{
  "_comment": "Hand-authored. POIs, seasons and permits are content, not data. Entries marked TO WRITE are shown on the site as an explicit gap, never as invented text. permitsShort is optional: where a permits note is long enough that printing it whole in the season table repeats the sector page word for word, permitsShort is what the table cell carries instead. It is a cross-reference, never a summary that could drift from the note it points at, and never a substitute for writing the note.",
  "sourcing": "The background reading behind this material is a full crawl of the xBhp “The Tourer” board, India's oldest motorcycling forum, research done in 2025. It is transcribed, with its counts, in the field research appendix at the back.",
  "plannedVsRidden": "TO WRITE: which sections closed, and what was decided instead.",
  "hoursPerDay": 6,
  "sectors": {
    "S0": { "season": "TO WRITE", "permits": "", "note": "" },
    "S1": { "season": "TO WRITE", "permits": "", "note": "" },
    "S2": { "season": "TO WRITE", "permits": "", "note": "" },
    "S3": { "season": "TO WRITE", "permits": "The Northeast is the one leg of this loop with a bureaucratic layer, and the one thing on it that cannot be improvised on the day. Indian citizens need an Inner Line Permit for Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Mizoram and Manipur: around ₹100–200, typically valid 15 days, and now issued online. Foreign nationals need a Protected Area Permit instead; that regime was tightened for Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram by a notification of December 2024. This was the position in the sources read in 2025. Check the current rules before you ride.", "permitsShort": "Inner Line Permit, four states. Detail on Sector S3.", "note": "" },
    "S4": { "season": "TO WRITE", "permits": "", "note": "" }
  },
  "pois": {
    "Dholavira": "Harappan city on the salt flat.",
    "Dhordo": "The white Rann.",
    "Narayan Sarovar": "The westernmost point of the loop.",
    "Khardung La": "The high point of the ride.",
    "Hemis Monastery": "",
    "Gandikota": "The gorge above the Penna.",
    "Paro Taktsang": "Tiger's Nest.",
    "GOLDEN PAGODA India": "Kongmu Kham, Namsai."
  }
}