Nepal Adventure Ride

[meteldog]

I was so impressed with the Royal Enfield Himalayan. Only a 411cc, but when you look at the engine its so big it looks like a 750. Enough power and speed to get past big busses that looked like Xmas trees and up some seriously steep muddy slopes. Built tough to handle sub continent road conditions.
It is not a very tall bike as you can see with me standing behind it, so probably designed for the sub continent's not as tall population. The top crash bars on the both sides of the tank were a bit of a nuisance with my long legs, I ended up with callouses on the inside of both my knees

There were a couple of times when I went into deep water filled potholes where I was convinced I had buckled a rim or even bent the forks. I got off to check the bike out when Sujan the guide comes past looks at me and the bike and says "come on nothing wrong with that bike"

I am surprised that Royal Enfield are apparently not interested in doing business in South Africa

 

[Fuzzy Muzzy]

Sometimes a landslide can take you on such a different and unexpected route..

I certainly did not expect such a traffic jam.. holy smokes

Well done keep it coming

 

[meteldog]

The support crew we had were incredible. Before we left Kathmandu Kumar told me not to worry because there were so many of them. Surya (on the left was a real character) who cooked and carried for us is actually a trekking guide and I think he had nothing to do so Kumar put him on the tour and told him to work for a tip. He cooked great meals for us and would literally take over the kitchens (with his own water from the support vehicle) at the places we stopped at for lunch during the day. None of us had upset stomachs. The mechanic in the middle Sono and his dad the driver were very helpful could fix anything, but unfortuantly their english was poor, so we never got to know them that well. Sujan, Kumar's son the guide was well educated and a super guide. If I go back in October 2023 I hope that Kumar puts the same crew on again.

 

[meteldog]

Last day, time to head for the airport. All good and clean and fresh and got the T-Shirts
We had a bit of bad luck with the weather, as we basically had all of Nepal's October rainfall in 3 days while we were there, but it was not cold, the temp gauge on my bike told me it was 25 degrees most of the time on the 4 days we rode in rain. Lots of fun, hopefully going back again soon