Delhi to Beijing Solo!

Came accross this while seatching for some more infp. This person has done the 7500 kms trip to beijing.

With the closure of traditional trade routes between India and China like the Old Hindustan Tibet road in Himachal Pradesh and the Kalingpong to Lhasa route, the capitals of the two country's are now connected only with one all weather metalled roadway, via Nepal. Starting from Delhi, one has to first ride through the State of Uttar Pradesh and then cross over into Nepal and proceed towards Kathmandu, either directly or by slightly longer route, through Nepalganj and Pokhra.

The Sino-Nepal Highway starts from here, reaching up to Lhasa covering a distance of over 2500 km across the Himalayas and the Friendship Bridge into the Tibetan Plateau. Beyond Lhasa there are two alternative ways for proceeding towards Beijing. One is through Naqu and Golmund via the Quinghai-Tibet Highway in the north before turning north-east (the route of the 1997 Peking to Paris Rally), the other is via the Sichuan-Tibet Highway (No. 318 National Trunk Highway) to Chengdu in the east and then turn northwards towards Xian and to Beijing.

The preferred route would of course be the eastern one, i.e., via Chengdu, with a detour to Dali and Kunming via the Yunnan-Tibet Highway (a section of No.214 National Trunk Highway) and then onwards to China's ancient capital Xian, the nearby sacred Huashan mountains and culminating in historic Beijing. All places of historical and cultural importance, each playing a significant role in shaping the destiny and traditions of their country.

Who is he? here goes...

Never having formally studied literature or journalism, twenty-nine year old Ravi J.Deka has nonetheless spent the last four years in the world of freelance writing, penning a contrasting array of stories stretching from travelogs and heritage studies to auto journalism. Till date his articles have featured in national newspapers like Business Standard and Sunday Observer and regional ones like The Assam Tribune and The Northeast Times. Overseas his renderings have appeared in prominent publications like Whole Life Times and Travelocity. Formerly a monthly columnist of the widely read "Indian Auto" magazine, he has also written on motorcycling related topics for widely popular Internet portals like www.streetbike.com and www.gonomad.com.

Why no pictures? - thats what even I asked. Please sir may we see some?