MOTORCYCLE-TRIP IN HIMALAYA, PART 1

ARRANGED BY INDIAN ADVENTURES.NO, WE ARRIVED IN DELHI OCT. 4, 2014

FROM LEFT:  ÖYVIND, FRANK, ELLEN, LARS, PER, HEIDI, ANETTE AND MYSELF.  JOEL TAKES THE PHOTO

OFF EARLY OCT. 5 TO JIM CORBETS PARK AND TIGER CAMP, WHERE OUR BIKES WERE.

UNFORTUNATELY WE DID NOT SEE ANY TIGERS, BUT FRESH TIGER PAW-PRINTS

DEER IN CORBETS NATIONAL PARK

AND  STRANGE BIRDS

DRIVING 70 KM WE ARRIVED IN PANGOT

AND FROM PANGOT WE DROVE 66 KM TO MUKTESHWAR OCT. 7

WE GOT REALLY WET!!!

THIS IS THE WHOLE ROUTE, BEING PRESENTED LATER IN BETTER MAPS.

KAMCHATKA Land of Flowers, Bears and Volcanoes

VASILIJ CATHEDRAL

CHURCH IN PETROPAVLOVSK

MARGUERITES IN ABUNDANCE

LUNCH

PLENTY OF SALMON

SIESTA ON A TINY ISLAND

BEAR IN FOG

BRIDGE FOR LITTLE ONES

MUTNOVSKY LETS STEAM OUT

BY THE ROADSIDE

SCAFFOLD

HAD BEEN THINKING ABOUT MAKING MY OWN SCAFFOLD WHEN I SAW THIS ONE ON A MC-MEETING IN NORWAY

COMING BACK TO BACKATORP I GOT MATERIALS........

HAD THESE MADE............

AND STARTED OUT

CONSTRUCTED---AND CHANGED "ON THE WAY"

LIKED THIS BETTER

TOO NARROW IN THE MIDDLE

BETTER!!!  BOUGHT A TELESCOPE LADDER.

STARTED CLEANING BEFORE PAINTING

WILL TAKE IT DOWN, MARK THE PLANKS AND USE IT HERE AFTERWARDS.  BUT THE "IRONHOLDERS" I LET STAY AND PUT SAME ONES UP ON THIS HOUSE.  THEY ARE SO STURDY THAT THEY WILL LAST A LIFETIME!

BIRD-RESTAURANT

TORE DOWN MY OLD ONE WHICH WAS QUITE SAGGY

CLEANED THE SEED-CONTAINERS THOROUGHLY

THE 4TH. LIFE OF MY OLD FLAG-POLE

THE OLD ONE LASTED ABOUT 15 YEARS, BUT THIS ONE WILL KEEP THE REST OF MY LIFE, SECURELY ANCHORED TO THE CHERRYTREE.