The Cloud Tribe

Pranav Over Chang La and down to a lake this colour. Sat there for an hour and said nothing. This is why we ride north.

Pranav 5,359 metres and a road that shouldn't exist. Took it slow on the way up like we were told — worth every hairpin for this view.

Prapanch 70 numbered hairpins up the Kolli ghat. The most fun I've had on a ghat road, and nobody else up there.

Alves Sea forts, tiny ferries carrying the bikes across the creeks, and Malvani food every evening. Criminally underrated coast.

Hari Highest point in Karnataka. The ridge road up needs your full attention but the top makes up for it.

Prapanch 36 bends at first light with the toy train chugging alongside. Cool air, empty road, tea as far as you can see.

Mahima Forest roads, an estate stay, and dappled light the whole way. Kerala at its greenest and most unhurried.

Hari Mist rolling through the coffee at 6am and the smell of fresh roast. Two days of ghat roads out of Bangalore. Hard to beat for a weekend.

Alves Inland Goa is the Goa nobody talks about — spice plantations, jungle, and the falls thundering at the end of it.