Kanyakurmari-Rameshwaram bike ride-Day 1

Long weekend was on the menu we have to take only 3 days leave on 2nd, 3rd & 4th Nov as 1st will be holiday on account of Karnataka Rajyotsav and 5th is Deepawali  and have 10 days in hand for the trip. Few friends were interested to join but due to unavoidable circumstances all dropped out of the plan, So finally me, my bull and madhu were ready for the 8 days biking through the western ghats till the southern most part of India, Kanyakumari.

This bike ride will become one of my longest bike trip i have done. As its going to be longest trip i carried necessary tools required to do basic maintenance job. 



Day 1: 30th Oct
          All the required things are packed into the saddle bag the previous night, tanked up the bull to full tank & was all set for the trip. I started from my room by 6am and reached at madhu's place by 6:30am as planned to had breakfast at madhu's house. Had plenty of idli's with hot samber.
          After pet puja we are all set for our bike trip. Inspected the bike for last time as all was good and ready to roll. By 7.50am we started our longest bike trip from bangalore. Passed Kanakapura town by 9:10am and reached our first pit stop after crossing Kaveri river.

125KM : First break after crossing Kaveri river near Kollegal. Refreshed our self with fresh sugarcane from the fields.

After 15 mins break once again we hit the road, now the roads are passing through villages won't feel like its a National Highway. Once we crossed Chamarajnagar and toched the western ghat we took second pit stop near Dhakam.

 230KM, 2nd Break, BR Hills, Starting of 21 hair pin bend, awesome view of BR Hills

The clouds were gathering when started to go down the hill, and it started raining.

Clouds ready to burst into rain

By the time we reach Sathyamangalam we were fully drenched in rain, rain stopped when we enter the town,stopped for lunch and had south indian thaali. As we had planned to halt at Valparai, we hit the road with out waste much time. Now its like where ever we are heading rain also follows us. By 4:30pm we reached Coimbatore, once again it started raining from here till Pollachi it rained cats & dogs, everywhere roads are flooded with rain water. Reached Pollachi by 6:30pm, as it was raining heavily we parked the bull inside hotel parking lot and took out the poncho & started searching for accommodation. It was like whole town of Pollachi was submerged in water, everywhere 1 feet deep water was running criss- cross for lower grounds. After searching for almost 1 hour got a decent lodge and unpacked the saddle bags and put the wet clothes for drying up. Got freshen up and headed to have dinner, outside still it was drizzling. After good light dinner it was timing for heading to bed.

Day 1 Route: Bangalore - Kanakapura - Chamrajanagar - Satyamangalam - Coimbatore - Pollachi
Distance Covered: 400km