Super cool man... wonderful ride... sure had a lot of fun I guess...

Been a long time.. how're you doing man?

finally the thread is up. nice pics da. post day234 soon

Hey Ananth,

Nice to see the thread opened (hope you did not have any problems).
Good write up for the day 1. Did you find any Tigers/Wild cats on the way up Kemmengundi?

Pictures are beautiful and it depicts nature's best. Hope we get to see like this for more time before it all spoiled by Commercialization! Waiting for rest of the story.

Thanks.

Thanks sir. Im fine, Its been long since we met, do ride in to a meet sometime.

Thanks machi. Would post the logs one by one from tonight.

Cool man.. things've been a lil hectic... with a new kiddo at home... and a small mini vacation of 15 days .. 1967KMs done... and the job!!! hope you do understand...

Will definitely try and make it to the next G2G - BTW when is it?

Thanks Sriram. I dont think Kemmangundi is a much sought after place (Unlike wayanad / any other tourist infested area). Commercialization would take some more time here

May be its the reason, even the accommodation is hard to find here!

Yeah i completely understand. There would be a GTG every weekend normally, If not try & attend this ride : http://www.xbhp.com/talkies/xbhp-off...-calimere.html

Do check the Chennai xBhp thread for any lousy announcements for Weekend GTGs

Few more pics from Sudeep's Cam:

Day 2: A misty Ride
Strange that there were lot of three wheelers a.k.a Auto Rickshaws plying by with more than half a dozen people inside and still managing to climb the steep roads. The last few kilometers to the hill saw a few abandoned / damaged houses. Also, there were so many people walking upto these places, somwehere like 15 kilometers from the next possible village!


With just about 75 kilometers to go, we rather took it easy to ride the remaining kilometers. With ample breaks every now and then, the slight drizzle poking into the face & greenery to live with throughout made the ride even more comfortable.There were n number of twisties to live with. The roads were thankfully broad enough with moderate traffic. We rode on continuously for another hour or so. We needed a break, definitely needed a break. With continuous cornering every now & then our hip & shoulders were sort of aching. Spotted a Coffee shop midway & stopped by. Tasted some refreshing coffee after a long time. Heck! I even bought some coffee powder from there


Kalasa was nearby, some 30 kilometers something. We reached the outskirts of Kalasa around Sunset. Sat around a tributary of Bhadra river. It was so awesome there, which cannot be expressed in words. You had to be sitting there on the banks of the river thinking about nothing, worrying about nothing. I really seemed enjoying it. Afterwards we saw a good game of khabbadi played by the local kids. It was some competitive tournament & there were official referees for the game.

Beautiful Ananth. We intended to do this route sometimes during August end, but, we couldn't do it. I'm now seeing what I'd missed!!!

Outstanding ride report Ananth - and am sure you guys had one helluva time!!! Wonderful to read - definitely will have to plan a ride/drive here for myself!!!

Yeah, you missed it Big time. Western Ghats need to be experienced in Monsoon season.

Thanks! We did have a good time riding in there

Post processing lam konjam extra, but , nee nadathu maaplai!

Yen sir, Nalla illiya?

Day 3: Run to the Coast!

Day 3: Run to the Coast!

The Alarm rang at 7 AM, Sudeep by then had already got ready for the day. Hot water was very soothing in the cold weather. Within a hour we checked out the hotel, tied up the bags & rolled up towards Kudremukha. The roads were really good, excellent set of twisties to warm us up & yeah the sun hardly came out of the clouds. For most part of the day, We hardly saw the sun out. As we neared Kudremukha, The scenery kept on amazing us. Any thing from green paddy fields to Tea / Coffee plantations to tributaries of smaller rivers.


Tomorrow, We ride back home via Marvanthe Beach to Malpe to Mangalore to Hassan to Bangalore!

Nalla irukku sir, but lighta over do pannirka, but pinnirka po..

Good work!