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**Nio** · 05-13-2009, 04:57 PM

Oh Ananth that's a tourers nightmare you had with your bike

Hopes it never happen to any tourer again... Between how were you able to travel by bus to Chennai after these long hours of ride, fatigue and body pain?.. You are something terrible dude

**Ananth** · 05-13-2009, 05:17 PM

Originally posted by surbhit View Post

Fantastic log man

, really liked it. Really tough end to the trip though.

It's bad that even latest models from RE are unreliable for long trips. Now I know why you were talking about changing the bike that day

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Thanks Surbhit.

But you really don't know why i was speaking about the new ride

Originally posted by Binoy View Post

Nice beautiful trip ananth... Keep it up...

Thanks Binoy!

Originally posted by Nio View Post

Oh Ananth that's a tourers nightmare you had with your bike

Hopes it never happen to any tourer again... Between how were you able to travel by bus to Chennai after these long hours of ride, fatigue and body pain?.. You are something terrible dude

I would still say R E is very reliable.

Its because of my fault (Swapped the battery lines to direct, without connecting the fuse)

And yeah, i was indeed tired after the journey and traveling in the bus made it terrific

MG · 05-15-2009, 10:21 AM

Finally got time to read through the whole log.Excellent stuff there. Some places are really very beautiful.Specially liked the wood forest, the fall, the wind mill section.

Btw what's the place in last 3 pictures of Day 4 ?

**Ananth** · 05-15-2009, 02:19 PM

Originally posted by MG_Biker1806 View Post

Finally got time to read through the whole log.Excellent stuff there. Some places are really very beautiful.Specially liked the wood forest, the fall, the wind mill section.

Btw what's the place in last 3 pictures of Day 4 ?

Thanks MG. The place., was a Theme park near Chalakudy - some 20 kilometers Between Chalakudy / Athirampalli.

**rossiter** · 05-20-2009, 07:45 PM

Ananth, awesome ride.. I was there in a few parts in December with Mithun, and I second your thoughts about the place. Mithun will also agree am sure

Your experience about the TBTS was invaluable.

**Ananth** · 05-20-2009, 11:05 PM

Originally posted by rossiter View Post

Ananth, awesome ride.. I was there in a few parts in December with Mithun, and I second your thoughts about the place. Mithun will also agree am sure

Your experience about the TBTS was invaluable.

Thanks Akhil. Glad you liked it..

As a matter of fact, i was kicking myself when i read your "Spirit of brotherhood" thread, and that i was just dreaming every since of a kerala trip., This one did it all..

Over all a fabulous trip for me - Taught me many things and learnt a lot of things like fixing up a puncture, fixing up fuses, and mostly learnt to be a safe rider rather than a fast rider..

Planning up a PAN kerala trip some time soon, but again leaves and funds dont exist all the time.. so awaiting for the time to come in..

**ravi@17bhp** · 05-21-2009, 12:53 AM

Ananth, that was a horrifying experience for you on the last day. I am surprised to see the electrical problems and the clutch wire problem.

Thanks for the places you have shown to us. They are really nice, specially the Athirampally falls. Did not you visit Vazhachal falls?? I guess they are on the same route. It is also a very beautiful falls.

Though Munnar is close to Tamilnadu border, while the Munnar is very cool place, as soon as you cross Tamilnadu border it becomes very hot, on either side.

Seems the ride is of mixed experiences to you. Down the line, you will remember only the positive side of the trip and you will forget the negative side.

**Ananth** · 05-21-2009, 11:05 AM

Originally posted by ravi@17bhp View Post

Ananth, that was a horrifying experience for you on the last day. I am surprised to see the electrical problems and the clutch wire problem.

Thanks for the places you have shown to us. They are really nice, specially the Athirampally falls. Did not you visit Vazhachal falls?? I guess they are on the same route. It is also a very beautiful falls.

Though Munnar is close to Tamilnadu border, while the Munnar is very cool place, as soon as you cross Tamilnadu border it becomes very hot, on either side.

Seems the ride is of mixed experiences to you. Down the line, you will remember only the positive side of the trip and you will forget the negative side.

Thanks Ravi.. Yes the positives is what keeps us going..

I missed out on the Vazhachal falls, frankly i didnt even knew where it was

But anyway, the sun was setting down once we started from Athirampally and the clutch cable mishap just added a lil more time and hence we had to rush back to Pollachi..

And yes, The other side of munnar (chinnar+) was so hot that i was dehydrated and tired.. Valparai was cooler though..

**amar** · 05-21-2009, 04:23 PM

nice pics man...

**Ananth** · 05-21-2009, 10:36 PM

Originally posted by amar View Post

nice pics man...

Thanks Amar!

**wolf11** · 05-21-2009, 10:42 PM

you put a lota effort and patience into this log

and the trip seems like a real vacation huh?

nice one man... like the Tbird..

take care

**rossiter** · 05-21-2009, 11:16 PM

Originally posted by ananth View Post

Thanks Ravi.. Yes the positives is what keeps us going..

I missed out on the Vazhachal falls, frankly i didnt even knew where it was

But anyway, the sun was setting down once we started from Athirampally and the clutch cable mishap just added a lil more time and hence we had to rush back to Pollachi..

If you went to Pollachi from Athirampally Falls, then you would've crossed Vazhachal.. which is just about 6-7 kms from Athirampally.

See here:

S India Trip - Motorcycling -

**Ananth** · 05-21-2009, 11:42 PM

Originally posted by wolf11 View Post

you put a lota effort and patience into this log

and the trip seems like a real vacation huh?

nice one man... like the Tbird..

take care

Thanks wolfie!

Originally posted by rossiter View Post

If you went to Pollachi from Athirampally Falls, then you would've crossed Vazhachal.. which is just about 6-7 kms from Athirampally.

See here:

S India Trip - Motorcycling -

Oh i missed it.. The roads from Athirampally to Chalakudy were too good that we just kept riding till Chalakudy

MY bad.. should have stopped by and asked for the falls...

Anyway., Thanks for the link, would definitely visit the falls next time around

**ken cool** · 05-22-2009, 12:39 PM

Beautiful girls whose husbands turn up the moment you think of breaking the ice, blood sucking leeches that just would not let go, crocodiles sleeping with mouth open for birds to clean them up, tahrs that pose, mixing political discussions with budget hotel rooms and finally the Bullet electricals giving way... an amazing trip there. Loved reading through all of it.

Did you get into the theme park on Day 3? Looked like an interesting place.

Thanks for sharing.

Edit: I cannot see the maps anymore!

**rossiter** · 05-22-2009, 01:17 PM

Originally posted by ananth View Post

Oh i missed it.. The roads from Athirampally to Chalakudy were too good that we just kept riding till Chalakudy

MY bad.. should have stopped by and asked for the falls...

Anyway., Thanks for the link, would definitely visit the falls next time around

Ok now I'm confused. If you went to Athirampally from Sholayar Dam, then you would have crossed Vazhachal Falls. It's BEFORE Athirampally when approaching from Sholayar.

Also, did you purposely go via Thrissur to Pollachi? Because you could've just turned back from Athirampally, back tracked and headed to Pollachi past Sholayar again. You'd be crossing Parambikulam lake etc, another place worth visiting, and you'd have avoided the nonsense traffic at Trichur etc.

Let me read your log again to make sure I figured out the route properly.

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