Still Slobbing in Shimla

Am still in Shimla, where I have taken on the form of a monkey to investigate the place further, but will be leaving tomorrow to reccy part of the Rally Raid course. This will take me from Shimla back up to Manali, via the backraods, and then on to Kaza, over in the Spiti Valley.



Preparations have been going well and I've completed all the paperwork, have my route books and am working out all the fuel and tyre logistics. Pirelli have sent me some new tyres (thanks Jim), Yamaha oil and air filters (thanks Miles) - though these are yet to arrive from the Bombay shipping agent. I hope this is not a familiar story unfolding. Jen at Bike has also despatched some new front brake pads (ta).

My laptop is making some very horrid noises (that'll be a computer), sometimes refuses to start up and I think the hard drive is about to expire. I have thus been backing-up all my notes and pictures to disk - which is very time consuming. Will put up a post explaining more about the race when I get back - in the meantime, here are some more holiday snaps of Shimla...