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In the midst of the big rides happening around here is one short ride that I did.
27|04|09
This ride was planned by Vignesh and it was overdue for a log time. There were 5 riders for this ride initially but later we two ( Vignesh and myself) were the ones who were in for the ride. So it was a monday and we were just a week away from our final semester exams of our engineering. We planned to start as early as possible to avoid the heat and so did we . Started at 4:30 am and started riding towards the Golden Quadrilateral towards Kanchipuram. The plan was to go to Tiruvannamalai through Kanchipuram and return via Thindivanam after visiting the Gingee fort. The route that we took.
We were enjoying the early morning start in the GQ. We were doing speeds of 80-90kmph. It was a surprise that we didn't come across any cars in that road. The trucks and few buses were our companions. Overtaking the biggies were an easy task and I appreciate the truck drivers for respecting our puny little bikes and giving us way. I have to thank my bikes headlamps for that
. There was one truck which was doing speeds equal to us. I could see the fella in my rear view mirror and he was asking for way. We obliged to the mighty guy and let him go past us. When he overtook us , my speedo read 90kmph. Man that truck was fast!!! Soon we crossed Sriperambathur and in a few minutes the diversion towards Kanchipuram came. Kanchipuram was some 5kms off the diversion. From GQ now it was the single lane State Highways. Reached Kanchipuram and spotted a tea stall for our first break. We have done the 65 odd kms in under one hour. It was 5:20 when we stopped here. Had tea and took these pics.
Vignesh
Me
From here the route was through state highways SH1 till a place called Dusi and after Dusi had to take right on Sh5. The state highways were not in their best form. Roads were bumpy and potholes were plenty. But the beauty of scenic villages on the side made us comfortable inspite of bad roads. Stopped at this place for some pics.
Then started riding towards Dusi. This road was infested with trucks that carry sand. And here is the reason for that!
The long queue of trucks!
The X that had gone bad
Don't know if it was legal or not but look at the number of trucks that are waiting to collect sand from the riverbed. Now we knew where was that truck (which overtook us) was rushing to!
And few kms from here we again stopped for these sun rise pics!
Vignesh scrapping his knee on a bullock cart
After crossing Dusi we were looking for the right to take Sh5, and found it soon. The roads were not improving much. But it offered us a scenic route.
More pics!!!
We were riding towards a place called Arani. Soon we were stunned to this beautiful spot. This patch of land had these trees that were an awesome sight. Did some off roading to bring our bikes here for pics.
Me
Vignesh behind the woods
After a while we reached Arani. And here we have to take Sh1 towards Tiruvannamalai. And man we were surprised to see awesome roads ! They were butter smooth and newly laid roads. They were similar to GQ except that they were single laned. Was a bliss to ride on these roads after facing the bad roads for a while.
The super smooth SH1
It was 8:00am when we took these pics and decided to stop at the next town for breakfast. The next town was Polur. Found a decent hotel and had breakfast. Searched around for ATM and took some cash. Tiruvannamalai was some 30 kms away. Soon reached Tiruvannamalai and we were welcomed with the morning traffic. It was bearable, asked the way to the temple and soon reached the Arunachala Temple. Found parking space, parked the bikes, deposited our bag and helmets at a cloak room and went to the temple. I just love the architecture of this temple. Have been to this temple once in my P180. Took few snaps inside the temple.
Vignesh at Tiruvannamalai temple
Vignesh getting blessings from the temple elephant
Lord Ganesh
The temple
After offering our prayers at the temple we were out by around 11:00 am. Rest of the log and pics of the Gingee fort coming up soon!
27|04|09
This ride was planned by Vignesh and it was overdue for a log time. There were 5 riders for this ride initially but later we two ( Vignesh and myself) were the ones who were in for the ride. So it was a monday and we were just a week away from our final semester exams of our engineering. We planned to start as early as possible to avoid the heat and so did we . Started at 4:30 am and started riding towards the Golden Quadrilateral towards Kanchipuram. The plan was to go to Tiruvannamalai through Kanchipuram and return via Thindivanam after visiting the Gingee fort. The route that we took.
We were enjoying the early morning start in the GQ. We were doing speeds of 80-90kmph. It was a surprise that we didn't come across any cars in that road. The trucks and few buses were our companions. Overtaking the biggies were an easy task and I appreciate the truck drivers for respecting our puny little bikes and giving us way. I have to thank my bikes headlamps for that
. There was one truck which was doing speeds equal to us. I could see the fella in my rear view mirror and he was asking for way. We obliged to the mighty guy and let him go past us. When he overtook us , my speedo read 90kmph. Man that truck was fast!!! Soon we crossed Sriperambathur and in a few minutes the diversion towards Kanchipuram came. Kanchipuram was some 5kms off the diversion. From GQ now it was the single lane State Highways. Reached Kanchipuram and spotted a tea stall for our first break. We have done the 65 odd kms in under one hour. It was 5:20 when we stopped here. Had tea and took these pics.Vignesh
Me
From here the route was through state highways SH1 till a place called Dusi and after Dusi had to take right on Sh5. The state highways were not in their best form. Roads were bumpy and potholes were plenty. But the beauty of scenic villages on the side made us comfortable inspite of bad roads. Stopped at this place for some pics.
Then started riding towards Dusi. This road was infested with trucks that carry sand. And here is the reason for that!
The long queue of trucks!
The X that had gone bad
Don't know if it was legal or not but look at the number of trucks that are waiting to collect sand from the riverbed. Now we knew where was that truck (which overtook us) was rushing to!
And few kms from here we again stopped for these sun rise pics!
Vignesh scrapping his knee on a bullock cart
After crossing Dusi we were looking for the right to take Sh5, and found it soon. The roads were not improving much. But it offered us a scenic route.
More pics!!!
We were riding towards a place called Arani. Soon we were stunned to this beautiful spot. This patch of land had these trees that were an awesome sight. Did some off roading to bring our bikes here for pics.
Me
Vignesh behind the woods
After a while we reached Arani. And here we have to take Sh1 towards Tiruvannamalai. And man we were surprised to see awesome roads ! They were butter smooth and newly laid roads. They were similar to GQ except that they were single laned. Was a bliss to ride on these roads after facing the bad roads for a while.
The super smooth SH1
It was 8:00am when we took these pics and decided to stop at the next town for breakfast. The next town was Polur. Found a decent hotel and had breakfast. Searched around for ATM and took some cash. Tiruvannamalai was some 30 kms away. Soon reached Tiruvannamalai and we were welcomed with the morning traffic. It was bearable, asked the way to the temple and soon reached the Arunachala Temple. Found parking space, parked the bikes, deposited our bag and helmets at a cloak room and went to the temple. I just love the architecture of this temple. Have been to this temple once in my P180. Took few snaps inside the temple.
Vignesh at Tiruvannamalai temple
Vignesh getting blessings from the temple elephant
Lord Ganesh
The temple
After offering our prayers at the temple we were out by around 11:00 am. Rest of the log and pics of the Gingee fort coming up soon!
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