Spiti Beginner Bike trip Advice needed
Hi All,
Anyone with advice would be greatly appreciated.
My girlfirend and I are going on a two bike trip up Rohtang pass in Spiti in India. We will be travelling to most of the monasteries, but we are first time bikers and have never doen anything like this. I am South African and she is Indian from Bombay.
We are renting bikes through Incredible Spiti and am still awaiting confirmation on papers and passes we would apparently need in order to travel this route. Just one catch: Neither of us have a bike license but we know how to ride bikes atleast. I would be riding an Enfield (although many people on here warn against this) and she will be riding something lighter such as a yamaha rd 350 (I believe thats what it is?).
Any advice on which road or pass to take perhaps and what obstacles to look out for, legal & natural?
Also what would any of you suggest to pack or important things one might need on a trip like this?
At first I thought we are making a mistake to do it like this, but then I realized adventures like this is where one learns so we will just be throwing ourselves in there. We will be going from the 17th of September.
Thank you all in advance so long!!
Lucian
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