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Prelude
We got up and got ready. Then we found the Suzuki SVC and gave them the bike. The guys there looked at us like some anti social elements the minute they heard we are coming from Bangalore and going to Goa! They said all slots got booked and we cant get the bike serviced today. Another hurdle. Not a problem. I met the manager and explained him the situation. He finally agreed but said I can get the bike delivered only by evening. There goes our Goa plan. Another hurdle. Not a problem. We gave the bike, had breakfast and went to Karkala. Mangalore food is really good I must say. Some random hotel you enter and the food is guraranteed to be good. Anyways, the roads towards Karkala were bone crushing to say the least. Along side, we stopped to click a few pics of the Nagarjuna Power Plant. It looked like a nuclear plant but it is a thermal plant. This is the first time I am seeing a power plant. A good while later we reached Karkala. Bone jarring ride it was to say the least. Here we saw the Gomateshwar statue and the Jain Basadi near it. Back to Mangalore. I could barely walk normally by this point. Legs and back were so damn tired. Time to treat ourselves. So went ahead and had the great Ideals Ice cream. It was super good. Collected the bike and went back to the room. I was almost sure of quitting the ride and returing to Bangalore in a 4 lane road by now. I was so damn tired. Every bone in the body was paining.
Some pics of day 2
We had about 400 KM to cover for the day. But we were dead tired last night. We managed to start off by 8:30 AM and in a while we reached Karlaka. The roads around this town is horrible. Then proceeded towards Kudremukh. Stopped on the highway for a few clicks and we entered the forest. The roads were awesome to a great extent. The scenery, weather and the roads made me fall in love with the Western Ghats. Here also we saw snakes crossing the roads a couple of times. We stopped for tea breaks at a couple of places and our lunch was some 5 bananas each at Hirebyle. It was unbelievable for us that the price of them was just 1 rupee each. This is what happens if you are exposed only to the city. There is something called as honey chocolates. These used to cost 2 rupees each when I was in school. I saw a packet with some 20. Asked the price. It was 20 bucks. So bought the entire packet for later use
A few KM after this was bad roads again. Stopped at a couple of places for photo and tea breaks. The return was pretty quick. The last 250 odd KM was on the plains with awesome roads. So we took a few breaks and reached Bangalore by 6 in the evening.
This is where this guy's bike reached 10,000 KM
The first date with the Western Ghats made me fall in love with it again. So many different things we saw and experienced. So many different roads we went in. 6 lane? Check! 4 lane? Check! 2 lane? Check! no lane? Check! Butter smooth roads? Check! Crappy roads? Check! Arrow straight roads? Check! Curves? Check! Hairpin bends? Check! Off road? Check! Dust storm? Check! Rain? Check! Fog? Check! Thermal power plant? Check! Snakes? Check! Buddhist monastery? Check! Light house? Check! Temples? Check! Jain temples? Check! Estates? Check! Great food? Check! Fantastic trip? Check!
There is a great feeling that you get if you do something against so many odds and hurdles. I thank Optimus for being a faithful companion throughout the trip. I promise I will take you to an awesome service center for your next service. I thank all my other friends who gave me the right inputs and help for this trip. I am waiting for my next trip to the ghats.
Prelude
We got up and got ready. Then we found the Suzuki SVC and gave them the bike. The guys there looked at us like some anti social elements the minute they heard we are coming from Bangalore and going to Goa! They said all slots got booked and we cant get the bike serviced today. Another hurdle. Not a problem. I met the manager and explained him the situation. He finally agreed but said I can get the bike delivered only by evening. There goes our Goa plan. Another hurdle. Not a problem. We gave the bike, had breakfast and went to Karkala. Mangalore food is really good I must say. Some random hotel you enter and the food is guraranteed to be good. Anyways, the roads towards Karkala were bone crushing to say the least. Along side, we stopped to click a few pics of the Nagarjuna Power Plant. It looked like a nuclear plant but it is a thermal plant. This is the first time I am seeing a power plant. A good while later we reached Karkala. Bone jarring ride it was to say the least. Here we saw the Gomateshwar statue and the Jain Basadi near it. Back to Mangalore. I could barely walk normally by this point. Legs and back were so damn tired. Time to treat ourselves. So went ahead and had the great Ideals Ice cream. It was super good. Collected the bike and went back to the room. I was almost sure of quitting the ride and returing to Bangalore in a 4 lane road by now. I was so damn tired. Every bone in the body was paining.
Some pics of day 2
We had about 400 KM to cover for the day. But we were dead tired last night. We managed to start off by 8:30 AM and in a while we reached Karlaka. The roads around this town is horrible. Then proceeded towards Kudremukh. Stopped on the highway for a few clicks and we entered the forest. The roads were awesome to a great extent. The scenery, weather and the roads made me fall in love with the Western Ghats. Here also we saw snakes crossing the roads a couple of times. We stopped for tea breaks at a couple of places and our lunch was some 5 bananas each at Hirebyle. It was unbelievable for us that the price of them was just 1 rupee each. This is what happens if you are exposed only to the city. There is something called as honey chocolates. These used to cost 2 rupees each when I was in school. I saw a packet with some 20. Asked the price. It was 20 bucks. So bought the entire packet for later use
A few KM after this was bad roads again. Stopped at a couple of places for photo and tea breaks. The return was pretty quick. The last 250 odd KM was on the plains with awesome roads. So we took a few breaks and reached Bangalore by 6 in the evening. This is where this guy's bike reached 10,000 KM
The first date with the Western Ghats made me fall in love with it again. So many different things we saw and experienced. So many different roads we went in. 6 lane? Check! 4 lane? Check! 2 lane? Check! no lane? Check! Butter smooth roads? Check! Crappy roads? Check! Arrow straight roads? Check! Curves? Check! Hairpin bends? Check! Off road? Check! Dust storm? Check! Rain? Check! Fog? Check! Thermal power plant? Check! Snakes? Check! Buddhist monastery? Check! Light house? Check! Temples? Check! Jain temples? Check! Estates? Check! Great food? Check! Fantastic trip? Check!
There is a great feeling that you get if you do something against so many odds and hurdles. I thank Optimus for being a faithful companion throughout the trip. I promise I will take you to an awesome service center for your next service. I thank all my other friends who gave me the right inputs and help for this trip. I am waiting for my next trip to the ghats.
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