Munnar Bike Trip #1
There's something emotionally satisfying about a bike trip. You
don't observe nature as you would a distant beast, like an animal in
a zoo. On a bike, you are part of it. You experience the world and
its myriad wonders. Just you and your machine, miles of good
wholesome road and whatever ever else nature chooses to dish out.
This trip was about as good as they come. 7 guys, 6 bikes, and the
monsoon rearing its gloomy head way down south, hill terrain, chill
winds, pouring rain and thick mist. Woohoo!!
Easha, Ligeo & Joy were on Machismo's, Jahangir on a 500 City
Bike, Vipin on his Electra with pillion Arun and I was the odd man
out on my CBZ. The ride was planned over an extraaa long weekend.
Thursday, Friday and Monday off, giving us 5 days away from the sweat
and grime of the city.
Day #1
Bangalore - Hosur - Krishnagiri - Dharmapuri - Thoppur - Bhavani - Palladam - Udhamalpettai - Maraiyur - Munnar
We left early Thursday morning at about 5:45 from pizza corner on
Hosur road in Koramangala. We rode straight on down Hosur road,
through Krishnagiri and on. We took a diversion before Salem, the
Mettur dam route to Bhavani. This cut out Salem and Erode and then
on to Udhamalpettai.
The first 2/3's of the ride was was uneventful, almost boring. One
interesting thing we saw was a wind farm just before Udhamalpettai.
There were these HUGE windmills, with massive rotors. They made a deep
low "whoosh" on every revolution. Now consider that there
were hundreds of these!
"Charge!!!!" - Don Quixote
"The scream of the butterfly" - Jim Morrison