whats in that image ? image3646...some shell something, whats that ??

I am new to this group, was not aware of other team members, but there is always another day, another ride will surely make a point meet you guys, thanks for the invite.

Yes, these are shells and sold as souvenir's at the beach

Day 5:
Gudalur-Mudhumalai-Bandipur-GopalswamyBetta-Nanjangud-Mysore-Maddur-Bangalore
Weather in Gudalar was chilly and my laziness was catching up with me, but I was already late and behind my schedule due to the unexpected stoppage at Mudhumalai Forest, Checked out from the hotel at 7 00 am , it was bit dark even at 7 in the morning , the sun was a bit lazy and was behind his time. When I happened to start the bike I came across the first sign of trouble, the Battery was down maybe owing to the cold, but a few minutes of waiting bought back the bike to life, thanking my lucky star I moved on towards Bandipur, the ride through the forest early in the morning cannot be expressed, I compared it with the concrete jungle and traffic back in Bangalore-chaotic.
- Sunrise at Gudalur
Cursing my fate for not citing a single wildlife and for wasting money I exited from the forest range office. But riding further I was compensated for the money as I got to see few wild boars, deer and the sanctuary elephants , while this happened I did not realize I was almost out of the forest area and had reached the exit .

A few kilometers away from Bandipur and a deviation to the right is Himavad_Gopalaswamy_Betta , I had heard of birds and wildlife being cited here and took a turn, At the crossing a person in uniform whom I came to know is one of the forest guards asked me to drop him till the temple, normally I do not offer lifts to unknown people but owing to the uniform and the Id card he was carrying I contemplated, during the ride he gave me a disappointing news, the forest range officer has completely banned photography ,except at the temple on the hilltop , I was tempted to break the rules, but refrained from doing that as he was quite serious, he did tell me they have been seeing a tiger every evening at 6.00 near the hills and I had to get a permission from the Forest Office to camp there, and this permission is provided only for those who are doing a research on wildlife L.
After taking a deviation from the highway towards GS Betta, a few kms ahead is a forest check post ,the forest guards gave me a time stamped ticket and allowed 90 of minutes of time to travel 5 kms to reach the temple, visit and be back, since photography was not allowed I completed the visit and ride in 30 minutes.

Disappointed again at the events happening I moved ahead towards Bangalore Via Mysore, Few kms ahead is Nanjangud, the temple here famous for Shiva and today being Monday an auspicious day to visit Shiva temple, I turned my ride towards the temple, I had to wait for half an hour at the railway crossing, he was indeed testing my patience, there were many other devotees who happened to visit the temple today like me and formed a huge crowd. More details of the temple is here


Even though being a Monday afternoon, the highway traffic was chaotic, after enjoying roads which were empty s far as your eyes can see, riding through this bumper to bumper traffic was no less then hell .
However, as all good things come to end so did my trip.
Concluded one amazing, refreshing, exciting, fabulous trip by reaching home at 3.30 pm while clocking 1920 kms.
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