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NHT Southern Odyssey - 2013
It’s exactly one year after which I am here to share this log about the splendid experience we had on our First ever long ride which lasted for 12 days and 4000+ kms of distance covered.
During the journey we had planned to pen down the experience just after the ride. But unfortunately non of us got much time to even start it.
So what brings me back and forces me to put up this photo feature???
Day before yesterday while browsing some of the logs on xBHP, I came across some rides covering Southern India which reminded me of our Journey. So here I am putting forth our experience of our Southern Odyssey - 12 Days of priceless memories and unmatched fun and experience!
Hope you all like it!!!
Prologue:
This is how it all started!!!
After all the fun that we had in 2012, there was one big ride that was on the cards and we were eagerly planning for the same. It was on Anjarle ride where we decided to hit South in 2013. Plans were in the making for quite some time but due to other priorities we were not quite able to chalk out any concrete plan. It was Neetesh’s Solo ride which inspired us.
Avinash and Pavan could not make it for the ride due to other priorities. So it was just the two of us – myself & Rohan. Neetesh had just returned back from his massive 8k+kms ride. But still he agreed to accompany us halfway till Ooty, after which he was supposed to return back home.
Kerala being my native place I had to pick up the places to be visitied and chalk out a plan. With two whole weeks at our disposal here is what we planned.
Mumbai – Palolem – Manglore – Coorg – Ooty – Munnar – Trivandrum– Kanyakumari – Rameshwaram – Bangalore – Mumbai
Unfortunately at the end we had to exclude Rameshwaram from the itinerary and we left it for the next ride (God knows When!
)So excluding Rameshwaram the final plan was chalked out. Here's the day wise schedule that we followed.
Day 01 – 07th June 2013 – Mumbai – Madgaon
Day 02 – 08th June 2013 – Madgaon – Palolem
Day 03 – 09th June 2013 - Palolem – Mangalore
Day 04 – 10th June 2013 - Mangalore – Madikeri
Day 05 – 11th June 2013 - Madikeri – Ooty
Day 06 – 12th June 2013 - Ooty – Palakkad
Day 07 – 13th June 2013 - Palakkad – Munnar
Day 08 – 14th June 2013 - Munnar – Trivandrum
Day 09 – 15th June 2013 - Trivandrum – Kanyakumari
Day 10 – 16th June 2013 - Kanyakumari – Bangalore
Day 11 – 17th June 2013 - Bangalore – Kolhapur
Day 12 – 18th June 2013 - Kolhapur – Mumbai
Yeah! This plan looks a lot aggressive.
All Ride and No Fun.
But considering the days we had and budget constraints and also the urge to reach the Southern Tip of India, this plan was what we followed.
So to summarize it all -
Days: 12
Total Distance Covered: 4087 kms
States we rode through: Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala & Tamil Nadu
Beaches, Hill Stations, Tea Estates, Forest Reserves, 2 Lane Nightmares, 4 Lane Runways, Torrential Rains... etc etc... The trip had it all...
Here are some teasers from the trip.. Pics from each of the 12 days on road!!!
Day 1 - Kashedi Ghat - Maharashtra
Day 2 - Beach Side Shack Palolem Beach - Goa
Day 3 - Goa Karnataka Border - En-route Mangalore
Day 3 - Murudeshwara - Karnataka (En-route Mangalore)
Day 3 - Coastal Highway Karnataka (En-route Mangalore) That's Neeteesh's Zeemr!!
Day 3 - Coastal Highway - Karnataka - All 3 machines
Day 4 - Fate of Rohan's rear Tyre after multiple punctures - Puttur - Karnataka
Day 4 - Splendid SH88 - En-route Madikeri - Karnataka
Day 5 - Tala Kaveri - Madikeri - Karnataka
Day 5 - Madikeri Karnataka
Day 5 - Masinagudi - En-route Ooty - Tamil Nadu
Day 6 - Botanical Garden - Ooty - Tamil Nadu
Day 6 - Botanical Garden - Ooty - Tamil Nadu
Day 6 - Doddabetta Peak - Ooty - Tamil Nadu
Day 7 - My Native Place - Palakkad - Kerala
Day 7 - Kerala - Tamil Nadu Border - En-route Pollachi
Day - 7 En-route Uduumalpet
Day 7 - Entering Chinar Wildlife Sanctury - Kerala
Day 7 - Chinar Wild Life Sanctury - Kerala
Day 7 - Tea Estates - Munnar - Kerala
Day 7 - Tea Estates Munnar - Kerala
Day 8 - En-route Trivandrum
Day 8 - Cheeyapara Waterfalls En-route Trivandrum
Day 8 - Valara Waterfalls - En-route Trivandrum
Day 9 - Balcony View From TTDC - Kanyakumari - Tamil Nadu
Day 9 - TTDC Kanyakumari - Tamilnadu
Day 10 - Sunrise View Point Kanyakumari - Tamil Nadu
Day 10 - Sunrise - Kayakumari - Tamil Nadu
Day 10 - Thiruvalluvar Statue - Kanyakumari - Tamil Nadu
Day 10 - Thiruvalluvar Statue & Swami Vivekananda Rock Memorial - Kanyakumari - Tamil Nadu
Day 10 - Land's End - Rohan's Steed
Day 10 - Land's End - My Baby!!!
Not much pics were clicked on Day 11 and Day 12 as it was our home run back to Mumbai.
Hope you enjoyed the teasers!
Day 0 + Day 1 - Mumbai - Madgaon Run Coming soon!!!!
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