tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61675473534538365622024-03-13T21:15:27.339+05:30Keep thumpingIts all about Royal Enfield Bullet
- the rides i have done
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- info about the bullbishu05http://www.blogger.com/profile/08159397485836392972noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6167547353453836562.post-42169570153520343232011-01-11T15:59:00.223+05:302011-01-14T18:17:03.891+05:30Lepakshi Temple bike rideDay: Sunday - 09/01/11<br />
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First ride of the year 2011, <br />
The plan was to ride to Lepakshi Temple, Hindupur in the morning which was about 120km away from Bangalore. Saturday night filled up the tank and check the air pressure of both the tyre and went to bed anxiously waiting for the night to over. <br />
Got up early in the morning and freshen up & called madhu to check out at what time he might be reaching my place. I packed up the tools and went to check out the bike. Oh god! to my surprise front tyre had gone flat, it was 6 am in the morning no chance of finding any puncture shop. Madhu reach after 10 mins, went to look out for any puncture might have open, shop owner had put a board saying 9am to 9pm. Dejected came back and planned it to push it till the nearest petrol pump. Informed the gang that we will be joining on the way. filled the air in front tyre and checked if any leakage is there, air was leaking from the valve pin so filled more air and planned to get it repaired on the way.<br />
It was already 7am when we started from Ganganagar. We were 1 hr behind the schedule, so planned to ride slowly and join them near the breakfast point, Kamat-Chikaaballapur on NH 7. On the way we spotted one puncture shop open in morning for business, check the tyre and replaced the valve pin and all set to roll once again. The roads are totally covered with dense fog. The visibility in some places was very less, so driving around 30-40 km speed. The weather was too chilled to ride but were enjoying the fogy ride. In fogy roads people used to drive keeping blinker switched on, it feels like light bugs are flying and we were chasing them on our bull. As the traffic was less after crossing Devanahalli, i asked madhu if he wanted to ride the bull. He was very much interested to tame the bull. Slowly the fogy roads were clearing and were into the clear sky, sun kissing the skin softly. We were enjoying the sun warmth after the chilled weather. We reached Kamat Restaurant by 9:am, already all the bulls are parked in the parking lot, still few more bull on there way.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">We were too much hungry after pushing the bull early in the morning for 2km, I order for 1 plate idli-vada, 2 vada and then kesari bath, now i was feeling fully satisfied. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> Now everyone all set to started the ride, once again i checked the tyre pressure to make sure it was not leaking anymore. All the bull running in 2by2 formation, thundering the NH7 with there thumping sound.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxTi9vEoEoJFIXc0fk3IZm2HrTF32GsGn3Dhc8TUYSM03QgshL1j-tqHd-zaiIFWdx2sbhj62qsJsn3FQQIWeeEYX4eq8dVQnR0CEFTIL1OSIPHbh7RpEU3TL-lrAhMaIHZSJlLLHlTdg/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxTi9vEoEoJFIXc0fk3IZm2HrTF32GsGn3Dhc8TUYSM03QgshL1j-tqHd-zaiIFWdx2sbhj62qsJsn3FQQIWeeEYX4eq8dVQnR0CEFTIL1OSIPHbh7RpEU3TL-lrAhMaIHZSJlLLHlTdg/s400/3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Riding in 2by2 formation</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjqFcoP7_xxTc8CsTtnWQ0U604X6c2MBVttgBkG242LAYEvF3VLmemZyDiJOwuF7OjRCR_vaI1dN2uifL3kTJmsj2KHPoXGRcATRJe36-qQaxiSN6qaPPHS6iUZ73K_NutZ3BR4jg0ms8/s1600/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjqFcoP7_xxTc8CsTtnWQ0U604X6c2MBVttgBkG242LAYEvF3VLmemZyDiJOwuF7OjRCR_vaI1dN2uifL3kTJmsj2KHPoXGRcATRJe36-qQaxiSN6qaPPHS6iUZ73K_NutZ3BR4jg0ms8/s400/4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">After driving for another 40km, after crossing the RTO check-post take left turn for Lepakshi road. This road is small one so we formed single row once entered the road. Lepakshi temple was around 16km from the NH7 junction.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqF_uPLfLGcpvdC2qN6w8LOpagM8N09met0e3b0IME_BJtyzRzBLFl_5ymwORkH2c6-9xqXyw6WhV6UomZ7-ULApu1j4_231QRSP7h9tKqTqXClBuSNd9L0R_AJGeiQcpS023iuZnKZl4/s1600/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqF_uPLfLGcpvdC2qN6w8LOpagM8N09met0e3b0IME_BJtyzRzBLFl_5ymwORkH2c6-9xqXyw6WhV6UomZ7-ULApu1j4_231QRSP7h9tKqTqXClBuSNd9L0R_AJGeiQcpS023iuZnKZl4/s400/5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>driving in single line</i></div><div style="text-align: left;">We reached Lepakshi Temple by 12pm, parked the bulls where ever we find space to park in the parking lot. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Few snaps of Lepakshi Temple</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih0L8-vrY3rm4eXeFwxf9JYdWpMFiSLhRMEMZg-UeWd_tKwuHhJKI7_-wfEoWVIvKze2mYQhrenE-ZTal_G_2XKn-4Kov4QLC8agLHlgeCfAdpZ4ffQbgRITNIaDzOzA-JVnM2KnxJIlE/s1600/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih0L8-vrY3rm4eXeFwxf9JYdWpMFiSLhRMEMZg-UeWd_tKwuHhJKI7_-wfEoWVIvKze2mYQhrenE-ZTal_G_2XKn-4Kov4QLC8agLHlgeCfAdpZ4ffQbgRITNIaDzOzA-JVnM2KnxJIlE/s400/6.jpg" width="386" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdu8ZVYO22_A8ITtoL6xZCCHI2p6_VzA42j5Q9XKYuNKrhAzZoYlcREAGL5VUjmVUaEAj0_QehqtoQ2QyJd21ZaByiJl5h2yzhNtYuh09PV9jcUOJAFJQpc4I9pDvDOJM-48jWzjG9FjY/s1600/7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdu8ZVYO22_A8ITtoL6xZCCHI2p6_VzA42j5Q9XKYuNKrhAzZoYlcREAGL5VUjmVUaEAj0_QehqtoQ2QyJd21ZaByiJl5h2yzhNtYuh09PV9jcUOJAFJQpc4I9pDvDOJM-48jWzjG9FjY/s400/7.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwIp0WRTz8z7IGIzu9_7nDBFf70PPWqBwsDlopCyloDJ3UHlQFsO20ykY2sd9ZCOTSMjtmKJvmTpUrXVw3IWWHtxRxuKmB_Bm8GvGPHW6wBlZ_hqvwLPN0DnYD9clHKObYtCkDilnnM9U/s1600/8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwIp0WRTz8z7IGIzu9_7nDBFf70PPWqBwsDlopCyloDJ3UHlQFsO20ykY2sd9ZCOTSMjtmKJvmTpUrXVw3IWWHtxRxuKmB_Bm8GvGPHW6wBlZ_hqvwLPN0DnYD9clHKObYtCkDilnnM9U/s400/8.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgSpvYE8GwK-i88pDJyzaX_YL3BXVCWaQVKfbswLoYLAVrrHC8gEuXMfTHLX8VxfIt9BUHKW3wuvCpobWt2trG-L46VdGShE-49Z7KsTeTc8wB64pfw_lsQeMVxOQu4vOto5Fz-HJR7WE/s1600/9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgSpvYE8GwK-i88pDJyzaX_YL3BXVCWaQVKfbswLoYLAVrrHC8gEuXMfTHLX8VxfIt9BUHKW3wuvCpobWt2trG-L46VdGShE-49Z7KsTeTc8wB64pfw_lsQeMVxOQu4vOto5Fz-HJR7WE/s400/9.jpg" width="361" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">After temple visit started back for lunch. On the way we stopped to take photo of the Nandi. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPJyj7TyCAWhBIz8_6pEgnPVAsiZPrv7uWzDxjQIcJrLyqoDQG4sP3YV7IJaI3XwfXgOMIvs5524yjWNPRcKW1pWLuOdyP8NmBAMqrqi_gxa8f_iMHz-Dn7CKbw6YM7P9RjApl33Pt0k0/s1600/10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="347" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPJyj7TyCAWhBIz8_6pEgnPVAsiZPrv7uWzDxjQIcJrLyqoDQG4sP3YV7IJaI3XwfXgOMIvs5524yjWNPRcKW1pWLuOdyP8NmBAMqrqi_gxa8f_iMHz-Dn7CKbw6YM7P9RjApl33Pt0k0/s400/10.jpg" width="400" /> </a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Nandi </div><div style="text-align: left;">Once again we regrouped and started our ride back to Kamat Restaurant. We reached the lunch point by 3pm. I ordered for north indian thali, it was good. After finishing lunch we gathered for photo shoot. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiafypC3XLWqB8Y24luY7WCh4HGoIVTLVJ6lLiwjUigSJ25o-vlacDfcF-QwCyQVGRRQtIc5vZzI1OLk9qIMJU8GqybBb2r1o5yAb1qHpX_09lYvD-lKs2KIfirzO2pCsoyw6fyVUl9yPE/s1600/11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiafypC3XLWqB8Y24luY7WCh4HGoIVTLVJ6lLiwjUigSJ25o-vlacDfcF-QwCyQVGRRQtIc5vZzI1OLk9qIMJU8GqybBb2r1o5yAb1qHpX_09lYvD-lKs2KIfirzO2pCsoyw6fyVUl9yPE/s400/11.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>group photo</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Once the group photo shoot session was over, all were ready to hit the road. Once again we drove by forming 2by2 formation. Royal Knights official photographer - Navin will always goes ahead to look out for location from where he can take lovely pics. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGyYZZLULNaL6dyJ3QoOgV31Fk0K0sc2fg2VnFrlbRzhoee5Btvarm5Fl9ZZ4MBKqxElh7xFu6xn40UlhX1R6bbdi8EvZKdlixyjQ6sZBRfFRuHXdeFYqAORdcU6hLKIRnJLE-NB0krY0/s1600/12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGyYZZLULNaL6dyJ3QoOgV31Fk0K0sc2fg2VnFrlbRzhoee5Btvarm5Fl9ZZ4MBKqxElh7xFu6xn40UlhX1R6bbdi8EvZKdlixyjQ6sZBRfFRuHXdeFYqAORdcU6hLKIRnJLE-NB0krY0/s640/12.jpg" width="425" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">We reached near Hebbal flyover by 4:30pm, we stopped there for last meeting point before saying goodbye to fellow riders. We were very thirsty, i had 2 tender coconut to quench my thirst. After say goodbye to rest of the rider everyone move to there final destination- sweet home. We reached my place by 5:30pm, madhu was too tired so he planned to not to take rest and head back home. Years first ride was good but my ride without any misfortune can't be completed. Ah....eagerly waiting for the next ride!</div><div style="text-align: left;">See you soon!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Route: Bangalore-Chikkaballapur-Lepakshi Temple-Chikkaballapur-Bangalore</div><div style="text-align: left;">Distance Covered: 260KM</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div>bishu05http://www.blogger.com/profile/08159397485836392972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6167547353453836562.post-55161054899063206512010-12-07T10:33:00.202+05:302011-01-07T17:45:42.009+05:30Shravanabelagola bike rideSunday Morning bike trip to Shravanabelagola with Royal Knights Motorcycle Club. This was my first ride with any Royal Enfield motorcycle group. The group starting point was at Mekri circle by 6 am. Madhu was joining me as pillion rider, he came early in the morning from his place and then we left for Mekri circle.<br />
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By 6:30 am 16 bikes and riders were present and ready to ride. Naveen was acting as the group captain and rest of biker will follow him. NTR as the sweeper and the photographer. The road till Jalahalli crossing was in bad shape as metro works is going on, after that road is very good till Nelamangala, this stretch of the road was newly built 6 lane for congestion free traffic. Took left turn near Nelamangala for NH48 and stopped for first pit stop for tea break.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj32ZTgytmQ3JIeOKFotCPA3r2BXqbGIXYOjae1dyqUf9xoU2FOTipbvcoQCLT2dd7UMzNzmzCijs-SxxQyABNY3l2sc4KBBafdPWPCOswsxrkd2DxKJ5fQMeOkxlLbOFFZLcc71CShwI0/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj32ZTgytmQ3JIeOKFotCPA3r2BXqbGIXYOjae1dyqUf9xoU2FOTipbvcoQCLT2dd7UMzNzmzCijs-SxxQyABNY3l2sc4KBBafdPWPCOswsxrkd2DxKJ5fQMeOkxlLbOFFZLcc71CShwI0/s400/2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">bulls taking break!</div><br />
After good tea break once again we hit the road, from here NH48 roads were under construction for 4 lane so some parts of the roads are good and some are still under construction. Now when ever we got good space we tried to form 2 formation for riding, it was a good experience to ride this way and maintain good average speed.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5qa4arcpah2m5OXJXV9X84xc7fIp3HJLcyL5wzCN0x-Bl3acdvt5K_Aqhs0pdErXaXn6hP-RIYnF1KG9rr-7q8BAkDLSl-wsLpp6H6WbXVLlTBzj5NEsuzJRCxigAxcoRuyMBh64eZ4k/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5qa4arcpah2m5OXJXV9X84xc7fIp3HJLcyL5wzCN0x-Bl3acdvt5K_Aqhs0pdErXaXn6hP-RIYnF1KG9rr-7q8BAkDLSl-wsLpp6H6WbXVLlTBzj5NEsuzJRCxigAxcoRuyMBh64eZ4k/s400/3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>When the ride was getting good my rear tyre got punctured, i couldn't know it - Giridhar was behind me he spotted low pressure and asked me to check it out & and turned out a iron nail has rapture the tyre. As the trye puncture repair shop was 3km away we disengage the rear wheel and took to the repair shop. by that time one fellow rider also joined us there. Once the repaired trye was put in place and tested it, found out rear wheel was wobbling. So planned to ride till the next puncture repair shop and get it repaired. Due to improper trye adjustment the rear trye was wobbling, once again flattened the trye and filled it with air, fixed it back & now it was good without any wobbling.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Once we were near Kunigal, the roads were in very bad condition because of road widening. Once we reach the outskirt we stopped for breakfast. Kunigal is famous for its big idli's( tatte idli), everybody was so hungry with in few mins we were running out of idli's, had to wait for the fresh idli's to be served. Most of the travelers who pass through Kunigal always stop here to taste the tatte idli. After awesome pet puja once again we were on the road. we drove for another 1 hour and took the second pit stop before Channarayapatna town.<i></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbhecMTF8LVKk9yTboTuyWRsL_hjNW5JMsMq7AidbRyvdKXsuWvDSbHK47fHdGbYG3_tqPuwHV-PoUFZG1851kr817zLhJIrCsifieiollnJLSaML2BmvpLFouCEyUOHV229V1AHf4nx0/s1600/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbhecMTF8LVKk9yTboTuyWRsL_hjNW5JMsMq7AidbRyvdKXsuWvDSbHK47fHdGbYG3_tqPuwHV-PoUFZG1851kr817zLhJIrCsifieiollnJLSaML2BmvpLFouCEyUOHV229V1AHf4nx0/s400/5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">2nd pit stop</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">After good 15 mins break we started the ride, we reached Channarayapatna and took left turn for Shravanabelagola. This road is small and goes through the villages but in good shape with few traffic.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfJcJtex6qNCV8CNIAgFpAxwopoGeWHyRU6LjArj3IUNRccAjGJ_N86vUbTZKqvTvUYd6wl_M6VdpVmmPo_vS7N9LKbYx0g49Fmn-Kf_uYHaloMQFEPJI6rRShjJsie8rYK8uMwcbh9ig/s1600/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="345" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfJcJtex6qNCV8CNIAgFpAxwopoGeWHyRU6LjArj3IUNRccAjGJ_N86vUbTZKqvTvUYd6wl_M6VdpVmmPo_vS7N9LKbYx0g49Fmn-Kf_uYHaloMQFEPJI6rRShjJsie8rYK8uMwcbh9ig/s400/6.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> single line formation</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">We spent good time clicking lots of photos in and around the temple. As we could not found any good restaurant near by planned to stop near Cafe Coffee day after crossing Channarayapatna town. Once we reached the the spot and parked our bulls in parking lot, headed to order for lunch. On the menu we could only get snacks and some rice item which took around 20mins to cook. It was a mistake who order for rice item they waited impatiently for the order to be served. when we finished our lunch it was already 4pm.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieoCXQmbSlJ-a1BwBkFDs5j0INk_E-mj-8eJy4iJnG9n2mfn_kDNsx3kOGY_wpoDnOxxx158bLIj2wIpTR61s4R9YkZkr7i7xYJn9puHjc4437nmgEG3fDWy01Jg5k-Ytr_6UYuaeAXvI/s1600/15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieoCXQmbSlJ-a1BwBkFDs5j0INk_E-mj-8eJy4iJnG9n2mfn_kDNsx3kOGY_wpoDnOxxx158bLIj2wIpTR61s4R9YkZkr7i7xYJn9puHjc4437nmgEG3fDWy01Jg5k-Ytr_6UYuaeAXvI/s400/15.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"> After group photo shot finished, few people fueled up the tank and we were back on the road. Once again luck run out, it was not my bike bye the way. One of fellow riders rear trye got punctured, so we had to called for pit stop. Once again we have to take out the rear wheel, but this time it took lot of effort to take out the wheel as the bolt was slipping. Any how mange to took out the rear wheel and took it for repair.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWmZPHfeTDnOiWlq_N6xvAB3oAmahS061iQ4C-m0ItdvMIdtcHEOmiMAxiS8aBzN7GIUQJNmd69mGIUeQwEAcjsouUOERUBiDmQpeFbonORrU2AutWvvYGuBenZnvmuisMY2sISew1U5Y/s1600/14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="371" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWmZPHfeTDnOiWlq_N6xvAB3oAmahS061iQ4C-m0ItdvMIdtcHEOmiMAxiS8aBzN7GIUQJNmd69mGIUeQwEAcjsouUOERUBiDmQpeFbonORrU2AutWvvYGuBenZnvmuisMY2sISew1U5Y/s400/14.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> trying to figure out how to remove the rear wheel</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"> Because of it we got delayed by another 1 hr, finally we fixed the tyre and headed back to Bangalore. On the way once again stopped near Nelamangala Junction for tea break. After the break all gather and decide which route they wanted to take and get back home. Few of them took the NICE road, while few took Yeswantpur road and said goodbye till the next group ride.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> It was great experience to ride with Royal Knights. Now eagerly waiting for the next ride!</div>bishu05http://www.blogger.com/profile/08159397485836392972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6167547353453836562.post-78130924186082667682010-12-01T16:36:00.178+05:302011-03-08T18:07:40.508+05:30Kanyakurmari-Rameshwaram bike ride -Day 7<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Day 7: 05/11/2010<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Woke up early in the morning by 4 am, it was raining heavily. We thought lots of devotee will be present on the occasion of Diwali but because of the rain few people were able to reach the temple. We were inside the temple by 4:30am for darshan.After the temple darshan decide to head for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhanushkodi">DhanusKodi</a> at 6.15am. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6lyQVBR615TMv6DHQR5HeL1X4ukTDgWxaUL6Zf212QqIEopLHJFu5v1EoTujD9nwr-QTOO3PaxbU6PYjbk_kyb-10vEOgbghMU_ofHmhsZ4yT5OVDlimP1iP8bk1bjYuLY0WzSzYE2Iw/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6lyQVBR615TMv6DHQR5HeL1X4ukTDgWxaUL6Zf212QqIEopLHJFu5v1EoTujD9nwr-QTOO3PaxbU6PYjbk_kyb-10vEOgbghMU_ofHmhsZ4yT5OVDlimP1iP8bk1bjYuLY0WzSzYE2Iw/s320/1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> On the way to Dhanuskodi</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Reached the check post, where we asked for permission to take the bike till Dhanuskodi but with our own risk. The toughest part of ride was going through the sand till the sea side.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlSqXydSTaYzmQF5eSS9yPDDH9WHaHQdq_r4BFW-meN6BDVVzBT5WutTJx9HoJBwEvpANHSHgqNz53REwoU6U6p8bglTVjtblqapQFil16bBIoQuHwT3S7l-fopahRR88hduZeudmgAPs/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlSqXydSTaYzmQF5eSS9yPDDH9WHaHQdq_r4BFW-meN6BDVVzBT5WutTJx9HoJBwEvpANHSHgqNz53REwoU6U6p8bglTVjtblqapQFil16bBIoQuHwT3S7l-fopahRR88hduZeudmgAPs/s320/3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> The toughest part to ride on sand!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Dhanuskodi was around 4-5km from the check post, usually people go to Dhanuskodi by bus or fishermen vehicle. If you are interested to go further you have to heir a jeep from Rameshwaram. we have to follow the tracks of the bus & ride till Dhanuskodi.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy6nG78pPguMDlpaP9a6K1P__HEXgq2TY6AnBNE7Y7CDE5K_-BWKFdznU1EqWaZxHAOgMZDMxrwvcGAtFN4u9gTfnk-ddORzkux37PMZC4YhXrip_IkuYrNezFOaMCF_0sy7SvnwrVWi4/s1600/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy6nG78pPguMDlpaP9a6K1P__HEXgq2TY6AnBNE7Y7CDE5K_-BWKFdznU1EqWaZxHAOgMZDMxrwvcGAtFN4u9gTfnk-ddORzkux37PMZC4YhXrip_IkuYrNezFOaMCF_0sy7SvnwrVWi4/s320/5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">ocean ride!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">After riding for another 5km reach the ruined city (Ghost town) - Dhanuskodi</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZa7D5gCcH0WinwsiGypPSzRBJKy0pTC0LLPJUk-PfsO_J8AhsqGtJPhtjEoPQYUNIYM1DvLsHNRrtysJxM22nlcOPdxyyVXi1VHo1Nsmq2Z2ssZlEkM7VAQA9WpAU6qAqKDIV1W-mDSs/s1600/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZa7D5gCcH0WinwsiGypPSzRBJKy0pTC0LLPJUk-PfsO_J8AhsqGtJPhtjEoPQYUNIYM1DvLsHNRrtysJxM22nlcOPdxyyVXi1VHo1Nsmq2Z2ssZlEkM7VAQA9WpAU6qAqKDIV1W-mDSs/s320/6.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">remains of the ruined city</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0dx6bylx-iw-aoVZZSVa7e9DhR6LkpPlYCYMLZ-ldxafUHZrfnMlPMi0hn-wqh3LKgHO5s053kc09dSZ4mUJf5e5Ztcr0jKLlOHWvfxiiuGe-QW-iQRW3uJ9lLb80VVZQC9gbpgz3upQ/s1600/7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0dx6bylx-iw-aoVZZSVa7e9DhR6LkpPlYCYMLZ-ldxafUHZrfnMlPMi0hn-wqh3LKgHO5s053kc09dSZ4mUJf5e5Ztcr0jKLlOHWvfxiiuGe-QW-iQRW3uJ9lLb80VVZQC9gbpgz3upQ/s320/7.jpg" width="278" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">ruined church</div><div style="text-align: left;">Spent the time roaming around the ruined city, saw the old railways station, the broken rail track, old school building .....where ever you see all broken building, temple and church submerged in sand. the Government declared the town as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_town">ghost town</a> and unfit for living after the storm.Only few fisher-folks now live there. Planed to go further to see the coral reef, but local people advised not to go by bike as it was high tide most of the jeep tracks will be submerged. So finally decided to head back. Stopped in few places on the way to take photos.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWl3eXSo_j8mL3IVSDMBRPtiJ43vmUVACdo9dcdOgTxaraPI-hkOItY6GxfM45c1VQVaaFAP2FFrEbCMR1fh-t5bXAGD0RJ8KVSvzEMIuz64tlyTkuOtg-OHFu4kOjmx0ziUDA6A9cq2Q/s1600/8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWl3eXSo_j8mL3IVSDMBRPtiJ43vmUVACdo9dcdOgTxaraPI-hkOItY6GxfM45c1VQVaaFAP2FFrEbCMR1fh-t5bXAGD0RJ8KVSvzEMIuz64tlyTkuOtg-OHFu4kOjmx0ziUDA6A9cq2Q/s320/8.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Normalize effect on the photo!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiifBTKrY10HhhWFm1IuUbdGPbJo4nD8eREqA0fCwI0Te2ydwNvO1Dyqoo2h6dCSbsogd6j9KpvqGz4gkYa7RBxkmPegzwJ7wlJacD19cO7QafHfZqI3DThFYbF2AXCgkGQLjd7V3zMAec/s1600/9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiifBTKrY10HhhWFm1IuUbdGPbJo4nD8eREqA0fCwI0Te2ydwNvO1Dyqoo2h6dCSbsogd6j9KpvqGz4gkYa7RBxkmPegzwJ7wlJacD19cO7QafHfZqI3DThFYbF2AXCgkGQLjd7V3zMAec/s320/9.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> The Man & the Machine!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">We were back in Rameshwaram by 9:45am, spent time roaming around the city exploring few temples. Had lunch and planned to head back to Bangalore, original plan was to pass through Madurai - instead we planned to go to Trichy. We left Rameshwaram at around 2pm and headed for Trichy. On the way we stopped at Pamban bridge to take photos.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl9dQBsvuBqFpImtibDjgt-k829GPRq_dQnXNH-O53bWEg1dFR_s-XeMmcZb_lE7LJfXhdd_cB7WCNa-NFah6lf9Q4EDTeTKZBKEq3va61Espr1-yCcBXQwezrQLSeNOJOSr1H6AVnlJw/s1600/11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl9dQBsvuBqFpImtibDjgt-k829GPRq_dQnXNH-O53bWEg1dFR_s-XeMmcZb_lE7LJfXhdd_cB7WCNa-NFah6lf9Q4EDTeTKZBKEq3va61Espr1-yCcBXQwezrQLSeNOJOSr1H6AVnlJw/s320/11.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Pamban bridge!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJltCBqTS_3GMYGddBMvT_IVdMo0KOeFWV5DnUwPYdWCErUo-fBlVSnFHzx3tsjSjWpnleQTk6Iu8AA_lYTZ0ykudbNvh9OypwJw5i2i1nC19rf0lK34GrKzB0VIyv_9saoCIJdnspVmA/s1600/12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJltCBqTS_3GMYGddBMvT_IVdMo0KOeFWV5DnUwPYdWCErUo-fBlVSnFHzx3tsjSjWpnleQTk6Iu8AA_lYTZ0ykudbNvh9OypwJw5i2i1nC19rf0lK34GrKzB0VIyv_9saoCIJdnspVmA/s320/12.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Railway double-leaf <a href="http://www.audioenglish.net/dictionary/bascule.htm">bascule</a> bridge section that can be raised to let ships pass under the bridge</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Once we reach the ECR raod took the diversion into NH-210 which goes toward Trichy. Once we crossed Devakottai we could see the black clouds on the horizon heading towards our path, we stopped and prepared our self to tackle the rain. It rained cats & dogs. We didn't want to stop & wait for the rain to stop so slowly moved ahead. Most of the road was submerged in water, when we entered a small town, roads are almost not visible knee deep water was flowing in it, we just ripped through the running water, people were thinking we have gone mad. After driving for almost 3hrs fully drench in rain we reached pudukkottai. Oh boy! people are happy as the rain stopped and everyone are ready with there crackers to celebrate Diwali. Now we were driving carefully as most people are bursting cracker in the middle of the road. This was the second diwali i spent my time on road trip. We reached Trichy by around 8pm, then decided to go to Srirangam and stay there, visit the Sri Ranganathswamy Temple in the morning. We got a lodge near the raja gopuram, had dinner and went to bed.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;">Route: Rameshwaram-devakottai-Puddukkottai-Trichy-Srirangam</div><div style="text-align: left;">Distance cover: 250km</div></div>bishu05http://www.blogger.com/profile/08159397485836392972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6167547353453836562.post-44169092749205645502010-11-30T16:36:00.169+05:302011-01-07T17:44:48.926+05:30Kanyakurmari-Rameshwaram bike ride -Day 6Day 6: 04/11/2010<br />
Left Kanyakumari early the morning and reached Vattakottai by 7:10am. We didn't know that the fort gate opens at 9am. We requested the the care taker to let us in, we paid the entry fee. <strong></strong>Vattakottai circular fort is a seaside fort built in 18th century as a coastal defence-fortification and barracks in the erstwhile Travancore kingdom.<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">few pics of Vattakottai fort </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYuu4wDhjjG-rwt0TGekWdnuKXQ_P62fqICHpQihcCvBdDzaGtPUsuXnuSgzDGlLKIdib6Bl7Qb1NCPbZGEXT7ozHpnj6wUdCltiUduKsATE_FEHCo7Rd9cELIWob-k-eoQjJ5hjNMUKE/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYuu4wDhjjG-rwt0TGekWdnuKXQ_P62fqICHpQihcCvBdDzaGtPUsuXnuSgzDGlLKIdib6Bl7Qb1NCPbZGEXT7ozHpnj6wUdCltiUduKsATE_FEHCo7Rd9cELIWob-k-eoQjJ5hjNMUKE/s400/1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZnF2_oJAubTTaxRk7sYs4265gt77hm0LRjNRir62VfwvSUQvup0laCHSlAoDTzgFeeKgSGhs4oinIL1UJD9vCsiOILcGsG1zC5B1qsnUlMiqyuMwjhcdvskZ5DS7LwEAQ2tsKEjTfsLA/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZnF2_oJAubTTaxRk7sYs4265gt77hm0LRjNRir62VfwvSUQvup0laCHSlAoDTzgFeeKgSGhs4oinIL1UJD9vCsiOILcGsG1zC5B1qsnUlMiqyuMwjhcdvskZ5DS7LwEAQ2tsKEjTfsLA/s400/2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYFaD4UXoQOp7H4P1avo-2eDGFQ4YDrYrHa1uhG5y9U6smv6nVxxLN1F_KdA2rpDmjprULyjqJtXalZL6M62pS0GgDaEvc53yNa1qEW9OvLtDlU6y8eDrlCsuQYprlnSNN9GnChDxZzJw/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="357" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYFaD4UXoQOp7H4P1avo-2eDGFQ4YDrYrHa1uhG5y9U6smv6nVxxLN1F_KdA2rpDmjprULyjqJtXalZL6M62pS0GgDaEvc53yNa1qEW9OvLtDlU6y8eDrlCsuQYprlnSNN9GnChDxZzJw/s400/3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"> We left Vattakottai by 8am as the care taker has to go out to town. We planned to follow the road which goes by the sea side, most part of the ride was like roller coaster ride as the road was too uneven. But the road was in good condition without much potholes. We were driving mostly alone in this road as the traffic was very less, occasionally few vehicle cross. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPq-mDoFuHmJiVO22gisRfeIqsAf6wtVIeUaTfJzrG7jdFY5tsMKGfZl97DicDMtbPBoDmszid4mykOrsNudyDy8bYbM61f__RHkN6Z6gnc4eZ9MVNiKq3Ftu7TkwWZpcU0HWzOgyPNO0/s1600/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPq-mDoFuHmJiVO22gisRfeIqsAf6wtVIeUaTfJzrG7jdFY5tsMKGfZl97DicDMtbPBoDmszid4mykOrsNudyDy8bYbM61f__RHkN6Z6gnc4eZ9MVNiKq3Ftu7TkwWZpcU0HWzOgyPNO0/s400/4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>we hit the magical number! </i></div><div style="text-align: left;">When we were nearing Koodankulam we saw more traffic and many people waiting to go for work. This place is famous for Nuclear Power plant, this the 9th power plant in India. After driving for another 25km our luck run out once again, rear tyre got puncture. we were just 10km away from Tiruchendur, people advised us to go back 5km to find a puncture shop. It is difficult to ask help in the plane area where people are afraid to stop. after trying few times one guy stopped and helped me to take the rear tyre to near by puncture shop. This time i was adamant and asked the guy to check it thoroughly, found out that from inside the tyre was teared. I asked him if i can get a new tyre, he told me that he going to put one extra tube inside so that it will protect the main tube, asked me to get the tyre at Tuticorin. I couldn't get anything to return back, so hired on jeep that dropped to the point where the bull was parked.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> Now we were driving very careful not to hit any potholes or stones. After 4th puncture you will always feel like anytime the tyre may flatten out. So decide to have lunch at Tiruchendur, had lunch and were ready to start for Rameshwaram when a guy came up & asked "Are you willing to sale the bike, will pay you in cash". This guy was asking the bull for his son, who was on top of the building beside the restaurant, supervising in construction. Asking his father from top to ask us weather we will sale the bike. That guy took our phone and said once you reach back will give you a call. Once again we hit the road and reached Tuticorin by 1pm. I searched many shops for ceat tyre but couldn't find anywhere so decide to put a Dunlop tyre, after bargain we got it for 1500 bucks. We went to near by puncture shop got it replaced and left Tuticorin by 2:30pm. We stopped near Sayalgudi to tank up the bull. We didn't knew the route, so we were checking the route on google map, but it doesn't show the road which we were traveling. We came to know that this was the new ECR road that goes up till Chennai. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXePdx5WwMV_Ycmq4f64CxYOI3YQNt12shuXkYsHICcsBCpmveAi17P8Ggz1aB1Dc6OVD2Ks081I5ucxHH5Td1Lv3dGqy28qlXRYcKvg6UE87D97y0WSWzXR9oBQkV8xNg9EC2gte62to/s1600/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXePdx5WwMV_Ycmq4f64CxYOI3YQNt12shuXkYsHICcsBCpmveAi17P8Ggz1aB1Dc6OVD2Ks081I5ucxHH5Td1Lv3dGqy28qlXRYcKvg6UE87D97y0WSWzXR9oBQkV8xNg9EC2gte62to/s400/5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">New East Coast Road</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"> The ECR road is still under construction at same places. We didn't go to Ramanathpuram instead we took the ECR and took a right into NH49 which goes to Rameshwaram. Driving for another 56km we reached Rameshwaram by 7:30pm. Once again we started to hunt for a good lodge, finally got one which was recently opened for Rs 500 for double room was too good, where other lodges we charging more and rooms were not good. Finally settled and went out to take dinner. by 10pm we hit the bed, as we have to get up early to visit the temple.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Route: Kanyakumari-Tiruchendur-Tuticorin-Rameshwaram</div><div style="text-align: left;">Distance covered: 350KM</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div>bishu05http://www.blogger.com/profile/08159397485836392972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6167547353453836562.post-23893788598937184762010-11-29T16:33:00.156+05:302011-01-07T12:41:01.846+05:30Kanyakurmari-Rameshwaram bike ride -Day 5Day 5: 03/11/2010<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Got ready early in the morning and headed toward the beach to see sunrise. It was almost dark when we reach there, tourist were occupying there spot to see the sunrise. Slowly most part of the beach was filled with tourist occupying every space available, it was like a Mela!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic3mvB92G22dZ_2V1I7Lxliw-fnDmwWKG4Q3iz6IBchJNQUaG9q0VpWYNLjWF6BBWAbk1dFLnA1jZDdtm3DyaWlJsEjLx7eKpV8xuQtSYwR7CYobycdXOJrDx3cgySI0N_a4g4AT7wYAo/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic3mvB92G22dZ_2V1I7Lxliw-fnDmwWKG4Q3iz6IBchJNQUaG9q0VpWYNLjWF6BBWAbk1dFLnA1jZDdtm3DyaWlJsEjLx7eKpV8xuQtSYwR7CYobycdXOJrDx3cgySI0N_a4g4AT7wYAo/s400/2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i> </i> <i>wide angle view of Vivekananda rock memorial & Thiruvalluvar statue</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjriHWYYrWoyBPxlD3QylX6RfEMV2k2p1me6OptfIUmXztoerpTCSZ0pjuDs_G6LqB8a346bGWx6KVQu3Hx5TPpyAecC1JwCpSf18UKVu-1G8F3T2lcCFpnz_-6XDELggMBenxWcOYnS7k/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjriHWYYrWoyBPxlD3QylX6RfEMV2k2p1me6OptfIUmXztoerpTCSZ0pjuDs_G6LqB8a346bGWx6KVQu3Hx5TPpyAecC1JwCpSf18UKVu-1G8F3T2lcCFpnz_-6XDELggMBenxWcOYnS7k/s400/3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>view of Vivekananda rock memorial & Thiruvalluvar statue</i><i> </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggbG0oI3B4STGzAajQAntUm5gwDJHo-3Dv8su585rZhh6c7lMboOqNhrSr3wdPpzsTH4NSSqdq1HI40kdvwq9C8VPNb8YdiL7t-6A59Bq18jE7mwBWqIcXf9yIDNe9qvRKuTiwK3FNLcw/s1600/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="351" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggbG0oI3B4STGzAajQAntUm5gwDJHo-3Dv8su585rZhh6c7lMboOqNhrSr3wdPpzsTH4NSSqdq1HI40kdvwq9C8VPNb8YdiL7t-6A59Bq18jE7mwBWqIcXf9yIDNe9qvRKuTiwK3FNLcw/s400/4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i> sun rays creating beautiful effect at the back of Thiruvalluvar statue!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">After that went for beach walk, went to see the Kamarajar Memorial. We had breakfast and went to the lodge, rested for hour. Then took an auto to the place where we had left the bull parked in front yard.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqqMkPQZ8O30DrPy7K4Gh30E6ajctH6U7wC9zXSFY2C06kgVQ0jWCmvUEO77ydn6y3Tu_3lzxXirAkJVoy5zF1JbYJWYFzrYlDMvg46WM2j7dWBRY1wnUC3Rf27JwfihY0dEgPsJeaH6s/s1600/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqqMkPQZ8O30DrPy7K4Gh30E6ajctH6U7wC9zXSFY2C06kgVQ0jWCmvUEO77ydn6y3Tu_3lzxXirAkJVoy5zF1JbYJWYFzrYlDMvg46WM2j7dWBRY1wnUC3Rf27JwfihY0dEgPsJeaH6s/s400/5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Back tyre got punctured the previous night at 10pm, 4km away from Kanyakumari...not single shop was opened at that time, had to park the bull in front of this house and went to Kanyakumari to search for lodge. Photo was taken next morning.</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Just<i> </i>few blocks from the house was the puncture repair shop. We thanked the person who helped us and it was already 11am so decided to go to Boat ride to Vivekananda rock memorial. There was long queue for the boat ride, till kill boredom started taking photos. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHz0Sbhv_aJXtntzzPUzMCbSY_y_6ZVzFEEfbySztJwGN4fSONXOt_QQA4hEdPC1NkaClPF87ePP0X00A2Mxy0tD8KZCNzBVJH2yVl7r7ObpGBzRsjsicZKJ1ntvez_ROVs-cRgaLv0r4/s1600/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHz0Sbhv_aJXtntzzPUzMCbSY_y_6ZVzFEEfbySztJwGN4fSONXOt_QQA4hEdPC1NkaClPF87ePP0X00A2Mxy0tD8KZCNzBVJH2yVl7r7ObpGBzRsjsicZKJ1ntvez_ROVs-cRgaLv0r4/s400/6.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">fishing boat</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">The boat ride was very short, reached the place took the ticket and went on for photo shoot. Few photos from Vivekananda Rock Memorial and Thiruvalluvar statue.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvHPjF2s4o1P_pW8tjkXesczaus4BhynwfWp2CxEhVVqfUoAqm-Ak2tkuWEPk6xL8pQ6JlHGHbnxu-LcY0mGcXaTQao8c_6yughFwTbxXzBkOHVnurZkizIWlxlJTwGZXNYu0W4rqABDY/s1600/7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvHPjF2s4o1P_pW8tjkXesczaus4BhynwfWp2CxEhVVqfUoAqm-Ak2tkuWEPk6xL8pQ6JlHGHbnxu-LcY0mGcXaTQao8c_6yughFwTbxXzBkOHVnurZkizIWlxlJTwGZXNYu0W4rqABDY/s400/7.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Vivekananda rock memorial</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGeKbn4j4FQpz1UtUoQ5s8xQOzplTmUD0PmbseVUUVY6yKYn8HpJ4i7X5ODUeXLZcjP8Nk-KZlPRRX6Xj3-zOKH7Tyjg9OBfsDTTfYkQaGdaRoVScEtbMlVd_n40GlqD-SJjDH8O-6LiA/s1600/8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGeKbn4j4FQpz1UtUoQ5s8xQOzplTmUD0PmbseVUUVY6yKYn8HpJ4i7X5ODUeXLZcjP8Nk-KZlPRRX6Xj3-zOKH7Tyjg9OBfsDTTfYkQaGdaRoVScEtbMlVd_n40GlqD-SJjDH8O-6LiA/s400/8.jpg" width="400" /> </a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <i>Madhu waited long time to get this shot! </i><i></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAGP0pz-PmR5Kaun__hxnyWjPd0Do9ehkby3SKvmJVGMlnPwMLFGa5wSZJOqziFXQVMkC_VGc0QVsTVD_7febcKJ7lqLtZTBqaJvXQelcBWTfovRr66FK3jxE4rPV9yWZfH_PtqsVFnhQ/s1600/9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAGP0pz-PmR5Kaun__hxnyWjPd0Do9ehkby3SKvmJVGMlnPwMLFGa5wSZJOqziFXQVMkC_VGc0QVsTVD_7febcKJ7lqLtZTBqaJvXQelcBWTfovRr66FK3jxE4rPV9yWZfH_PtqsVFnhQ/s400/9.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>view of Vivekananda rock memorial from Thiruvalluvar statue</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">We spend almost 2hr to see the beautiful and shrine Vivekananda Rock Memorial and Thiruvalluvar statue.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn21H0cmEW_0aGOYmxF9XuexCfx8WIVVIk37QruR-DRAx-cgAv570Rp8Qzgs_hkQgMt24Lf_9252xkOmfF9h5FvUrB4ahNYth6Iu5TNeu1vNhCO6ihUVEMtVnlcFO_ZLMVgtIsUTSe2ao/s1600/10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn21H0cmEW_0aGOYmxF9XuexCfx8WIVVIk37QruR-DRAx-cgAv570Rp8Qzgs_hkQgMt24Lf_9252xkOmfF9h5FvUrB4ahNYth6Iu5TNeu1vNhCO6ihUVEMtVnlcFO_ZLMVgtIsUTSe2ao/s400/10.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <i>view of Vivekananda rock memorial & Thiruvalluvar statue from the beach</i><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><i> </i>Then went to have have lunch and planned to rest at lodge & go to see sunset. We didn't the exact place to see the sunset, asking for direction to sunset point we finally make it to that place, by the time we reach there sun was already covered with clouds. We spent some good time enjoying the soothing winds. </div><div style="text-align: left;">After that we headed to Suchindrum Temple, which was 12km away. We reached there by 6pm, puja was being performed when we entered the temple. The temple`s musical pillars and an excellent statue of the Hanuman are the main attraction. </div><div style="text-align: left;">We went back, had dinner and went to bed early. </div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i> </i></div>bishu05http://www.blogger.com/profile/08159397485836392972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6167547353453836562.post-70134220173549519172010-11-28T16:33:00.000+05:302010-12-28T16:35:02.768+05:30Kanyakurmari-Rameshwaram bike ride -Day 4Day 4: 02/11/2010<br />
Woke up early in the morning and got freshen up & went to 'Periyer Tiger Reserve' paid the entry fee and parked the vehicle in parking lot. Reach the ticket counter to found out that all tickets for morning boat ride is sold out, then thought of going for trekking, but for trekking you have to book ticket near Ambadi Junction Info Centre. As the next ride was at around 10 am we thought why to waste time and planned to leave Thekkady. While we were returning back an auto driver told us about Elephant camp near by where we can do elephant ride. <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiMl8K3PSwuY7Sr8pvviAcIWoN9NiXBsHQitKnXfVNGwTah4FcyoD-McSoloDR5cHOEgg7eGO0VLBfmh3rXEZJi3oH8WBulzq8sdcAKyTL83V6fzPOsjo9IsKqu6GDA9lz1wsh0_MhYxk/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiMl8K3PSwuY7Sr8pvviAcIWoN9NiXBsHQitKnXfVNGwTah4FcyoD-McSoloDR5cHOEgg7eGO0VLBfmh3rXEZJi3oH8WBulzq8sdcAKyTL83V6fzPOsjo9IsKqu6GDA9lz1wsh0_MhYxk/s400/1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>woke up early(6am) for boat ride at periyar lake...reached ticket counter by 6:30...all ticket sold out...what next????? then this guy came up n gave info what u can do in Thekkady...!</i></div><br />
Then we headed to Elephant Camp. Our elephant was getting ready for ride, mahout was clean the elephant.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">We took the shortest ride available that was for half-an hour. It took us through the estate perimeter one round. Elephant have pool where they are cleaned everyday.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxM9cJU7vfceY_ZUm9FcZfFoTLTUviafRBeHtOftrBo-A5i6V0KKF4DCy7_Xalt1cqpAVPcMf8jfp2kyMtHcUuJ20rAQ02UZ2vvwL9WFuFdSl1uEcm_rcSEmFqIEo71vq2Kqm2sYd1Ic4/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><i><img border="0" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxM9cJU7vfceY_ZUm9FcZfFoTLTUviafRBeHtOftrBo-A5i6V0KKF4DCy7_Xalt1cqpAVPcMf8jfp2kyMtHcUuJ20rAQ02UZ2vvwL9WFuFdSl1uEcm_rcSEmFqIEo71vq2Kqm2sYd1Ic4/s400/3.jpg" width="400" /></i></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>early in the morning mahout cleaning his elephant</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"> After the elephant ride we went to take breakfast. Returned back to the home-stay and vacated the place and started towards Kanyakumari. The roads were in bad condition after the monsoon. After driving for around 30km we crossed the bad road and moved into good roads. Now we started descending and the weather was getting hotter. Oh we missed the chilled weather of the hills. By around 3 pm we reached Pathanamthitta almost covered 150km and stopped for lunch. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> Most time in this part we had to ask people for road direction. Now the tea estate has been replaced by rubber plantation estate. Most of the hills are covered with rubber trees. Once we reached Adoor and entered on to MC road, it was 4 lane road, newly built and in superb condition...you can easily hit 100km. But driving on this road was monotonous, we were missing the ghat roads where you are more careful looking out for the next curve. Sun was setting down and we were still to reach Trivandrum. by 6:30pm we reached Trivandrum. We planned to halt at this place but as kanyakumari was 90km away instead thought of driving for another 3hrs and reach our destination.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> The roads in Trivandrum were narrow, it took us almost 45mins catch the NH47 which will take us to Nagercoil. NH47 is one of the busiest road of south India, traffic density flowing in this road is too much to handle. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGyKn0Vw8UHdiyg4ywRDDZZ5rbZrURDA3lNZhiIisaSeq7eq3QI88WqN_F0DDyI-9JSWmGfVgyLkborHVAFvKhkBl0p4UahfxQ_h0EihAgIuPFQndRMIkzC8tdj0CwqRnpU36000YdNtc/s1600/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGyKn0Vw8UHdiyg4ywRDDZZ5rbZrURDA3lNZhiIisaSeq7eq3QI88WqN_F0DDyI-9JSWmGfVgyLkborHVAFvKhkBl0p4UahfxQ_h0EihAgIuPFQndRMIkzC8tdj0CwqRnpU36000YdNtc/s400/4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Taking rest after riding in the busiest NH47 road ...u can't take ur eyes away from this road....if u want to come out safe!!!</i><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">After lot of struggle with the traffic we came across the Tamilnadu side of NH47 where the traffic was less compered to that of Kerala side NH47. We reached Nagercoil by 9:30pm and stopped for dinner. Kanyakumari was just 18km away from us. As the fuel was low, we tank up the bull and headed for Kanyakumari. Our luck run out just 4km away from Kanyakumari when 3rd time the rear tyre went flat. It was almost 10pm and all the shops were closed, getting it repaired was out of question. Then came the TN police vehicle, asked what we were doing here 1000km away from Bangalore, we told them that we were on photography tour of south India. The police officer told us to park the vehicle somewhere and go to Kanyakumari. Luckily one guy from Karnataka came to our help when he saw vehicle no plate and asked us to park the bull in-front of his house. We parked the bull near his house and got one auto who dropped us at Kanyakumari. Got a decent lodge near the beach side. By that time it was almost 12am. We were too tired and hit the bed to catch up the sunrise next morning.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Route : Thekkady-Kottarakkara-Trivandrum-Nagercoil-Kanyakumari</div><div style="text-align: left;">Distance Covered : 370KM</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div></div>bishu05http://www.blogger.com/profile/08159397485836392972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6167547353453836562.post-2172859238698059322010-11-27T12:34:00.214+05:302010-12-23T17:23:22.230+05:30Kanyakurmari-Rameshwaram bike ride -Day 3Day 3: 1st Nov<br />
Day started with sad note, saw the rear tyre flat once again. As it was early morning there is no chance of getting it repaired, so went to take breakfast. By 9:30 am we got hold of one puncture repair guy. Oh this guy has mobile puncture repair shop, carry everything on his bike. He patched the tube with out taking out the wheel and that too very easily. Just give a call and he will be at your service where ever you are stranded in middle of the road.<br />
It was almost 11am when started for Udumalapet. After driving for another 17 km we reached the forest check post gate of Indira Gandhi Nation park. The road inside the national forest is small but well maintained, few vehicles moves in this road, so most part in this road we were driving alone. Once again we were stopped by forest check post for checking near Chinnar Wildlife sanctuary. now gradually started driving up the western ghats towards Munnar. There lots of water fall everywhere you see but far way to be captured by camera.<br />
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</div>Slowly temperature was also decreasing, we can feel the clod wind. everywhere its greener with lots of vegetation. As we reached 3000m above sea level we can see tea estate everywhere.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Near Eravikulam National park large number of tourist were present to see the nilgiri tahr, roads were packed with tourist vehicle seeing all this we planned to straight head towards Munnar. Suddenly the hill was covered with fog and visibility dropped to few meters & temperature also dropped drastically now it was chilled climate. As we descended towards Munnar slowly we enter into the nice climate not too cold but the sky was covered with clouds. It was almost 3pm very hungry directly headed to take lunch at restaurant. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> As we planned to stay the night at Thekkady, we started driving towards Devikulam. We were stopped by Kerala police for vehicle papers checkup. As all papers were clear except that i was caring photocopy of the RC book which was not attested by gazette officer, the officer asked pay fine. I told him all the reason why i was caring the photocopy, he said "only only.......Rs -100" you have to pay fine. After that we stopped 1km away from there for photo shot.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtgKUatQwL2iKhItlFk4zccoXS5k8C5tJ0ImwMcPTU7gfR44H5d7Wc5R9RrVFUTngWLJ0fxmUZ_SUAe50Zi98v_1iGu4Zny84fHnF8aNJAf31TW1eWbAURoxZgT_2kmTt_RDLwL0BJq0E/s1600/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtgKUatQwL2iKhItlFk4zccoXS5k8C5tJ0ImwMcPTU7gfR44H5d7Wc5R9RrVFUTngWLJ0fxmUZ_SUAe50Zi98v_1iGu4Zny84fHnF8aNJAf31TW1eWbAURoxZgT_2kmTt_RDLwL0BJq0E/s400/6.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Police stopped the Bull for checking papers</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_KjeV1Kjzga2Tc3NpNRZrndIjldWdTiaPkT3JHHkfzw2Iv-y6hNCCthwBjiLWjLIqMbV-U6_qJdIWGT0CTGldOw7xqLQsVahvtBQQF0-Mem2jYlRwQQzHX60LLUjriIq4BsntxNNBfbQ/s1600/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="325" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_KjeV1Kjzga2Tc3NpNRZrndIjldWdTiaPkT3JHHkfzw2Iv-y6hNCCthwBjiLWjLIqMbV-U6_qJdIWGT0CTGldOw7xqLQsVahvtBQQF0-Mem2jYlRwQQzHX60LLUjriIq4BsntxNNBfbQ/s400/5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>On the way to Devikulam, Oh! remember this place from 2007 new year trip, similar shot i have taken during that trip....not wanted to miss this one....waited long for the mist to clear.....finally got this shot. thanks to Madhu</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Roads where very good with occasionally few pot holes. Once again we stopped for photo shot near the top of the hill. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHOE9XSDAjVCuFQ3ZgKAGenemhyphenhyphenw2NzeKX7s03jYmYcwFzgIDPUDMtNI1pUDrzTDJg3lUBF4889eFdi6ekWgxCTy8ONcGk0aVdWuR-7FEJBLr9ipRKl-jBn4ZNDLnV-BuAIvuPt4PtJkg/s1600/7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHOE9XSDAjVCuFQ3ZgKAGenemhyphenhyphenw2NzeKX7s03jYmYcwFzgIDPUDMtNI1pUDrzTDJg3lUBF4889eFdi6ekWgxCTy8ONcGk0aVdWuR-7FEJBLr9ipRKl-jBn4ZNDLnV-BuAIvuPt4PtJkg/s400/7.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> mostly it was covered with fog</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9mPqZVy7iCGLvytHOi8oOjqz1sEY4S5dvrpvGlJmqr6Fjg05z8hPbX352JpeuUzYmZGI3zWHtvtaFXQuzlGFCSHhy2d6KJbWmYJ9bAG-gQ1BwfnUU1LfVNmPjSj5qYZNTWm8uwBR-0Q0/s1600/8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9mPqZVy7iCGLvytHOi8oOjqz1sEY4S5dvrpvGlJmqr6Fjg05z8hPbX352JpeuUzYmZGI3zWHtvtaFXQuzlGFCSHhy2d6KJbWmYJ9bAG-gQ1BwfnUU1LfVNmPjSj5qYZNTWm8uwBR-0Q0/s400/8.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>waited long for the mist clear to get a good snap.....but couldn't wait for long as the road ahead is mesmerizing.....!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"> Now almost view of the valley was totally cover with fog, so decided to drive slowly enjoying the awesome road. On the way there were few small waterfalls</div><div style="text-align: left;">Got one good snap of one water wall.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl9FWmFt1Kxj5BIbaWwf9FgD0xmduQauAng3YAscKWiYKX7OQ4E2mBOIU2SJir8ekHQk9ppu9yCcurdZ27XOGKGubl9FGZxKjQF8OoJQRsllod1FWTQgktSAGtXt-jiY8bJC1AZ2pJbTQ/s1600/9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl9FWmFt1Kxj5BIbaWwf9FgD0xmduQauAng3YAscKWiYKX7OQ4E2mBOIU2SJir8ekHQk9ppu9yCcurdZ27XOGKGubl9FGZxKjQF8OoJQRsllod1FWTQgktSAGtXt-jiY8bJC1AZ2pJbTQ/s400/9.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> view of the waterfall</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">The state highway was well maintained by Kerala. This road was the best road to driving in western ghat. After 2 puncture you have intuition like the pressure is low, so after riding for more then 100km we were always check the tyre pressure. It was getting dark and still we have more distance to cover. We have to drive in night till Thekkady. As vehicle traffic was less it was easy to ride in night till our destination. We reached Thekkady by 8pm and checked in Harita homestay. Then went to have dinner and night photo shot.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA64BOwE0CA-hpKPks7g_-8r2PxR6hYlb9RcpmQqsdz9y3g0k_WIG9zzo6XAbqTx6VpW4w36as9790xbHfuPBcYRiJh7NDTx_fdBk8OCAG2U86Rwdp6x4t5PdxYqWX40lqe7d0cXwyKhc/s1600/10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA64BOwE0CA-hpKPks7g_-8r2PxR6hYlb9RcpmQqsdz9y3g0k_WIG9zzo6XAbqTx6VpW4w36as9790xbHfuPBcYRiJh7NDTx_fdBk8OCAG2U86Rwdp6x4t5PdxYqWX40lqe7d0cXwyKhc/s400/10.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Coffee day Rest house....beautiful wood work....night time looks like a palace!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">After a good dinner and good night walk with photo shot we went to bed. And already excited for the next day!</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;">Route : Udumalapet - Munnar - Thekkady</div><div style="text-align: left;">Distance Covered: 250KM</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>bishu05http://www.blogger.com/profile/08159397485836392972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6167547353453836562.post-78360173617429819922010-11-26T15:58:00.071+05:302010-12-23T12:34:02.448+05:30Kanyakurmari-Rameshwaram bike ride-Day 2Day 2: 31st Oct<br />
Good morning Pollachi, still cloudy and drizzling. Got freshen up and went to take breakfast. by 8:40am we started our journey towards Valparai.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Reached the ghat section after driving for around 22km, 9am in morning hills are covered with clouds, couldn't take a single pic of Aliyar Dam as the view was blocked by fog. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikC8Pde9sdJW67obokCmqc0VmzJ0k5JZnGsdyVrcwnwxJH028M2IOEEL38xA95IsEdZEMI1kiy9Zos_bZZI4wmdM4k8ui7wzXQ1Gtz2YCNrHrQpw5x_3_6SXa5JhttEACkimwYJ6TL_xg/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikC8Pde9sdJW67obokCmqc0VmzJ0k5JZnGsdyVrcwnwxJH028M2IOEEL38xA95IsEdZEMI1kiy9Zos_bZZI4wmdM4k8ui7wzXQ1Gtz2YCNrHrQpw5x_3_6SXa5JhttEACkimwYJ6TL_xg/s400/2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">most of the time it was covered by clouds</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Once start climbing up for about 3km you will come to a Monkey fall, big water fall is there - be careful as the name suggest lots of monkeys are there near that place. Few of the monkey tried to open the saddle bag. So one has to guard the motorcycle while other went to see the fall. After driving for another 5km you will come to the starting point of 42 hair pin bend.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCqbXNY-1PElvl0SnQPT8zbHcLMYoUMMFnI4e46HG5EjBs59WxfURIRg6OXEaa4BC5LsFhxav3aG6gD29sGcZtyGDx08Nl6rEuQXyJZasebfhc8pPvN0hJW9kCoSFnXA9JKKKF_su2nN8/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCqbXNY-1PElvl0SnQPT8zbHcLMYoUMMFnI4e46HG5EjBs59WxfURIRg6OXEaa4BC5LsFhxav3aG6gD29sGcZtyGDx08Nl6rEuQXyJZasebfhc8pPvN0hJW9kCoSFnXA9JKKKF_su2nN8/s400/3.jpg" width="400" /> </a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">1 of the 42 hair-pin bend </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Still most part of the hills were covered by clouds couldn't see the beautiful landscape always heard about from friends. Driving slowly we crossed all the hair-pin bend. Its was awesome to ride in these ghats section. Traffic was less so we could enjoy riding slow and mesmerized by the nature. We stopped near the tea estate to take snaps of Lion Tailed Macaque. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAvGSlnLeuC4YxgVtRTcrh10Iq-mjNbZ9Mlmx3t1hClXyRHAu0cORm6I9P8TKjzmePmUPBpB7KSuHeGNhyphenhyphenwOSueFaoQQTSpLUyi1CIVnWQP_HRQqCim7mhX_PQp9XxviPjAELTWHm0Ew4/s1600/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAvGSlnLeuC4YxgVtRTcrh10Iq-mjNbZ9Mlmx3t1hClXyRHAu0cORm6I9P8TKjzmePmUPBpB7KSuHeGNhyphenhyphenwOSueFaoQQTSpLUyi1CIVnWQP_HRQqCim7mhX_PQp9XxviPjAELTWHm0Ew4/s400/4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Stopped for taking photos, me & my bull taking rest, madhu chasing Lion-tailed Macaque - Valparai 8KM away</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">We couldn't take a good photo of Lion tailed macaque, as they were far away on the trees. Once we reached Valparai and asked few people for tourist places to visit near by area. As already we were running behind our planned schedule didn't wanted to waste much of the time so we headed towards suicide point. Why people always name a beautiful view point to suicide point? any hill station you go, you will find one suicide point. Now its greener everywhere because of tea plants. Every hill has been converted into tea estate.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzX22W74EmtIxiXYLrNrAv5PKCQFLHCrvS8cdmuJjcVR6O5ZFyh9US-VqBxtWB_ETn-lXce28a22FG35-qSZ2C8NeEX7Pn3VmlWvszUK5h-QM1Qg-7D0JrkZNUQW5DTQOI1_sKUTKghmo/s1600/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzX22W74EmtIxiXYLrNrAv5PKCQFLHCrvS8cdmuJjcVR6O5ZFyh9US-VqBxtWB_ETn-lXce28a22FG35-qSZ2C8NeEX7Pn3VmlWvszUK5h-QM1Qg-7D0JrkZNUQW5DTQOI1_sKUTKghmo/s400/6.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">on the way to view point</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">There was a temple at the view point - Nallmudai Punjolai. The priest was present when we reach there, he told us about the temple history and performed puja. You can see the border of Kerala from here. As it was cloudy there was no clear view. far away there few water fall.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOwGl-hMkpqiobLpskTRxMewzhCaHzi0iJv4qyk8SXQH6g9lZ4JtRt3onxt0k78q3MRLYgNoxx6swyVfhQcbg8_mwmWsZN8IxL9478nVUtTDY3hkXUHcutcMZm_A_TxQNXL3w12xPJYCM/s1600/8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOwGl-hMkpqiobLpskTRxMewzhCaHzi0iJv4qyk8SXQH6g9lZ4JtRt3onxt0k78q3MRLYgNoxx6swyVfhQcbg8_mwmWsZN8IxL9478nVUtTDY3hkXUHcutcMZm_A_TxQNXL3w12xPJYCM/s400/8.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">View of distance waterfall from suicide point</div><div style="text-align: left;">By around 1:30pm we returned back to valparai and planned to head to Munnar. After driving for around 10km the rear tyre got puncture in middle of nowhere, we stopped one guy and asked for the puncture shop, he knew the guy in the puncture shop so he called and told the exact location where we were stranded. he told us that the guy will come in another 15 mins and once again it started drizzling. Waited there for the guy for 30 mins when he didn't turned up because of the rain, madhu walk 2km to reach the nearest communication point where he spoke once again with the mechanic he assured that he will come in 10 mins, but didn't came. Finally we decided to take out the rear wheel and take it to the nearest puncture repair shop. One middle age guy gave me lift till the puncture shop. Once the puncture was repaired once again took lift from a more guy who drop me till the point where the bull was parked. We place the rear wheel and are ready to roll. When ever you are going for long ride don't forgot to carry necessary tools with you! as in our case i was carrying all the tools except foot pump and puncture repair kit. So by 5pm we started from this place, on the way we stopped near Tiger hill view point for photo shot.<br />
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It was getting dark when we got down the ghat section, our plan to reach Mannur was not possible so thought to stay in nearest town, then headed towards Udumalaipettai, reached the 8:30pm. Got a decent lodge on Udumalapet - Munnar road. Had dinner in near by restaurant and went to bed. <br />
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Route: Pollachi - Valparai - Udumalapet<br />
Distance Covered: 200KM<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span id="goog_2090154697"></span><span id="goog_2090154698"></span></div></div>bishu05http://www.blogger.com/profile/08159397485836392972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6167547353453836562.post-41594710219409000892010-11-25T12:07:00.106+05:302010-12-20T15:21:04.320+05:30Kanyakurmari-Rameshwaram bike ride-Day 1Long 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. <br />
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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. <br />
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Day 1: 30th Oct<br />
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.<br />
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.<br />
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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.<br />
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The clouds were gathering when started to go down the hill, and it started raining.<br />
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</div>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. </div><br />
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Day 1 Route: Bangalore - Kanakapura - Chamrajanagar - Satyamangalam - Coimbatore - Pollachi<i> </i><br />
Distance Covered: 400kmbishu05http://www.blogger.com/profile/08159397485836392972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6167547353453836562.post-42633431946277330902010-11-23T12:24:00.003+05:302010-11-25T17:59:42.568+05:30Solo ride to Pondicherry-Mahabalipuram-Kanchipuram : Day 1 Since long time was planning to visit Pondicherry, heard it about from lots of friends who have visited there. And the time was perfect for weekend drive as friday was holiday on account of Ramzan<span style="font-size: medium;">. <span style="font-size: small;">Plan was to go for this trip with few friends because of unavoidable circumstances most of them dropped out of the trip. So finally decided to do it solo.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <b>Day 1</b> : 10 September 2010 - Started early in the morning at around 7:30am from my place, as the traffic was less during morning hour didn't took the elevated expressway till electronic city instead took the normal route. This was my second solo ride for long distance, got habituated of maintaining a decent speed. Any way i never like to go beyond 60km on my odometer. that's way its more pleasure to ride and enjoy the beautiful roads. by the time i reached Krishnagiri, stomach was giving hint to take first pit stop to have breakfast. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Had to say goodbye to the awesome road of NH7, took left turn on to NH46 and then took a right turn onto NH 66-Puducherry ( or Pondicherry as we know) road, from here one the road is single going through small towns and villages. As bullet tank was half filled while starting the journey thought of filling it on the way so stopped near Thirumagal, filled the upto full tank. It was sunny through out the journey till Tiruavannamalai, so stopped to have coconut i was so thirsty that took 2 big ones. Arunachaleshwar<span style="font-size: small;"> Temple is beside the main road looks beautiful, was too sunny so didn't took out the camera. Steadily i was maintaining 60km speed, planned to reach Pondicherry by 3 and to have lunch there. </span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Reached Gingee town by at around 1 pm, saw the Gingee fort from road side only as the planned was to reach destination by lunch time. While passing Tindivanam town had a minor accident on the flyover, i bang the truck from behind as was not able to balance after applying brake as result i had broke the headlight, cleared the broken glasses from the road and moved ahead. The road from here was newly laid and traffic was less so cruising along nicely. Reached Pondicherry outskirt by 2:30pm, planned to stay near the sea shore. After search for 30 mins got a decent lodge, that too double bed. Now was the time for searching restaurant to have lunch, as it was already 3:30pm most of the </span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">restaurant lunch time was over...finally got a veggie hotel, took one meal. Then headed to my room had shower and got ready & asked few people for royal Enfield workshop, one guy pointed me to </span></span></span><span class="black_company">Agnes Moto Care</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> few blocks from where i was staying. Purchased the parts needed to replace from auto spare part store, it took more time as i expected - twice the guy fixed the spring in wrong direction and trying hard to headlight mount as the head mechanic was not there at that time, finally i suggest him do in right away and it was done.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Bye the time repair work was over it was almost dark inquired few people about tourist spot in Pondicherry. Then headed to M.G.Road parked my Bull near Bharathi park as vehicle were not allowed between evening to morning as most of the road was occupied by tourist. While roaming on M.G.road met my college friend, who was also there with his wife came to Pondy for vacation. stayed there till 9pm enjoying the sea side night view. some classical music function was organized there by pondicherry tourism department. As most of restaurant will close down by 9:30pm, hurried back to take dinner. Had chicken biryani full plate, fully satisfied went to bed. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Didn't took out the camera out of the backpack as it was too sunny. So sorry not photos for day 1.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Route: Bangalore-Krishnagiri-Tiruvannamalai-Tindivanam-Pondicherry</span></span></span><br />
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Distance Covered: 340KM</span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://keepthumping.blogspot.com/2010/11/solo-ride-to-pondicherry-mahabalipuram_23.html"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">solo ride to Pondicherry-Mahabalipuram-Kanchipuram: Day 2</span></span></span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://keepthumping.blogspot.com/2010/11/solo-ride-to-pondicherry-mahabalipuram.html">solo ride to Pondicherry-Mahabalipuram-Kanchipuram: Day 3</a></span></span></span>bishu05http://www.blogger.com/profile/08159397485836392972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6167547353453836562.post-3824349945849959392010-11-23T12:23:00.290+05:302010-12-01T16:08:22.884+05:30Solo ride to Pondicherry-Mahabalipuram-Kanchipuram : Day 3<span style="font-size: small;">Day 3:</span><br />
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</span></div><span style="font-size: small;"> It was raining almost whole night, but i slept well. whole roads are flooded with water, waited till the rains to stop. It was 8am when i came out of the lodge to check the bull parked outside if still ok, clean the bull and it started with a single kick. It was totally cloudy weather so didn't took out the camera. I went to </span><span class="heading" style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;">Kamakshi Amman Temple, had darshan of </span></b></span><span style="font-size: small;">Goddess Kamakshi. Photography is prohibited inside most of the temple. After temple visit, went to have breakfast this time i had mini idli sambar or 14 idlies, it was good. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> By 10 am started my journey back to Bangalore. After driving for around 10 km joined the NH 4, from here roads are awesome. Most part of ride it was totally cloudy so it was really cool weather to ride. After around 50km took a left into NH46, drove till Vellore and stopped for refueling. When the roads are very smooth, driving became monotonous and boring when you are driving alone. Driving for another 130 km , reached Krishnagiri by 2:40pm, by this time i was very hungry stopped near Anand Bavan for lunch which about 20km away from Krishnagiri. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> After good meal and rest, planned to reach Bangalore before evening. I was maintaining decent speed, cross Hosur by 5pm. As it was sunday so most of the traffic was moving towards the city. It took another one n half hour to reach home, by the time i reached home it was 7pm.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> It was good solo ride, with no problem with the bike. Its good to ride in optimum speed so that you don't put too much pressure on the engine and it will give you trouble free ride.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Route: Kanchipuram-Vellore-Krishnagiri-Hosur-Bangalore</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Distance covered: 300KM</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Total distance covered: 820KM </span><br />
<h3 class="post-title" style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://keepthumping.blogspot.com/2010/11/solo-ride-to-pondicherry-mahabalipuram_3962.html">Solo ride to Pondicherry-Mahabalipuram-Kanchipuram : Day 1</a></span></h3><h3 class="post-title" style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://keepthumping.blogspot.com/2010/11/solo-ride-to-pondicherry-mahabalipuram_23.html">Solo ride to Pondicherry-Mahabalipuram-Kanchipuram : Day 2</a> </span></h3>bishu05http://www.blogger.com/profile/08159397485836392972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6167547353453836562.post-88762300301443118402010-11-23T12:23:00.288+05:302010-11-25T17:57:32.760+05:30Solo ride to Pondicherry-Mahabalipuram-Kanchipuram : Day 2Day 2:<br />
Planned to woke up early in the morning to catch sunrise,but slept long and missed the sunrise. Went there for morning walk on M.G.Road, it was not crowded like the night time. The weather was cloudy, so couldn't capture the morning sun. <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">The beach after the old harbor is very dirty. Mostly is occupied by fishermen, people used this place for dumping all garbage, couldn't go because of it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4wTFZ3rkaEUq-35mIBkWnJ70EbDjHgSM6Zm8tA9kGjfbH-BE_wcaXeGz5A4GbgOi_Umw5E1vcjTE9fuADUJhtlLjpem2Jv7f8VgCDcEh162lE-J-5yUb7Y2AEAfSRiHwm_7G1Blj3-ws/s1600/IMG_5128-copy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4wTFZ3rkaEUq-35mIBkWnJ70EbDjHgSM6Zm8tA9kGjfbH-BE_wcaXeGz5A4GbgOi_Umw5E1vcjTE9fuADUJhtlLjpem2Jv7f8VgCDcEh162lE-J-5yUb7Y2AEAfSRiHwm_7G1Blj3-ws/s400/IMG_5128-copy.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">view of the beach</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-1KbEDxffxjeGMhdtFt7y8M_rtlDAoNfeEIO8BsE-Uvh0xr1jLQ2IKtgr_fSDvRvdks2u6ymfszXyRoJ4PwJcWq-up-ImflPTVp3FVIlbcQ0Fdf44tklirbbsojnthGrM8IPnQT_eZv8/s1600/IMG_5135-copy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-1KbEDxffxjeGMhdtFt7y8M_rtlDAoNfeEIO8BsE-Uvh0xr1jLQ2IKtgr_fSDvRvdks2u6ymfszXyRoJ4PwJcWq-up-ImflPTVp3FVIlbcQ0Fdf44tklirbbsojnthGrM8IPnQT_eZv8/s400/IMG_5135-copy.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">view of M.G Road</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">After finishing morning walk, went to room took bath and freshen up. Had breakfast at near by restaurant, then asked the road direction for Auroville. Auroville is 10km away from pondy. This was founded by Mother Mirra Alfassa, the chief disciple of Sri Aurobindo. This place was designed by the French architect Roger Anger. Matri mandir is the spiritual and a physical centre. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFUyqY3oci1O8ki-AO8S99QYho6DWImmXM12c3t1-eVPNiQNG-iz5CuOLLHsVVdV6jYKaoxcXdRwspTovAo_Gd-UUpXNQFeNEK6hKNyEQXbXFrnosU5hcS2Nx3jLzKNLNbV3Yc4AkOWZw/s1600/IMG_5147-copy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFUyqY3oci1O8ki-AO8S99QYho6DWImmXM12c3t1-eVPNiQNG-iz5CuOLLHsVVdV6jYKaoxcXdRwspTovAo_Gd-UUpXNQFeNEK6hKNyEQXbXFrnosU5hcS2Nx3jLzKNLNbV3Yc4AkOWZw/s400/IMG_5147-copy.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrimandir">Matri Mandir </a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Once again i met my college friend in Auroville, saw all the places inside Auroville. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvui9220eC68CaGgEISdH4Sszv5pQTSJAyI43LHIXu9j7-D4XA0Koz6AEYA0hagAzMxkXpZXpdQQomBs0A63ceum_YwZRVeXV6M0NB8e9XjPx7wgBsmeAKOu9xoRogOwikR5Sehqtfr_0/s1600/IMG_5144-copy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvui9220eC68CaGgEISdH4Sszv5pQTSJAyI43LHIXu9j7-D4XA0Koz6AEYA0hagAzMxkXpZXpdQQomBs0A63ceum_YwZRVeXV6M0NB8e9XjPx7wgBsmeAKOu9xoRogOwikR5Sehqtfr_0/s400/IMG_5144-copy.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Infront of Matri mandir</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">After spending good time at Auroville, came back to Pondy by 11am and planned to head to Mahabalipuram. I had heard lot about the ECR road, so decided to take the ECR road till Mahabalipuram. The road is well maintained, driving here is real pleasure. On the stopped for lunch, had chicken biryani.. it was yummy, forgot the restaurant name. Reached Mahabalipuram by 2:30, went to Panch Rathas. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZnvlElvJUp_KjtQLbksyMEaFyPgWsQL6rPe13T3sHFnVJKbFhyoqdGOSDe56BZkLaDrMyVPNbt4M_sT312G7BbH9cRbGXmPBeAs2nv8zA8cHo6PPoe4V9-84FjSHubJqpDpelnwiuq-0/s1600/IMG_5165-copy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZnvlElvJUp_KjtQLbksyMEaFyPgWsQL6rPe13T3sHFnVJKbFhyoqdGOSDe56BZkLaDrMyVPNbt4M_sT312G7BbH9cRbGXmPBeAs2nv8zA8cHo6PPoe4V9-84FjSHubJqpDpelnwiuq-0/s400/IMG_5165-copy.JPG" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">Panch Rathas </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"> By evening almost visited all the places, then headed to Kachipuram. Reached Kanchipuram by 7:30, it started raining heavy- waited for the rain to stop by then it was already 8:30. Once rain stopped started searching for a lodge and got near the bus stand for Rs 250/- single bed room. Had dinner near the junction in Sri krishna hotel. by 10 pm went to bed.</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;">Route: Pondicherry-Mahabalipuram-Kanchipuram</div><div style="text-align: left;">Distance Covered: 180KM</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://keepthumping.blogspot.com/2010/11/solo-ride-to-pondicherry-mahabalipuram_3962.html">Solo ride to Pondicherry-Mahabalipuram-Kanchipuram : Day 1</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://keepthumping.blogspot.com/2010/11/solo-ride-to-pondicherry-mahabalipuram.html">Solo ride to Pondicherry-Mahabalipuram-Kanchipuram : Day 3</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>bishu05http://www.blogger.com/profile/08159397485836392972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6167547353453836562.post-25346345280045233052010-10-03T22:34:00.188+05:302010-11-22T12:25:14.036+05:30Sunday morning ride to Bagalur Lake Saturday noon talking with madhu just asked if we can go for a photo shot to some near by place & come back by 11am. Then asked few friends if they are interested to join us for the ride.<br />
By night 9 people with 5 bikes were ready to come for Sunday morning ride, place was not yet decided...googled for some places near by Bangalore. Found few places- then finalized on Bagalur Lake. Previous i had driven my bike on those roads, are in good shape as it is connecting Bangalore International Airport and well maintained by BBMP. So every body was ok with the place and decided to start from R.T.Nagar by 6:30am.<br />
Woke up at around 5am, called up all those who asked for wake call in the morning. By 6:30 me, manas,madhu, saravana, jagu,seema & swetha were ready to leave R.T.Nagar, Neeta & Rajesh were supposed to join us near Nagawara junction. By the time we reach Nagawara junction they were yet to start from their place, so asked them to directly come to Bagaluru Lake. We stopped near Kannur for tea & snacks, rajesh was on the way so waited there for him join us at that place.<br />
Reached Bagaluru by 8:30 am , asked local people for direction to Bagaluru lake and headed toward it. Once we reached Bagaluru Lake to our surprise the lake is dry, nothing to see, is used for digging soil for brick factory. Once we entered the dry lake, saw the dry landscape ....thought perfect for doing off roading. Some photos from off road on dry lake.<br />
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</div><div class="photocaption_text" style="text-align: left;">After some good time headed back to city's busy life. </div><div class="photocaption_text" style="text-align: center;"><br />
<div style="text-align: left;">Route: Bangalore - Bagaluru Lake - Bangalore</div><div style="text-align: left;">Distance covered: 70KM</div></div><div class="photocaption_text" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2054161&id=1598131142&l=aa3e5a0c28">More snaps from the trip</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>bishu05http://www.blogger.com/profile/08159397485836392972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6167547353453836562.post-84336176807356781012008-11-24T17:35:00.001+05:302010-11-19T21:11:24.349+05:30Solo ride to Chikmagalur- Sringeri -Agumbe: Day 3Day 3:<br />
Woke up early, freshen up and headed to Sringiri Temple. Had darshan and took few snaps.<br />
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</div>River tunga is passes beside the temple, had lots of fishes<br />
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</div>After temple visit, headed to Srimane waterfall which is 25km away from here, take a left turn from KSRTC bus stand & drive around 2km, yellow board sign is there pointing towards Sirimane falls. The road will take you through village and forest area. There is old temple in Kigga village- Rishya Shringeshwara temple.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgj5EMjhNJ9RCiyJgUyMwNfdvDECLWqCwa5eVsYmXECRVQecfDw86nMLuQ7tPCbSAKOrks0mWJAITNtZnl0Id6yBZ3b9QsJVdmVmEbiAWK1uxCeSmfv5H3ZMHR2N_k5JqchjlqUkwdMWA/s1600/crw_0242.crw-copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgj5EMjhNJ9RCiyJgUyMwNfdvDECLWqCwa5eVsYmXECRVQecfDw86nMLuQ7tPCbSAKOrks0mWJAITNtZnl0Id6yBZ3b9QsJVdmVmEbiAWK1uxCeSmfv5H3ZMHR2N_k5JqchjlqUkwdMWA/s400/crw_0242.crw-copy.jpg" width="298" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sirimane water fall </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBLV0jn4GwsVhXds5c3Qgd2LGzFTKJSgT6twlO2FG8Syb3nGtxM8PjtCGFl4Fj4uEQkffBqXsqob2odvyz_n91TEJCOWdKgNPac21Lr8YrJL2GcsbS1ykCP8M5vtujumbu77UNk3eDfGs/s1600/crw_0239.crw-copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBLV0jn4GwsVhXds5c3Qgd2LGzFTKJSgT6twlO2FG8Syb3nGtxM8PjtCGFl4Fj4uEQkffBqXsqob2odvyz_n91TEJCOWdKgNPac21Lr8YrJL2GcsbS1ykCP8M5vtujumbu77UNk3eDfGs/s400/crw_0239.crw-copy.jpg" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">water flow was less during this time of the year, during monsoon season you can't get near to the fall. Spent some time there, and decided to head to Agumbe. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Agumbe is small village in shimoga district. it is 50km away from Sringeri. The road is ok, but very few people travel on that road, difficult to get direction. Finally one village guy was waiting for the bus to Agumbe, i offered him to drop to his destination. When i was nearing Agumbe saw the board for taking diversion for Barkana fall, decided to go towards Barkana fall, drop the village guy near Agumbe and left for Barkana fall. The road was very good, passing through the forest area. After driving for around 15KM couldn't find the direction for Barkana fall, few children were returning from were returning from school, asked them for Barkana fall -"They told me i have already cross the place where i have to turn". I offered them to drop till that point, they happily jumped on for ride on Bullet.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFzPSFDxC3P7LmX22_u_5YqTlSLdTooPhxmbIUYh_FJ5ueVNVFJP-V6RPJb_PoIEiwuPmD78NXmDRayBF09DY7hWrc_QggTJ8EEmwOjsvzK3M9eG8JtVF2G0LnOj9a5sK27uXZTLHNwBI/s1600/crw_0248.crw-copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFzPSFDxC3P7LmX22_u_5YqTlSLdTooPhxmbIUYh_FJ5ueVNVFJP-V6RPJb_PoIEiwuPmD78NXmDRayBF09DY7hWrc_QggTJ8EEmwOjsvzK3M9eG8JtVF2G0LnOj9a5sK27uXZTLHNwBI/s400/crw_0248.crw-copy.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Two girls helped me to find out the route</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Once reach the point, found out that you have to park the bike near the village and walk for 3 km inside the forest to see Barkana fall as i was alone decided not to go there.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Once again headed to Agumbe, from there took the road to Shimoga, stopped near Gajanur Dam for some refreshment. Reached by 12pm , had lunch and without waste much time planned to reach Bangalore by evening to celebrate Deepawali.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoOJ_IE4EU7vh9MY0KkDrQykIp4qDVJ5CWt3bcLZrz3-tx71RahknN70T0UVfA-7qFnEeZj1jRDmfUOzLzCq3EcZxOvyPjMj4OciT_7R3Xhp7GqxRWGuRgQE4x9YT3oNJXKcJeQ8bi7RY/s1600/crw_0250.crw-copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoOJ_IE4EU7vh9MY0KkDrQykIp4qDVJ5CWt3bcLZrz3-tx71RahknN70T0UVfA-7qFnEeZj1jRDmfUOzLzCq3EcZxOvyPjMj4OciT_7R3Xhp7GqxRWGuRgQE4x9YT3oNJXKcJeQ8bi7RY/s400/crw_0250.crw-copy.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">somewhere on the way saw this patch of cloud</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">After this i drove continuously and reached Tumkur toll gate for another pit stop, it was chilled evening...had some snacks & 2 cup of tea to get warm. Once again drove continuously with break till i reach my room. </div><div style="text-align: left;">It was almost 9:45 when i reached home, there few people still busting crackers. luckily it was almost over so don't have to feel the noise pollution of crackers. Took hot shower bath , had dinner & went to bed.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Route: Agumbe - Thirthahalli- Shimoga - Arsikere - Tumkur - Bangalore</div><div style="text-align: left;">Distance Covered : 390KM</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><a href="http://keepthumping.blogspot.com/2010/11/solo-ride-to-chikmagalur-singeri-agumbe.html">Solo ride to Chikmagalur- Sringeri -Agumbe: Day 1</a><br />
<a href="http://keepthumping.blogspot.com/2010/11/solo-ride-to-chikmagalur-sringeri.html">Solo ride to Chikmagalur- Sringeri -Agumbe: Day 2 </a>bishu05http://www.blogger.com/profile/08159397485836392972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6167547353453836562.post-15294118444870616882008-11-23T17:33:00.001+05:302010-11-19T21:09:07.144+05:30Solo ride to Chikmagalur- Sringeri -Agumbe: Day 2 Day 2:<br />
I had told Madhu about my plan for bike ride to Chikamagalur, they were coming to visit Deveeramanna betta. They came early in the morning around 4:30am by KSRTC bus from Bangalore. We took bath & freshen up and left for bus stand where we have to catch a local bus which will drop us at the starting point of the trek(trek to top the Temple i.e temple is at 1800m height). Once we reached the starting point, saw the both side of road was occupied with vehicle, people have started trekking. I never expected that throng of devotee will be be gathered for Deveeramanna Temple visit.<br />
The tough part was we have to trek the entire path bare feet. It was cold , never had experience of walking bare feet more then few hundred meters. Now we have to do it the whole stretch. From the main road around 4km of tar road was the toughest part to walk bare feet, any how manage to complete this part as soon as possible. when you step on small stone in cold winter it feels like nails pinching your feet.<br />
Next part was discovering path as it was too crowded to walk on regular path,we had to go through the coffee estate & make our own path ...and people will soon started following you. This part really kool to walk on after the first 4 km as it was cold soft mud, which soothes the feet.<br />
After walking for almost 2hrs we came out of the coffee estate into the open, and the first glimpse of the hills.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrOqYjaIzNa681RAm-I4N4PbMWet0nE4rGAbUYKu1bd9Ouh-NPtHXG36R8P_oPImyYLg-yNB8zrtAHwTuQ6gm4AsIvL31xTDNX1F_OGICyGA6Jc4oc1SdZqxOerFRRAASXF0nbkH1EW2g/s1600/crw_0193.crw-copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrOqYjaIzNa681RAm-I4N4PbMWet0nE4rGAbUYKu1bd9Ouh-NPtHXG36R8P_oPImyYLg-yNB8zrtAHwTuQ6gm4AsIvL31xTDNX1F_OGICyGA6Jc4oc1SdZqxOerFRRAASXF0nbkH1EW2g/s400/crw_0193.crw-copy.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Devotee were climbing to the top from every direction they can climb. It was a view to see, never seen this much people climbing up hill.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioWb5mcLRnJGQb6fmTHol7C64f8L9VO7Uy3zYwvgHoS7akV8S0jxD0arUUX9jfEUX9hIXlJVPkO9BSZakCLMr3oqtG9LfGVBk1qxOj9hzuGViskdTJ00nWz553AU6dlat0JzJHxVgOpBc/s1600/crw_0196.crw-copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioWb5mcLRnJGQb6fmTHol7C64f8L9VO7Uy3zYwvgHoS7akV8S0jxD0arUUX9jfEUX9hIXlJVPkO9BSZakCLMr3oqtG9LfGVBk1qxOj9hzuGViskdTJ00nWz553AU6dlat0JzJHxVgOpBc/s400/crw_0196.crw-copy.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"> hundreds of devotee were climbing up and simultaneous coming down as result the path was totally jam packed, you have to make your own way to climb up or go down.</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc4XLSmKJmVFqpGQ0e-_Svyh-yLNBoJcG1UvLtj0vDRyv3w9C8CNpA1tTO8jRft7668GZ31EDdHjfp7MRLsaiLynvcIvNCekCJ2u5ROEqut86dNA46wUK7zdmvmvI6A0CBtViNTTNQ2Bg/s1600/crw_0198.crw-copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc4XLSmKJmVFqpGQ0e-_Svyh-yLNBoJcG1UvLtj0vDRyv3w9C8CNpA1tTO8jRft7668GZ31EDdHjfp7MRLsaiLynvcIvNCekCJ2u5ROEqut86dNA46wUK7zdmvmvI6A0CBtViNTTNQ2Bg/s400/crw_0198.crw-copy.jpg" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Finally we manged to climb to the top, at the center is the Deveeramanna temple. there is circular path around the temple. we stayed at the top for one hour.</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqaloW2d8nbyTWLSegEHgnTNfGJdQ8q0mMBDZK1OkgmPtsqm6qrkwyd3cawfUFUsqhAkjPVprI1ciY_fFjwcTiG7uuSFYv12FZJ_J4v5vz9aM5XsCZ7a2f_9NFMNNvZHhzYeMEakWGD9I/s1600/crw_0204.crw-copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqaloW2d8nbyTWLSegEHgnTNfGJdQ8q0mMBDZK1OkgmPtsqm6qrkwyd3cawfUFUsqhAkjPVprI1ciY_fFjwcTiG7uuSFYv12FZJ_J4v5vz9aM5XsCZ7a2f_9NFMNNvZHhzYeMEakWGD9I/s320/crw_0204.crw-copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Deveeramanna Temple</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">You can have a view of almost entire range from Kemmangundi to bababudangiri </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Then we thought to go to Bababundangiri, from here the path is difficult as we have to cross the deep gorge and climb up. It took us almost one and half hour to reach the Bababundangiri.</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdOsgM0AdpdeN2KjHeevZsMbSJTARD7zE0EdF7A65aRrkghdzIWoOTySL2TM1Dat3KTHcq-k-UAPvRXVfsgMJDkRgHnOTIjnz6TN9GNr2mHeX-29sjCOmkMndFw0Pe_duSgYXAz1lbCJQ/s1600/crw_0206.crw-copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdOsgM0AdpdeN2KjHeevZsMbSJTARD7zE0EdF7A65aRrkghdzIWoOTySL2TM1Dat3KTHcq-k-UAPvRXVfsgMJDkRgHnOTIjnz6TN9GNr2mHeX-29sjCOmkMndFw0Pe_duSgYXAz1lbCJQ/s400/crw_0206.crw-copy.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">View of Deveerammana Temple from Bababundangiri</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;">Time was around 11:30 am, we were feeling hungry ...few shops were there selling snacks. Had lots of bajji , tea and coffee. Then headed for Manikyadhara Water fall which is natural water fall falling from 50 ft, took bath from chilled water.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzhR9LvdBa1iKMeLJNdCKCRj_nZT_lBJAR4kur2klSyoVCWL7mPamdggxKvTX45ILfUvNuRwb7zLkzfH3p7wF8Oa7yQ67mb3CxAJ33Dr8uyQyJEcL4GklVw90v82psz4hp8c1jjeeI8Q0/s1600/crw_0209.crw-copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzhR9LvdBa1iKMeLJNdCKCRj_nZT_lBJAR4kur2klSyoVCWL7mPamdggxKvTX45ILfUvNuRwb7zLkzfH3p7wF8Oa7yQ67mb3CxAJ33Dr8uyQyJEcL4GklVw90v82psz4hp8c1jjeeI8Q0/s400/crw_0209.crw-copy.jpg" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">From left: Madhu, Prabhu, "forgot his name" and Saravana holding water bottle</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> As the bus from Bababundangiri was at 2:30pm, we decided to walk till the bus stop. Had lunch at bababundangiri. by 4:30pm we reached Chikamaglur. Got freshen up at lodge and went to have snacks. Madhu & friends had to catch bus at 9pm for Bangalore. I decided to move towards Sringeri, left chikamaglur by 5:40pm. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Reached Sringeri by 8:30pm, as it is temple town hardly you will find single bed room in hotels & lodges. After searching for almost 1 hr got a single bed room near the KSRTC bus stand. Had dinner and went to bed, as planned to visit temple early in the morning.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>bishu05http://www.blogger.com/profile/08159397485836392972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6167547353453836562.post-8367201320040869192008-11-22T15:31:00.001+05:302010-11-19T21:05:50.566+05:30Solo ride to Chikmagalur- Sringeri -Agumbe: Day 1Route: Bangalore-Kunigal-Hassan-Chikmangalur-Sringeri-Agumbe-Shimoga-Tumkur-Bangalore<br />
Total distance covered: 810KM<br />
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After the first short ride experience with bullet, i wanted to take it to for a long ride; was waiting for a leave where i can get at least 3 days so that can cover all these places. And Diwali was the the perfect time where i got 3 days off. So everything was planned & packed for the ride, and ready to hit the road.<br />
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Day 1:<br />
Started from Bangalore early in the morning to avoid heavy traffic on NH 4 which goes to Mumbai, took left turn after Neelmangala into NH48 for Kunigal. The roads where in under construction for making it 4 lanes. Reached Kunigal at around 9:30am, had breakfast. then headed to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shravanabelagola">Shravanabelagola</a>, to see the 57 feet monolithic statue of the Bhagavan Gomateshwara Bahubali.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">More snaps of <a href="http://www.orkut.co.in/ExternalAlbum?uid=3365360452798739242&aid=1225778515&t=10911997625012573335&vid=11721508982776983686&ik=ACGyDXvoTSGRcxTF9QhYXc5E0xN1sveUnQ">Shravanabelagola</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"> Next destination was Halebidu, had lunch at Hassan and proceed towards Halebidu; roads from hassan to Halebidu was in good condition. reached Halebidu by 2:30 pm. The temple complex comprises two Hindu temples, the Hoysaleshawara and Kedareshwara temples. The walls of the temple are covered with an endless variety of depictions from Hindu mythology, animals, birds and <i>Shilabalikas.</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i> </i>Few of the snaps from Halibidu.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">From here 16km away is Belur, main attraction is the Chennakesava temple complex which contains the Chennakesava Temple and is surrounded by the Kappe Chennigraya temple. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Left Belur & headed to Chikamangalur, needed to reached there before sunset & search from some accommodation. On the way stopped at Yagachi Dam. Reached Chikamangalur by 5pm, got a decent lodge,single bed with TV for Rs- 200. Had dinner by 9:30, saw a EPL match for hours and went to sleep.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
Route : Bangalore - Kunigal - Hirisave - Shravanabelagola - Hassan - Halebidu - Belur - Chikamaglur.<br />
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Distance covered : 330KM<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://keepthumping.blogspot.com/2010/11/solo-ride-to-chikmagalur-sringeri.html">Solo ride to Chikmagalur- Sringeri -Agumbe: Day 2</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://keepthumping.blogspot.com/2010/11/solo-ride-to-chikmagalur-sringeri_19.html">Solo ride to Chikmagalur- Sringeri -Agumbe: Day 3</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>bishu05http://www.blogger.com/profile/08159397485836392972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6167547353453836562.post-62704075105479391082008-11-13T17:40:00.000+05:302008-11-15T13:29:01.512+05:30Makalidurga & Lepakshi temple<p>This is my first Bullet ride!!!!.........<br /></p><p>Saturday night just getting bored and suddenly planned for a short trip to near by place. I have always like the hills from the train of Makalidurga. So we decide to go to <a title="Makalidurga " href="http://www.karnataka.com/tourism/bangalore/forests.html" mce_href="http://www.karnataka.com/tourism/bangalore/forests.html" target="_blank">Makalidurga hill</a>. Search in net got more info on Makalidurga hills, people used to go there for <a title="Rock climbing & repelling" href="http://www.natureadmire.com/destinations/Makalidurga.html" mce_href="http://www.natureadmire.com/destinations/Makalidurga.html" target="_blank">rock climbing and repelling</a>. Its about 60 km from Bangalore. Got the route information in maps.yahoo.com. planned to leave Bangalore by early morning.<br /><a href="http://bishunaik.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/screenshot.png" mce_href="http://bishunaik.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/screenshot.png"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-36" title="RouteMap" src="http://bishunaik.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/screenshot.png?w=300" mce_src="http://bishunaik.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/screenshot.png?w=300" alt="" height="229" width="300" /></a><br />We started from Bangalore at 6:30am in the morning. Catch NH7 traveled for 7km and took left turn for Yelahanka on SH9. At IOC petrol pump filled the tank of the Bull-our Bullet. The road condition was good....riding in the morning with chill wind blowing. After 30 KM, just before Dodabalapur we stopped for breakfast. we refreshed our self and once again started for our destination. By 8:00 am we were near Makalidurga railways station, there we asked local people for Makalidurga fort. From Makalidurga railway station we had to go ahead for another 2km, after that took left turn for mud road till the railways track. There were no place else to park the vehicle, had to park there on the road.</p> <div class="mceTemp"><dl id="" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 411px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><img title="MakaliDurga Hill" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_G7BKiHE__Aw/SPbCjjSK-bI/AAAAAAAAEro/Fn2nM4ncIsk/s576/img_01.jpg" mce_src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_G7BKiHE__Aw/SPbCjjSK-bI/AAAAAAAAEro/Fn2nM4ncIsk/s576/img_01.jpg" alt="MakaliDurga Hill" height="276" width="401" /> </dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd"> MakaliDurga Hill </dd></dl></div><div class="mceTemp"><dl id="" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 409px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><img title="Bull parked near the railway Track" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/bishukumarnaik/SPbDdDFubkI/AAAAAAAAEtw/EoeieS8DzM4/s800/img_0014.jpg" mce_src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/bishukumarnaik/SPbDdDFubkI/AAAAAAAAEtw/EoeieS8DzM4/s800/img_0014.jpg" alt="Bull parked near the railway Track" height="296" width="399" /></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">Bull parked near the railway Track</dd></dl></div><p>Now we started trekking for Makalidurga fort. Makalidurga fort was a top of 1350 feet height. We crossed the railway track. There is a small temple near the base. From the left side we started climbing up, on the way we found trek marked by other group who had earlier climbed the hill. we followed the trails and reach near the top.</p> <div class="mceTemp"><dl id="" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 410px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><img title="Lake" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/bishukumarnaik/SPbDCIrUi8I/AAAAAAAAEsw/kyLH3NMc7n8/s800/img_0007.jpg" mce_src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/bishukumarnaik/SPbDCIrUi8I/AAAAAAAAEsw/kyLH3NMc7n8/s800/img_0007.jpg" alt="Lake" height="301" width="400" /></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">Lake</dd></dl></div><p>There is Makalidurga temple at top surround by the fort.</p> <div class="mceTemp"><dl id="" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 410px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><img title="MakaliDurga fort" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_G7BKiHE__Aw/SPbC4BWkg9I/AAAAAAAAEsY/KBfusjlG4no/s576/img_13.jpg" mce_src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_G7BKiHE__Aw/SPbC4BWkg9I/AAAAAAAAEsY/KBfusjlG4no/s576/img_13.jpg" alt="MakaliDurga fort" height="333" width="400" /></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">MakaliDurga fort</dd></dl></div><p>Makalidurga village was visible from the top,its on the other side of the hill. We enjoyed the cool breeze passing through the hill, walked all along the fort.</p> <div class="mceTemp"><dl id="" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 409px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><img title="MakaliDurga Temple" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/bishukumarnaik/SPbEPri2x5I/AAAAAAAAEvI/Hd_JPOfUlGA/s800/img_0025.jpg" mce_src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/bishukumarnaik/SPbEPri2x5I/AAAAAAAAEvI/Hd_JPOfUlGA/s800/img_0025.jpg" alt="MakaliDurga Temple" height="331" width="399" /></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">MakaliDurga Temple</dd></dl></div><p>After resting for 20 min we planned to go down. Now the sun was beating hard at us, taking shelter for sometimes under the small trees. we climbed down by 10:30 am. Rested on the railway track, had some snacks.</p> <p>It was only 11am,so we thought to visit Lepakshi temple. Once decide we headed for <a title="Hindupur" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindupur" mce_href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindupur" target="_blank">Hindupur</a>, it was around 50km from Makalidurga hills. From another 15km the road are little bit bad condition till Hindupur. Around 1:45 pm we reached at Hindupur, took left turn for Lepakshi Temple, it was around 15km from Hindupur. Reached Lepakshi temple by 2:00pm, parked the bull near the temple.</p> <div class="mceTemp"><dl id="" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 408px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><img title="Lepakshi Temple" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_G7BKiHE__Aw/SPbF2Xpv0kI/AAAAAAAAEwA/X30owjIgtHU/s576/img_1.jpg" mce_src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_G7BKiHE__Aw/SPbF2Xpv0kI/AAAAAAAAEwA/X30owjIgtHU/s576/img_1.jpg" alt="Lepakshi Temple" height="305" width="398" /></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">Lepakshi Temple</dd></dl></div><p><a title="Lepakshi Temple" href="http://www.bharatonline.com/andhra-pradesh/travel/anantapur/lepakshi-temple.html" mce_href="http://www.bharatonline.com/andhra-pradesh/travel/anantapur/lepakshi-temple.html" target="_self">Lepakshi temple</a> date back to the 16th century,where three shrines dedicated to Lord Shiva, Lord Vishnu and Lord Virabhadra are to be found. Lord Virabhadra is the wrathful form of Shiva, the patron deity of the Nayak rulers.</p> <div class="mceTemp"><dl id="" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 410px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><img title="Nandi" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/bishukumarnaik/SPbH7z11MFI/AAAAAAAAE00/i4wlJ0LIZDg/s800/img_39.jpg" mce_src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/bishukumarnaik/SPbH7z11MFI/AAAAAAAAE00/i4wlJ0LIZDg/s800/img_39.jpg" alt="Nandi facing Lepakshi Temple" height="335" width="400" /></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">Nandi facing Lepakshi Temple</dd></dl></div><p>Started raining heavily while we were in the temple.</p> <p><img class="alignnone" title="Lord Virabhadra" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/bishukumarnaik/SPbHHWKfYKI/AAAAAAAAEy4/HRc3pZZ8UvY/s640/img_19.jpg" mce_src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/bishukumarnaik/SPbHHWKfYKI/AAAAAAAAEy4/HRc3pZZ8UvY/s640/img_19.jpg" alt="" height="364" width="378" /></p> <p>Still it was raining, it was getting late. Put our rain gear and We started for Bangalore by 4pm. This time we decide to take the NH7 road. From Lepakshi village NH7 was 18km.<br /></p><p>Just near to NH7 bull gave up, couldn't find what happened, tried to kick start the bike....but with no result, checked carburetor it was clean. Decided to pushed the bull till NH7 in hope of finding some mechanic, to our surprise there were no mechanic available in that area. After inquiring local people came to know that we can find mechanic in Begapalli, which was around 10 km from the place. Manas stayed with the bull, i took the bus for Begapalli. There inquiring a vehicle parts dealer got hold of one guy who deals with bull repair work. He came with his bike, but couldn't take his bike as it was raining so finally had to take a cab that made a big hole in my pocket...after bargain arranged it for Rs.250 till AP/karnataka border checkpoint. Mechanic doubted that fuse might have broken, he checked all the fuses, found everything is ok. I told him that some times the igination light on and goes off automatically, So he checked the wiring, and found out the soldering has broken. we had to make it direct and take it to his garage for repairing. Rafeeq bhai(+91-9448444124) made the bull ready , and we are ready to hit the road once again.<br /></p> <p>Around 6pm we left Begapalli for Bangalore, around 100km from here. We are feel very much hungry, because we had not taken lunch...so planned to reach Bangalore as soon as possible. The road was good at most of the place, some places work is going for 4 lane. Reached Devanahalli, planned to go to Bangalore International Airport, night time it was glittering with lights. Once again we were back in highway and stop near Swati Gardenei for dinner.</p> <p>Back in home by 11pm.</p>Route : Bangalore --<span style="font-style: italic;">40kms</span>-- Dod Ballapur --<span style="font-style: italic;">14kms</span>-- Makalidurga --<span style="font-style: italic;">25kms</span>-- Gauribidanur --<span style="font-style: italic;">25kms</span>-- Hindupur --<span style="font-style: italic;">14kms</span>--Lepakshi temple --<span style="font-style: italic;">25kms</span>-- Bagepalli --<span style="font-style: italic;">42kms</span>-- ChikBallapur --<span style="font-style: italic;">19kms</span>-- Devanahalli --<span style="font-style: italic;">30kms</span>-- Bangalore<p>Total Distance : 234kms<br /></p><span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);font-size:12;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span><p>More Photo: <a title="Makalidurga Photos" href="http://picasaweb.google.co.in/bishukumarnaik/MakaliDurgaHill" mce_href="http://picasaweb.google.co.in/bishukumarnaik/MakaliDurgaHill" target="_blank">Makalidurga</a> & <a title="Lepakshi Temple" href="http://picasaweb.google.co.in/bishukumarnaik/MakaliDurgaHill" mce_href="http://picasaweb.google.co.in/bishukumarnaik/MakaliDurgaHill" target="_blank">Lepakshi Temple</a></p><p><a title="Lepakshi Temple" href="http://picasaweb.google.co.in/bishukumarnaik/MakaliDurgaHill" mce_href="http://picasaweb.google.co.in/bishukumarnaik/MakaliDurgaHill" target="_blank"><br /></a></p>bishu05http://www.blogger.com/profile/08159397485836392972noreply@blogger.com0