the route : Bangalore - Chennai - Mahabalipuram - Pondycherry - Nagapattinam - Vailankanni - Rameshwaram - Dhanushkodi - Toothukudi - Kanyakumari - Trivandrum - Alleppey - Kochin - Guruvayoor - Mahe - Kannur - Bekal fort - Puttur - Nelyadi - Dharmasthala - Charmadi - Chikkamagalur - Hassan - Bangalore
the route map
When i was in school , i had to draw the India map and locate the given places on it. by that time only i had this part of the map in ma mind . 1 because this mart of India is ready to draw and also because there is to seas on each side and which meets at the tip of India these two factors made me wanting to go on this route.
total distance : 2851km
odo on my bike :50110km
bike : TVS Apache RTR 160 '09
no of riders : 1 (that's me) SOLO
First of all i arranged the cash which was required for the ride ,as i was saving from past 8 months ,though this route wasn't the only option as it required a high budget i also had Munnar round trip in mind. when it was time i realized that i had enough cash and interest to do this "V" map i made sure both ma bike's Tyre's where changed and are good to go.
frankly i had no particular place in mind , as i was only interested in riding and nothing else. i just knew that i was supposed to go through the coasts of south India ,that is it. i roughly told my mom that it would take about 2 weeks for me to return and my mom agreed after a lot of begging and pleading.
the ride started on 25th Jan and ended on 3rd of Feb 10 days of beautiful India and a paid self development course on the way(loneliness).
there were 2 major concerns for me 1 )the bike and 2) the boredom. luckily neither of them bothered me a bit.
i had never realized that SOLO rides were so fun . now i do. Its just me , me , me, me and me all the way and i take the decision of everything, which was great fun.
Day 1 : Bangalore - Chennai
left Bangalore on 25th at about 430 and reached Chennai at say 9.15 with a lunch break at Shoolagiri.
before i started the ride ,i got the throttle cable,clutch cable ,spark plug and the engine oil changed and kept all the cables as spares . this took more than half of the day so i started late.
day 1 wasn't much of clicking but was just riding . my friend was in Chennai with his friends and 26th of Jan was his birthday and i wanted to wish him on time and i did so.
second person from the left was the b'day bouy and all his classmates who were there for their internship.
I met John and Nishanth near silk-board and started ma ride, by that time it was 4 15 and i had not even had my breakfast as i was busy with the bike's repair. and i thought i shall stop at Ambur for that special treat ,but on the way i couldn't ride till Ambur and had to stop at the very next restaurant which was just about 5 Kms from A2b at Shoolagiri from the place where i had stopped. but for my surprise ,food at this place was to die for . "sapad" it was. the rasam was just mind blowing. will surely stop by next time at this place.
the way. i take the decision of everything, which was great fun.
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