And some pics tooo.....

Thanks Jason n Inder....
once again thanks to all the Bangalore xBhpians for the warm hospitality. thanks bluevolt for the shelter...
I know we missed the special breakfast... hope to see ya soon
And yes..luckily we all were carrying rain gear but none was good enough to stop ~7 hrs of constant rain...

Thanks man for those kind words....It takes just a few minutes to give back something to the society... so why not do it? we are just trying to make a start...

Same here.. it was nice meeting you all.... hope to see you again ... maybe in pune.. what say???
will be up in a few day I guess....

Thanks Megan for all the help... You really took good care of our stay in Mangalore...

Thanks everyone especially Meghan Naik and the Bangalore XBHp brothers for the help.
This was a memorable trip for us.

Next on the things to do is the Trip log.We are already working on processing the photos.

Eagerly awaiting the ride report and the pics.

Glad to know all 5 of you got back safe. Congratulations for the successful trip.

It was awesome meeting you guys, & spending time with you all. Enjoyed the 3 course meal too (though we vegetarians had a 2 course meal only )
It was an awesome Saturday evening, with you guys, & prior to that (with Adi & Ram at Guzzlers)

Waiting for the triplogs, & some awesome photus of South India.

Hope to meet you guys aain, at B'lore, Pune, or elsewhere. Preferably on bikes.


With Adi for riding company, this was bound to happen.

Was nice meeting you, & a couple of other new (to me) B'lore faces.

Yes, a special thanks to Adi Bhau for fixing the plan.
Bugger, you listening/ reading?

Thanks Tibby. The weekend was great, thanks to all who made it.

Thanks to Bluevolt for joining the see-off ride and riding longer than planned (which meant putting off more important chores).

It was his first ride on the NICE road and i hope he enjoyed it.

Thanks. My pleasure. I enjoyed meeting so many like minded folks.

Congratulations Guys for completing the trip. Now pls share the stories, I'm waiting to hear that.

Nice to see you guys have done the trip safe and sound! Now waiting for your side of the story

Thank you! Yes,aargee we do have stories to tell that you've been wanting to hear.

Thanks Kurt!The photos are in processing phase and trip log wireframe is being prepared. Hopefully soon we would be posting them.Today is just being the Day 2 of the return,everyone is trying to get back to get used office/college routine after 9 days of pure fun and unlimited Biking!!!

I did enjoy the NICE road ride, thank you. I went back home for a short 'one hour' nap. I went to sleep at 1pm in the afternoon and do you know when I got up? 2am in the morning....

Jetlag is indeed a powerful thing.

1pm in afternoon and you got up at 2am..... Holy COW!!!!

I almost fell offmy chair reading this.

WOW! A 13 hour nap! But to be honest, even I was napping all the way in the remaining 650odd km since you guys turned around. It was my 1st looong ride on NH4 and it was too damn boring.. I was stopping like every 1 hour to take a 5 minute nap on a patch of grass on the side of the road

thank the rain gods who kept us awake in the second half of our return journey.....

There has been an overdose of Thank yous in this thread. However, even so, we cannot thank everyone enough. Let me add to the thread to express my gratitude.

- Thanks to all my 4 co-riders to make this memorable trip possible. They were great company.

- Thanks to Praveen Shirali for his inputs in the trip planning phase. A lot of the places we visited were based purely on his suggestions. Thanks once again.

- I would also like to thank praveenmemela from Cochin for his help in route planning.

- Thanks to Nikhil Sood and The MotoCafe, Satyen Poojary,Rohit Upadhyay (xBHp id : beruoist),Kashif (xBhp id : tourer_kashif), Vishwas (xbhp id : trustvishwas), TenHut for all the
help they provided including gear,luggage etc.

- Thanks to Rishabh Shukla,Deven Deshmane and others who were present to see us off at the start of the ride at very early hours in the morning.

- Thanks to Meghan Naik (xbhp id : KwokFist) and his friend Rajat for all the help they provided while we were in and around Mangalore.

- Thanks to all the Bangalore xbhpians including Aditya,Bluevolt, gd76,ang, scorcher, tibby,phanikar and everybody else for making the evening in Bangalore memorable. I am truly overwhelmed by their hospitality. Guys please plan a trip to Pune so we can atleast attempt to return the generosity.

I sincerely apologize if I have missed anyone in the list. Thank you all once again.

I guess you missed Vicky aka xBhp.com : The Global Indian Biking Community - View Profile: chotarascal200 from Bangalore xBHP who met us at Gokarna temple and guided us on our unplanned ride towards Jog Falls and also informed about the 'awesome' Udupi - Mangalore road.

ab jab 'thank you' ka baarish ho rahi hai to let me thank you guys for doing
such a wonderful trip and promoting motorcycle touring and of course thanks for spreading awareness regarding child labour