Tag Archives: India Rajasthan

Recap of 2019; Some memorable Motorbike Adventures

Posted on 15/12/2019 by John milway

12th December 2019 I’ve started writing this on election day in the UK; its just 2 weeks to Christmas, its 6degs C outside and pouring with rain. The roads are cold, wet and covered in muck..the GS is sitting in … Continue reading →

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Riding Video: 1,500 miles on Royal Enfield Bullet 500 in Rajasthan, India Feb 2019

Posted on 21/10/2019 by John milway

Sunday 20th October 2019 Well seems I’ve finally figured out how to use the basic features of a video editing application 🙂 So I’ve put together a collection of on-bike video clips and photos taken during my Indian Rides adventure … Continue reading →

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Video review of Rajasthan motorbike adventure Feb19

Posted on 15/10/2019 by John milway

Monday October 13th 2019 The main UK riding season is drawing to a close; its cold and its been raining heavily for the last 3 days 🙁 Sadly it will only now be the odd short ride out for me … Continue reading →

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My thoughts on riding in Rajasthan on the Royal Enfield Bullet

Posted on 20/02/2019 by John milway

20th February 2019 The first rule to understand about driving, or riding, on the roads in India is that there are NO RULES!!! Everyone makes their way without looking, or signalling their intentions..eye contact doesn’t happen..its up to other road … Continue reading →

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A thank you to Indian Rides

Posted on 19/02/2019 by John milway

18th February 2019 Back in October last year after watching a TV documentary about Rajasthan I decided that India would be the venue for my winter adventure in 2019; the challenge was then to find a tour operator that could … Continue reading →

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To Agra, The Taj Mahal and then Delhi and home

Posted on 19/02/2019 by John milway

Thursday 14th February 2019 The bus arrived at 6:30 am and we piled in; the road to Agra is basically a motorway/A road, until we came to the blockage diversion which took us onto very small dusty, bumpy backroads. The … Continue reading →

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Pachewar Fort to Jaipur 80kms

Posted on 18/02/2019 by John milway

Tuesday 12th February 2019 Today is our last day of riding and we have only a short way to go to the Jaipur 🙁 the capital of Rajasthan and the home office of Indian Rides. Before we set off a … Continue reading →

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Bijapur to Pechewar Fort 260kms

Posted on 18/02/2019 by John milway

Monday 11th February 2019 Bijapur to Pechewar Fort 260kms NOTE: Apologies if some of the photos in recent posts had been inverted or flipped on publishing; its a problem between WP and IOS. Should be OK now. This post is … Continue reading →

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Udaipur and then on to Bijapur

Posted on 16/02/2019 by John milway

Sat 9th Feb 2019  A relaxed start to our day off, our guide arrived at 12.30. Trev & Andy elected to go on a boat trip round the lakes, the three amigos went to see the King’s vintage car collection … Continue reading →

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Ranakpur to Udaipur 110kms

Posted on 12/02/2019 by John milway

Friday 8th February 2019 It was a 10.30 start this morning to allow Trevor and Andrew to return from the 6.30 start on their Leopard  safari. They were told it was 90% certain that they would see a leopard; we … Continue reading →

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Chandelao to Ranakpur 180kms

Posted on 11/02/2019 by John milway

Thurs 7th February 2019 Chandelao to Ranakpur 180kms A 9am start and immediately we were into small back roads, remote and certainly non touristy.. this turned out to be our best riding day so far 👍😎 Our first stop was … Continue reading →

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Pokaran to Chandelao, via Jodhpur 230kms

Posted on 10/02/2019 by John milway

Wednesday 6th February 2019 A 9am start, sunny and cold, but not freezing as before. We roared off through the fort gates in convoy (video to come later) and joined the highway; another day of mainly straight roads beckoned. we … Continue reading →

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Bikaner to Jaisalmer 350kms

Posted on 09/02/2019 by John milway

Monday 4the February 2019 Long way to go today so it was an 8am start. No fog, but it was clear and cold. Again seriously cold hands and after an hour or so I was losing the will to live; … Continue reading →

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First day on bikes..Mandawa to Bikaner

Posted on 07/02/2019 by John milway

Sunday 3rd February 2019 We met up with Narendra Singh, the CEO of Indian Rides.. our host and leader of the tour. He introduced us to Trevor and Andrew, two Brits who were joining our group for the trip; so … Continue reading →

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The Indian Adventure begins

Posted on 05/02/2019 by John milway

Jan 31st 2019 I left a very cold U.K. and 8.30hrs later landed early morning in a relatively warm 15c New Delhi. I have to say that the immigration experience was nearly as bad as getting into the USA..! A  … Continue reading →

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