Re: Ride to The Grand Canyon of India - Gandikota, Belum Caves

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Lovely pictures, yet to check out the video though!

Re: Ride to The Grand Canyon of India - Gandikota, Belum Caves

Nice ride and pictures Arun. Bring on the rest of the log.

Re: Ride to The Grand Canyon of India - Gandikota, Belum Caves

awesome pictures, i am keeping this on my list of places to visit! that salute picture of the group is super cool!!

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Awesome shots [emoji108] [emoji106]

Re: Ride to The Grand Canyon of India - Gandikota, Belum Caves

Wow! Another log of Gandikota! A really fascinating place.
Nicely captured.

Re: Ride to The Grand Canyon of India - Gandikota, Belum Caves

Never thought this place can be so green.Wonderful pics and nice trip . Gandikota on my list now.

Re: Ride to The Grand Canyon of India - Gandikota, Belum Caves

Previous day evening while roaming around the forts one of my friend tripped over and fell on a rock hurting his hand very badly. the place we stayed was very far from the city and there were no clinics or doctors were around. I took him on bike to nearest clinic which was around 15km from the place we stayed, however there were no hospitals. we found one small clinic and by the look itself he said to take him to a big hospital where they can take his x-ray and do a proper checkup. But the nearest hospital was about 60km far and there was no guarantee doctors will be available at that time. It was already night by then so doctor suggested to take him on the next day morning to hospital. So we returned back to the place where we stayed,hwoever he couldn't sleep all night with the pain even after keeping ice packs around him.


So next day morning, my friend Canute came to his rescue. Being attended first aid session he knew what needs to be done and with the limited resources he improvised a perfect support for his hands. Here is for you to see rather than explaining!





























This was so perfect that, all the pain got stopped as there was no more moevment of his hands, and we continued the trip(as he wanted the same) to belum caves. This will show how important it is to attend a first aid session and I have seen him helping people who met in road accidents earlier once we went on a group ride too. Doctor was so much impressed on the setup when we showed it the next day in bangalore and appreciate what we have done. So much to be proud of!


I have posted this on reddit( /r/DIY section) and it was on the top most list for the whole day.







Few of us missed another part of Gandikota previous day, so we went there for a quick stroll before everyone else got ready.













Started by 9:00 Am we head towards Belum caves.





Interesting read about belum caves "Belum Caves is the second largest cave in Indian subcontinent and the longest caves in plains of Indian Subcontinent, known for its stalactite and stalagmite formations. Belum Caves have long passages, spacious chambers, fresh water galleries and siphons. It is a natural underground cave formed by the constant flow of underground water.
[IMG]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belum_Caves
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It was almost past noon and we started back to bangalore after having lunch. While coming back we took the quicker root, ie through Hyderabad highway.


Here is the map link if anyone need : https://goo.gl/maps/N4xNF



“Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.” – Gustave Flaubert

Thank you Monk Do watch the video

Thanks Santosh

Thank you

Thanks Jatin

Thanks Krishna

It was green and cool except during the afternoon. We were lucky on the second day as it was cloudy. First day we literally got roasted in the noon!

Re: Ride to The Grand Canyon of India - Gandikota, Belum Caves

Great catures from inside the cave!

Re: Ride to The Grand Canyon of India - Gandikota, Belum Caves

Great pics and thanks for sharing the amzing hand support. Today I learnt something new on this site unrelated to biking... Although I hope I would never need to use this knowledge in future

Re: Ride to The Grand Canyon of India - Gandikota, Belum Caves

The Cave is looking great from inside

Re: Ride to The Grand Canyon of India - Gandikota, Belum Caves

Thanks Krishna

Thanks Rachit

Thanks Vini