Beardy Rider

My alarm goes off at 5am, but I actually wake around 7am. I get ready immediately and curse myself for not getting up early. I need to visit 2 locations [...]

My alarm wakes me around 1 AM, followed by the owner’s persistent knocking, as requested. I finally get out of bed at 1:30 AM, get ready, and leave the room [...]

Before leaving Nuwara Eliya for Adam’s Peak today, I’ll do the Horton Plains World’s End trek. Since it’s in the opposite direction, I’ll leave my luggage at the hostel, complete [...]

I get up around 7:30am, a bit late. I start to get ready ASAP as today, I plan to visit the tea factory. I go to the nearby grocery store [...]

I woke up late, having slept around 3 am. After quickly getting ready, I packed my bags. The hostel offered free breakfast, so I had two bananas, two slices of [...]

I woke up early, freshened up, and went to find a tea shop. A local shopkeeper directed me to a hotel around the corner. I ordered a masala chai for [...]

I wake around 5am to prepare for my long journey. By 6am, I’m packed and loading my bike from the parking lot near the entrance. I hit the road around [...]

I woke up around 6:30am and took my time getting ready. After finishing my morning chores, I went to the terrace to write in my diary and have a cup [...]

I woke up around 6am and got ready for a hike to Little Adam’s Peak. After a short 2km ride, I started hiking around 6:45am, reaching the top in 20 [...]

Around 6am, I woke up, freshened up, and finished my diary. After morning tea, I packed, loaded my bike, and left by 8am. I had hoppers and egg hoppers for [...]

I wake around 6:15am and begin my morning routine. After brushing my teeth, I go downstairs for a cup of tea. The sun is up, its rays filtering through the [...]

I get up early and have my morning coffee. There will be no news on my GoPro till the shop opens around 9:30am and so I utilize the morning time [...]

I get up sometime past midnight due to stomach upset. I sleep peacefully after that. I need to leave the room by 6:15 am for whale watching tour but instead [...]

I woke up around 6:30 am and by 7:30am, I am ready to leave. Landlady says that breakfast is ready and so, I have breakfast before leaving. I leave around [...]

Get up around 7am and slowly start to get ready. Have my morning coffee before packing my ‘Carry’ bag. I plan to cover some places, return back, pack all my [...]

I get up around 6:30 am and get ready for my first actual exploration day in Sri Lanka. My plan is to visit the iconic Galle fort which I have [...]

Past 1 week was all about getting ready for the trip. The things that were supposed to be bought were bought. Things that needed repair were repaired and some items [...]

Today is my last day in Bhutan. Day 19 of 19. We leave for the Bhutan border. I wake up early around 7am and slowly get ready. I pack all [...]

I get up around 7:15 am and do my final packing. I get a cup of coffee around 8:30 am. We have our last breakfast together of pork fried rice [...]

I wake up around 8 am ad get ready by 8:30 am. I have my morning coffee. We have our breakfast of fried rice and chili paste and leave for [...]

Got up around 8:15 am and almost immediately started to get ready. Brewed myself a coffee provided in the room. Packed my stuff for today and went down for breakfast [...]

2 nights in Monday have come to an end. It’s time to head towards the east direction. I get up around 8 am and ready myself. Have my coffee before [...]

My alarm goes off at 8 am and by 8:45 am, I am down at the lobby for breakfast. Phub is already waitingfor me at the lobby. We are served [...]

Got up around 7:30 a.am. to prepare for the long journey ahead. The weather seemed cloudy and I could not see the sun. Got ready quickly and loaded my bike [...]

Woke up around 8 am, brushed my teeth, took a hot shower bath, washed my clothes. IT was bright and sunny outside as the sun was up from behind the [...]

My alarm goes off at 7:30 a.m. I stare at the window and the valley is lit up. The sun is already up from behind the mountains. I get freshened [...]

My alarm went off at 8 am. I had exactly 1 hr. to me to get ready and hit the road as we’d planned to leave by 9 am. Somehow, [...]

I get up around 8:15 am. The plan was to leave at 8:30 am. Phub comes around 9am. I inform him that I will take some time to get ready [...]

I get up around 8:15am. l open the window shades. The sun has just come up from behind the mountains. It’s a beautiful sight to see I have my morning [...]

Somehow, I wake up early around 9:30 am and start to pack things immediately. It’s a checkout day and I need to ensure everything is packed properly and nothing is [...]

I get up around 8: 15 am and start to get ready. By 9:15 am, I am all set and go down for breakfast. I have coffee and butter toast [...]

I get up around 8:15 am as I sleep late night. I start to freshen up and have my morning coffee. I drop a message to my guide but there [...]

I get up around 7:30 a.m. It’s bright & sunny outside already. I freshen up and have my morning coffee before starting to pack up. We are to leave Paro [...]

I get up around 6:15 am and immediately start to get ready. We plan to start early as we are going for the tiger’s nest monastery hike. I am ready [...]

I get up around 8:15 am owing to sleeping late the previous night. I get packing quickly. Original plan was to step out by 9am. I get myself ready and [...]

I wake up around 6:30 a.m. and start to freshen up. I have packed everything in my saddlebag which I now remove one by one and start to mount it [...]

I do not get proper sleep as every now & then I wake up to check the time on the mobile. The alarm is set to ring for 2:30 am [...]

I wake up around 7:30 AM and start packing in the midst of a chaotic room filled with my belongings. Knowing my luggage would exceed the flight’s limit, I bought [...]

I wake up around 8 am after Nihal has left for work. I get ready, have butter-sauted sweet potatoes with coffee for breakfast, and leave home by 9:30 am. My [...]

I wake up around 5:30 am, take a bath, and get ready. My jacket and riding pants have dried after getting soaked in yesterday’s rain. I enjoy my usual coffee [...]

I wake up around 5 to 5:30 am, take a quick shower, and pack lightly with just a backpack and a change of clothes for my night in Ca Mau. [...]

The night before, I decided to head straight to Ho Chi Minh City as my trip was coming to an end and I wanted to explore the area. The distance [...]

I struggled to sleep last night because people checked into the room early in the morning. As a light sleeper, I barely got enough rest after falling asleep around 2 [...]

I woke up around 5 am, the latest I had during the trip, and without an alarm. I left the hostel in my rain gear since it had been raining [...]

I keep snoozing my alarm, torn between getting up and staying in bed. I know it’s probably raining outside, making an early start pointless. Eventually, I force myself out of [...]

It was a rainy morning. I woke up around 6 am, got ready by 7 am, had my coffee, loaded my luggage onto the bike, and donned my rain gear. [...]

The hotel is called ‘Khach San Tuan Phat,’ which I forgot to mention yesterday. I felt more fatigued during the last hour of riding in the rain than I did [...]

I miss my early alarm. I’m too tired, so I wake up around 6:45 AM, freshen up, pack my bags, prepare my bike, enjoy my coffee, and say goodbye to [...]

I woke up a bit late, knowing it was a rest day for both the motorcycle and me. My phone battery was nearly dead from last night’s data transfer, so [...]

I wake up at 5:30 am and begin packing quietly so as not to disturb anyone still asleep. I move my luggage outside to pack more freely. After freshening up, [...]

I wake up around 5 am and quickly get ready to avoid being late for breakfast at 7 am. After freshening up, I take a soothing hot bath—my first morning [...]

I wake up at 6:15 am and start packing right away. I’ve already taken a bath, so I only need to brush my teeth and use the bathroom. I’m ready [...]

I wake up around 5:30 am and am ready by 6:30 am. After enjoying my pre-mixed, ready-made coffee, I pay the ever-smiling owner 220,000 VND and leave by 6:45 am. [...]

I wake up around 5 am, and by 6 am, my bike is loaded and ready to go. I pay the owner 150,000 VND and prepare my instant coffee, which [...]

I wake up around 5:15 am and freshen myself up in no time. Pack all the luggage and settle the hostel bill. I’m ready by 7:10 am, sipping my coffee, [...]

I wake up at 6 am to prepare for an early boat ride, using the time to quickly wash a 4-day backlog of clothes. By 7:15 am, everything is cleaned, [...]

Woke up at 6 am, quickly freshened up, retrieved my bike, paid 55,000 VND for 3-day parking, returned to the hostel, loaded 2 front side bags, lubricated clutch cables and [...]

Woke up at around 8:30 after sleeping late. My body felt exhausted from the flight and lots of walking. I freshened up and went straight to the well-known ‘Note cafe’ [...]

Arrived at the airport around 6 am VST. Had my passport stamped—an exciting moment with my new passport. Immediately exchanged one of my two $100 bills into VND. The second [...]

After traveling extensively throughout India since 2015, this year I decided to take my adventures beyond borders. In all these 8 years of travel, I have covered almost all the [...]

Today was the last day of the tour. I had a flight to catch back to Pune in the evening. Everything on the trip went as planned without any major [...]

Today was the last day of the tour. I was to fly back tomorrow to my hometown Pune. Today would be the last day of riding on Assam roads. It [...]

The morning was as beautiful as it got. I was presented with the most beautiful sunrise of the tour as I opened my dorm door. The sun was just above [...]

I woke up just about the time when the sunrise was due. We had slept very late yesterday and also the body was tired due to the amount of torture [...]

My friend, Thango, and I had decided to meet up around 6:30 am in Kohima where he was staying in a hotel. He was on his way to his hometown, [...]

I was not feeling good. The cold and cough was on top of me. After yesterday’s trek from Dzuko Valley, it had deteriorated even more. I had taken some medicines [...]

We woke up very early. The cold in the night was just unbearable. It was very difficult to sleep as I kept on rolling from one side to another. Just [...]

We started very early, just around sunrise. I had taken a cold shower which had challenged me. The hot water was not available that early in the morning. I packed [...]

Today is the last day of the Hornbill Festival,10th of December. I am super excited as I am told that the closing ceremony is one of the best events of [...]

Today, I decided to spend the entire day getting to know the details of the event. I quickly got ready and left my campsite. It was bright and shiny as [...]

Had a good night’s sleep. By the time I got out of my tent, it was sunshine everywhere. The time was close to 6 am. I was amazed by the [...]

After 3 nights of sleeping in a tent, finally I had a comfy bed last night. It’s not that I do not like to sleep in a tent but who [...]

I woke up to the warmth of the morning sun. The time was 8 am and the sun was already on full power. I could see bikes everywhere, disorganized. All [...]

Today was a great day. After a much-required break yesterday, I was fully charged up. The body had got enough rest after continuous riding from Pune to Guwahati. The bike [...]

Today, I was making my push towards Guwahati. Again, the distance was 500+ km. I got ready around 7:30 am and started to load my luggage on the bike. I [...]

Today was going to be a long drive again. I had to reach Islampur which was close to 500+ km. It was home to one of my closest friends from [...]

Woke around 6:30 am after a good night’s sleep. My tired body was restored to normal. I eased up a little bit as the riding distance for today was not [...]

Today was a big day like yesterday. I’d planned to reach Ambikapur today, some 600-odd km from Nagpur. I had a good sleep the previous night owing to my tired [...]

Nagpur was my first choice of halt when I was preparing the rough route plan. Any other place in between didn’t catch my fancy. Moreover, Nagpur was the ideal place [...]

I fell in love with the North East when I first visited back in 2019 to Mizoram. I liked both, the people as well as the raw nature beauty. The [...]

Prologue Mysore’s Magnificent Dasara is a grand celebration of victory over evil. The festival begins with the royal procession, which is a sight to behold. The procession consists of a [...]

“Mangi-Tungi is a prominent twin-pinnacled peak with a plateau in between, located near Tahrabad about 125 km from Nashik, Maharashtra, India. Mangi, 4,343 ft (1,324 m) high above sea level, is the western pinnacle, and Tungi, 4,366 ft [...]

I was bored of short day rides and needed something big, big in terms of distance so that I can sort myself out. Short rides don’t excite me anymore. It’s [...]

I wake up around 5 am and start to pack. It’s the final leg of my tour and I am filled with all sorts of emotions, the good and the [...]

I get up late. It’s already bright outside as I see through the window. The sun has long come up and the time is 6:30 am. I get on packing [...]

Last night I get a lot of suggestions from Vaishali. Where to buy the best ‘Potherekelu’ (A sweet item made in Andhra Pradesh) on the way and she also tell [...]

I wake up early around 5 am and by 5:45 am, I am ready to move on. As far as I can see outside, it’s still dark and dawn will [...]

By 6 am I get ready. I move the bike outside of the parking lot to tie up my luggage. Emotions are running high as I am about to leave [...]

By 6:30 am, I am ready and all the luggage has been packed on the bike. I head towards the hotel where I had my dinner last night for my [...]

I go live from Kanyakumari at around 7 am. It’s bright and sunny outside, giving the feel like it’s 10 am. I’d wake up around 5:30 am knowing that the [...]

The time is 6:25 am and I am all set to head southwards. The darkness has given to light and it is time to ride. I start the engine and [...]

I start early again and I am ready by 6:15 am. It’s a challenging day as I need to sort out my engine noise problem and also a close inspection [...]

By 6 am I am on the road and heading towards Karnataka. I intended to start early so as to cover the maximum distance. An atlas study of the previous [...]

By 7 am I pack up and get ready for the day’s new adventure. It is bright all around and the morning chill can still be felt. I mount all [...]

The first thing I did before the start of the day was to ensure that the chain was cleaned properly and lubed. It was still dark and I had to [...]

The previous night passed quickly. I was ready for yet another day filled with surprises. The destination was not known and that equally made it more interesting. I had managed [...]

With a heavy heart, I was leaving Surat. I thanked my friend Ravi for the wonderful hospitality and started my day. Finally, I was about to leave Gujarat today and [...]

The route for today was all set and marked into my atlas the night before. By 6:30 am, I was ready and all the stuff was packed. I planned to [...]

By 7 am, I was packed and ready to move on towards my next destination. Today, I’d planned to reached Bhavnagar and again was going to stay with my close [...]

I started exactly at 6 am. I wasn’t sure that I would be getting chai at that time but I did found one. After giving the body some charge, I [...]

The tour, personally for me, was starting from today. I woke up before sunrise around 6am and got ready. It didn’t take much long for me to pack since most [...]

The time was around 4:30 am. With everything set, I was ready to leave. I got my morning dose of caffeine and bid my Mom a long goodbye. I was [...]

It was back in 2019 during our Golden Quadrilateral ride that the idea of doing Coast to Coast had dawned on me. It was indeed a great ride covering more [...]

I woke up to a beautiful view of the valley in front of me. Having slept well, I could now see the rays of sun just penetrating from the side [...]

I woke up early since I wanted to capture the morning timelapse of first sun rays hitting the mountain. The tripod was already there, sitting in the balcony because it [...]