Social Network (GUnSoN)

Posted on July 11, 2011 by venkat

I hate trying to keep up with technology. I am about 5 years behind the technology curve, I think. I spent the weekend trying to find out the perfect way to integrate my (proposed) blog, twitter and Facebook. Several test … Continue reading →

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Acer Iconia A500 with Honeycomb 3.1

Posted on July 11, 2011 by venkat

It’s been a few weeks since I upgraded my Acer Iconia A500 tablet to Honeycomb 3.1 using a custom ROM from Xda-developers. It’s  been a pleasant experience thus far. The UI itself is more responsive now than earlier. Widgets are … Continue reading →

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Planning begins for the ride. …

Posted on July 11, 2011 by venkat

Planning begins for the ride. First to-do: get a good raincoat/poncho. You are riding your bike and you feel something cold creep down your spine. You know your raincoat has then failed you. Over the years I have tried several … Continue reading →

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