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Tour of Hebbe Falls, Kemmangundi & Mullianagiri - By Mohan

2010-01-24T20:49:00.002+05:30

Tour of Hebbe Falls, Kemmangundi & Mullianagiri

Build UP :
It had been over 5 weeks that we had not been on any Outing. Me, Narendra and Satya, all had our week offs on Thursday and Friday. Went up to Narendra and enquired if we can go somewhere right after work. With no second thoughts(as always with us), he was game for it. After rejecting Coorg and other places, zeroed in on Hebbe Falls as the destination. Called Satya(His shift ends at 09:00 AM) and he was ready to junk the Work and join us by 04:00 AM. Asked Satya to quickly gather the accessories needed(Tent, Sleeping Bags, Puncture Kit,etc,etc) as Narendra Hurried on to collect his Camera(Nikon P-80) from one of his friends. I went Home and secretly gathered the Basic Tour Accessories and packed them in my Bag as my Mom was wondering where am I going this early in the morning. Out came the lie(one for every trip) that I am going to play in IBM’s Corporate Cricket Tournament(Irony: IBM never encourage sports!) and will be back only on the next day. For the same reason, I could not take my Tank bag, for she will know I’m up for some long ride.

All set, all of us are supposed to meet at the NICE Peripheral Road intersection on Tumkur Road by 04:30 AM. We did, at 05:40 AM!

Now, All of us have pretty serious Bike Problems.

Mohan-Pulsar 150 : No Pickup(Valves gone) coupled with the new Wider Michelin Sirac 120/90, Rear Brake is useless inspite of new Break pads.

Satya-Karizma : Has an additional Neural Gear in 3rd Gear. The 3rd gear frees the engine from the drive chain. Satya says its manageable!

Narendra-ThunderBird : Loose Clutch wire , Disc Brake is only to show that there is one.
Camera : Nikon P80

Travel:
Started off at 05:30 AM in foggy conditions. Finished Breakfast at Tumkur and were looking for a garage to atleast get my rear breaks working. Found a Garage and got the brake repaired and its still not 100% fit. Nevetheless, moved on to Kemmangundi via Birur. We’re getting late as it already 04:00 PM and we’re still at Birur. We have another 40 Km to Kemmangundi. So proceeded further via Lingadahalli and shopped for some Eateries and Drinks and by the time we reached the Hebbe Falls Deviation, its 05:00 PM.

Now this Off Road track from here to Hebbe Falls is one of the difficult ones for MoBikes. Its Steep, full of pebbles, roughs and troughs…Satya has the Cam and modified the still Photo Cam into a video cam and tied it around his head and neck. He is coming last to shoot us zigzagging across the `Pit’ holes. I was wary that My rear tyre would pick some big enough stone and hurl it at the Cam coz Satya was following me very closely and pebbles and stones are getting hurled at him. Then we were surpised to see a truck(Sand truck type) growling its way up in this steep and narrow pathway. That gave me a little bit of confidence that my bike too will be able to climb up later. With great care and patience, went down the hill. On the way, we found an ideal place for camping tonight, but was not sure if we can camp there coz it’s a restricted area. Its getting dark here and we were soon in the Private Farm which contains the enviable Hebbe Falls. I was surprised to know that the Waterfalls is a private property. This particular Farm is right in the middle of Bhadra Sanctuary and signboard of leopards, tigers are to be seen here and there. Its 06:30 PM and dark..So we requested the Farm Supervisor that we be given permission to camp in the Farm tonight. He politely refused and told us the reason why(that the area is infested with Wild Animals).

And as it was getting Dark, we hurried on to get a glimpse of the Water Falls. Narendra and Satya have already seen it. This is the first time for me. We have to trek about 2 Kms and cross 3 Streams to reach the spot. After a while we realized that none of us have taken the flash light or the Torch that we carried just for this purpose. Satya had the Fone-LED Torch for the rescue. Now we need to remove our shoes for we have the first stream to cross upfront. The small stones are poking my sole like needles. The stream has uneven depth and with the light not helping us, had a hard time crossing the stream. After much dilly-dallying, we managed to cross the first stream. The Leaches have started creeping upon our legs. Narendra kept cribbing about it. And after crossing two more streams, we see the Hebbe Water Falls gushing down. I never thought that it would be so high(551 Feet). It never looks high on any of the Pictures. Snapped it up in Dark conditions and it still came out reasonably well. It was little bit scary as well as we were warned about the Wild Animals. Came back to Farm and relieved ourselves of the remaining leaches that were hanging around. Satya also roasted some by sticking them to the Bike’s Silencer pipe.

Now comes the moment of Truth whether my Bike will make the steep uphill climb to Kemmangundi. But I was still confident(remembering that Truck). And my Bike’s Engine turned itself off after moving about 20 metres from the Parking spot on a steep incline. Damn Damn.. And this incline is nothing compared to the ones that lay ahead. Now all kinds of thoughts lingered around my mind as to how to get to the top, What would I tell my manager if I don’t make it to the office on Friday, Should I hire a 4X4 vehicle to get my Bike to the Top? And things like that. After about 2-3 Minutes, I started the engine again and I can feel the pain that the engine’s going through. Its like asking a Man with Tuberculosis to hike a steep Hill carrying 150 Kilos on his Back. The engine , if brought to idle state, will go off. Its not even operating to 40% of its capacity. Finally I speeded off jumping and bumping across those boulders at 25 Kmph(this is very fast on this terrain). After about 1.5 Kms, the engine stopped again. This time on a flat terrain. So gave the engine some breather and waited for Satya and Narendra who arrived after a couple of minutes. Now comes the real challenging inclines, But by now my confidence was back that the Bike will make it to the Top albeit after a few stops here and there. Started the engine and I speeded off again and passed two of those real steep 100 metre inclines. Now on the next steep one, My Bike could not take any more and stopped at a slippery gravel laden place. My Bike kept sliding backwards inspite of the brakes being applied And the Bike stopped moving. When I looked back, Satya is supporting my Bike with his Front wheel pushing my rear wheel. Now his Bike too is starting to slide back. Remember all this is happening in Pitch Dark conditions illuminated with just the Headlamps. I have to start the engine quickly, else both Satya and me will be sliding 50 metres back. Somehow started the Bike and moved around 10 metres with the rear wheel spinning in the gravel and then lost the balance. Stopped the Bike and jumped out of the Saddle with the Bike sleeping on the gravel laden path. Luckily there were not any scratches on the Bike since it was a very slow fall. Now Satya asked me to swap the Bikes and we did. Satya speeded off with my Bike and after a while I took the Satya’s Bike and all of a sudden it felt like I am riding a Power Horse. With no problems scaled the Hill and went atop where Satya was waiting for us. Now where is Narendra? His Bike Headlamp’s illumination is nowhere to be seen. He comes after 10 Minutes to explain that his Thunderbird played the same game as my Pulsar did. It would’nt start and the clutch failed momentarily. He somehow managed to get his Bike moving and reached here.

Woww…What a climax! This is the most adventurous trip I’ve ever done. Chatted about the same while watching the stars in the clear sky amidst biting cold conditions. Then proceeded to find a camping site and pitched the Tent in Kemmangundi.

Woke up next moring in chilly weather and finished the morning’s fundamental duties and headed to a place to get some things in the Camera. After enough pics here, headed to Mullianagiri(6300 Ft- Highest in Karnataka) and then to Chikmagalur for Lunch. Finished the Final bits of currency left in the pocket by having a stomach full meal. Don’t even have 20 bucks in case of a puncture. Got back on the saddle for a pretty long ride(240 Kms) ride back home.

Reached Home at 07:30 PM after fighting the Nelamangala Traffic and hit the sack right away.
And by the way, My bike is fine now with the valves getting replaced. It is soothing to ride my Bike with its true vigour.

Mohan – The Serial Tourist

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Trip to Mullayangiri – 26112009

2009-12-12T22:53:00.025+05:30

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Hufff……. This is one of the most adventurous trip in my life….. It tested the limits of driving and my Bike power to pull….

This month we planned so many things and opted to work on week ends, having off on Thursday and Friday, Nothing went on well….. Did not have any trips in this month…. We already reached the last week off…

Called Sathya from office on Wednesday in the mid night and told him that we are starting to Kemmangundi after the shift…… He is the first person to be happy….. Rushed to house after the shift at 4:00 AM on 26th Nov 2009 – I also need to pack luggage for Sathya…… Pack… Kick…. Ride……

Me and Sathya met at konenkunte … Need to collect my Nikon P80 from on of my friend…… Hit the NICE road and landed in Tumkur Road …. Mohan is already waiting for us…..

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Since it is not planned… we did not groom our bikes….. Following are the problems with our bikes….

Pulsar – Mohan – No Pick up… Installed New Michelin Tire….. Engine stops if it is heated…… Rear break don’t work (Got this right in Tumkur)

Karizma – Sathya – 3rd gear don’t work… Difficult in hill climbs…..

Thunder Bird - Narendra (Me) – Clutch wire is tight… can break any time…. NO Disk Oil… Disk Break not working…..

Out next stop is at Tumkur near Annapurna Idle Hotle….. My favs….. Had heavy Break fast… 2 Tatta Idly and 1 masala Dosa…..
Stopped at Tumker for minor repair works….

Started after minor repairs and reached Berur by 1:00 PM.. Lunch at Dhaba…
Started after lunch and reached Lingadahalli for packing some food and drinks for the night…

My bike is fully loaded….

Hill Climb starts now….
The road is in just OK condition…..
This time I have decided to shoot video of the Bike Ride… Tied the camera to my chest and started the Video…. Forgot to tell you… We don’t know when the battery will die…. Did not charge the battery.. so need to switch off the display and use the camera….

The first video came really good… Did not stop at Kemmangundi as it is getting dark…. Started to Hebbe Falls….

Now starts the real challenge…. It’s a clear sky and no chance for rain…. It is a 14 KM off road ride on Bike…..

I personally started 7 times to Hebbe falls and could complete only 3 times….. It is soooo tough… I would say it is one of the toughest roads for off roading…

Covered about 5 Km’s… Sathya took the camera to tie it to his chest…. It’s a dangerous turn and sathya could not control his Bike his concentration is on Video that he is shooting…. Almost slipped….
Sathya and Mohan decided to reduce the air in the back tire as they are not getting the road grip and it is getting tougher for them to control the bike.. The air pressure in my tire is already less … more over there is lot of load on my bike which made it easy for me to get the road grip… Stopped on the way to check the camping site for night…. At one point even the break could not stop the bike rolling down hill… Need to use the gear to stop the vehicle… Its getting a bit colder as it is already 5:00 PM.. The rout is covered with a canopy of tall grass…. It is a amazing view… clicked some photos of them…. Reached Hebbe falls by 5:30 PM and it is almost getting dark…. We took almost 3 hours to cover 15 km. I thought it was impossible to ride back to kemmangundi in the dark….

We went to the estate manager and requested him for the permission to camp in the estate as it is already dark… He rejected…. Trekked to Hebbe falls and it is completely dark by the time we reached there…. Leaches…. Leaches…. There are 3 streams to cross to reach Hebbe falls…. We could not see any thing apart from out next step…The noise of water falling from heights is scaring in the night…. No one around… A small Mobile torch is our light source… rushed back to parking area…..

Hungry.. Hungry… ripped some biscuits… cleaned our self from Leaches…started the ride back to Kemmangundi….

Get set go……. Dark night…. NO back up… just carrying spare tube and a leg pump and basic tool kit.

Sathya need to lead the way as he is having HID installed..
Mohan to follow Sathya as his is not confident about his bike to climb the Hill..
I am last as I am carrying all the tools and food and first aid….

Pulser is not able to climb the up hill….. Crying a lot….. Engine is almost red hot…… I am riding only in 1st and 2nd gears and even my engine is very hot and started smelling burnt… Stopped after 3 Kms to cool down the engines….
The visibility of the road is not good as we are not able to judge the dimensions of the stones and pebbles as the shadow of them are confusing us….
I hit the engine to the rocks count less times and the break peddle is bent…. It is hitting my foot very badly…
Hufff reached half way and this the toughest part of the ride…at one point Mohan bike is not able to pull up and need to stop…. .. Waited for some time and started again…
Now Sathya is on Pulsar and Mohan is on Karizma….. They left and it took some time for me to start the bike as my self motor stopped working…
They went long way … I could not even listen to the engine roaring… I am stuck … finally started… tensed… My bike suddenly stopped… could not pull the load even in 1st gear.. Suddenly my Clutch got lose and I am worried … Thought it got cut and started shouting for Sathya and Mohan…. It is dark…. In the forest…… No spare Clutch cable…. One good thing I have done is not switching off the engine… Given full accelerator and tapped the first gear with out clutch ….. a bit relaxed as the bike is moving… My next thought is to catch them….

They stopped for me after some time… Now Mohan is on his bike and Sathya is back on Karizma…
Toughest deal… Uphill…. Mohan bike is not pulling…. If he closes the clutch the bike is rolling back… Sathya supported Mohan by pushing Pulser with his Karizma … The Front wheel of Karizma is kissing the rear wheel of Pulsar…. Stuck…. They blocked the way…. I am just behind them and though I put on the breaks the bike is rolling back…. It is deep valley behind… Once again hit the gear with out the clutch and accelerated.. Managed to cross them and parked my bike in an even place and walked back to Mohan to push his bike up hill…. Mohan is not able to control the bike.... He used is ejector button and jumped away from bike and the bike have to fall down… Sathya back on Pulsar…. He found that the bike is in 2nd gear and so not pulling… Mohan is panic and forgot basics…. Cleared the dangerous stretch and planned to relax for some time…

Stopped the bikes for some time and had not drinks and stared…. The temperature is getting low and it is chilling… Some how managed to reach Kemmangundi by 9:00 PM….

Found a camping place and camped…. The wind is very harsh and we were afraid that the tent might fly away….. So used our bike as support and pitched tent.

Tired….. In the tent….Under sleeping bags…. Had some food and drinks and went to sleep…..

Hufffffff……. This is the best day in my life with my dear Thunder bird…. Sorry dear troubled you a lot…. You are always my trusted partner ……. Never mind it is a forest, rain, Beach, Ghat Section, off road, high way………. I love you….

Good Morning…..

Had nice sleep… Climate is pleasant …….. Fresh day… Lot more to travel…
Packed the tent and went to a view point near by…Oh my got… I have never seen such a clean blue sky in my life…. I am lost in nature… Took lot of photos at this spot…. Refer to photos… The ride from Kemmangundi to Mullayangiri is very know and had done more than 10 times…. This is on of my best stretch and I never get bored of it…..

Reached Mullayangiri …. This is the first time I am visiting the highest peak in Karnataka….. Breath taking views….. Climbed the hill and went to a cave at the top of the hill…. Local people say that this Cave takes you to Mysore…..

Finally reached Chikmagalore and stopped for lunch….Had heavy food and refueled and kicked off to Bangalore…. Chikmagalore to Bangalore via Hasan, Magadi……

Reached Home for Sathya shift at 10:00 PM…

Lovely trip…

Distance: ~700 Kms

Riders:
1. Narendra (Me)
2. Mohan
3. Sathya

Bikes:
1. Thunder Bird
2. Pulsar
3. Karizma

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Things Carried:
1. Nikon Camera
2. Foot Pump
3. Spare Tube, Spark Plug, Chain link, Bulb, Fuse.
4. 3 man tent
5. 3 nos Sleeping bags.
6. torch
7. knife

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Tirupathi - 6th Nov 2009

2009-11-17T21:35:00.005+05:30

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Team :

Royal Enfield : Narendra & Sathya
Pulser 150 cc : Mohan

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Ride to MM Hills

2009-10-06T05:03:00.007+05:30

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Team:

Thunder Bird : Narendra & Supriya
Karizma : Sathya and Ramkishore
Unicon : Srikanth and Vamsi

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Upper Bhavani Tour

2009-08-24T02:16:00.006+05:30

We've missed enuf weekends and lets not miss this one...I think we have plentiful time to make it to Upper Bhavaani this time.

2nd weekend of September..Nata has already applied leaves on Friday and Monday, I guess...But we need not apply any leaves...Apply a leave if u need some rest on Monday...Else Leaves will not be required.

More about this place -

Mukurthi National Park:
The Mukurthi National Park is located in the Nilgiris District of Tamil Nadu, the south eastern corner of the Nilgiris Plateau. Spread over 78.46 km, this represents one of the very few areas which support a viable population of the Nilgiri Tahr. A fascinating feature of the Mukkurthi National Park is its endemism and relationship with the Himalayan flora and fauna.
The entire tract included in the National Park bears natural vegetation typical of higher altitudes of South India, comprising of rolling grassy downs, interspersed with temperate shoals occupying depressions and valleys. The landscape is extremely picturesque and should be zealously protected and preserved to maintain the primeval beauty and grandeur of the tract.
Wat 2 Expect from this trip?

This would be more of a Bike ride in picturesque unknown routes with lots of pics that not many would have in their Albums.
We would have no time to for maamooli tourist spots like the Botanical Garden or the Ooty Lake or such spots where we can expect to find lots of family tourists.
This is to explore the Places in Ooty that not many people know of. Eg: Upper Bhavaani, Avalanche,Manjoor, Kotagiri...To be more specific, enjoy the route that we take to reach the places of interest.
Thats what makes us different from the scores of people who go to a Tourist spot in Cars and Buses..I call them(Cars/Buses/TTs) the Bird cage!!
We will get ample rest at night(Read minimum 9- 10 Hrs).

Also we may ride in the Rains. So it would be a good idea to have a good Rain Coat in our Arsenal! I purchased one from JC Road for 600 bucks.
Upper Bhavani:
The place is popular for its beautiful, hills, valleys, gardens and lakes. Out of the lakes, the Upper Bhavani Lake and the sanctuary are extremely popular. It has a mesmerizing effect on the tourists who visit it.
The Upper Bhavani Lake is characterized by water throughout the year. There has been a dam constructed here named the Upper Bhavani Dam which provides water for irrigation and to nearby settlements. This dam has been responsible for most of the successful agricultural activities around the place. The Upper Bhavani sanctuary is spread over 70 sq km of land. The Nilgiri Tahr can be found here. The sanctuary also is home to such animals like includes tigers, jackals, jungle cats, wild dogs, Sambhar, giant squirrels, Nilgiri langurs, and leopards.
The Upper Bhavani is ideal for trekking, hiking and for walks. There is a guest house here, for those who wish to spend the night here. The upper Bhavani reservoir remains as the beautiful backdrop for this. The rest house lies amidst a mushy forest land. This place is an amazing treat to tourists and nature re lovers. It’s a must see place on a visit to Ooty and is an unforgettable travel experience.

Itenirary :
Friday Night @ 02:00 AM(i.e., Sat early morning) - Departure from Bangalore
Sat @ 5:00 AM - Reach Mysore
06:30 AM - Reach Bandipur National Park and pass thru Mudumalai national park.
07:30 AM - Reach Theppakkaad ( Begins the ascent to ooty, a real steep one at that)
09:00 AM - Reach Ooty- Go around small time Tourist spots like Dodda betta and also obtain the required permissions to stay at the Fishing Hut or the Upper Bhavani guest house.
02:00 PM - Leave ooty and move towards Upper Bhavaani via Manjoor.
06:00 PM - Reach Upper Bhavaani Guest house or the Mukurthi National park Fushing Hut depending on the permissions we get...And try to Sleep in that Chilly weather with very basic amenities.

Day 2 :
Sunday
06:00 AM - Sight seeing around the scenic Lake and the Mukurthi national Park.
12:00 PM - Ride towards Bangitapal and then to Parson's valley and then to Pykara falls and back home via Gudalur,Mudumalai,Bandipur,Mysore.
09:00 PM - Reach Bangalore.

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Ride to Gods own Country..... - - By Mohan, The Serial Tourist!

2009-07-24T21:21:00.011+05:30

1400 Km on Road

700 Km on Ghat Roads

300 Km in National Parks

190 Hairpin Curves

40 Litres of Petrol

35 Riding Hours in Rain

30 Km Off Road Ride

5 Days

4 Nights

3 States (Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu)

2 Brave Souls(Mohan & Narendra) on 2 Bikes(Pulsar & Thunderbird)

1 Goal - Ride n Enjoy

Route :
Bangalore-Mysore-HDKote-Kabini-Manathavaadi(Wayanaad)-Kalpetta-Kozhikode-Koilandy-Kappad Beach-Thrissur-Chalakudy-Athirapally-Vaalparai-Pollachi-Palakkad-Mannaarkaad-Silent Valley National Park-Manjoor-Ooty-Mudumalai-Bandipur-Nanjangud-Mysore-Bangalore.

All Excited we were when our Manager granted 2 days of Leave on Thursday and Friday. That makes it a 4 Day Holiday. The initial plan was to spend 3 full days in Vaalparai to explore all the places close by. But as always, plans change and change quite drastically.

Initial Plan:

Final Turnout:

Day 1:
Weather @ Bangalore : No signs of Rain, Dry weather, 26 Deg Cel.

From Bangalore to Kozhikode – 380 Kms.

It was supposed to be the Peak of Monsoon season, But the weathermen have predicted severe drought this year. But we were still hopeful that we will at least have drizzles in God’s Own Country(Kerala). Started the trip with lots of doubt in mind about the chances of riding in Rain.

Departing Home at 03:30 AM, I’ve got to meet Narendra at Mysore Road -NICE Junction. Narendra arrives at the Junction at 04:25 AM. After a couple of quick snaps, headed straight to Mysore for Breakfast.

As per the initial plan, we had to go to Gundlupet and then to Gudalur. But as always, the plan will change. So we headed towards HD Kote. Narendra was abnormally very slow on the road. Only later did he reveal that he needs a quick nap as he had been quite busy for the last 2 days for various reasons. After about an Hour’s sleep by the roadside, the view of Rain on a far away mountain slope pepped us up. We’ve been waiting to ride in the rains for a long time now. After about 5 minutes, we had the first drizzle. Quickly wore our Rain coats amidst Villagers wondering what was in the Loads of Luggage on Narendra’s Bike. We were excited that we are riding in Rain sooner than we expected.

At 9:30 AM, we were at Rajiv Gandhi National Park (Naagarahole). The Jungle was quite thick. Found some Elephants grazing and also found a Tiger Pug mark. Spotted a Deer. The rain was increasing in intensity as we headed more and more west wards. Gradually, the road’s condition deteriorated until there was no road but loads of slush. This continued for the next 20 Kms until we reached God’s Own Country.

Five minutes after we entered Kerala(Maananthavaady), we were greeted with Heavy showers. Was glad that the trip is going to be a success. After having Lunch (Boiled Rice and Fish), we headed towards Kalpetta (wayanad). We now need to be at Kappad Beach, Kozhikode ( Calicut) by dawn. So had to miss all the tourist Attractions in Wayanad. The Road from Kalpetta to Calicut is world class. Enjoyed the ride amidst heavy downpour and blinding Mist and numerous roadside waterfalls.

Reached Kappad Beach by 06:30 PM where we decided to camp. And this is where the real Tamasha began. In short, we were mobbed by a group of drunk Fishermen. One of them wanted us to speak to them in Malayalam or Hindi. Both of us knew no Malayalam though I can understand. Narendra does not know Hindi as well. Though I knew Hindi, I never let the cat out of the bag, for they may start speaking all the nonsense one can associate with drunk men. I was conversing with them in Tamil mixed Malayalam when Narendra went scouting for Help at a Resort nearby and finally the Koilandi(Quilandy) Police helped us to get an accommodation to spend the night at a local Lodge. It was Inspector Ajay Kumar. He seemed an honest officer. He even paid for the food that he bought for himself at a road side eatery. He got us a room in Azhar Lodge for 160 bucks. And Unfortunately due to continuous Heavy downpour, there was no electricity throughout the night. Tried very hard to sleep amidst a million thirsty Mosquitoes vying for Blood. Hardly slept for 3 to 4 hrs.

End of Day 1:

Initial Plan : To reach Thrissur via Gudalur.

Final Outcome : Reached Kappad Beach in Quilandy(Calicut).

DAY 2:

Weather @ Kozhikode : Continuous Rain, 50- 60% Humid, 28 Deg Cel.

From Kozhikode to Chalakudy! – 240 Kms.

Woke up at 10 AM, far later than schedule, thanks to the mosquito menace until 6 AM in the morning. We planned to reach Chalakudy by dusk so that we could explore the Athirappally Forest area on Day 3. Since we had a whole day to reach chalakudy which is about 180 Kms from Kozhikode, we decided not to take the regular road to chalakudy. Instead we swept through the single carriageway roads en route to Thrissur again cutting through puddles of rain water on the road. There were many instances where the road was entirely submerged with water. Very little land was on view on either side of the road for they were all flooded with rain waterz.

We had funny moments trying to communicate with local people to find the routes to the next place on our Map. I had the shock of my life when one man asked me , “Aap kis desh se aa rahe ho?”. I replied, “ Yahi Desh” for which he wonderingly asked, “Oh..Keralamo!”. Such was our plight. Thankfully for us, Many Keralites understand Tamil which I can speak. Narendra used to try sign-Language which would fail until I intervened with my mix of Tamil and Malayalam. So communicating with the locals was not a huge problem.

Reached Thrissur by 7:00 PM. Chalakudy is still about 35 Kms away. So thought of staying in a Hotel en route to Chalakudy . Enquired all the road side Lodges which were all full. Finally we got a room in a sleepy little town and that was Chalakudy. Slept peacefully until 10 in the Morning.

Day 2 plans went as per schedule(Revised of course!).

DAY 3:

Weather @ Chalakudy: Continuous Rain,50% Humidity,28 Deg Cel.

Chalakudy to Athirappally to Vaalpaarai- 140 Kms.

Again Woke up at 10:30 AM, 4 hours too Late!! Had some breakfast..Hey..I must mention about the quality of Fruit Juices in Kerala. The finest ones I’ve ever gulped. And you must see the making of a cup of Tea at any roadside Nair Tea Shop. Its an art!. The Master(as the Tea Maker is called) will toss the beverage up in the air and it would take a parabolic path and fall straight into the Tea Cup. The Parabolic path that I’m talking about could have a height of 1 metre!. Leaving Chalakudy at 11:45 AM, we were far behind schedule. But since Vaalpaarai is just about 100 odd kms, we thought we could easily make to the Hill Station by Dusk. Well, this unknown route had some other plans for us.

This is where the real trip starts. This is what I’ve been planning for the last 2 Years( I have to mention that I have been within 50 Kms proximity to Vaalpaarai, but missed out on two such opportunities, not one!). Both of us were excited at being at our spots of interest. 20kms passed by! Though we are passing through the Chaalakudy Forest Area, I could see a lot of Human settlements. This is not what I expected of the Chaalakudy – Vaalpaarai stretch. 10 more Kms passed, Human settlements faded away gradually. There was a view of the Chaalakudy River. After some snaps, headed further deep into the forests where we found a Green Snake right in the middle of the Road. Unfortunately, it was run over by some vehicle. Here starts the real Tropical Rain forest! There seemed like we were only guys on that road, for we are yet to encounter a vehicle from the opposite direction. But the road was superbly laid even for such Traffic density.

These were one of the thickest forests I’ve seen(probably Dandeli in Karnataka being the Thickest ever, on par with Amazons). Enter the Vaazhchal Forest Division, collected our Tickets for the Athirappally Waterfalls. It was 15 bucks per Ticket. Had a distant view of the mighty Waterfalls at Full flow. After about 5 Kms, parked our bikes where a bunch of monkeys were waiting to explore our Luggage. Trekked around 500 mts to the Athirappally Waterfalls. But due to excess Rain, the waterfall looked frightening and understandably the Policemen did not allow anybody to trek down to the bottom of the falls. Its already 1:00 PM, so quickly snapped up some Pics and treaded our way deep into the Jungle.

Its still raining and the ghat road was tempting us to take the corners with High speeds. But we had to keep a speed of about 40 Kmph to enjoy the scenic route to the Fullest. Inhaling the purest form of Oxygen was an enriching experience. But as we cut through the roads deeper into the forest, we inhaled scents of fresh Dung…Elephant Dung!! Every 500 metres, there were loads of dung right in the middle of the road. The forest was getting thicker and quiter and this coupled with periodic warnings in the form of Elephant Dung kept me in a continuous state of alert. Finally we saw a vehicle approaching us from the opposite direction after about 50Kms on this stretch. There were many roadside waterfalls en route, both big and small. Stopped by one such Big Waterfall and snapped some pics. Ignored the other waterfalls as we were already behind schedule. As we covered more ground , the roads for the first time is showing signs of deterioration.

The whole stretch of road was covered by thick canopies so much so that it we had our Bike’s Headlamps turned on to enhance the visibility. We are now ascending a slope and the road is covered by mist. The roadscape was superb and no amounts of words can justify my feelings.Then, there was a deviation for some Dam. The road was narrower and the jungle, more thicker. After about 7 Kms on this road, comes a medium sized Dam filled to Brim. After a quick and secret photosesion(Protected Area), started heading to Vaalparai again.

Vaalpaarai is still 55 kms away and it is starting to get dark, though it is still 05:30 PM. En route to vaalparai, we found another vehicle(a Tempo Traveller) with some tourists enjoying a scenic landscape. One of them was from Bangalore and had a small chat about our exploits. Suddenly we heard sounds of Elephants from behind. They were feasting on the Bamboo shrubs. The roads are getting worser and worser. Narendra splashed some muddy water right into my face when along with a couple of leaches. One landed right on my lips. It took a while for me to know that it was Leach. I felt something smoothlu crawling on my lips, but to my peril, it was a Leach which I managed to pull off my cheek. After about 10 more kms, we enter TamilNadu. The roads are smooth again.

Starts the sprawling Tea Estates of Mallakapaarai. Stopped our Bikes for a cup of Tea. It was an awesome feeling to have Tea with drizzling rains coupled with the ambience of never ending Tea estates. Its already dark and we have 40 more Kms to Vaalpaarai. We were riding all day and travelled just 100 Kms till now. We had plans to reach Pollachi, which is 60 Kms further away from Vaalparai, But did not want to miss the scenic Road from Vaalpaarai to Pollachi. And since its already dark we decided to camp at some place in Vaalpaarai. And again it started raining heavily.

By now, the very rain which we were so fond of all these days, looked like a hindrance. We were starting to get fed up of rain. That’s what happens when you have too much of it. We wanted to camp somewhere to put the Tent that we were carrying to some use. After being rejected at a Church and then at Tata Club, we reached the Hill Station of Vaalpaarai at 09:30 PM. Found a Lodge for 250 Bucks, had Dinner and went for sleep with the Mercury hovering around 16 Deg Celcius.

End of Day 3.

Prettymuch went according to the Plan!

Day 4 & 5:

Weather @ Vaalpaarai: 16 Deg Celcius, Drizzling rain.

Vaalpaarai- Pollachi-Palakkad-Ooty-Mandya : 490 Kms.

It was freezing cold morning at Vaalparai. Woke up at 05:30 AM and had bath after 3 Days.Set off from Vaalpaarai to Pollachi which is about 60 Kms from here. The route is expected to be scenic. Scenic it was with spiraling Tea Estates and unbelievably smooth Ghat roads coupled with mist and drizzling rain. We are at the edge of the western Ghats and approaching the highest Peak in South India(Anaimudi @ 9000 feet). Vaalpaarai is surrounded by National Parks from all the four Sides, Vaazhchal Forest Reserve on the West, Parambikulam National Park to the North, Chinnaar Wildlife Sanctuary to the East and Eravikulam Wildlife Sanctuary to the South.

The weather was great. Again , we were bored by the roadside waterfalls sice we had already seen enough. Cutting through the mist and the Sharp Hairpin bends on this silky smooth road, we arrive at the Azhiyaar Dam View Point. The Dam when looked from the View point looks like map of South India. It’s a Huge Dam! I was so excited that I started to bend my bike to such an extent that the foot rest was scratching the road surface at every hair pin bend. Finally after 3 Days of ghat riding, we arrive at the plains in Pollachi. The view of the mountains from the ground level was amazing. It was 09:30 AM by the time we reached Pollachi.

Now the plan is to go Home via Ooty. Since we are just starting the day, we thought of avoiding the Highway to Ooty. Instead the plan was to go to Ooty from Kerala side via Palakkaad and Mannaarkaad and Silent Valley National Park. This would add another 130 extra Kilometres. But as always, the destination is not important. How we get there is what matters. So again we cross borders into Kerala to reach Palakkaad. FYI, Paalakkaad is the only place in the entire stretch of Western Ghats where there is a Discontinuity of the Ghats. Its called the Paalakkaad Gap! Nevertheless Paalakkaad is a large district with vast areas of Forest Patch including the Silent Valley National Park( One of the Seven Wonders of India ). The View of the majestic Silent Valley Slopes was so exhilarating. So we hurried on to reach the Checkpost before 2:00 PM(Time after which no vehicle will be allowed inside the park). But on reaching the checkpost, we came to know that only Jeeps(4X4) are allowed inside the park and the Fee is a whopping 1000 Bucks per person. So with no second thoughts, ditched the Park and headed to Ooty. After a while, the Tarmac disappeared and my Bike’s first Off-Road experience started. This continued for the next 20 odd Kms until we reached the Tamil Nadu Border again.

The view of the mountains were scintillating. These slopes looked far bigger than whatever we had seen until now. Again , this road is seldom used by anyone other than a Government Mini Bus which operates from Coimbatore to Manjoor(near Ooty). But the road was well laid for this scarce Traffic. Got the chance to see many peculiar Birds which I have never seen before. But Narendra’s ThunderBird would keep scaring the real Birds away. For the first time in 4 Days, there was no rain(barring slight drizzles) because this side of the slopes fall under the Rain Shadow Region. The Road to Kilkunda and Manjoor is one of the best roads I’ve ever travelled on. Simply because of the grassy roadsides with very narrow road and the scenic beauty alongside the Road. And as we were climbing up, the temperature kept decreasing and the view of the clouds were breath Taking. We reached the Beautiful Village of Manjoor where some Chain Lubrication works were done. Ooty is still 45 Kms away. The road to Ooty is superbly constructed and add to it the sprawling Tea estates and the roadside green grass. Wondered why people go to Switzerland when we have such beautiful Landscapes.

Reached Ooty by riding in biting cold conditions. Temperatures must have been around 10 – 12 Deg Celcius. My legs and hands were about to get frozen. Ooty town looked so clean and Tidy, much better than how it looked on my previous visit a year ago. Shopped for some locally made chocolates and kept moving. Now the descent from ooty to Nanjangud had two routes. One is about 37 Kms and very steep descent and the other a 65 Kms gradual Descent. I had missed the 37 Km stretch the previous time. So decided to try it out. Oh..I must say that this should be steepest road in South India. Hence only Cars and Mobikes are allowed to ply on this route. I was cautious not to use too much of Brakes for thay may get over heated and get jammed. So the entire stretch was done in 2nd and 3rd gears only. Occationally we have to switch to 1st gear and the speed will still hover around 25 Kmph. It was that steep. In a matter of 40 Minutes , we climbed down approximately 8000 Feet.

We are now at the foothills of Ooty in Mudumalai National Park. Its already dark, so we were riding real slow through the National Park to increase our chances of sighting any WildLife. Sure enough, we sighted a group of Bisons crossing the road. They were all gone by the time I took my Cam out. Numerous Deers were were spotted. Enter Bandipur National Park, we hoped to see some Elephants. Sure enough ,spotted a buch of Tuskers alongside the Road. Deers were being seen everywhere like Stray Dogs in Bangalore.

It’s the end of National Parks and Ghat Roads. We have been on the road for 15 Hours today. And Now comes the real challenge to ride back home on boring straight National Highways. Bangalore is still 170 Kms away i.e., 3 – 4 Hours away. And the road to Mysore from here is pathetic. There comes a stage where the “potholes in Road” situation turns into “Roads in Pothole” tragedy. Reached Mysore to have some Dinner and then stayed back in Mandya which is about 90 Kms from Bangalore.

So Day 4 proved to be the most enjoyed day of the Tour eclipsing Day3.

Left Mandya early and reached Home on 09:00 AM on Day 5.

Trip Blog by Narendra :

http://bangalorebikers.blogspot.com/2009/07/ride-to-gods-own-country.html

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By,

Mohan, The Serial Tourist!

Ride to Gods own Country.....

2009-07-17T20:44:00.015+05:30

1400 Kms on Road
700 Kms of Ride on Ghat Roads

300 Kms of Ride in National Parks

190 hair pin Curves
40 ltrs of petrol
35 Riding Hours in Rain
30 Kms off Road Ride
5 Days
4 Nights
3 States (Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka)
2 brave souls on
2 Bikes
1 goal - Ride n Enjoy

This is my most memorable trip till now.
We are planning this trip from almost 6 months and waiting for the monsoon to hit south India.
Out actual plan is to Ride in Rain. But had too much of it.
We are so unlucky that the petrol price are hiked by Rs. 4.00 on the same day.

Day 1 :

We are done with our shift and ready to hit the roads.Our actual plan is to start at 10:00 AM. When we came to shift I am waiting to complete my shift and hit the Road. I really could not concentrate on my job.I started from home @ 3:30 AM and reached the Mysore Road - Nice Road junction @ 4:20AM. First photo click and kicked off.Filled the tank on the way and there is nothing much on the way to Mysore as it is a 4 line boring road. My HID light which I spent Rs. 2000.00 is really worth. It is very bright and the visibility is very good. The visibility is almost 400 Mtrs.
Stopped for tea and breakfast in the ring road at Mysore. Went through the map and decided to go through kabini reserve forest.
The ride in the forest is really good and really enjoyed it. we also found some dears and elephants and also taken some photos very close to the wild life.
The roads are not good but still enjoyed the off road ride. The forest is very thick and in some places could sence the fresh Elephant dung smell.We stopped in the forest and taken photos. The moment we entered Kabini it started raining.We reached Wayanad by 1:30 PM and had lunch. This is the first time I am entering Kearal.Had different kinds of fish and it is very cheep and really tasty.The same food would had cost me about Rs. 800.00 in Bangalore. We spent only Rs. 300.00 for the lunch. Started back the ride in Rain from Wayanad. The road to kozhikode is very scenic and very wide though it is a ghat road. At one point the visibility of the road is less than 100 Mtrs and please not the time at this point is 2:30 PM.
We enjoyed the ride in the rain and reached Kozhikode by 5:00 PM. We planned to camp at the Kappad beach as we came to know that there are no restrictions for camping there. Kappad is the Indias most clear water beach. We reached kappad by 5:45 PM and started inquiring the local people near the beach for the place to camp. There is one resort on the beach. I went to enquire if I could camp in their campus or if any rooms are available. The cost of accommodation scared us and we decided to camp out side the resort on beach side. When we asked the local people they asked user to camp any where and he also told that he is the life guard in that beach and no permission is required. He asked out ID proof and verified. He also asked us to complete the dinner and then camp.We finished out dinner - once again Fish ----- came back to camp site - It is still Raining - We are in rain from 10:00 AM and now the time is 8:30 PMProblem started - - - - Lot of people gathered at the beach and once guy who is drunk started asked us what is our problem. We did not understand what is he talking about. He is asking us to take room and not to camp. He troubled us a lot and at last we came to know that there are some illegal activities going on the Beach and they dont want us to camp there. He started asking us if you need any room with fully loaded and he is asking us if we need any company (girls) for the night. I am worried and went to Resort near by and took the help of the resort security and informed them about it. They told not to worry and can camp there and told in case if they create more problems inform them.Luckly police patrol come to the resort and the security of the resort informed them about what had happened. Them called us and verified the identity and asked us to leave the beach and take a lodge. They are very helpful. It is raining very badly and there is no power in that area. They took the luggage in their Jeep and we followed the Jeep. They took us to a lodge and informed about the issue to the owner and accommodated us.We came to know the the local people in the beach are the fisher man and they are not having any business because of the heavy rains.
We could not sleep in the room - there is no power and mosquito are attacking us very badly. Finally we slept at 4:00 AM.We decided to wake up and go to Mahe (Pondy) which is about 20 KM from the place where we stayed. We thought we could also fule up the bikes as the petrol is Rs. 4.00 cheeper than Kerala . so, it is Rs. 7.00 cheaper than Bangalore.

Distance covered on Day 1 : 430 KM
Riding hours : 14 hours

Day 2:
Lazy morning - We got up at 10:30 AM and packed out luggage. We had Juce and Burger from a Bakery and started off. It is still raining.since it is already late we decided to skip Mahe and move to Chalakudy.On Day 2 we are completely dependent on Eicher map that we are carrying and it gave the shortest route. Some of these Routes are not even know by the local jeep or Truck drivers and the roads are really good.
We stopped for Lunch in Shoranur and had heavy non-veg lunch @ 4:00 PM.
I had a different opinion on Kerala Roads - They are really better than where we stay. All the speed breakers have sign boards at least 50 mts ahead and all of them are painted with Yellow and white. Kudos to Kerala government.We reached Thrissur by 6:00 PM and thought to stay that night in any lodge out side the city as the cost will be cheaper. We could not find any thing out side the city and all the hotels are full. We saw news paper in one of the hotels and found that there is cricket match. We decided to take a TV room at any cost and We finally came to one small town where there are many hotels and we came to know that we reached Chalakudy.
Finally we are at the place where we are supposed to be for that nights - Running on
schedule.We took a room , dumped the luggage in it and came out for dinner. We had very lite dinner with fresh frute juce and came back to room.When we turned on the TV India Vs WestIndis Live cricket match. we are watching the match and slept at 11:30 PM.
Our plan for the next day is to drive till Pollachi and stay over night.

Distance covered on Day 2 : 265 Kms
Riding Hours : 8 Hours

Day 3:
This is the day we are waiting for from months.
There is one specialty for this road - This construction of this road was apposed by many people. Many places in this route are explored by Famous director Maniratnam and most of his movies are shot in these location. This Road links Kearala and Tamil Nadu through Parimbikulam National Park which is very dense and where you can spot out many wild life like Elephants....
Trust me - In a stretch of 80 Kms we can see only 6 vehicles coming in the opposite
direction and the road are very good. We covered this road in the day time.We got up late after watching India cricket match in TV over night. We started fromChalakudy @ 11:00 AM after having our break fast - We had a very heavy Breakfast as we dont get any thing on the way till we reach Valparai. The rout is very teasing and cant stop us touching 80's even though the roads are not straight. We reached Athirappalli water falls by afternoon. The water flow is very high are the security is not allowing any one to have a dip in the chill water. The view of the water fall is breath taking and view of the water fall isprinted in my heart. We started from Athirappalli after spending 30 min near the falls. The route from hear is very scenic and it takes you through very dense forest. There are lot of water falls on the way next to the road and they are really beautiful. After a leasure 6 hours drive we reached some village where we had tea and took some snaps. On the way we spotted Elephant which is breaking bamboo trees. People told me that they like thetaste of the fresh Bamboo. Next 20 km will take you through coffeeplantations. We reached Valparai and started searching for accommodation. We approached a church for camping in their compound. They did not allow us to do that. We also approached the TATA Tea Club and they asked us to take a room in the club which is about Rs. 750.00 per night.We went to the Valparai and found budget accommodation for us and completed our dinner and went to bed.
Our plan for the next day is to start early morning by 5:00 AM and go to Ooty and meet our team mates who came to Ooty for sight seeing.

Distance covered on Day 3 : 150 Kms
Riding Hours : 9 Hours

Day 4:

This is the first day we waked up on time.
Got some hot water and after taking bath we started from Valparai @ 6:30 AM. It is very cold and raining when we started. The drive through the Tea estate in the early morning is very nice. The mist is reducing the visibility and we have 40 hair pin curves before we reach pollachi Road. As usual there are so many streams on the way and the roads are very good. The ride down hill is reducing the temperature and also the rain. The view of the Pollachi Dam from the view point is very good. The back water of Pollachi Dam is like south India Map when you see it from View point. On the way we saw Monkey Falls - as the name says it has so many monkeys near it. After finishing the ghat session we stopped to have Tea and this is when we got mobile signal after 2 days from the moment we started from Chalakudy. I called
to my parents and my girl friend to update them. I also called Jeevan who is in Ooty. He said that they are leaving from Ooty in another 2 hours. So we planed to ride through Salient Valley nation park instead of taking direct way to Ooty through Coimbatore. We reached Pollachi in 20 min and stopped for Break Fast. There is no rain after the Ghat session and the climate is very dry. We took palakad bypass and started heading towards Silent Valley National Park. On the way we inquired with few bus drivers and they told that they only allow vehicles from 7:00 AM to 1:30 PM. We reached there just 5 min late. Any want they are not going to allow bikes inside the park. we either need to take a bus or jeep to get inside. We tried to request them to allow us inside the park - there is no user and they told that there is on more way to reach ooty from there. But the road is not up to the mark. We took that rood and after 1 hours drive we reached the ghat session with hair pin curves. Ride till now from Silent valley is a kind of off road and in few places we can say its a dirt track. There is one check post at the end of this road and from there the roads are
really good. The ride from here is memorable. I actually don't call it ride as we are always flying above the clouds. It just started raining again when we are about 30 Kms away from ooty. Nice Tea with hot chilli baggi - - - Hummmmmm superb when we also have cold weather with rain.... no words... just liked it. We reached Ooty just after getting dark. we did not spend time in Ooty. bought some chock lets and started off in the rain. We took the short route which is more steep to enjoy the ride to reach Bandipura. It is very dark and when we passed through Madumalai forest we spotted many Bisons running across the road. I am very scared to top my bike on the road but I want to take some photos in thw night..... Finally we took many photos in the night.. Oh my god...... I could see Deer like dogs in my street.... but this is really thrilling to drive in wild life that too in night.....
We stopped for dinner in Mysore - Finished Dinner and started (also rain started)... We are forced to stop in Mandya for sleep and started next day in the morning.

Reached Bangalore safe......

Distance covered on Day 4 : 480 Kms
Riding Hours : 16 Hours

If you want me tell you my experience in very few words, I would say ' I want to do this trip once again '

Things I carried:
1 Tent
2 Sleeping Bags
1 Foot Pump
1 Spare Tube
2 Spark pulgs
1 spare Head lamp
Torch
LED Lantern
Extra Petrol - 1/2 ltr
Tool kit
First Aid kit
Map : Eicher Road Map - you are never lost with it.

2 Brave hearts :
Narendra Vallabhaneni
Mohan Raj Shankar

2 Machines - very trusted
Royal Enfield Thunder bird - Narnedra Vallabhaneni
Bajaj Pulsar - Mohan Raj Shankar

Blog By Mohan:

http://bangalorebikers.blogspot.com/2009/07/ride-to-gods-own-country-by-mohan.html

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Sharawathi Back Water with Office Team

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Sharawathi Back Water

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Sharavathi Back Water (19th & 20th April '09)

2009-04-21T03:27:00.005+05:30

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Munnar

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Kodaikanal Solo Ride (7th & 8th Feb '09)

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South Canara and Western Ghats (20th - 22nd Dec 2008)

2009-02-28T01:57:00.012+05:30

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Busy roads, heavy traffic, bad pollution, and noisy environment......
This is all in Bangalore but not in the places that we have planed to go.
Finally week end came and the highways are calling us to roll them with our heavy loads of joy and happiness.
We started off from Marathahalli at around 4:00 PM and reached Shoppers Stop in Bannerghatta road for picking up Syed and Amith. By the time we reached there Mohan is waitingfor us at the same place. Kicked off Bangalore with great joy and hit the Nice road till Tumkur Road. While going we planed to go through Shimmoga, Sagar and Jog. Our trip
rolled as per the plan except for the delay in Shimmoga - Sagar road when Karizma got punchered. By the way I forgot to introduce the team who made up for the trip. Sathya and
Naveen on Karzma, Mohan and Amith on Pulsar, finally me and Syed on Thunderbird. We stopped for Breakfast after crossing Thumkur and than for lunch at Shimmoga where we usually
eat when we pass through that way. There is a non-veg restaurant in front of the Shimmoga bus stand which is very cheap in price and rich in quality. We reached Jog falls by
evening 4:30 PM.

We took almost 15 min to decide weather to go down the falls or to start off to Murudeshwara for the night stay. Finally we decided to do the later one as few members of our
team are tired and want to go to bed as soon as possible. The rout from Jog to Murudeswara is not new to me as I have been to this place for more than 5-6 times. Its one of mybest routs and you can enjoy riding in the Night or in the Rain. We took lot of breaks on the way and reached Honnavar. We filled petrol at Honnavar and ripped our bikes to
Murudeshwara. I know one guest house at this place and we directly went there and got one good big room for a reasonable price. We had nice dinner with fish fry and other seafoods and went out for a ride in Beach. Wow ..... beautiful experience to ride the bike on beach sand and even more thrilling to ride in the Night. We enjoyed with the bikes and
went off to sleep. We woke up in the morning and went to the beach and enjoyed wheeling and other adventure with bikes on the beach sand. There is a Water scooter on the shore.We planed to go in for a ride. each ride cost us 350 bucks for 2 people. Amith and Naveen on one trip and Sathys and Mohan on the other trip. They enjoyed a lot and on sathya's
ride the scooter lost the control and turned overhead. Great experience to they and even I enjoyed watching them. Don't ask me why you did no go for a ride - I am very scared of
water due to some bad experiences in the past. We had our break fast at Naveen Beach resort and all set to ride back to Bangalore.

We filled our tanks and started off from Bhatkala and stopped at Marvanthe to have a dip in the sea water. This beach is very beautiful an neat, We spent more than half an hour
at this beach for photographs and enjoyed. We started from Marvanthe, we need to drop Syed at Kundhapura as he is not feeling well and doubted that he could not travel any moreon bike. He took Mangalore bus from Kundhapura and than to Bangalore. We continued our ride and stopped for lunch at the base of the Agunbe ghat. Stomach full lunch and started
off. The ghat road is very narrow and the curves are very steep. We struggled and also enjoyed the ride on this ghat. We reached the Agumbe view point and spent some time at
that place with Ice Creams. It is almost evening and we need to rush from this place if we have to reach Bangalore by morning. We took the Shringeri - kudremukha - Belur -
Hasana - Bangalore rout.
The rout is very scenic and we enjoyed a lot. The ride in the pitch dark at Kudremukha nation park is very good. We stopped at the check post after crossing Kudremukha NP and
had some coffee and also did some shopping - Coffee, honey and some natural face creams. The shop keeper cheated us by giving impure honey and even the quality of the coffee
powder is not third class. Don't shop at this place.
The real struggle started from this place. Karizma once again troubled us on the way. Got punched, and one good thing is it took us to a small village and docked us. There aresome NSS activities going on in that village. The nearest town is Samse and it is late night and more over it is Sunday. Sathya and Mohan went to Samse after removing the tire
with the help of the local people. We had a party time with the local NGO vol entires who are organizing cultural events in that village and very special thanks to the local people for offering food with them and the food is brilliant. It was very cold and we started from Samse at around 11:30 and the road from this place till Belur is horrible. We
managed to reach Belur by 3:30 and we are in 2 minds to continue the ride to bangalore or to rest at Belur and start in the morning. Amith have some important work in the
morning and we he need to be there in Bangalore by morning 8:00 Am. We started off and on the way from Belur near Hasan Karizma - Naveen Driving, met with a minor accident. We
are in a good speed and a bus was stopped in the middle of the road with out any signals. After Naveen hitting the bus from back Amith sitting back went to fight with the Driver
of the bus for stopping the bus in the middle of the road with out any signals. Amith came back saying that there is no Driver and no Engene - Bus also met with an accident and
stopped in the middle of the road. Karizma is badly damaged. We started and on the way Sathya, me and naveeen decided to stay back in Hassna and start in the morning as the head
light badly damaged and there is no head light for the bike. Amith and Mohan continued their journey to bangalore and reached bangalore by 8:00 AM.
We took a room at Hassan and stayed at the night and started from Hasan bangalore at 10:00 AM in the morning. We reached Bangalore by 1:00 Pm and Syed who seperated at
Kundhapura lost his bag and keys in the Bus and finally reached Bangalore at 11:00 AM.

Totally this is a very tiering trip and very very enjoyable and memorable trip.

Team:

Thunder Bird : Narendra & Naveen
Karizma : Sathys and Syed
Pulsar : Amith and Mohan

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Mullayangiri Biking and Camping

2009-01-05T02:22:00.008+05:30

Mullayangiri Biking and Camping6th and 7th Dec 2008.

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I want to take my trainers who came from Hydrabad to a place where they can admire the beauty of the nature and should decide to stay back in Karnataka. They are from my state Andhra Pradesh. Though I have biked to this place so many time I want to show the best place in karnataka to them. I think the best place in Karnataka who love greenery and nature is the mountain belt near Mullayangiri and Kemmangundi.
I usually post all my trips in RE website. But, this trip is not a well planned one. So, no time to post it on web.
After Friday night shift we started from Bangalore at 6:00 AM on Saturday morning. I and Rashed on my RE TBTS, Naveen and Amith on Karizma.
Our plan is to reach Bababaungudi by evening and camp for that night in Galekere. We are very happy that every thing went as per plan and very smooth. We took rout via Hassan. The road till Hassan is excellent and from Hasan you can expect some surprising path holes. We covered the distance very fast and reached Chikmagalore by evening 3:30 Pm. bought some food stuff and some drinks for night party. Started up hill.
The ride to the heaven started - Riding is becoming tougher and tougher with the bad roads and up hill climb and some narrow turns. But still the climate and scenic beauty of the place is keeping us fresh and we are never tired. We did not stop on the way for any photos as it is getting dark. Very soon we reached the peak - Bababungudi. The climate is very pleasant and the temperature is very low. We had some mirchi baggis and a tea.
The local people are very helpful, We need to take their suggestions because the wind is very harsh on us. It is just taking away every thing on the peak. We are not sure that our tent can withstand the strong wind in the night. We found some places by our self. but not confident. We that decided to camp at a place near to the shops. Again local people suggested us to camp near the wireless room which is at the peak. The shop keepers only prepared food for us. We had some delicious garam food in cold weather. I am sure the temperature at the night is around 8 - 10 degree. and more over we don't have sleeping bags to protect ourself. We got some blankets from the local people to protect ourself from cold. The tent which we have is very small and just OK for 4 people - Shoulder to Shoulder. I had a very bad sleep. There is a small stone under the mat which is poking me from the bottom - very very bad sleep. Just woke up every 30 min and waiting for sun raise.
Finally sun and me came out with fresh energies at sharp 6:00 Am. We had some tea and started to Galekere. The view from the place is very beautiful. We almost spent more than 1 hour just for the photo session. The cloud and the mist formation is very good. The local people says that the climate and the nature are its best. We are very lucky to witness that.
Packed our tents and luggage and started to Kemmangundi. Once again its going to be testing time for our bikes as this is the one of the challenging routs in Karnataka. We reached Kemmangundi after one and half hour ride. From there we have 2 options - Park the bikes and go to Hebbea Falls in Jeep or trek with bikes. We decided to trek with bikes. The road is very tuf. I went to this place more that 5 times but only once I could reach the falls on my bike. There is no road to the falls and we just have to take the Jeep path and climb the hill. Before starting bike trek I strongly decided no to tirn back with out reaching falls. But again this time also I need to turn back due to some reasons - Note I am always ready and want to reach falls on my bike at least next time when I go there. :-) . Returned back to Kemmangundi for having breakfast. We had Bf and started our journey back to Bangalore.
We started from kemmanguindi at almost 12:00 PM and reached Tumkur for tea. From there we hit the 4 line high way and riped the bikers to Bangalore via NICE road to Bannerghata, dropped Rashid and amit and than to my house.
This trip is very good and packed with fun and enjoyment.
Thanks to Rashid, Naveen and Amit for joining me.
Special Thanks to the local people for help us in camping and for food.
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Team :
Royal Enfield Thunder Bird : - Narendra and Rashid
Karizma : - Naveen and Amith.
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Hogenakkal - 27th Oct 08 - Diwali Trip

2008-11-03T21:08:00.011+05:30

On Sunday we thought about this trip and implemented on Monday. Today is Diwali and our plan is to start in the early

morning and reach back in the evening before getting dark to Hosur for buying crackers. As usual we started 30 min late

from Bangalore. I delayed for about 20 min searching for my bike documents. There was lot of confusion before starting. Finally started at 7:00 AM from my house at Panattur. We took the route through Sarjapur and reached Hosur. This is a shortcut. From outer ring road take left at Kadibesanahalli when you are c

oming down from Marathahalli. This rout will cut short your travell to Hosur by min 15 KM. The traffic in this rout is very less and road is good.

After reaching Hosur we took right after crossing Hosur Bridge.

From this place Hognekkal is about 80 KM. The road is OK and there are so many villages in this rout where you can get some food to munch. We did not stop any where on the way. We directly reached Hognekkal at about 11:00 Am. The last 15 Km is very scenic and slightly ghat road. Totally the journey from Bangalore to Hognekkal is very soft.

At the entrance of Hognekkal village there is a parking place and we are some

how forced to pay and part in that place.

As soon as we parked our bikes there are

about 10 local people who approached us to take us to the water fall which is about

2 1/2 hours down stream in a small boat with out any safety precautions and

safety gears. They charged about 180 rs per head out of which 50 rs goes to government. I really don’t understand why we paid 50 rs to Tamil Nadu governm

ent. There are no facilities and nothing is organized there. The area is much commercialized and we have to be very alert while you spend money there. We went to the bank of the river to see the flow and finally came to a decision to go to the water fall.

We have 2 boats (Senior and junior). One used all his experience and other showed his aggression and took us through toughest circuit. But we enjoyed that with lot of thrill and excitement. We are nearing to the fall and the waves are going wild and the balance of the boat is decreasing. With lot of difficulty we reached to the view point of the water fall. The fall is roaring and there is lot of water in the fall. The view is breath taking. We really enjoyed a lot, took lot of snaps. We need to come to the other side of the river and walk upstream on the bank of the river to go to the other side of the river for viewing Tamil Nadu Falls. Hooooo…. I forgot to tell you

that there are 2 falls in the center of the

river. One is called Karnataka Falls and other is Tamil Nadu falls. On the bank of the river there are few shops which sell

some snacks and drinks. Fish fry on is really good. Don’t miss to have it. On the same bank you also have some expert massager. Don’t miss this also. We walked about ½ KM upstream on the bank and started our journey to Tamil Nadu falls which is almost near to the bank on the other side. Again our boat rider used the flow of the river and took us to the Tamil Nadu falls. The flow is very wild. The view is OK and we took lot

of photos. From Tamil Nadu falls we came to the bank of the river where we park

ed our vehicles.

We decided to take a different rout vai Dhernakote as suggested by one of the local fellow. Actually the distance is less when compared to the rout which we came. This rout is through reserve forest and lot of hills. The ghat road is very strep and the road is not good. By the time we reached Hosur its almost dark and we have very less time for shopping crackers. We bought crackers and rushed to home at Marathahalli to burn them.

Both trip and Diwali are super hit.

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Team:

Narendra & Vamsi - Royal Enfield

Vamsi & Naveen – Karizma

Raju & Reddy – TVS Victor

Vishnu & Ramesh – TVS Victor

Kishore & Varma - Bajaj Pulsar 150

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BR HILLS - 11th Oct

2008-10-16T01:57:00.007+05:30

This is not a planned trip. We first decided to go to Kemmangundu and camp there for a night and come back to Bangalore on Sunday night. Since we have been to Kemmangundi for more than 3 to 4 times we started looking for a place in Map of Karnataka, it is BR HILLS and is about 200 + Km from Bangalore. Finally we got a place which no body of us has visited in the past. We packed our luggage, camping equipments and loaded the bike.

Out bikes started and hit the road after 30 min of discussion about the place to visit. Fueled up and started from Marathalli, Bangalore at 5:30 AM on Saturday morning. We hit the Kanakapura road after half an hour and the sun is bright enough on this day to switch out headlamps off at 5:45 AM only. It’s a fresh day packed with loads of josh and eagerness to ride my Bird. Kanakapura Road was too good to touch 3 digits on the speedometer. But the traffic and the cattle on the road did not allow me to do that.
The scenic view around the road till Kanakapura is very beautiful in the morning - Hope I come once again on this road for a early morning ride. There are lots of Tank bunds in this rout and the sun rayseauty of the nature to the Maximum.

After a joy full ride of about 50 Km we came to Kanakapura town and stopped for the breakfast. The food is very delicious in the town and now we are completely loaded to continue the rest of the ride. The first 5-10 KM road after crossing Kanakapura Town is very good and than started out problems. The Road is very bad and in spite of that the KSRTC busses never bothered about the red dust that’s polluting the air behind the bus and in that roads they are driving at a speed of 60 + KM/H. The road till Mallavalli is very bad and from there the roads are decent. After Mallavali we decided to visit ShivanSamudhra Falls which come on the way to the BR Hills. The falls are roaring and the place is very pleasant and not crowded even though its a long week end. We took few snaps and started out journey to BR Hills - out final and the next destination. We reached Kollegala and need to enquire the rout from there to BR Hills. From Kolligal it took us through a small villages which reminded of my Native places which is about 1000 KM away. We stopped on the way in a small village for drinking coconut water. I think the seller have injected sugar juice in to the coconut. We are very happy to drink such tasty coconut water after a long time. Headed to the forest check post which is just 10 Km away from the BR Hills. Made an entry and started riding up hill.

On the way up hill I saw an ambulance speeding down the hill. There is an accident on the way, A private bus turned over from the hill and few people are injured. We went to the accident spot if we could help there, but there are no body near the bus except 2 or 3 polices. After seeing that we became very alert and completed the up hill journey very carefully. The rout uphill is very thick and green; we did not spot any wild life on the way which is very unusual. Finally we are at the peek of the BR Hills. The climate is very dry on the hill it is a bit crowded. There is nothing much to see at the hills except for the temple on the peak of the hill. There is only one view point which is very scenic. Took some snaps and started back to Forest office to get the permission for camping at night in the forest. The forest guard strictly told that camping was not possible and asked us to leave from the office. The moment he told that all our josh and enthuse came down as our main plan was to camp in the forest and do some night trek. We started looking for the near places to visit in the map, but either of us is very much interested to continue our journey any more after hearing to the sad news from the forest guard. Had some light snacks and started back to Bangalore. Back through the same road and humps by 6:00 PM.

When ever it rains or just drizzles when we come out on motor biking the trip will be very good and successful. So Sad no rain today. Trip not successful. But it rained on the way back near Bangalore which is of no use. But I enjoyed the 30 KM ride in the rain very much.

Hops it rains in the next trip........

Team:
Narendra and Ramkishore - Royal Enfield Thunderbird
Sathya and Ramesh - Hero Honda Karizma.

Distance: 410 KM
Number of days: 1
Expense: 500 / head

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Kudremukh Trip August 15th - 18th 2008

2008-08-23T20:30:00.007+05:30

Royal Enfield Link : http://www.royalenfield.com/app/IN/trip.asp?sID=18944
This is a well planned and organized trip. I posted my trip in Royal Enfield site and I got a good response. There are 4 enquires and 2 made it to the trip. Totally we are 9 including my friends who made this trip a great success.
I planned a lot for the trip. I did not even sleep on 14th August. I am so eager to kick of the trip and enjoy the lush greenery of Western Ghats. It rained very heavily on 14th. The showers brought in more energy to ride in the rain.
We planned to start at 3:30 Am in Marathahalli and reach NICE road junction after Jalahalli at 4:00 Am to meet the other bikers who are joining us. As usual we started late from room. 6 of us (3 bikes) started from Marathahalli and 3 others (2 more bikes) joind is at NICE road. As usual our plan was delayed by more than half an hour.
We all met at NICE road and introduced our self and kicked off at around 5:15AM the traffic is very horrible. We stopped for coffee at Kunigal and again stopped at Yediyur for buying ropes for tying the luggage to the bikes. From there we speeded up the ride and reached Shravana Belgola.
Shravana Belgola: This is a very clean and well organized temple town. We got information from the local people that the statue of the Gomuteshwar is the same stone of the hill that need to be climbed, So we are not supposed to climb the hill with foot ware. The place is very clean. We parked the vehicles in fount of a puncher shop and asked the shop keeper to look after the luggage that is tied to the bikes and started climbing the hill. We almost took 20 min to climb the hill. The view from the top of the hill is very scenic. The steps are made on the rock. I think it will be very difficult to climb the hill bare foot in the summer. The statue is very big and the place is very pleasant, no notice and not commercialized. We took some photos on the top of the hill and started walking down. We had the break fast at a hotel at the base of the hill. The hotel is very decent and the taste of the food is very good. Hunk needs a small repair - Engine oil need to be changed. The puncher shop keeper only helped us to change the Engine oil. We started our journey to Halebid.Problem with Karizma - The break pedal was broken. Luckily we had a welding shop on in Shravana Belgola. We got it repaired in 20 min and started off. Our next meeting point is Hasan. From there we got confused with the routes and got separate. 2 bikes went is one rout and other 3 went in a different rout. But we all met in halebid.
Halebid: This is a beautiful place. Our main policy in this trip is ride - ride n ride, I think this might be the reason I did not enjoy much in Halebid. More over this place is more crowded and the environment is similar to Bangalore. The park and the surroundings are maintained very cleanly, but there are still some people who are littering in the garden and spoiling the place.We spent only 30 min in Halebid and started off to Belur. The road is very good and we enjoyed driving. It is almost 20 min ride from Halebid to Belur
Belur: This is a small town on Hasan - Chikmagalore highway. This place is very crowded and the roads are very congested. This place is once again similar to Halebid and I did not enjoy much in this place. But the carving of the statues on the walls is really good. I did not understand the meanings of those. But sure I am going to tour these two places once again to understand these places - I suggest you to take a guide at these places. Really worth.... can know many things about the constructions and the places.
Its almost 2:30 PM. Tanks are empty - not petrol tanks, its food tanks. We came to the Belur city for a good Hotel and we got Mayura hotel - KSTDC operated. The Hotel is Ok, same the food is. The cost of the food is very high.
After loading the stomach we started to Kalasa for the night stay. The people in Belur told us that its raining very heavily there in Kalasa. No probs we are loaded........ Raincoats ON... Luggage packed in water proof materials and ready for any weather conditions..... The distance is 110 Km and we have very less time to reach Kalasa before its getting dark.
Hunk is not able to prove its muscle in the ghat roads. The engine is screaming to climb up the hills, Just before reaching Mudigeri my bike fuse got tripped and Hunk tire got punchier, Luckily the puncher shop is very near. Remember this is on August 15th - Holiday. We are luck to notice the puncher at that time and the shop is open on Holiday. The patching work delayed out journey by more than 30 min. The bike is ready, it’s started raining and its getting dark. The road from Mudigeri to Kalasa is very bad. Its a complete off road driving in the Ghat. The rout is very scenic but we had a very less time to enjoy that. Its getting dark and the scenic views are going dim. By around 7:00 Pm we reached to Kalasa. We enquired for accommodation in Yathra Nivas - no rooms available. The person in the reception suggested a Lodge near by. The accommodation for that night for 9 people cost us 820 bucks - very reasonable. We got a dormitory and 6 cot. We ordered for food with out even asking for the prices. The costs are really high. Not worth. We had a very good sleep after boozing in the night.
Good Morning - We got up at 7:30 AM in the morning. The Mountain View from the balcony is very scenic. I was thinking about what I was missing in Bangalore life.... Pleasant climate, Mist on the hills, silver drizzles. I am feeling soooo fresh and completely charged to continue the ride. We started off to Hornadu at around 9:00 AM. Hornadu is 8 Km from Kalasa, Once again the ride is mind blowing. Driving through thick forest, hair pin curves, small bridges......Its never boring to ride in such type of roads.
Hornadu : This place is very pleasant and very scenic. It is surrounded with thick forest and mountains layed with green carpet on them. We went for darshan and started back to Kalasa with out wasting any time. We had break fast in kalasa, packed our luggage and started to Sringeri via Kudremukh national park and S k Border. There are 2 check posts at the starting and ending of the National part. The time given to us for reporting at the check post at the other end is 1:20 min and the distance is 45 Km. We are not allowed to stop any where on the way in the national park. On the way there is a small water fall and Kudremukh dam. If we want to see any of these places we need to get the permission for stopping from the forest department office in Kudremukh Township. We need to enter the vehicle numbers in the register and update the time for crossing the check post on the other end. we could not go on to the dam - The entry is only from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM. We went to Hanuman Gundi falls. To reach this falls we need to walk 500 steps. The falls are roaring and lots of water..... We enjoyed and spent some time there at the falls. The ticket for the water fall will also add 30 min accepting for crossing the check post. After the water fall we have the S K Border ( South Kanara Border ) very scenic road. No lunch on this day.... we had a heavy snacks at a small stall near the chackpost. We all decided to skip Sringeri and travel to Agumbe and than decide for the night stay. We rode non-stop to Agumbe. We reached Agumbe at around 5:00 PM and decided to drive to Jog falls - This is not planned. The route from Agumbe to Jog is OK. We reached Sagar at around 8:00 PM and got into Lodge... Eat... boozed..... Slept......
The last day of the trip....... We got up in the morning and started off to Jog falls.. From Sagar Jog falls is around 30 Km and the road is very good and scenic. After reaching the Jog falls we parked our bikes and started searching for the falls.... Hey....We are searching for falls in the mist..... It is completely covered with mist and we had a breath taking views of Jog.... We had our food in Mayuri hotel in Jog. The food is not up to the mark.... but no other choice....... After Jog we came back to room in Sagar, packed our luggage and back to same old, busy, irritating, polluted...... BANGALORE.
This trip is very memorable. Thanks to all who joined me for this trip..... We enjoyed.......
Trip Distance: 1016 KM
Trip Expense : ~ 2500
Duration: 3 days and 2 nights
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Kanipakam

2008-08-01T06:03:00.005+05:30

This is a planned trip and I think this is the first time we started on time from Bangalore.

Hey this is my first long ride on my new Royal Enfield Thunder Bird Twin Spark.

We actually started on time because I have to ride my bike slow - It’s a new vehicle and not even serviced for the first time.

I have maintained a constant RPM all round the trip and got a very good mileage of 42 Km/L.

We started off from Bangalore at 6:30 AM from my house in Marathalli. We took a short cut to Hoskote via White Field. The road is very good and in less than half an hour we reached Hoskote. I maintained an RPM of 2.5 and reached top speed of 70 KM/Hr. The road is excellent and there is no traffic. The climate is very pleaset to ride and I enjoyed riding my TB on this road.We had breakfast after crossing Kolar. The Breakfast was very good and the price is reasonable. After having a stomach full we starteahead to Kanipakam. We need touch Chittor, Just before 20th KM to Chittor there is small town where we need to take left. This riut taked you through Aragonda and is about 24 KM from the small town.we reached Kanipakam at 12:00 PM. We took bath in the free bathrooms provided by the temple trust and we for darshan. Since it is Sunday the temple is crowded and it almost took 1 hour for us to come out after darshan. After darshan we had our lunch in the hotel - costly - 50 bucks for 1 meal - But it worth. After our lunch we planned to visit Hanuman temple in Aragonda. Aragonda or Adhagiri - as the name suggest it’s a small hill where people say that while Hanuman is taking Sanjeevini parvatham a small piece or rock fell in this place. There is a small pond on the hill and people believe that if we drink that all the sins will be washed away. The mountain is very pleasant. After darshan of Hanuman in Aragonda we decided to reach Bangalore before it gets dark as this rout is very difficult to ride in dark. The moment we came out from the temple it started raining very heavily. We rushed in to a shutter near by and after 15-20 min of waiting under shutter we decided to ride back to Bangalore in rain. Wow I like riding in rain and that to on a 2 lane road. On the way back to Bangalore I increased my RPM to 3 and the max speed to 80 KM/Hr. As decided before getting dark we managed to enter Bangalore citi limits avoiding the high beam lights of the private bus. By the time we reached Bangalore I was completely wet.

Overall I am very much satisfied with my new bike performance and I am a happy Royal Enfield customer. Total Distance - 400 KM

Team:

Narendra and Ramkishore : ThunderBird 350cc
Sathya and Vamsi : Hero Honda Karizma

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Muthothi and ShivanSamudhra (21st June 2008)

2008-07-12T04:48:00.007+05:30

Muthothi and ShivanSamudhra (21st June 2008)

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This is the trip I will never forget in my life. You will come to know the reason why it is so,
On 21st we planned to start from Bangalore at 6:00 AM and as usual we started late. We expected more people to join us but unfortunately we are only 9 who kicked off from Bangalore. I started from Marathalli and waited for others to meet near Agara Hanuman statue that saved my life on this day. We headed towards Kanakapura road and moved to Kanakapura with an average speed. The road till Kanakapura is really good and we hardly stopped before reaching Kanakapura. We reached Kanakapura in 1 hour and had our Breakfast. There are no good hotels in Kanakapura and the one where we had was horrible. It’s not hygienic and not maintained properly. After that we headed to Muthothi. There are V road cross after crossing the Kanakapura town. Please take right and proceed further till you reach Sathanaur. From there you have to take right for Muthothi and if you go straight you can go to Shivansamudhara. From the time we took right at Sathanaru we traveled through thick forest and hills and some small villages. The ride in those villages just reminds me about my native place. The road is very good and there is no traffic but the slope of the roads is too good for my bike to catch a speed of 40 ~ 50 Km/h. We enjoyed the ride and finally we reached to Muthothi. The total distance is around 110 KM on my trip meter. We got some bears from the local shops @ 5rs more than MRP. There are lot of shops in that place that sell drinks. The back on the river in that place is not neat and thanks to the entire tourist who littered this place. We found that there are some people who are on the other side of the bank and we decided to cross the river. There is a boat that takes people to the other side of the river and we need to pay them 60rs / head. There are no safety measures taken for crossing the river. I and Phani decided to swim across the river. Finally I and Phani are in the river ready to swim. There is a small rock exactly at the center of the river and we decided to stop there and start again from there. The river is very shallow and the rocks under water are hitting the knees while tapping legs for swimming. I hit a rock very badly while swimming. We successfully reached the mid way rock. The river is not calm; it is flowing at its best. I have an inner soul saying that I can’t swim any more. That’s the reason I started to swim towards the boat that is carrying my friends. I almost reached the boat and my leg calf muscle got a cramp and I cant move my leg any more. I started drowning, I shouted for help and I tried to balance with one leg. This part of the river is very deep. The people in the boat noticed me and the driver of the boat drove back to me with out any delay. It’s almost a minute I managed with one leg and I thought I am lost, than came and hand that pulled me in to the boat. Another few seconds would have made my blog to be updated for ever. Thanks to GOD.
After reaching the other side of the river I could hardly walk to the tree where our friends camped. I just kept quite as I don’t want to disturb their enjoyment. I had a bear and slept under the tree for some time. Other went on with their enjoyment. After 1hour we planned to go back to the other side of the river and head towards Shivansamudhra. We had some water and drinks in the village and started to shivnsamudhra. The road from Muthothi to Maddur is good and from there started the worst road I had ever seen. Its under construction and not organized properly. There is no water in the falls and we felt its waste of time to go and enjoy in the water.
At around 6:00 Pm we started from there and reached to Bangalore via Kanakapura in just less than 2 hours – We are back to office for night shift on the same day………
Team:
CBZ Extreme: Phani & Rajesh
Discover 125: Narendra (Me) & Vamsi
Pulsar 150: Lanka & Abhinav
Super Splendor: Naveen
Passion: XXX & XXX
Apache 150: Gopi & XXX
XXX - I am very poor in remembering the names.
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Coorg Trip

2008-05-21T05:54:00.006+05:30

Coorg Trip is a planned one. We actually planned for 10 people and only 8 of us could make up to the trip finally. We booked camping in a remote place near Coorg with the help of my old colleague from Decathlon. Actually it is his farm house.

We planned to leave Bangalore by 12 mid night on 9^th but as usual we could manage to start at around 1:00 Am on 10^th. We took Mysore road and drove at an average speed of 60 Km/h and managed to reach outskirts of Mysore at around 4:00 Am. We actually took shortcut from there, it will reduce the traveling distance by 30 km. On the Mysore 4 lane road before20 km to Mysore there is a right turn which takes you to the bird statuary. Take that road to cut your traveling distance and city traffic in Mysore. On the way we thought of covering Dubare – an elephant camping and Dubare falls.

Day 1:

We reached Dubare by 8:00 in the morning. I am sathya raced to the camp as the local people informed us that they will leave the elephants in to the forest in few minutes. But other took the rout to Chakliholei Jalaashraya which is on the way to Dubare and managed to sight a few dears running on the road. We are waiting at Dubare for others and we don't know that they have taken way to Jalasharya. After 20 min I got a call saying that Apache tire got punchier and asking me to come back to help them. Sathya had a very good sleep in the tunnel near Dubare and I came back to help them. I came back to Madikeri main road to bring mechanic for patching the tire. We are lucky – Elections are going on and many people on the road told us that its quite difficult for us to find a mechanic on that day. But after coming to the main road I found a mechanic shop but he is not ready to come to the vehicle, he is asking us to get the vehicle there around 4 km away from the place it got punchier and after a long discussion (Request) the mechanic agreed to come to the vehicle and patch the tire. We almost wasted 2 hours for getting the tire patched and these 2 hours helped others to have a deep sleep in the silent noise of wind and pollution less air. Aditya and Kinchu went to Dubare to check if there are elephant near the falls. They came back disappointingly saying that it mere waste to go there as there are only 1 or 2 elephants and no water in Dubare falls. After a long 2 hour struggle the bike got repaired and we started back to Madikeri. The road is really horrible for there and if almost took 1 ½ hour for us to cover 40 km. But the Madikeri town is really beautiful. The houses are constructed on the hill slops and the climate is very pleasant. After reaching Madikeri we called to the Manager of the farmhouse and asked the driving instructions from Madikeri to the farmhouse. It is 18km from Madikeri on Madikeri – Talacauvery road. The exact name of the village is Byendure. After reaching to Byendure the manager of the farmhouse took us 4 KM in to a thick forest. Finally we reached the camping area. We all are really exited after seeing the tents, Volleyball court and the beautiful mountains around us. Actually we all decided to sleep for 2 hours and start to water fall near the camp. But after seeing all these we got some kind of energy and no body could stop us playing Volleyball and roam in the resort. While I was busy speaking to the owner of the resort about the price of the land there and dreaming about constructing one Villas in that area. Really I am very much excited with the location. When seeing Vishnu and team playing Volley ball I thought they are behaving childish (They are screaming and jumping in the ground with passing silly comments), but after some time I joined them and understood the enjoyment playing there. On the other side Vinay is in deep sleep. This is the starting of our enjoyment. Around 1:00 PM lunch is ready. We had a very delicious lunch – We had a veg Fried rice and curd rice, both are prepared in Coorg style. But they prepared very less and its not sufficient for us. The bananas and watermelons are really fresh and I almost ate half the fruits. They are so many rope nets tied to the trees in the resort. Every body managed to get some place under trees and had a very good sleep for more than 2 hours. We waked up at 4:00 Pm and decided to go for a jungle walk till water fall and spend some time there. We started off and the starting point of the walk is 2 Km away which we covered in bike. It is almost 2 Km walk in thick forest. With very less difficulties we all managed to reach the water fall. Its really cold there and the view of the water fall was awesome. Only I took my mobile phone with me to shoot out some videos and some photos. Because of the cold weather I did not get into the water. But Kinchu,Koti,Vinay,Vishnu,Chaitanya enjoyed in the water. Kinchu literally had a good bath. Our guide carried some chips and Sprite, Knife and rope with him. I understand food and drinks for, but I never understood why the guide is carrying sword and a big strong rope. The time came to use the rope. It started raining very heavily and we started to head back to the place where we parked our biked and started the walk. Coming was cool walk but going was a hard sprint. The rocked are very slippery and this is the place where I felt with out rope it would have been very difficult. Kinchu and Sathya went very fast, on the way I noticed that something is biting me, I told it to Vishnu and he also have the same feeling, There are lot of leaches in that area and Vishnu managed to remove it before it started its job. But I, Chaitanya, Vinay, Koti, Sathya managed to feed one each. I got completely wet and even my phone, I bought a water proof torch light and its time for me to test it. Yes, it fell in to the water, but still it is working with out any problem. I felt it is worth to but it at a high price of rs.350. We raced back to the tents. By the time we reached the tents it stopped raining, and guys had again decided to play volleyball in rain. Its getting dark and the guide arranged for a campfire. Oh…. Its very cold out side, after a heavy rain the manager of the resort managed to arrange a dry wood for campfire. Wow that night – no current, no light, full cold, drizzling out side, strong Wine, Barbeque, Chicken Curry, Omelets, hot rice, campfire. Huf…… We almost spent dining for more than 3 hours. After that full sleep.

Day 2 : to be updated

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Teams :
HeroHonda Karizma - Black : Chaitanya and Koti
HeroHonda Karizma - Yellow : Sathya and Aditya
TVS Apachi RTR : Vishnu and Vinay
Bajaj Discover : Narendra (me) and Ramkishore

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Jog Falls

2008-04-24T00:53:00.011+05:30

This is a very busy trip. ‘Busy’, because we don't have enough time to cover all the places we planned. But we enjoyed a lot in the trip.

We started off on 5th April night at around 12:00 PM. We took Tumkur road and headed towards Shimoga. We felt very sleepy on the way and decided to sleep for 1 hour and start the journey. We reached Shimoga at around 7:00AM. We refilled our petrol tanks and started to jog falls. We had our breakfast at Sagara. The place is very beautiful and the food is also the same. It’s almost 12:00 by the time we reached Jog falls.

Unlucky: There is a construction of steps in progress towards the base of the falls and the persons told that we are not supposed to go down. We requested the person in charge for the construction to let us down, he did not let us. We enquired all the photographers there and came to know there is one more way to reach the base. They also told us that it’s very dangerous and a lady died a week ago on that rout. Many advised us not to take that rout.

Lucky: One photographer agreed to guide us to the base through that rout. He asked us to pay Rs.250. (It’s very less for the help he had done)

We started walking down the hill through that rout. It would have been impossible for us to walk down without his help. Thanks to Nithin (Our guide). We some how managed to climb down in 1 ½ hour. The view of jog falls is great when we are at the base of the fall…. I have no words to describe the beauty of falls. We carried so many energy drinks to have it on the way down the hill. By the time we reached down, we hardly have anything left out. We are almost exhausted. But the view of Jog gave us lot of energy to play in the water. We enjoyed a lot playing in the water. The water is very cold. There are very less people at the base of the fall. We played in the water for almost 2 hours. We had many adventures and feats by my friends. We also captured all the adventures by my friends. Our guide told us that there have placed bombs for breaking the rocks and need to go back very soon. We packed up and started back climbing the hill. We are almost exhausted and with lot of difficulty we headed back to the starting point. After reaching there we had a very good meal from a small hotel. In the mean time our guide cum photographer printed the photos and gave it to us. The photos are great. He also gave us 2 complement photos, we planned to start to Murudesheara since it is getting dark and we have to travel in the gat session. We almost started from Jog and our guide advised us to have a look at the power plant and dam which are about 6-7 Km from Jog. Since it is getting late we decided to skip those places but our Reddy who is also known as doubt Reddy did not leave him, and he took all of us to those places. If we would have not listened to Reddy we would have lost a valuable detail of the dam and the power station.

Detail: Dam – Linganmata Dam is built with out cement and it is 7 Km dam, longest in India. This dam is an idea of a 12 year old boy from Andhra Pradesh who came to see the place. There is one power station at the base of the dam with his name. The local gust house is name after him and there is a statue of that little boy placed at that Guest House. Coming to the power plant near jog, it is very good and we can go inside power plant and walk on the dam only for Dasara festival. Due to some terror threats we are not allowed to go near the dam even. We already planned to visit these places for Dasara holidays. After visiting the dam we started back to Murudeshwara. The way from Jog to Murudeshwara is very good and we enjoyed riding in the rout. It took almost 2 hours for us to cover just 70 KM. We reached Murudeshwara at around 9 PM. Its very hot there and we are very much tired. We planned to take an AC room and lucky we got a good room and the AC is working excellent. We had very heavy food and slept. We planned to get up at 6:00 in the morning and start to Kollur. As usual it is almost 9:00 in the morning by the time we came out of the room. We went to the temple in Murudeshwara. The gopuram is almost touching the sky. It is the tallest in the world with a height of 290 Meters and the Shiva statue is still bigger. With the huge structure the roaring sound of the waves touching the base if the statue is scaring us. I forgot to say you one thing. The statue is built on the hill which is at the sea shore. One more place to see there is the restaurant which is built on the sea water. The pillars are built from the bed of the sea. We had our breakfast in that restaurant and started to Kollur at around 10:00 AM. On the way we changed our mind to go to Marvanthe. It is a beautiful place on the cost. This place is on the national high way of Mangalore to Goa. This is a road has beach on one side and river on other side. I don't have words to say the beauty of this place. We took few photos and started towards Kollur. We reached Kollur at around 11 AM and went for darshan. The temple is so pleasant and good. After darshan we had food in the Temple only. It is too good and every one who visits this temple should have food there. From there we started towards Tearthahalli. When we enquired about this rout many people told that it is difficult to go to this place on bike as the roads are too strep and difficult to ride. We thought it will be a challenge for us and our bikes. But on the way we changed our mind to back directly to Bangalore as it is getting late for Vamsi to go to office for night shift. We had some snacks at around 5:00 PM at Koppa and started to Shimoga. It is almost 380 KM from Koppa to Bangalore and Vamsi committed in office that he will be in office at 12:00 Mid Night. Since the roads are good we managed to cover the distance comfortably. From Tumkur it is a four line and my Discover 125 CC could see the speed of 115 KM/Hour.

Totally this trip is too busy and packed, but we enjoyed a lot driving, playing in water at jog and sight seeing in Jog falls, Murudeshwara , Marvanthe.

Team :
Narendra & Vamsi - Bajaj Discover 125cc.
Vishnu & Rajesh Reddy - HeroHonda Karizma.

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KalavariBitta(Skandangiri)

2008-01-26T23:29:00.001+05:30

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Date: 26th Jan2008
We planned to start from home at 3:00 in the early morning but some how we managed to start at 2:00 and that gave us a great advantage.
We started from Madiwala, Since we have to pick up one bike from RT Nagar we decided to travel 3 on one bike .After reaching to MG Road a traffic cop caught us and asked us to pay money. They asked us to pay 2000. We bargained and some how the price came down to 200. We told that we don’t have change. They gave the change and took 200 from us. We reached RT Nagar and took another bike. Our assembling point is after crossing Hebbal flyover. Lanka and Gopi came and we headed our journey.
We got delayed because of the cops. We started from Hebbal at 3:30 AM raced to the base camp of the hill as we don’t want to miss the Sun raise and the cloud formation.
We got the correct rout and it was easy for us to reach there. We reached base camp at 4:30 AM. The facilities in the base came are good. We have drinking water, shelter, guide, and a forest guard.
We parked our bikes at the base – Parking fee is 10 per bike and purchased tickets from the forest officer – per ticket 25 and started towards the base of the hill. We took a guide – paid him 250, actually guide is of no use. The route is so clear and we got the way very easily. The guide took us in the right way but he is too fast and we could not catch him. That’s the reason I mentions that guide is of no use. Some of us found it very difficult to climb up. But some how we managed to reach top of the hill with in 1 hour. By the time we reached the top it is still cloudy and we can’t see the sun properly. Clouds are not formed properly to make the view best at its nature. The sun raise is really good and at one point of time we can see both Sun and moon very clearly.
The sky is so clear, we can only see sun and a moon on it nothing else…..No clouds, no birds, and no pollution. We have taken many snaps and all the snaps came very beautifully. We all enjoyed the scenic beauty of the hills. There are some local villagers on the hill who are selling water bottles and some snacks. We had some snacks and started back from the hill. We reached the base camp very quickly and started off to Bangalore. We reached to Bangalore at around 1:00 PM.
Overall the trip is very good.

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Team:
Narendra & Mahi Discover 125cc
Reddy & Srinu Passion 100cc
Vamsi & Ramesh Victor Edge 125cc
Gopi Pulsar 150cc
Phani & RaviKanth Super Splendor 125cc
Sathya & Ramki Karizma 220cc
Lanka & Praveen Apachi 150cc
Deepu Shine 125cc
Naveen & Srikanth Pulsar 150cc

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Bikers page

2008-01-14T20:49:00.001+05:30

.....I drive slow but travel fast.......

Hi all,

Note : This Blog contains only the data that I have collected from my sources.
I am Vallabhaneni Narendra - a person who like to tour on Motor Bikes .
I have a team and will organise for biking events very frequently.
Never mater the climate, accessibility and time we are always ready to explore any part on the earth with the available resources.
If you want to join us for any trips please contact me @ pinku.narendra@gmail.com

Riding ....
Narendra.

Sakleshpura Railway Track Trek

2008-01-14T20:19:00.002+05:30

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This is a very special trip for me and my friends........ We enjoyed a lot in this trip....
This is once again a week end trip... We started off from Bangalore on 15th December Afternoon after having our lunch.......
All my friends stay in different locations in Bangalore. So, we decided to meet at the Shell petrol bunk after crossing Penya...
I, Vamsi and Vishnu started off together. Just before Penya Vishnu Bike got punchier and it took almost 30 min to get the tube patched. We filled the Petrol tanks in the Shell petrol bunk and started off from Penya at around 5:30 PM...... It’s too late due to city traffic... We decided to cover as much distance possible before light fails as it is not safe to drive on that rout in dark...We almost reached Conical before it got dark.... We some how managed to drive in that route in dark... But my suggestion is not to drive in this route in dark... There are so many curves and it’s difficult to judge the curves in the night. The roads are good but there is lot of traffic..... We had our dinner in Hassan at KAMAT UPAHAR and continued our journey......... 2 people who are going to Dharmasthala joined us from Hassan to Sakleshpura... We all raced from Hassan till Sakleshpura. .. . This is almost 45 KM and we covered this in just 35 min.... We reached Sakleshpura at around 11:45 PM. We some how managed to get a room at this time......... Sleeping.......... I instructed all my friends to get up early in the morning at around 6:00AM and start off to Trek... But let’s see what happened in the morning......
We are lazy by default... By the time we started from hotel it is almost 9:00AM....On the way Vamsi bike got punchier because of the bad roads..... By the time we reached Donegal it is almost 10:00AM....
We parked our vehicles at the Donegal station and started to walk on the trek....... Lucky: At the same time a train came on the track... Trust me it has 6 engines connected to it.... All the engines are screaming to move on track.... I heard that even a passenger train will have almost 4-5 engines in front and back...... It’s all because of the slopes on the hills... We also saw a truck that is running on the track.... We asked the driver why it is like that and he told us that very frequently hill slopes and huge trees fall on the track and it need to carry the equipment to remove them from the track....That’s really great....See the picture for the Truck....... We started from Donegal and continued for about 5 Km and we found the first tunnel and its great, The length of the tunnel is about 1/2 Km and we enjoyed a lot walking in the tunnel....Its very dark in the tunnel and we all are thinking what to do if a train comes when we are in the tunnel... Very soon we crossed many bridges and Tunnels.... Bridges are very scary and are really great to walk on it....
We all enjoyed a lot walking on them....After walking about 11 Km we felt hungry and took out the Biscuits and buns that we brought from Sakleshpura.... We sock bun and biscuits in water and took.......... There is no other go....... We also found a good water fall on the way... The locations along the track are really scenic and we lot of photographs....... After having our lunch (Bun and Biscuits) of Corse we had Hyd Biryani in the forest... After walking for another 15 min we decided to get back to Donegal and we are struck up to go and take a road way or to come back in the same way... Luck: We found a group of gang men working on the tracks and we asked them how to go back to Donegal..... They advised us to go back in the same route.... We all walked back and on the way we found a small stream of water and decided to have a dip.... Vishnu found a water snake and shouted.... Abhinav and Sathya changed their mind to have a dip and walked back to Donegal. We all had a dip and reached Sakleshpura at around 6:00Pm and started to Bangalore. We maintained our speed and reached back to Bangalore before 11:30 Pm and had a nice sleep in our rooms...
Totally the trip is great and we all enjoyed a lot.....

Team:
Me and Ramesh : Bajaj Discover 125
Vamsi and Ramki : TVS Victor 100 cc
Vishnu and Naveen: Victor Edge 125 cc
Sathya and Abhinav: Pulsar 150 cc

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Nandi Hills - Bangalore

2008-01-14T19:56:00.001+05:30

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Kemmengundi Freinds

2008-01-14T19:41:00.003+05:30

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This is a planned trip. I exactly don't remember the dates but we are planning this trip for more than 2 months. This is my 3rd trip to Kemangundi. But this is the trip where we struggled a lot. Climate did not co-operate with us. It’s raining all the way from Chikmangalore to Kemmangundithis is a week end trip.We took the rout via Thumkur- Bhanuvar- Chikmagalore........ Total Distance --- 270 KMwe started from Bangalore on Saturday early morning at 4:30.Few of my mates stay in Marthali and we stay in Madiwala. So, we decided to meet at the first toll gate on the Thumkur road.We started off from meeting point at 5:30 AM.The rout till Thumkur is 4 lanes and from there it is a normal state highway.We stopped for Breakfast at Tiptur.The road from Bhanuvar is not good. It’s really difficult to touch speed of 50 Km/H. But the scenic beauty along this rout is great. We enjoyed riding on this road. We had few photo sessions and continued out journey.The photo of Sunflower plantation is one example.

We reached Mullayangiri peak at around 2:00 PM and walked to the peak for taking photos.Disaster: Honey bees attacked us and for god sake no one are injured.On the way to Kemmangundi lanka and Gopi bikes got slipped in a damp and no damage to them but the Lankas Apache gear rod got bent.We reached to Kemmangundi at around 4:00 PM. I booked a cottage in the Govt Horticulture Department Guest House.We kept the entire luggage in the rooms, had our lunch in the hotel (The lunch they served is not enough for many of us but its very hot and tasty. After lunch we started off to Hebbe falls. This is one of the worst and best experiences we had in this trip.The local Jeep drivers warned us that it’s not safe to go with bikes in this rout. We did not listen to them and started off. This is the biggest mistake we made.All the bikes started off good but only few returned safe.It started raining and all the guys discussed and decided to ride in the rain.We are on the mid way and there comes the problem. Yeshwanth is leading the way with his CBZ extreme fallowed by Sathya with Glamour. Leader did not notice the wet damp that is created by the Jeeps that are running on this way. CBZ got slipped and the break rod got bent.This is the worst case raiding a bike with out a break down the hills. It’s getting dark and some friends got scared of the rain and the roads and decided to discontinue the ride. We started back and on the way Phani started walking behind the Bike. We reached back to room and thought of taking rest for few hours before going for Dinner. We got up for Breakfast (Abhinav for Lunch...he he....) we had our breakfast and started back to Bangalore at around 10:00 AM.We had our lunch on the way, after lunch we had a minor accident and no one got injured. We reached back to pollution (Bangalore Traffic) at around 7:00 PM.
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Team : Narendra (Me) and Vamsi Discover 125ccAbhinav and lanka Apachi 150ccYeswanth and Phani CBZ extreme 150ccSathya and Naveen Hero Honda Glamour 125ccGopi and Thabmbi Pulsar 150ccRajesh and Srikanth Splendor + 125cc

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Chimpu Falls

2008-01-14T18:44:00.001+05:30

Makedatut - Bheemeshwari - Chimbu Falls

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South Canara with Friends

2008-01-12T07:55:00.001+05:30

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