should have tried Punjabi Dhaba at KK great veg food.I'm a bong too but hate those Bong Restros food so when ever I was in KK Punjabi Dhaba is the place for my food.

Enjoying the log till now at its best...Eagerly waiting for the rest...

A well enjoyed down to earth ride .

wonderful shots of sunset,keep pouring more

Cheers
Biru

Nice Teaser...Super pics...Now please serve the main course

Thanks a lot guys for liking the log and also sorry for the delayed updates, being an employee of the World's third largest Investment Bank means extended work hours and less time for personal life during weekends....OK OK....without cribbing much about my job anymore lets cut directly to day 2


Day 2:: Day 1 ended with the regular status update call to my mother and as usual I got bashing for another long ride that too in summers, after couple of minutes of bashing I got orders to visit the Kumari Kanya temple and other holy places which I out of disinterest agreed and kept the call. Perfect example of a Momma's boy
Subrata had already plans to capture the sunrise and we settled for that. well, momma's boy please keep quiet now and don't retaliate


Morning 6:15 and we were ready to start the day. Capturing the silhouette of Vivekananda rock as the foreground for the rising sun was the dream which we had whole night. But the jinx of the trip haunted us in our this plan too. Over reliance on technology is the culprit this time. Android weather app ( Google proprietary) showed 6:27 AM sunrise time for the day and we were at the "venue" by 6:30, only to find that we were 15 minutes late and missed the glorious rising sun


Out came the DR plan ( for non IT guys DR means Disaster recovery )... chuck the silhouette and switch to other subject.


So here how it goes.....already risen sun captured as sunset...Hats off to our Creativity :aikido:





A fisherman collecting the sea-shells. does anyone remember this childhood tongue twister


She sells seashells on the seashore;
The shells that she sells are seashells I'm sure.
So if she sells seashells on the seashore,
I'm sure that the shells are seashore shells.





The first sign of the beautiful water





Oh yes, I did visit the Kumari Kanya temple but it was confined to completing one full cirlce across its periference. Promise was of visiting it not of entering it
The agnostic rider soul at its best again and God must be taking note of it.

Time for breakfast and we again had paper dosa and Vada with 2 full cups of tea. Man these people really know how to make awesome Vada's. Tummy was full and it was time for some morning walk before we can again retire for bed till afternoon . Some few more snaps came along the way


if you won't bless us with Sunrise we will capture the view in some other way



This is just some abstract photography



It was already 8:30 AM and we decided to take some rest. Oh yes!!! we are morning sleepers. Subbu checked the clicks at the lodge before retiring for the bed..


12:00 noon and we were back in action. G maps came out again, it doesn't matter how much destiny tries to trick us with its wicked tricks we will go by our tried and tested ways . Zeroed on Muttapathi Fisherman colony to be as our next target. NS was still out of fuel and ZMA was proudly boasting of its half full tank..
Sigh!!!!It has to be pillion ride again...15 mins of GPS navigated ride and we were at the fisherman colony. What we saw next can be best described via SLR captures only


Calm sea showing us its serenity



Who said wrecked boats doesn't provide a nice view



The fishing boat. Well, its their daily source of bread and butter



Motley collections of boats all set for the hunt



Half a KM walk and it led us to this pavement.



Another view of the pavement. different angles and different aperture width adds dimension to the view





Now the same pavement san the boats





Time for some posing. Enough of objects, subjects and nature beauty. Afterall it was we who made this trip possible. No point keeping the trip log bereft of us.


Subrata, As always his love for staying geared up showed here too





Often camera shy me trying to give an uncharacteristic pose. The newly grown mustache needed a showcasing





During our self obsessive photo-shoot a fisherman stopped by. From his half Tamil, half English accent I could only make out that he was asking where we were coming from.
I proudly replied, Bangalore 11 hours ride . The look on his face was worth million dollars... half amused, half confused he ran out of words and continuously repeated Bangalore 4-5 times along with his some Tamil banters. When he left the riders inside us high five'd and we marched on to explore the village more. Exploring the unknown is and has always been fun.


after 1 KM of off-roading we reached the other end of the village, and I found the rock where I will mediate. If Narendra nath can mediate ,become Swami Vivekananda in the same town and also acquire Nirvana then why not me. After all I am also a bong like him .
The meditation rock for the Wannabee Narendranath





While I was literally trying to meditate and freeing up my mind from weird chain of thoughts, Subbu was busy clicking the waves. For him, capturing the moment and places is what matters the most and being a nice roomie I always let him be. For the next 10 minutes he was busy and came up with some nice shots


Cant stop shooting this from different F distance
20 mm



200 mm





Aha!!! some nice waves



10 mins later Subbu kicked me on my back and made me realize that with all the "paap's" I have done in my lifetime, I simply cant achieve Nirvana by meditation. Even if I do, I will have to live a celibate life...... Oh well!!! mere thought of celibacy made me realize that I'll have die as a single soul if it happens.
Vatican city has recently conferred its new Pope and they don't need another one very soon, also my Bahamas honeymoon plan was still ON. Stood up and trudged off to explore more :excited:


We visited the Vivekanada Ashram next and man what a place it was. so much peace and calm. we wanted to stop and capture but then peace shouldn't be disturbed. 5 mins of travel inside the ashram and we were out in the city again. A wrong led us to the "right" place. 3 Bengali restaurants were lined up provoking us to attack them....Oh yes, It was already 2:15 PM. Lunch time folks. We stopped, spoke to each other via our eyes and decided.... cut the crap of idli vada sambhar dosa and thali when there is "Ilish maach" and "Bhetki"
Ilish is Hilsa Fish found mostly in sea water and Bhetki is barramundi fish, another sea water delicacy


We entered the Amar Bangla hotel and ordered typical bong Thali consisting of Rice, Masur Daal, Alu posto ( Potato cooked in mustard sauce ) , Saag Bhaja ( Spinach ), Cabbage masala and ofcourse fish . Quenching our Bong tummy took its own sweet time and by the time we were finished gobbling, burping took over


The amar bangla Hotel





Now as were painted and dented in Bong color ( pun Intended ), like a true Bengali it was decided that its the time to hit the bed again. Bengali's are one of the laziest people and love their afternoon nap so much. How could we have gone outside that tradition. Came back and dozed off, promising sunset and sea bath will be the motto for the evening.


5:30 PM and we were ready again to explore the same secluded beach ( where we had encountered foreign beauties ) this time to take a proper sea bath and capture the setting sun.


On the way to the beach we encountered this view



5 minutes later we reached that place and man it was our lucky day. Waves were at their full flow and sun was proudly taking the leave after a hard day at office


The panoramic view of the place



Me in awe of the waves
Brings the waves on




Subbu thinking how far can I swim against the tide





For the next few images I will let the pics do the talking and leave it to the readers to enjoy the sight and caption them











The best shot of the trip.. Took 15 mins and 3-4 camera setting changes to make it picture perfect





It took the nightfall to shoo us away from that place. Time for tanking up for the return journey and have a light dinner. Took a shower after reaching the lodge and went for Gas station hunt. The first turn and cops stopped us asking for License and RC. I showed him both. Karnataka registration compelled him to ask me again the same rhetorical question of our starting destination. Out came Bangalore as the answer in a Jiffy... Bangalore aaa, Bike aaa, Crazy aaa.......... I just smiled took back my DL and went ahead for refueling. Refuel, Air pressure check has to be followed by the dinner. We stopped by a hotel which screamed loudly "marwadi, Gujrati, Punjabi and other north indian thali available" , only to find that he just had one one so called North Indian Thali which he believes that entire West India and North Indian people happily eats.


Another point taken away from Amma for having such crooks there :cry2: Point tally now stands at +1 v/s -2
It was very hot and humid there and Subbu promptly suggested that lets leave by 2 AM so by the first ray of sunlight we cover the maximum distance. My first reaction was "how the hell we will capture the windmills at 2 in the night?". He just said next ride to KK and we will do that. I grumbled.....whatever..huh....


It has been an eventful day, exploring the unexpected, finding some pleasant and some not so pleasant surprises. with all these thoughts and sweating bodies we retired by 10:30 PM with a plan to ride out by 2 AM.


Short log of the final day to follow soon...............

Baap re baap. what amazing pics of those waves. Hats off, sire.
And, congrats on your new buy. Delivery date?

Superb camera work, nice road trip and very well written trip log laced with lot of humor...loved the dream of Bahamas honeymoon, we are good friends says a GF cliche etc... Nice one buddy..my next trip will be to Kanya kumari

Nice pictures..I would have pissed my pants if I were the one clicking that pictures of waves
Selling the new NS for ninja ?


Don't forget to use the multi-quote

Classic pics, love those Wave's shot... great trip sirji.

And finally the most controversial pic of this tour defying all safety riding habits and just posing for the camera

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