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This is my first ever attempt at writing a travelogue. Pardon me if it is too long/too boring.
Me and my friends went on this trip during 27th - 30th August.
Smaller images are click-able thumbnails.
Escape from the monotony of college life
The day is 18th August and here I am, sitting in the classroom. The teacher goes on and on about some ROM chip in an embedded system. I'm almost asleep when my friend, Vishwas, sitting beside me brings me up from my sleep and asks me whether I'm game for a 3-day trip to chikamagalur and surrounding areas, by bike. I was excited and I said yes immediately. Excited, because this would be my very first long ride out out of the city. Now, another buddy of mine, Harsha, is from Chikamagalur(CKM) and hence has the knowledge of all the places around CKM. Within the next few days, he chalks out a trip-plan. It went like this:
Day1: Leave Bangalore in the afternoon and reach CKM by night.
Day2: Kemmangundi & Mullyangiri.
Day3: Hornadu, Kudremukh & Sringeri.
Day4: Belur, Halebidu and back to Bangalore by night.
We decided that we will leave Bangalore on 27th August (Thursday). I hadn't told my parents about this until a few days before the trip. Dad was surprised when I said that we are going by bikes. He was hesitant and so was Mom. Dad said ask your sis, who had already said a yes
. Somehow, I convinced them and before long it was afternoon on the 27th of August. I was anxious to get on my bike and just ride.
Number of bikes: Four. (Two P150s, One P180 and an FZ16. All black.)
Number of people: Eight.
Date: Thursday, 27th August.
2.15pm: Bangalore.
We all met up at Harsha's place around 2.15pm and started by 2.45pm. We took the NICE road and touched Tumkur road (NH4) in no time. A left turn from NH4 took us onto Kunigal road, where it started raining. We decided to stop by a small tea shop until the rain stops. The Kunigal road is undergoing widening but the traffic was manageable and we were able to cover the stretch to Hassan pretty fast.
5.30pm: Stopped for supper at Mayura hotel, Bellur.
Distance covered: 125kms.
L-R: Pramod, Shashank, Harsha, Vishwas, Ravi and Shishir (me).
Parking lot in the morning
On the way to Hassan. The road continues like this until Hassan.
6.45pm: Short break at Hassan.
Distance covered: 200 kms.
Visited a friend's place in Hassan. Left for CKM by 8.00pm.
9.15pm: Reached CKM.
Distance covered: 270kms.
Everybody is tired and we hit the bed after dinner.
Total distance covered today: 270kms.
DAY TWO
Date: Friday, 28th August.
7.30am: Everyone is ready and we leave for Kemmangundi.
On the way to Kemmangundi.
Take left here for Kemmangundi and Mullyangiri.
As we climed higher and higher, visibility gets reduced due to fog.
The reason why it is called Kemmangundi (Red-soil).
Pee-break. That's Harsha on the left and myself on the right. Don't we look like power-rangers or something?!
Found a view-point on the way up. But the only problem was we couldn't see anything from the view point since it was completely covered by fog.
See what I mean?
Now, this place was good for a photo-shoot. But rain played spoil-sport and that is why the pictures are smudged at the bottom.
Rider & Machine
10.30am: Reached Kemmangundi.
Distance covered: 50kms.
There are many places to visit in Kemmangundi. We chose to go to the Z-point first. Paid the entry fee and went in. We had a choice of going by walk or bike. We took the latter.
The path to the Z-point turned out to be a lot more challenging than expected. The rider in the front crossed each slush filled crater and guided the others.
4kms of such terrain.
Video of the bikes negotiating the road:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMZqQAUeoVw
Reached the starting point of the trek to Z-point. By now, leeches were working full-time in finding skin to suck blood!! We can go by bike/car only until this place. After this comes walking up the narrow mountain path.
Walking up to Z-point. The dogs that you see in the photo walked along with us right till the Z-point, showing us directions in a few places.
You can see the trail up the mountain.
At the top.
We spent sometime on the top and started the trek back down. Reached our bikes by 12.40pm and traversed the crater-road, back to the starting point at 1.40pm.
From here, we decided to go to Habbe falls, about 9kms away. People around said that the road to the falls is treacherous and we decided to play it safe and hired a Jeep. It was a back-breaking 9kms drive.
The jeep gets stuck at one place and needed some musclular help! See the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_UAqov79cM
We had to walk (wade) through the river to reach Habbe falls.
Habbe falls in all it's glory.
I sat beside the driver in the Jeep on the drive back to our bikes. It was quite an experience.
4.30pm:
We leave Kemmangundi and decide to get back to CKM since it was late to visit any other place. We asked the Jeep driver for a different route to CKM since the one we came by in the morning was not good. He said we can go via Tarikere but we will have to ride an extra 20kms. We decided to take the Tarikere route. After a few kilometers of riding, the roads were really good. Lots of bends and you go up and then down the mountain (ghat section). My P150 felt horribly under-powered while going up the ghat section with a pillion on-board.
The P180 runs out of fuel!! And it is already dark. The rider and me go back to previous town and scout for fuel. Finally we find some store selling fuel. We buy 2 litres at 60 Rs/litre.
7.30pm: Back to CKM.
Distance covered: 70kms.
Total distance covered today: 125kms.
DAY THREE
Date: Saturday, 29th August.
7.30am: Everyone ready. Tank up in CKM and we leave for Hornadu.
The ride to Hornadu was just awesome. The road is very good until about 10kms away from Hornadu. It is full of high speed corners and very less traffic. The weather was sunny, perfect riding conditions.
8.30am: Balehonnur. Stop for breakfast at Srinivasa hotel. The food was good.
The Tunga river, en route to Hornadu.
Land slide that we encountered on the way.
10.20am: Reached Hornadu.
Distance covered: 100kms.
The temple in Hornadu.
Bikes in Black.
11.20am: Leave for Kudremukh from Hornadu.
12.15pm: Reached the forest post in Kudremukh. We had to take passes to get into Kudremukh since it is a naxalite belt.
Distance covered: 20kms.
Inside Kudremukh. The atmosphere was cold and it was drizzling.
1.30pm: Reached Soothnabi / Hanumangundi falls (in Kudremukh).
Distance covered: 30kms.
Monkeys looking for something to eat.
In order to reach the bottom of the falls from here, you have to walk down steep steps. Easy on the way down, but equally hard on the way up. It took care of my lower-body workout for the week!
Hanumangundi falls
By the time we started the walk up to the road, it started to rain, heavily.
2.30pm:
We left for Sringeri from the falls once the rain stopped. We had ridden for just about 2kms when it started pouring again. We rode on without stopping. It was actually a nice experience riding through heavy rain with clothes totally drenched and your body feeling the cold atmosphere. At one point, the visibility was reduced to a few metres and all I could see was the red tail-light of the bike in front of me. Once we got down from the hill, it stopped raining. The road to Sringeri is very very bad. We made slow progress.
3.30pm: Sringeri.
Distance covered: 40kms.
Parked our bikes at the parking lot near the temple.
The temple built by the Hoysala kingdom.
The Tunga river where you have to wash your feet before getting inside the temple. Lots of huge fishes in the river, which are drawn to that area by the food offerings made by the visitors.
5.30pm: Leaving Sringeri
The ride back was a scary experience. The road was full of curves and broken at a few places. After night fall, it was apparent that the bikes' lighting was just not enough. We could barely see the curve-direction up ahead. The blinding high-beams of the on-coming vehicles didn't help matters either. We somehow managed to avoid any mishaps and reached our destination safely.
9.00pm: Reached CKM.
Distance covered: 93kms.
Total distance covered today: 300kms.
DAY FOUR
Date: Sunday, 30th August.
Since we could not visit Mullyangiri on Thrusday, we decided to go there first today. After that, it would be Belur and Halebidu. And back to Bangalore.
8.00am: We leave for Mullyangiri from CKM.
Mullyangiri is just about 17kms from CKM. The road is good for the first 8 or 9 kms. The road up the mountain, about 8kms, is pretty bad. Tale left at the same spot like when going to kemmangundi. Continue on that road. After a few kilometers, you need to take U-turn to reach Mullyangiri. After the U-turn, it is the climb up the mountain which includes some first-gear hairpin bends.
9.00am: En route to the top
A few kilometers before you reach the top, you get Seethalammanagiri. There is a small temple and nice view-point.
From here, the road is asphalted only to a few kilometers ahead, so you need to be careful. And there are no barriers around the bends, what awaits you beyond the side of the road is a vertical drop!!
9.30am: We reach the top. We park our bikes here and climb up the steps to the temple on top of the mountain. It was freezing over here with the clouds passing by.
Distance covered: About 20kms.
You can ride/drive only till this place.
The archway which leads to the temple. Walking on the side of the mountain rather than on the steps is more fun/challenging.
You can see how high we already are.
The next minute, we could not see anything below since the clouds had covered everything.
Once we reached the entrance to the temple, we removed our footwear. The bare stone below our feet was ice cold. Strong cold breezes didn't help matters either. Carry some warm clothing and some cotton for your ears if you are prone to ear pain.
Inside the temple compound.
Found this little slowpoke over there.
A lone-light at the top. It seems this light is lit-up during Diwali and you can see this light from Chikamagalur!
There is also a cave just down the temple side. Once you go inside the cave, it branches off in three directions. Legend has that one of them lead to Baba-budangiri.
Cave entrance.
Yours truly.
By now, it was mid-morning and the clouds had cleared up, offering breath-taking views.
A passing cloud.
Shadow of the clouds on the mountain.
SAM Launcher on the mountain side!
On our way down. An 800 crawls its way up.
1.00pm: Back to CKM.
Distance covered: About 20kms.
We pack our bags and leave for Belur by 1.40pm. The ride to Belur was good. It was nice and sunny, a pleasant change after riding through rain yesterday. The road was also good.
2.15pm: Belur.
Distance covered: 28kms.
Bikes parked in front of the temple.
Mobile phones are strictly not allowed inside the temple premises. You have to keep them in your bike. We hired a guide who explained all about the sculptures very well. It is truly astonishing to see how the stone sculptures. The temple took some 109 years to build. I'll let the pictures explain...
You can see the minute details in the sculptures: The rat's claws are gripping the ground the you can see the expression in it's face because Ganesha is standing on it.
The Chakravyuha (battle formation during the battle of Kurukshetra).
Everything is built from stone. Even the drums, chains, bangles, etc., on the sculptures.
4.00pm: It was getting late and we had the ride to Bangalore ahead of us. But we were tempted to visit Halebidu also, after seeing it's Belur counterpart.
4.15pm: Halebidu.
Distance covered: 18kms.
The Halebidu temple. The Belur temple is in a much better shape than this one. Many sculptures are missing or broken because of the raids conducted by various kings earlier in time.
We leave for Jain temple after a short while, which is just about one km away. This was in much worse shape the other two. It was clear that it was not being maintained.
Each of the pillars inside the Jain temple has the special property. For example, in one pillar, you can see the colour of your clothes in the reflections, which would otherwise be black.
5.30pm: We leave for Bangalore.
We were not aware about the direct route from Halebidu to Hassan, hence we went back to Belur and from there onto Hassan. This proved to a boon because the road from Belur to Hassan is just awesome. It is a very wide two-lane road, newly asphalted with very wide fast-sweeping corners. You can maintain a constant 90+ kph here. My poor P150 just felt so under-powered for this road. This road is ideal for superbikes!! Sadly, we did not stop to click photos since we had to reach Bangalore as early as possible.
6.30pm: Hassan. Short break.
Distance covered: 56kms.
The traffic on Hassan-Kunigal road was high and we were constantly blinded by the oncoming vehicles' lights.
7.50pm: Mayura hotel, Balehonnur.
Distance covered: 80kms.
Found this in the wash-basin.
Same parking lot at night.
After a quick meal, we were off to Bangalore, the final leg in our journey. About 120kms of riding left. We decided to avoid NH4 (Nelamangla), it being a Sunday, the road would be full of lorry traffic. And the ongoing road work make matters worse for us bikers. Hence, we rode through Magadi. This Magadi road was newly asphlated with the reflective white paint and very less traffic. We made quick progress and we reached the NICE road junction by 10.30pm.
10.50pm: RR Nagar arch.
Distance covered: 114kms.
All of us were exhausted! We dispersed from here, leaving for our respective houses. It was a very good experience for all of us, riding through every kind of road: perfectly straight, full-of-curves, full-of-waterfilled-craters... through rain, cold and sun!
The parting shot
11.00pm: Home sweet home (RR Nagar)
Total distance covered today: 350kms.
Total distance covered during the trip: 1040kms.
There were no major problems with any of the bike. My bike's rear suspension was singing 'squeak-squeak'. The other P150 lost it's left-rear indicator cover when negotiating a deep ditch. The FZ felt sluggish on the way back and returned low mileage, which was later attributed to the choke being pulled. No other hickups. All in all, a very memorable and adventurous trip.
My bike after the trip.
Can't wait for the next ride out.
Sincerely hope it was a good read.
Me and my friends went on this trip during 27th - 30th August.
Smaller images are click-able thumbnails.
Escape from the monotony of college life
The day is 18th August and here I am, sitting in the classroom. The teacher goes on and on about some ROM chip in an embedded system. I'm almost asleep when my friend, Vishwas, sitting beside me brings me up from my sleep and asks me whether I'm game for a 3-day trip to chikamagalur and surrounding areas, by bike. I was excited and I said yes immediately. Excited, because this would be my very first long ride out out of the city. Now, another buddy of mine, Harsha, is from Chikamagalur(CKM) and hence has the knowledge of all the places around CKM. Within the next few days, he chalks out a trip-plan. It went like this:
Day1: Leave Bangalore in the afternoon and reach CKM by night.
Day2: Kemmangundi & Mullyangiri.
Day3: Hornadu, Kudremukh & Sringeri.
Day4: Belur, Halebidu and back to Bangalore by night.
We decided that we will leave Bangalore on 27th August (Thursday). I hadn't told my parents about this until a few days before the trip. Dad was surprised when I said that we are going by bikes. He was hesitant and so was Mom. Dad said ask your sis, who had already said a yes
. Somehow, I convinced them and before long it was afternoon on the 27th of August. I was anxious to get on my bike and just ride.Number of bikes: Four. (Two P150s, One P180 and an FZ16. All black.)
Number of people: Eight.
Date: Thursday, 27th August.
2.15pm: Bangalore.
We all met up at Harsha's place around 2.15pm and started by 2.45pm. We took the NICE road and touched Tumkur road (NH4) in no time. A left turn from NH4 took us onto Kunigal road, where it started raining. We decided to stop by a small tea shop until the rain stops. The Kunigal road is undergoing widening but the traffic was manageable and we were able to cover the stretch to Hassan pretty fast.
5.30pm: Stopped for supper at Mayura hotel, Bellur.
Distance covered: 125kms.
L-R: Pramod, Shashank, Harsha, Vishwas, Ravi and Shishir (me).
Parking lot in the morning
On the way to Hassan. The road continues like this until Hassan.
6.45pm: Short break at Hassan.
Distance covered: 200 kms.
Visited a friend's place in Hassan. Left for CKM by 8.00pm.
9.15pm: Reached CKM.
Distance covered: 270kms.
Everybody is tired and we hit the bed after dinner.
Total distance covered today: 270kms.
DAY TWO
Date: Friday, 28th August.
7.30am: Everyone is ready and we leave for Kemmangundi.
On the way to Kemmangundi.
Take left here for Kemmangundi and Mullyangiri.
As we climed higher and higher, visibility gets reduced due to fog.
The reason why it is called Kemmangundi (Red-soil).
Pee-break. That's Harsha on the left and myself on the right. Don't we look like power-rangers or something?!
Found a view-point on the way up. But the only problem was we couldn't see anything from the view point since it was completely covered by fog.
See what I mean?
Now, this place was good for a photo-shoot. But rain played spoil-sport and that is why the pictures are smudged at the bottom.
Rider & Machine
10.30am: Reached Kemmangundi.
Distance covered: 50kms.
There are many places to visit in Kemmangundi. We chose to go to the Z-point first. Paid the entry fee and went in. We had a choice of going by walk or bike. We took the latter.
The path to the Z-point turned out to be a lot more challenging than expected. The rider in the front crossed each slush filled crater and guided the others.
4kms of such terrain.
Video of the bikes negotiating the road:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMZqQAUeoVw
Reached the starting point of the trek to Z-point. By now, leeches were working full-time in finding skin to suck blood!! We can go by bike/car only until this place. After this comes walking up the narrow mountain path.
Walking up to Z-point. The dogs that you see in the photo walked along with us right till the Z-point, showing us directions in a few places.
You can see the trail up the mountain.
At the top.
We spent sometime on the top and started the trek back down. Reached our bikes by 12.40pm and traversed the crater-road, back to the starting point at 1.40pm.
From here, we decided to go to Habbe falls, about 9kms away. People around said that the road to the falls is treacherous and we decided to play it safe and hired a Jeep. It was a back-breaking 9kms drive.
The jeep gets stuck at one place and needed some musclular help! See the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_UAqov79cM
We had to walk (wade) through the river to reach Habbe falls.
Habbe falls in all it's glory.
I sat beside the driver in the Jeep on the drive back to our bikes. It was quite an experience.
4.30pm:
We leave Kemmangundi and decide to get back to CKM since it was late to visit any other place. We asked the Jeep driver for a different route to CKM since the one we came by in the morning was not good. He said we can go via Tarikere but we will have to ride an extra 20kms. We decided to take the Tarikere route. After a few kilometers of riding, the roads were really good. Lots of bends and you go up and then down the mountain (ghat section). My P150 felt horribly under-powered while going up the ghat section with a pillion on-board.
The P180 runs out of fuel!! And it is already dark. The rider and me go back to previous town and scout for fuel. Finally we find some store selling fuel. We buy 2 litres at 60 Rs/litre.
7.30pm: Back to CKM.
Distance covered: 70kms.
Total distance covered today: 125kms.
DAY THREE
Date: Saturday, 29th August.
7.30am: Everyone ready. Tank up in CKM and we leave for Hornadu.
The ride to Hornadu was just awesome. The road is very good until about 10kms away from Hornadu. It is full of high speed corners and very less traffic. The weather was sunny, perfect riding conditions.
8.30am: Balehonnur. Stop for breakfast at Srinivasa hotel. The food was good.
The Tunga river, en route to Hornadu.
Land slide that we encountered on the way.
10.20am: Reached Hornadu.
Distance covered: 100kms.
The temple in Hornadu.
Bikes in Black.
11.20am: Leave for Kudremukh from Hornadu.
12.15pm: Reached the forest post in Kudremukh. We had to take passes to get into Kudremukh since it is a naxalite belt.
Distance covered: 20kms.
Inside Kudremukh. The atmosphere was cold and it was drizzling.
1.30pm: Reached Soothnabi / Hanumangundi falls (in Kudremukh).
Distance covered: 30kms.
Monkeys looking for something to eat.
In order to reach the bottom of the falls from here, you have to walk down steep steps. Easy on the way down, but equally hard on the way up. It took care of my lower-body workout for the week!
Hanumangundi falls
By the time we started the walk up to the road, it started to rain, heavily.
2.30pm:
We left for Sringeri from the falls once the rain stopped. We had ridden for just about 2kms when it started pouring again. We rode on without stopping. It was actually a nice experience riding through heavy rain with clothes totally drenched and your body feeling the cold atmosphere. At one point, the visibility was reduced to a few metres and all I could see was the red tail-light of the bike in front of me. Once we got down from the hill, it stopped raining. The road to Sringeri is very very bad. We made slow progress.
3.30pm: Sringeri.
Distance covered: 40kms.
Parked our bikes at the parking lot near the temple.
The temple built by the Hoysala kingdom.
The Tunga river where you have to wash your feet before getting inside the temple. Lots of huge fishes in the river, which are drawn to that area by the food offerings made by the visitors.
5.30pm: Leaving Sringeri
The ride back was a scary experience. The road was full of curves and broken at a few places. After night fall, it was apparent that the bikes' lighting was just not enough. We could barely see the curve-direction up ahead. The blinding high-beams of the on-coming vehicles didn't help matters either. We somehow managed to avoid any mishaps and reached our destination safely.
9.00pm: Reached CKM.
Distance covered: 93kms.
Total distance covered today: 300kms.
DAY FOUR
Date: Sunday, 30th August.
Since we could not visit Mullyangiri on Thrusday, we decided to go there first today. After that, it would be Belur and Halebidu. And back to Bangalore.
8.00am: We leave for Mullyangiri from CKM.
Mullyangiri is just about 17kms from CKM. The road is good for the first 8 or 9 kms. The road up the mountain, about 8kms, is pretty bad. Tale left at the same spot like when going to kemmangundi. Continue on that road. After a few kilometers, you need to take U-turn to reach Mullyangiri. After the U-turn, it is the climb up the mountain which includes some first-gear hairpin bends.
9.00am: En route to the top
A few kilometers before you reach the top, you get Seethalammanagiri. There is a small temple and nice view-point.
From here, the road is asphalted only to a few kilometers ahead, so you need to be careful. And there are no barriers around the bends, what awaits you beyond the side of the road is a vertical drop!!
9.30am: We reach the top. We park our bikes here and climb up the steps to the temple on top of the mountain. It was freezing over here with the clouds passing by.
Distance covered: About 20kms.
You can ride/drive only till this place.
The archway which leads to the temple. Walking on the side of the mountain rather than on the steps is more fun/challenging.
You can see how high we already are.
The next minute, we could not see anything below since the clouds had covered everything.
Once we reached the entrance to the temple, we removed our footwear. The bare stone below our feet was ice cold. Strong cold breezes didn't help matters either. Carry some warm clothing and some cotton for your ears if you are prone to ear pain.
Inside the temple compound.
Found this little slowpoke over there.
A lone-light at the top. It seems this light is lit-up during Diwali and you can see this light from Chikamagalur!
There is also a cave just down the temple side. Once you go inside the cave, it branches off in three directions. Legend has that one of them lead to Baba-budangiri.
Cave entrance.
Yours truly.
By now, it was mid-morning and the clouds had cleared up, offering breath-taking views.
A passing cloud.
Shadow of the clouds on the mountain.
SAM Launcher on the mountain side!
On our way down. An 800 crawls its way up.
1.00pm: Back to CKM.
Distance covered: About 20kms.
We pack our bags and leave for Belur by 1.40pm. The ride to Belur was good. It was nice and sunny, a pleasant change after riding through rain yesterday. The road was also good.
2.15pm: Belur.
Distance covered: 28kms.
Bikes parked in front of the temple.
Mobile phones are strictly not allowed inside the temple premises. You have to keep them in your bike. We hired a guide who explained all about the sculptures very well. It is truly astonishing to see how the stone sculptures. The temple took some 109 years to build. I'll let the pictures explain...
You can see the minute details in the sculptures: The rat's claws are gripping the ground the you can see the expression in it's face because Ganesha is standing on it.
The Chakravyuha (battle formation during the battle of Kurukshetra).
Everything is built from stone. Even the drums, chains, bangles, etc., on the sculptures.
4.00pm: It was getting late and we had the ride to Bangalore ahead of us. But we were tempted to visit Halebidu also, after seeing it's Belur counterpart.
4.15pm: Halebidu.
Distance covered: 18kms.
The Halebidu temple. The Belur temple is in a much better shape than this one. Many sculptures are missing or broken because of the raids conducted by various kings earlier in time.
We leave for Jain temple after a short while, which is just about one km away. This was in much worse shape the other two. It was clear that it was not being maintained.
Each of the pillars inside the Jain temple has the special property. For example, in one pillar, you can see the colour of your clothes in the reflections, which would otherwise be black.
5.30pm: We leave for Bangalore.
We were not aware about the direct route from Halebidu to Hassan, hence we went back to Belur and from there onto Hassan. This proved to a boon because the road from Belur to Hassan is just awesome. It is a very wide two-lane road, newly asphalted with very wide fast-sweeping corners. You can maintain a constant 90+ kph here. My poor P150 just felt so under-powered for this road. This road is ideal for superbikes!! Sadly, we did not stop to click photos since we had to reach Bangalore as early as possible.
6.30pm: Hassan. Short break.
Distance covered: 56kms.
The traffic on Hassan-Kunigal road was high and we were constantly blinded by the oncoming vehicles' lights.
7.50pm: Mayura hotel, Balehonnur.
Distance covered: 80kms.
Found this in the wash-basin.
Same parking lot at night.
After a quick meal, we were off to Bangalore, the final leg in our journey. About 120kms of riding left. We decided to avoid NH4 (Nelamangla), it being a Sunday, the road would be full of lorry traffic. And the ongoing road work make matters worse for us bikers. Hence, we rode through Magadi. This Magadi road was newly asphlated with the reflective white paint and very less traffic. We made quick progress and we reached the NICE road junction by 10.30pm.
10.50pm: RR Nagar arch.
Distance covered: 114kms.
All of us were exhausted! We dispersed from here, leaving for our respective houses. It was a very good experience for all of us, riding through every kind of road: perfectly straight, full-of-curves, full-of-waterfilled-craters... through rain, cold and sun!
The parting shot
11.00pm: Home sweet home (RR Nagar)
Total distance covered today: 350kms.
Total distance covered during the trip: 1040kms.
There were no major problems with any of the bike. My bike's rear suspension was singing 'squeak-squeak'. The other P150 lost it's left-rear indicator cover when negotiating a deep ditch. The FZ felt sluggish on the way back and returned low mileage, which was later attributed to the choke being pulled. No other hickups. All in all, a very memorable and adventurous trip.
My bike after the trip.
Can't wait for the next ride out.
Sincerely hope it was a good read.
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