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Kolar yet again !
One of those mornings and moods where you want to ride all day .. found this place off the kolar highway. The terrain seems very unforgiving but the bull just chugs along and crunches those miles! Reached a desolate place about 3 kms off the main road, after riding over huge rocks, probably fallen off […]
Reclamation – Day 10 of 10 – the return
…This page hasbeen intentionally left blank, for… The journey never ends..
Reclamation – Day 4 of 10 – the adventure begins
Funny incident yesterday that I forgot to mention.. went to drop my sister at the hospital, and got a tour there. Reached the ICU silent zone and got a call from a friend.. told him.. I’m in the ICU, can’t talk. Apparently he was wondering for the next few minutes what happened, till I called […]
Reclamation – Day 3 of 10 – the vada pav story
First off, no bike ride today… And I, despite promising myself last night not to wake early, could manage to be asleep only until 6…. argh ! Headed downstairs, picked up a nice strong coffee, took a nice 3k walk downstairs, trying to plan what to do for the day.. Next was a saloon hunt, […]
Reclamation – Day 2 of 10 – Landing in Mumbai!
Woke at 6 today, checked my sleep band – close to 3 hours of deep sleep of 7 total – much higher than it’s been in quite some time now. It’s a sign.. you lose sleep, go take a long ride, break your back, and you will start sleeping again !
Reclamation – Day 1 of 10..
Woke up super early today, rushed downstairs with my luggage and started mounting it on the bike with all the bungees et al.. There was no scope for any Delays today, the target was a huge 670 kms – before dark.
Reclamation – Preliminary Trip plan – 2650 kms
After what seems like a million years, it is time to burn some rubber and rip the tarmac, and get some payback on my Road Taxes ! All prepped, this time, no side boxes for stuff, removed those this morning. Inaugurated my Via-Terra Leh Saddle bag, (which btw – DOES NOT GET FULL). I have so far […]
Trip plan – Preliminary
Preliminary trip plan as follows, let’s see where the roads take me ! Can’t wait for this 10-day trip ! Route as follows: Bangalore (KA)- Nellore (AP)- Kalipatnam (AP) – Visakhapatnam (AP) – Gopalpur Beach (Orissa) – Bhitarkanika National Park (Orissa)- Satkosia (Orissa)- Balangir (Orissa)- Jagdalpur (Chattisgarh)- Bangalore (KA)
Devarayanadurga
A lovely setup outside tumkur town, a complete getaway
Beautiful Hasserghatta Village
A Random trip to Hasserghatta village. Breathtaking as always!
Day 4, the final post
Started this morning from doddamane, went down to someshwara wildlife sanctuary, and onwards to Manipal, the university town. Had come here more than ten years ago, was a sleepy little town then. This time the who’s who of all brands were there and the whole place looks super different, picked up a couple of things […]
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 […]
Day 3
Very happening day today… Did 200+ kms I think… Super hot day, but the bull didn’t really seem to mind. Left kasargod at 11am, headed for Agumbe, took a detour to get into kudremukh national park, so turned from mangalore towards Sringeri. The national park has a 1 hour upper limit for 2 wheelers to […]
Day 2 of 4, Post 2
Ok so… A major ‘popat’ happened at that wildlife sanctuary, went in, covered half the route of 20 Kms, and all was hunky dory, so turned back, nothing, went back in deeper, still nothing…spent almost 2 hours in there, but no fog, no nothing…. !! Did find a small signboard leading to a temple 1 […]
Day 2 of 4, Post 1
Those of who have bikes as well as cars and do long drives in both will know what I am talking about here… When the roads are good, and so is the weather, you will be super happy on your bike – better than any experience a car can give to you. change the equation […]
Day 1 of 4, post 2
Unbelievable how the day goes by when you are riding! All roads are Tollfree for bikes ! I love this place… Managed to get quite a lot of ‘payback’ of tolls that I’ve paid while driving in the car on highways. Fingertips still numb after 425 Kms of riding. Backend sore already… Need air cushion […]