Stay hydrated
It is absolutely essential to make sure you hydrate your body and muscles. There is no harm in stopping multiple times for a loo break but dealing with tight muscles and spasms can be avoided as long as your body is kept hydrated. Drinking water at particular intervals, also keeps you alert and awake, just in case your eyes feel tired and drowsy.
If your destination is at a high altitude, then make sure you drink in at least 4 litres of water, as the body requires oxygen one way or another, especially when the air is thinning out. Drinking water helps to keep ALS (mountain sickness) at bay and when you have a beautiful drive ahead of you, you wouldn't want to take your chances of falling ill.
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If your destination is at a high altitude, then make sure you drink in at least 4 litres of water, as the body requires oxygen one way or another, especially when the air is thinning out. Drinking water helps to keep ALS (mountain sickness) at bay and when you have a beautiful drive ahead of you, you wouldn't want to take your chances of falling ill.
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Eat Light
Be it breakfast or lunch, it is always advisable to eat light when on the road, cause a heavy meal needs time to digest, making you feel sleepy immediately after your meal.
You can have a heavy meal at night, to compensate for your day's intake as well as for a good night's sleep. Make sure to pack small nibbles and snacks when on the road. This way in case you feel like snacking on something on the way you, you can take a quick break and enjoy a little crunch time.
Depending on the weather conditions you are expecting, you can pack your snacks in zip-lock bags to preserve their freshness and avoid getting wet or damaged.
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You can have a heavy meal at night, to compensate for your day's intake as well as for a good night's sleep. Make sure to pack small nibbles and snacks when on the road. This way in case you feel like snacking on something on the way you, you can take a quick break and enjoy a little crunch time.
Depending on the weather conditions you are expecting, you can pack your snacks in zip-lock bags to preserve their freshness and avoid getting wet or damaged.
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Keep a tool kit handy
You never know when the necessity may arise, and keeping a tool kit handy with all the bare essentials can be quite helpful. Rough terrains, shooting stones, water clogged paths, can be quite a handful, and depending on your bike's condition and maintenance, you never know when a wire can snap.
So simple requirements like a spare bulb, clutch wire, insulation tape, tyre patch, spark plug, fuse etc. can be valuable. If your bike is well maintained, then the chances of you needing to use any of this may not e necessarily at all, but it never hurts to be prepared, just in case.
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So simple requirements like a spare bulb, clutch wire, insulation tape, tyre patch, spark plug, fuse etc. can be valuable. If your bike is well maintained, then the chances of you needing to use any of this may not e necessarily at all, but it never hurts to be prepared, just in case.
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Cash.
Relying on your Visa/Mastercard to work everywhere is being quite optimistic. Always make sure you have a stash of backup cash tucked away in a secret pocket, to be accessed on in times of dire need. As you move from the urbanised city and make your way through rural parts of the country, chances of walking into a store that accepts your card or even finding your bank's ATM are quite slim.
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Physical map
Wherever the road takes you and whichever destination you decide to halt at always make sure you have a map of the area in hand. Relying on Google maps may not necessarily be dependable as you may wander through areas with low/no network. Hence a physical map, preferably with local and emergency numbers should be with you on person.
Make a mark of every place you have crossed, and each route/highway you have travelled on as your trip progresses and by the end of the your adventure you will have an impressive souvenir to last a lifetime!
Take all the precautions necessary but don't forget to enjoy the ride. Cause at the end of the day, it's the journey that you must enjoy before you reach your destination.
Take in the views, soak up the experience and breathe in the spirit of freedom as you ride the open roads and your soul becomes one with nature.
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Make a mark of every place you have crossed, and each route/highway you have travelled on as your trip progresses and by the end of the your adventure you will have an impressive souvenir to last a lifetime!
Take all the precautions necessary but don't forget to enjoy the ride. Cause at the end of the day, it's the journey that you must enjoy before you reach your destination.
Take in the views, soak up the experience and breathe in the spirit of freedom as you ride the open roads and your soul becomes one with nature.
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