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Category: Tourism & Travel

  3. Exotic India by Motorcycle: 'Tea & Spices' & 'Palace Classic'‏

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    Tour India at its exotic best! Our Rajasthan deluxe desert palace tour - Rajasthan Palace Classic - takes the rural back roads of India visiting castles and desert forts previously home to the Rajas and Maharajahs of the Moghul empire. Sweeping desert dunes, lush oases, jagged mountains accented with towering fortresses, ornate architecture and vivid colours will feed your senses. We visit the Ranthambore Tiger Reserve, Bharatpur bird sanctuary and finish with the brightest jewel in India's crown, the Taj Mahal.

    At the Southern tip we offer our magnificent Kerala tours. Providing dramatic riding with truly unspoilt beaches, spectacular mountain rides, stunning landscapes with glorious tea and spice plantations along the way. We stay in an eclectic range of high end boutique and luxury hotels including jungle and rain forest resorts, beautiful beach hideaways and eco lodges.  And tour on empty roads, through Periyar wildlife reserve, elephant spotting along the route and enjoying the friendly welcome everywhere on our 11 Day Tea & Spices and 15 day Mountains, Wildlife and Beaches tours.

    To book a spot on our exotic Indian Winter destination tours contact our India specialist Carol Hooker NOW on 01256 770775.
     
    Tea and Spices and Palace Classic

  4. Motorcycle Touring in the Himalayas

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    For the ultimate on top of the world feeling there's not much that beats motorcycle touring in the Himalayas - the exhilaration of riding at altitude, being at one with this awe inspiring landscape and the sights and sounds of a spiritual land.  Motorcycle Touring in the Himalayas‏ | H-C Travel

    Come free your spirit with one of our guided tours to: India Himalayan High Road Adventure, Bhutan Thunder Dragon Adventure or Tibet Roof of the World Adventure.

    With H-C Travel you are in safe hands. We've been organising tours to the Himalayas since 1996. We can also book your flights, organise specialist travel insurance and your holiday finance is protected by our ATOL bond and TTA membership.

    Just call Carol Hooker - Himalaya specialist on 01256 770775 for more information. 

    www.hctravel.com

    Himalayan High Roads, H-C Travel Motorbike tour

  5. Sat nav v maps

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    I used to like the idea of being spontaneous and also did not fancy using a sat nav however once you have tried to get a room somewhere to find you cannot get one as they are full due to a local festival, over priced (Italy circa 2001, 11 pm in a roadside motel style @ €175 comes to mind) , you cannot find one (sounds strange I know but there are miles and miles of nothing in parts of Germany - well apart from excellent scenery) and to book into somewhere and find it awful, we now do as above - i.e. find a final destination and plan route around it. 

    We use a combination of Biker Friendly accommodation on www.thebikerguide.co.uk and if there is nothing in the area we want we also look on booking.com.

    We did a trip a couple of years ago with the final destination being Colditz Castle, which you can stay in. Went in July for 3 ish weeks with everything booked, set into sat nav and you know what - thank goodness as it rained everyday but one. We would set off with the next place in the sat nav - take off route when we wanted and arrive at destination stress free.

    We stayed at some great places, travelled fantastic roads and routes, ate well, found our way easy even with the many roadwork diversions and would pass by others at the side of the road battling with a big wet soggy map to find their way. We did also pack a map as back-up or to look at a vaster area on a larger scale, however we are happy to say it return dry and not soggy. 

    I think once you have used a sat nav on a big trip which gets you to destinations easy, gets you out of a diversion and back on route, helps you navigate/find food and petrol, you wonder what you did before the United States military released the technology for GPS!

    OK Garmin, Where are we now by Nigel Grace