in search of the silk route

A few bike-friendly notorieties dreamt,when they dreamt,they dreamt big.Devidas K. Menon was the un-official expedition leader.Here is the proposed itinerary-

TRAVEL PLAN
Day 1 - Bangalore to Anantpur ,Kms 200 ,Halt at Anantpur
Day 2 - Anantpur to HYD , Kms 300 , Halt at Hyderabad (HYD)
Day 3 - HYD to midway pune ,Kms 250
Day 4 - midway to Pune ,Kms 300 ,Halt at PUNE
Day 5 - Buffer for media at Pune
Day 6 - Pune to Bombay ,Kms 150 ,Halt at Bombay
Day 7 - Bombay for media
Day 8 - Bombay to Surat , Kms 250, Halt at Surat
Day 9 - Surat to Ahmedabad ,Kms 255, Halt at Ahmedabad
Day 10 - Ahmedabad to Udaipur ,Kms 255, Halt at Udaipur
Day 11 - Udaipur to Jaipur ,Kms 400 ,Halt at Jaipur
Day 12 - Jaipur
Day 13 - Jaipur to Delhi ,Kms 258 ,Halt at Delhi
Day 14,15 - Delhi Media
Day 16 - Delhi to Bareily ,Kms 255 ,Halt at Bareily
Day 17 - Bareily to Lucknow ,Kms 243
Day 18 - Lucknow to Gorakhpur ,Kms 266
Day 19 - Gorakhpur to Kathmandu ,Kms 220
Day 20 - Kathmandu
Day 21 - Kathmandu to Pokara ,Kms 150
Day 22 - Pokara
Day 23 - Pokara to Kathmandu ,Kms 150
Day 24-27 - Kathmandu
Day 28 - Kathmandu to midway Nyilamu ,Kms 90
Day 29 - Kodari-Zhangmu-Nyilamu ,Kms 90
Day 30 - Nyilamu
Day 31 - Nyilamu to midway Tingri ,Kms 80
Day 32 - Midway to Tingri ,Kms 80
Day 33 - Tingri - Everest Base Camp ,Kms 128 ,Halt at Rongbuk
Day 34 - Rongbuk
Day 35 - Rongbuk - Tingri ,Kms 128
Day 36 - Tingri - Xigatse ,Kms 188
Day 37 - Xigatse to midway Gyantse ,Kms 100
Day 38 - Midway to Gyantse ,Kms 151
Day 39 - Gyantse to midway Lhasa ,Kms 130
Day 40 - Midway to Lhasa ,Kms 131
Day 41-47 - Lhasa
Day 48 - Lhasa to midway Gyantse ,Kms 130
Day 49 - Midway to Gyantse, Kms 131
Day 50 - Gyantse to midway Xigatse ,Kms 151
Day 51 - Midway to Xigatse ,Kms 100
Day 52 - Xigatse to Lhatse ,Kms 150
Day 53 - Lhatse to midway Saga ,Kms 150
Day 54 - Midway to Saga ,Kms 143
Day 55 - Saga to midway Paryang ,Kms 130
Day 56 - Midway to Paryang ,Kms 125
Day 57 - Paryang to midway Darchen via Manasarovar ,Kms 130
Day 58 - Midway to Darchen ,Kms 125
Day 59 - Darchen to Kailash Trek (Kora) ,Camping
Day 60 - Second day Trek ,Camping
Day 61 - Darchen to Tirthapuri ,Kms 57
Day 62 - Tirthapuri to Tsaparang ,Kms
Day 63 - Tsaparang rest day
Day 64 - Tsaparang to Gar ( Shiquanhe )
Day 65 - Gar to midway Doma , Kms 115
Day 66 - Midway to Doma ,Kms 115
Day 67 - Doma to midway Dahongliutan ,Kms 115
Day 68 - Midway to Dahongliutan ,Kms 115
Day 69 - Dahongliutan to midway Mazar ,Kms 125
Day 70 - Midway to Mazar ,Kms 128
Day 71 - Mazar to midway Yecheng , Kms 120
Day 72 - Midway to Yecheng ,Kms 120
Day 73 - Yecheng to midway Kashgar , Kms 120
Day 74 - Midway to Kashgar , Kms 116
Unfortunately , in 2007 ,one of the group ,Debraj ,met with a freak accident in Bangalore and passed away.The project is shelved for now ,but will be realised one day,Inshallah!