Storizen Magazine June 2018 Issue Storizen Magazine June 2018 Issue | Page 35

SEE THE WORLD FROM A BIKER'S
PERSPECTIVE
WE HAD COVERED MORE
THAN 100 KM FROM JAMMU
IN ABOUT AN HOUR AN HALF.
NOT BAD. WE HAD ANOTHER
100 TO GO. WE REACHED MANDI, 107 KM
FROM PALAMPUR, IN A GOOD
TWO HOURS. THE ROAD
FROM MANDI TO MANALI,
ANOTHER 110 KM.
zeroed down on Manali. rucksack. “I have put all my
stuff and only one-fifth space
has been taken!” This got us
both excited. I stuffed another
pair of shoes, an overcoat, a
few mufflers, and caps. Let it
be said, it was for the sake of
fashion and not utility.
Praveen dusted his gigantic
rucksack. It seemed big
enough to carry half our home
in it. The packing of our travel
kit is always his
responsibility, for the army
does train its soldiers to pack
well. Civilians like yours truly
stuff things in suitcases and
bags for the sake of
transporting them from one
place to another. In my
humble opinion, packing does
not have to be a work of art, a
point on which the hubby
disagrees.
So, he came to me with the
The next morning we left. The
highway from Jammu to
Pathankot is a treat. Dotted
with many dhabas, tea stalls,
and little ‘know-me-not?’
towns, it offers a welcome
respite from the twisty, turny
roads of the mountains. On
Pathankot bypass, near
Mammun Cantt, we halted at
Café Coffee Day. On a clear