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Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Day 6 : A Must Watch
Day 7,8,9
I had been doing many 1 day trips in past 1 year.Now I needed not just a trip but tour of atleast 10-15 days.
Started looking for holidays and yes 3 long concecutive weekend was thr in sept.Leh was out as it was the closing time for that route.
Rajisthan???A little expensive and hot.Finally I decided to do a south India tour.
This was decided almost 3 months before september.As I was palnning a solo trip so thought of making it a well planned trip.
bought maps,keepads,turtle(cramster),bike spares,Motul E-Oil and some bike spares.Made checklists for medicines,documents,spares,
electronics,....
As I had so much time so I did very minute preparation for the trip.I must say these things helped
me a lot otherwise the trip would have never been completed successfully.
Got a call from home,my parents wanted me to come back home for EID festival,I had no choice but the cut my riding days.
Now was left with 8 riding days and before that 4 days of train travel and 3 days of stay at home.
After so many iteration and inputs from fellow xbhpians final planned route was:
Pune-Goa-Jog Falls - Shimoga- Chikmangalur - Mysore - bandipur National Park - Ooty -Coinbatore- Munnar via Anamalai NP - madurai
- rameshwaram- Dhanuskodi - Bangalore - Pune
Total distance around 3500 kms.
The plan was very hectic little scope for exploring places but I was ok with it as long as its a biking event towards south.
In the mean time I met Samudra from XBHP who had similar plans ,after one meeting with him now I wasn't alone.
We both were heading south togather.
Some part of my chceklist:
Cramster Saddle bag,Turtle,DSG Jacket,DSG basic gloves,fox knee pads,complete servicing of bike,
Motul-E-oil,chain spray,spanners,control cables,spark plugs,extra tube,chain links etc,plastic cover,
medicines,extra rope,knife,torch...ID card,all documents of bike,DL...
The begining:
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September 28 : Day 1
Pune-Kolhapur-Tavandi-Sawantwadi-Goa-Margao
Total 511 kms.
The starting point was CC CCD 4:30am.Got a sms from Sam that he is struck up with something a will reach in 10-15 mins.
He arrived shortly.he was facing problem with his luggage.We re tied the luggage with extra rope and then headed immediately for kolhapur.
Started from Pune.it was a cool morning.first stop near kambthi(plz correct the spelling) for some photo shoot.
We crossed Statara and reached Kolhapur by 10:30,refulled the bikes and then stopped somewhere after Kolhapur for B'fast
FUNNY Incident : The hotelwala asked about where we are heading for.I said Goa.he asked how much time we took to reach Kolhapur?
I said 4.5 hours.He thought for a while and said : "Haan agar plane me bhi aao to itna time to lag hi jaaega"
I was like ...wat a comparision.hahaaaa.I politely said,yes sir you are right.
Next destination was Amboli ghats.I tried hard to locate the turn from Nipani as suggested by some xbhpians.finally got a way to enter Amboli from Tavandi.
All of a sudden the scenary changed.We took quite a few breaks for photoshoots.Met a solo biker heading towards Goa.had some chit-chat and then we parted our ways.
Then arraived Amboli ghats.it was cloudy.I had seen them many times in Malshej so I was not that excited.Then started the twisties.
I saw my travel partner Samudra leaning off the seat while cornering on the bike which had a bag tied at the back.Also there was good traffic.
I found it a bit dangerous but decided not to interrupt him as this might spoil his spirit.I also realised he is good at cornering.
Stopped at a hotel for lunch.There was a board which said "chicken 65 Available",
later we came to know that its actually the rate of chicken per plate.hahaaa
In no time we reached sawantwadi.Now Goa was just 70 kms from here.On the way from Sawantwadi to Goa Samudra complained about some vibration
in the handle of his RTR. we tried looking for some mechanic but couldnot find any.Headed for Margao(south Goa)
reached there by 5:30 pm.
Booked a room at hotel Paulina for 350 INR after some bargaining.We dumped the lugguage there and headed for Colva beach.
Spend sometime there then had dinner at the beach rest,enjoyed the Goan fish,live music and the company of some b'ful women around.
The hotel manager suggested us to visit a place just 70 kms from Honavar on NH17 tomorrow.He said we should not miss that place when passing so closely.
We Added it in itenary and made big plans as we were ignorant about what gods had planned for us tomorrow.
Day 1,Pics of Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Day 6 : A Must Watch
Day 7,8,9
I had been doing many 1 day trips in past 1 year.Now I needed not just a trip but tour of atleast 10-15 days.
Started looking for holidays and yes 3 long concecutive weekend was thr in sept.Leh was out as it was the closing time for that route.
Rajisthan???A little expensive and hot.Finally I decided to do a south India tour.
This was decided almost 3 months before september.As I was palnning a solo trip so thought of making it a well planned trip.
bought maps,keepads,turtle(cramster),bike spares,Motul E-Oil and some bike spares.Made checklists for medicines,documents,spares,
electronics,....
As I had so much time so I did very minute preparation for the trip.I must say these things helped
me a lot otherwise the trip would have never been completed successfully.
Got a call from home,my parents wanted me to come back home for EID festival,I had no choice but the cut my riding days.
Now was left with 8 riding days and before that 4 days of train travel and 3 days of stay at home.
After so many iteration and inputs from fellow xbhpians final planned route was:
Pune-Goa-Jog Falls - Shimoga- Chikmangalur - Mysore - bandipur National Park - Ooty -Coinbatore- Munnar via Anamalai NP - madurai
- rameshwaram- Dhanuskodi - Bangalore - Pune
Total distance around 3500 kms.
The plan was very hectic little scope for exploring places but I was ok with it as long as its a biking event towards south.
In the mean time I met Samudra from XBHP who had similar plans ,after one meeting with him now I wasn't alone.
We both were heading south togather.
Some part of my chceklist:
Cramster Saddle bag,Turtle,DSG Jacket,DSG basic gloves,fox knee pads,complete servicing of bike,
Motul-E-oil,chain spray,spanners,control cables,spark plugs,extra tube,chain links etc,plastic cover,
medicines,extra rope,knife,torch...ID card,all documents of bike,DL...
The begining:
***********************************************
September 28 : Day 1
Pune-Kolhapur-Tavandi-Sawantwadi-Goa-Margao
Total 511 kms.
The starting point was CC CCD 4:30am.Got a sms from Sam that he is struck up with something a will reach in 10-15 mins.
He arrived shortly.he was facing problem with his luggage.We re tied the luggage with extra rope and then headed immediately for kolhapur.
Started from Pune.it was a cool morning.first stop near kambthi(plz correct the spelling) for some photo shoot.
We crossed Statara and reached Kolhapur by 10:30,refulled the bikes and then stopped somewhere after Kolhapur for B'fast
FUNNY Incident : The hotelwala asked about where we are heading for.I said Goa.he asked how much time we took to reach Kolhapur?
I said 4.5 hours.He thought for a while and said : "Haan agar plane me bhi aao to itna time to lag hi jaaega"
I was like ...wat a comparision.hahaaaa.I politely said,yes sir you are right.
Next destination was Amboli ghats.I tried hard to locate the turn from Nipani as suggested by some xbhpians.finally got a way to enter Amboli from Tavandi.
All of a sudden the scenary changed.We took quite a few breaks for photoshoots.Met a solo biker heading towards Goa.had some chit-chat and then we parted our ways.
Then arraived Amboli ghats.it was cloudy.I had seen them many times in Malshej so I was not that excited.Then started the twisties.
I saw my travel partner Samudra leaning off the seat while cornering on the bike which had a bag tied at the back.Also there was good traffic.
I found it a bit dangerous but decided not to interrupt him as this might spoil his spirit.I also realised he is good at cornering.
Stopped at a hotel for lunch.There was a board which said "chicken 65 Available",
later we came to know that its actually the rate of chicken per plate.hahaaa
In no time we reached sawantwadi.Now Goa was just 70 kms from here.On the way from Sawantwadi to Goa Samudra complained about some vibration
in the handle of his RTR. we tried looking for some mechanic but couldnot find any.Headed for Margao(south Goa)
reached there by 5:30 pm.
Booked a room at hotel Paulina for 350 INR after some bargaining.We dumped the lugguage there and headed for Colva beach.
Spend sometime there then had dinner at the beach rest,enjoyed the Goan fish,live music and the company of some b'ful women around.
The hotel manager suggested us to visit a place just 70 kms from Honavar on NH17 tomorrow.He said we should not miss that place when passing so closely.
We Added it in itenary and made big plans as we were ignorant about what gods had planned for us tomorrow.
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