Day 15: Back to the plain land.

12th August, 2011

Today was our last day in Himalayas. And till now it was a roller coaster ride. Wonderful experience. Everything was packed, even Camera I had put inside. We left Hatu hotel on time for Chandigarh.

After our breakfast we were on the road with wide eyes in search for apples and apple products.

We reached Shimla in an hour and half. And while bypassing Shimla we stopped at most places to look for them but couldn’t get a good deal.

Finally we found a place where 25kgs Apple was for Rs.500, excellent deal but after holding it we realized this is no way we can carry with us and couriering might spoil them.

We had to make heart hard and drop the idea of Apples. But apple products were must.

After covering some distance, in Parwanoo we found lot of shops where Apple products were up for sale.

We spent nearly an hour here shopping and packing all the stuff.

We packed them in the backpacks for time being and carrying the stuff from here to Chandigarh was mission steel.

I had noticed my rear brakes were out and front almost. So I was keeping ride in control only by gear down shift. Ninja really decelerates quickly. Good for me.

After 2 hours we reached Chandigarh. And riding with all the bags was like a circus.

We managed to reach Pro biking by 5pm. I knew it was late but still we took a chance. The guys over there recognized us. They told it was a 3 hours thing so now not possible.

We now had to stay in Chandigarh. So bikes can we worked on tomorrow morning.

A senior mechanic came with us to show a decent accommodation very close by.

It was a government run place and it was quite decent. Big place infact.

We took the family room because it had two rooms in it. Bargained on a fair price and checked in.

Cleaned up. Took an hours rest and later rode to a mall near by for some fun.

Movie idea was in mind but nothing great was on show so we went up the entertainment and games section. We were behaving like kids over there.

We had light dinner over there and close to 9pm we left back for to hotel.

Tomorrow onwards will be just straight road to home.

A significant trip was coming to an end.

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