FIRST
INDIAN BIKER TO MAKE THIS ATTEMPT WITHOUT ANY SPONSOR, and GOT THIS
FAR. This is already a WORLD RECORD!
Pune 21:35 pm. Tue.30.May.2006: Bhardwaj is now in Egypt. For those
who are coming in late, he flew on 18th April 2006 (Last month)
with his bike, an absolutely UN-SPONSORED Hero Honda Karizma (which
is giving trouble now – Karizma owners & Hero Honda please
note) from Bombay to Tehran, and started riding from there. He rode
around quite a bit in Iran, logging @ 300 km per day. He’s
been to Isfahan (400 km south of Tehran, excellent roads) and also
Quom (Quom means Race, as in genetics, not as in Valentino Rossi),
from where Ayatollah Khomeni ruled Iran many years ago.
Passing Tabriz in Iran, he entered Turkey @ a month ago, spent a
few days riding around in that part of Turkey, and rode south into
Syria (avoiding Iraq for obvious reasons==look in map). Most countries
in the world are mostly far smaller than Maharashtra=my state. Syria
is much smaller than Maharashtra in land area. Taking 2/3 days to
ride across Syria, Bharadwaj crossed into Jordan, where he did S.C.U.B.A.
diving, in the Gulf of Aqaba, which is the junction of FOUR cuntrees
at war==Egypt, Israel, Jordan and Saudi.
From Aqaba, he took a Ferry-boat across the Gulf of Aqaba, and has
ridden across the Sinai Peninsula, passing Mount Sinai (where God
met Moses in 1237 B.C. and gave Moses THE TEN COMMANDMENTS carved
on a stone slab) and rode to mainland Egypt, which is where he is
now! Please note that Hero Honda Karizma is giving some problems,
and no support is available from Hero Honda.
Bharadwaj will soon start riding north again, through the same countries
(Jordan & Syria) to Turkey. In Turkey he will ride west, and
if he is still alive, will reach Istanbul by mid-June.
Stay tuned with this adventure. More updates on http://bikingtheworld.blogspot.com as Bharadwaj’s journey progresses. |
| Author: Dilip Bam |
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