Why did I take this bike/motorcycle trip to an exotic and largely untouched Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh?
My Wife: "Bike Trip? If you really have to go, then why can't you take a car/taxi?"
One of my relatives: "Bike Trip (smiles sarcastically)? These are antics of bachelors, not responsible married adults like you."
So why did I decide to go on this bike/motorcycle trip?
1. Adventure? Explore an unknown destination. Maybe..
2. Vanity? Try to prove that I am a better/accomplished/experienced biker. Maybe..
3. Insecurity? Maybe I had a point to prove that I am not just a "Laptop Biker". Maybe..
4. Men being just Men? Celebrate the joys of being a bachelor again for a few days. Maybe..
Perhaps all the above is true to some degree.. but as I look back, it was actually the sense of a "fading biker" in me that forced me to try something that might resurrect it.
5. Fading out of a Biker Next Door?