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Travelling across India is an intimate way to get acquainted with its myriad cultures, each with their unique beliefs and lifestyle. Travelling on a motorcycle makes it easier for the author to get along with the common folk who are not intimidated by the rider as much as they would be if I was in an air-conditioned car.

This book is based on author's motorcycle journey from Pune to Ladakh and Kargil - a travel story which takes the reader through the hot and dusty plains of India to the higher mountains of the vast Himalayan range many covered in snow even in June. Weaving its way along coastal roads of western India, to Goa, with pig toilets and palm liquor, the story winds through old and new stories - one from a holy-man cycling from Mumbai to Mecca, another about the meditation technique of Vipassana, yet another of a light-hearted con-game at a scout's camp in Rajasthan - the tale finally takes you to the highest motorable road in the world - the fabled Khardung-La.