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  • #16
    Re: The 2K Ride to southern tip of India

    DAY 3: Madurai - Bangalore

    We woke up at 7:00 am, freshened up and had a coffee. Walked into meenakshi amman temple. It was very huge, so we took our time and explored slowly. Some parts are restricted for non hindus, we respected that and just roamed around other areas. We went into thousand pillar mandapam. photo were allowed only in some places so we didnt risk taking in cameras, also there was extra charge for camera.

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    Temple west entrance

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    Thousand pillar mandapam

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    Near the west entrance there was small idly shop where we had idly for 10rs only.


    After breakfast we left for the room and took a short nap. Woke up got ready for the return leg of the journey to bangalore. Some odd 400 KMs. Since we had the whole day we rode very relaxed. The rode was butter smooth highway all the way. We took a small break near Salem for lunch and some butt breaks in between too.

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    Lubed my bike's chain somewhere near karur

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    Some fun at short break

    Just before entering Bangalore we hit the 2000Kms mark on the trip meter. My bike crossed 20K kms too. We reached Bangalore around 7:30 PM

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    our faces at end of the trip

    Overall this trip was very eventful and a free ride as we wanted it to be. We were all surprised that there was no body aches even after such long rides. our body got accustomed to this posture maybe. We were happy that we completed 2K journey and reached southern tip as well. Just at the end we discussed our next plan to Kerala. We bid farewell and went to each of our room to rest.

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    Lastly my appreciation to the machines.

    Road condition & Stats:

    Distance travelled:
    440Kms

    Road condition: Madurai - Bangalore Very smooth four laned highway.

    Thanks every one for reading!!

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    • #17
      Re: The 2K Ride to southern tip of India(Kanyakumari)

      Originally posted by aziz View Post
      Hi akshay,

      Thanks for your comments.

      Kanyakumari to Madurai is a beautiful four laned highway. You can easily maintain an average of 90KMPH speed. If you want to take break though the shops are limited, i suggest you to take a break when you see one. Cuz we skipped a few only to find barren land both sides of the road until tirunelveli.

      If you want to try out real flavour of dindukal briyani and if you have enough time i insist you to take the pain of going inside of dindukal city from the by-pass road you would be travelling enroute kodaikanal. There is a small shop named Thalapakatti naidu which is there for a long time and will definitely be worth the it. Be warned it will be a small roadside shop though! Link below.

      Wish you a good ride!

      https://www.tripadvisor.in/Restaurant_Review-g1023973-d5912723-Reviews-Thalappakatti_Naidu_Biriyani_Hotel-Dindigul_Tamil_Nadu.html#review_314348019


      Thanks for a super feedback.
      Ride To Live

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      • #18
        Re: The 2K Ride to southern tip of India

        Good ride, pics and narration. The sunrise pics are too good.
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        • #19
          Re: The 2K Ride to southern tip of India

          Originally posted by koolsantosh22 View Post
          Good ride, pics and narration. The sunrise pics are too good.
          Thanks Santosh.

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          • #20
            Re: The 2K Ride to southern tip of India

            Great going!
            A bike on the road is worth two in the shed.

            Weekend Rides Around Kolkata
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            Hemnagar & Samsernagar
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            • #21
              Re: The 2K Ride to southern tip of India

              Originally posted by krishna77 View Post
              Great going!

              Thanks again Krishna !!

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              • #22
                Re: The 2K Ride to southern tip of India

                seems to be a fun trip.

                beautiful pictures. especially those sun rise ones. nice rides.

                great going
                "It's not who you are underneath, it's what you do that defines you."

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                • #23
                  Re: The 2K Ride to southern tip of India

                  Originally posted by shiv4747 View Post
                  seems to be a fun trip.

                  beautiful pictures. especially those sun rise ones. nice rides.

                  great going
                  Hi Shiv,


                  Yes it was a great fun to be on this trip.


                  Thanks for your kind words.

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                  • #24
                    Re: The 2K Ride to southern tip of India(Kanyakumari)

                    Awesome trip log. Thoroughly enjoyed reading.

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                    • #25
                      Re: The 2K Ride to southern tip of India

                      Good ride.
                      Could have negotiated with the guard to take the bike along the road till Dhanushkodi town. Its beautiful road with sea on both sides.
                      Lucky you to get that shot with train at Pamban Bridge. I am the one on list who has missed it :P
                      Last edited by msuthar25; 12-05-2016, 03:20 PM.
                      BLR-RAMESWARAM-KODIAKANAL-BLR http://www.xbhp.com/talkies/tourer/3...ing-hills.html
                      BLR-KANYAKUMARI-VARKALA-VALPARAI-BLR http://www.xbhp.com/talkies/tourer/3...parai-blr.html
                      BLR-THRISSUR-OOTY-BLR https://www.xbhp.com/talkies/tourer/...laws-home.html

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                      • #26
                        Re: The 2K Ride to southern tip of India(Kanyakumari)

                        Originally posted by PravStar View Post
                        Awesome trip log. Thoroughly enjoyed reading.
                        Thank you. Glad that you enjoyed.

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                        Originally posted by msuthar25 View Post
                        Good ride.
                        Could have negotiated with the guard to take the bike along the road till Dhanushkodi town. Its beautiful road with sea on both sides.
                        Lucky you to get that shot with train at Pamban Bridge. I am the one on list who has missed it :P
                        Thanks for your comment.

                        We tried negotiating with the guard. But since it was dussehra holidays there were a huge crowd and he told he cant allow us alone as others also would want to go.
                        Yes, very lucky to get that shot not once but twice. Sorry to hear that you missed it, but hey that gives us the reason to ride again.

                        And i enjoyed reading your triplog. It helped a lot while planning this trip, thank you!
                        Last edited by aziz; 12-06-2016, 03:28 AM.

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                        • #27
                          Re: The 2K Ride to southern tip of India(Kanyakumari)

                          Originally posted by aziz View Post
                          And i enjoyed reading your triplog. It helped a lot while planning this trip, thank you!
                          Glad it helped. Thanks.
                          BLR-RAMESWARAM-KODIAKANAL-BLR http://www.xbhp.com/talkies/tourer/3...ing-hills.html
                          BLR-KANYAKUMARI-VARKALA-VALPARAI-BLR http://www.xbhp.com/talkies/tourer/3...parai-blr.html
                          BLR-THRISSUR-OOTY-BLR https://www.xbhp.com/talkies/tourer/...laws-home.html

                          INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/maulik__25

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