BCMTouring has recently launched the Travel Offers section where Travel Agents, Hoteliers and Tour Operators who conduct tours, have hotels or provide other travel related services in India, Nepal and Bhutan can advertise their services for free.

This should provide an excellent opportunity for those in the travel business, since they can reach out directly to the travelers without spending a single rupee!

For travelers it means they can find travel offers from various travel operators at one place and get the maximum bang for their buck

So what are you waiting for, check out the Travel Offers section BCMTouring now!

Just got the message that there is going to be an informal screening of Riding Solo to the top of the world in Delhi by an NGO called Khoj on the 28th of February at 7pm. Guaurav would most probably be there for the screening as well, so should be an interesting event.

Those interested in attending the screening, please call Saachi at 9873343906 to confirm your participation today.

Edit: time and date has been changed to 28th of February at 7pm

In December I received an email from Fastrack team, asking me if I would like to review a goggle from Fastrack’s biker collection. After seeing the collection online, I gave my nod to them and asked for a night vision series goggle, since I felt it would come in handy during the night rides which I almost always end up doing during the course of my trips.

Couple of weeks went by and I finally received a package from them, when I opened it up, I found Fastrack MA016BK1 model UV sunglass. Not exactly what I ordered, but the design looks really cool and I would likely end up using it more than the night vision goggles, which I can only use at night.

MA016BK1 comes in a hard case, which is a boon for tourers since we can simply stuff the sunglass in the hard case and throw it in the overstuffed tank bag, without the fear of breaking/bending it.

Priced at Rs. 1,795, one would expect MA016BK1 to be of good build quality and provide good and clear vision, which is true and I am already hooked. They are dark enough to block off harsh sunlight, but not dark enough to obscure your vision during overcast conditions or in case you suddenly go into shadow area, which happens ever so often while touring in hills.

While I haven’t personally crash tested this particular pair, Rearset has and I will take his word for it and believe they will last minor falls without any major damage.

Motographer (Karthik) has posted GPS tracks of Chandigarh - Shimla - Manali - Keylong - Baralacha La - Sarchu - Pang - Leh - Khardung La - Nubra Valley - Leh - Tso Moriri in our recently opened India maps and GPS trails forum.

The downloadable file contains the track in XML and GPX format and can be imported in Google Earth, which ought to be a boon for even those who do not have GPS. Click here to download

BCMTians have voted for their favorite travelogues of 2007 and have chosen five travelogues out of hundreds posted in 2007. These five travelogues will be displayed on the home page of BCMTouring for the entire year!

Here are the five travelogues which have won the heart and vote of BCMTians:

The J trail - 200 proof, 4500 kms - 9 days

Diamox and Old Monk

Solo Mumbai - Leh - Srinagar ride on P200

North Sikkim, My Debut Ride

The Royal Loop

Congratulations to all the winning travelogues and their wonderful authors who have managed to depict their adventures so beautifully.

Your travelogues can also become one of the top five travelogues of 2008 and/or can become the featured travelogue of the week; all you have to do is share your adventures and stories with rest of the world, by posting in our travelogues section.