Day 4, Post 1
Ok so, woke up at 6am (and proud of it), zoomed to the sunrise point, took some amazing pictures of the valley below. Came back to doddamane, had a lovely breakfast, and will head out again now.
Dreading the thought of going back to work tomorrow, will try and cover as much green area as possible today, given that the next such trip won’t be for the next few months ! Don’t feel like getting back into work mode now.
Plan for today is to cover someshwara wildlife sanctuary, Shimoga forest (Because of one bad detour yesterday, it’s almost one or the other – I’m in the middle of these 2) and then back via charmadi ghat or so.
As of now the hand is naturally tan-tattooed – the shape of a tribal mark on the back of the Hand as well as on the knuckles – cost of using stencil gloves and riding in the scorching heat yesterday! There is also a funny tan mark on the face – from the center of the nose to the ears on both sides – basically the gap between the lower part of my sunglasses and the top hem of my face cover.. I like ! Nobody is getting any funny pictures of me though…
Something a lot of people don’t know about bullets – yes, they are known to be long-haul bikes obviously, but the 500 atleast can also put to shame a lot of other bikes when it comes to top speeds and pick up (the ‘thou-that-shall-not-be-named’ variety )… Managed to touch 120 this morning for a brief moment before I had to slow down cos of road conditions – with still more juice to go – thats difficult on most other bikes except I guess the 390 ktms – not sure though.
Some other efficient measures taken since yesterday – one phone for photos only, one for location and data and tethering to share data with other devices on WiFi as opposed to each one powering up its own data, and power bank charged up.
You should always carry a multiplug adapter so you can plug in all 3-4 chargers together since most rental rooms have only one or two power sockets available.
You should also carry a real camera so you can take real pictures as well as save on phone battery. The HDR in the phone was fairly decent for low light pictures, but did not do any justice to the scenery I saw that a standalone camera would do… Not even close. Moreover the name sake led flashes do nothing for landscaping nature pictures. My loss… Maybe next time, But hey – you can only carry so much on a bike !
Packed, strapped the luggage, and headed out after saying the bye byes to the family there.
The last ride for this trip has started, damn !
