7th October 2013 Amritsar, India to Karnal, India

7th October 2013 Amritsar, India to Karnal, India

I checked out late at 11.30. I made the decision to relax a little catch up on my blog and not worry about any destination in particular.

It is very easy to forget how wild India’s roads and road-users are. Many Indian drivers are simply moronic. Single carriage way roads are the most frightening. Drivers make overtaking manoevers that are ludicrous. As a motorcyclist…. If you are in the way as an oncoming vehicle ploughs toward you travelling along “your” carriageway, prepare to give way by riding off the side of the road. Double overtaking is not out of the question, a vehicle overtaking a vehicle which is overtaking a vehicle on a single carriageway road. India’s drivers make Pakistani drivers look like timid, rule loving, safety conscious pussies.

What to say about India’s roads…. Pakistan’s are better…. Almost enough said, India be very ashamed, very very ashamed. If any Government minister reads this (haha…. unlikely indeed) I would heartily recommend that you hop on a plane to China. Take a ride on their highways…..

Having being so savage about India’s road etc I would say that India has its positives… The first thing you notice as you cross the border from Pakistan are women. Women in every societal role. In Pakistan women are sadly all but invisible. They rarely work in public places, and are only seen occaisionally in the back of a rickshaw…… India is a vibrant chaotic riot of noise and colour. Pakistan is far more sombre.

I rode till past dark. I found a great Motel, Savoy Greens 2200IR. It was in a complex which included a MacDonalds, A Domino’s and a Costa Coffee. Within a kilometre of the hotel was and “English Wine Shop” I bought Hoegardden, Kingfisher and Whisky. Greedy, yes.

Karnal mileometer 21900, 203 miles ridden