This is India!
After a great evening with my new friends, I get up early and head out of the hotel to do some basic maintenance on my bike. First locate moto wash then somebody to do an oil change. David my concierge buddy directs me to a gas station where I can get the bike washed, then some more directions for a mechanic. The bike is filthy! Road grime, oil and mud. The little guy at the wash shakes his head from side to side as I pull up but motions me forward to his carved out area in the parking lot. Immediately the crowd begins to gather and the questions begin. Super nice group of onlookers all kind of murmuring amongst each other. Taking pictures with there cell phones and drinking tea from a little kid selling from a thermos. It’s a beautiful day at the moto wash. The little old man is busting ass, getting in all the nooks and crannies after about an hour the owner of the gas station wants me to move the bike out to the sidewalk to finish wiping it down and mostly because the crowd has gotten so big, the patrons can’t get there cars up to the gas pumps. Then he tells me I owe 150 rubies, about $1.50 us. I give 200 rubies and I thought the old man was gonna cry! Then a nice man on a Red Czechoslovakian Jawa motorcycle pulls up and tells me David the concierge sent him to take me to his shop to do the oil change. Man, I love a Concierge! So I follow my new best friend over to a sidewalk moto repair shop. When I say sidewalk, I mean sidewalk! No store front, no garage door, sidewalk. There are 6 or 7 bikes in various stages of repair. He direct me to back the the bike up to the curb and put it on the center stand. No problem, except in the two seconds it takes me to back the bike up, I am already surrounded by onlookers! Can hardly get my leg over and off the bike. I secure the bike and explain to him the particulars of an oil change on my bike and he goes to work with his now 30 assistants giving advice and encouragement. After removing the skidplate and drain plug he looks at me with a look of dispair. I’m thinking what does he need? He makes motion of pouring oil in the hole and I say yes yes yes. That’s where the oil goes. He nods his head and gives me the same look. Like what now?
Yes, that’s where it goes. Then one of the onlookers says where is the oil? I say in the pan? He says where do you keep the new oil? I say what new oil? He says the oil for the bike! I say don’t have. He says we go to the oil shack and buy. So me and my newest Indian friend head out to the oil shack and secure 3 litres of fine Castrol 20/50.
I enjoy some street tea with some onlookers while the mechanic buttons up the bike and one of his assistants paints over the welds from my China repair that is already starting to rust. Just a lot of nice people with a common interest in bikes, hanging around B.S.n around on a beautiful
day in India!
I am feeling a little guilty about my first blogs about India, I might have a been a little harsh. Most of the people I have met in Kolcuta have been genuinely kind and friendly. I mention my initial experiences with Davids wife and she confirms that the people from the north can sometimes be difficult with foreigners. They really don’t get many North Americans or Europeans visiting there part of the country. He assures me that the roads and the people of India only get better from here! My original plans were that I was going to ship my bike from Kolcuta to Casa Blanca, Morocco. I have now decided that to have judged India on just one region and only a few experiences is like flying to the US and visiting Texas and forming what ever opinion about the entire country. So I will return in January and continue onto New Delhi and Mumbai. Then Africa!
This has been an incredible Adventure!
Out of the states for almost 6 weeks, over 8000 kilometers or close to 6000 miles. 6 countries, 30+ days on the bike. Next to the USA Trans America Trail the longest single trip I have been on. I am happy and sad it’s over. Now I head back to Bangkok and then US for 1 week and head to South America with the Wheelchair foundation on Ken Behring’s private plane to deliver wheelchairs in Chile and Argentina with stops in Costa Rica and Peru. The adventure continues!
I am one lucky MF!
Thanks for listening.
November 21st, 2010 at 4:47 am
Looks like you are still enjoying it though it sounds hard work. Was in Rajastan in Dec 2004/Jan2005. Lovely country but crazy drivers. Stay safe.Still following your progress after our chance meeting in ChiangKhong.
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