IN 2012, armed with a passion for road bikes and sense of adventure, Warwick businessman Wayne Lister and wife Corrinne Butler set off for India.

They'd booked their flights, their accommodation for the first night and the two Royal Enfield motorcycles they would travel across the country on, but that was it.

"We flew into Delhi,” Mr Lister said.

"It was chaos from the start.

"No one at the airport had heard of the suburb our hotel was in.

"Eventually we found a taxi driver who knew, but when we got there we couldn't find the street.”

After their eventful introduction to the country, the next day the couple picked up their motorcycles and set off.

"We travelled south and just found our own way,” Mr Lister said.

"A bloke on the plane over had told me we absolutely had to stop and eat at a dhaba, which is basically a truck stop.

"So we saw one and there were plenty of trucks parked up and we went in for a meal.

"The food was absolutely amazing, but we must have stopped at the only gay dhaba in the state, the men in there were very camp indeed.

"Great food though.”

The couple rode their bikes down to Agra and spent some time touring the Taj Mahal, but it was their experience at the country's petrol stations that provided more comic relief.

"They couldn't get their heads around it when I asked the attendants to fill the tank, they'd put a little in then stop,” Mr Lister said.

"Again I'd tell them again to fill it up and then Corrinne's bike as well and they couldn't believe it. They'd go in and ask the boss if it was ok, I guess they weren't used to people spending that much on petrol, but it was normal to us.”

After 14 days on the road, taking in the sights, sounds and colour of India, their adventure came to an end.

"Getting back into Delhi was fun,” Mr Lister said.

"There was a brand new ring road heading around the city, but a policeman was stopping tourists from using the road,”

"We couldn't even bribe our way on. It took us three hours to go 17kms, and Corrinne was hit twice, the traffic was crazy.

"What an experience though, the people were amazing, it was a fantastic trip.”