SMS: Sat 11:39

Saturday, 13 November, 2010 11:39

Currently at lat/long: n26 43.354 e88 25.041

Hotel Conclave,Siliguri,West Bengal,IN. 17:10. Actually I've been here since 2pm but I've had some lunch (ie. breakfast) and cleaned the air filter which, in the daylight (a better check than the gloom of Kaulson's workshop) was black not the light red it should be and might explain why the bike keeps stalling. That's 22k km or so of very dusty roads so fair enough and probably well overdue a clean. The road from Purnia to 20km short of S. was shiny new tarmac and mostly "fast" dual carriageway. The countryside (when you dare take your eyes off the road) remains relatively dull so far as the atmospherics let you see. Trying to get somewhere closer to the border looks too hit'n'hope so I'll have tomorrow off and get up early on Mon (it's at least 3hrs away then the border Xing time). Not clear what I'll do with the bike while in BT.