This had happened with us a lot of times(myself, Rane and Tuxmaniac!!)
We always dreamt of doing a bike trip somewhere, but somehow that never materialised. Both of them in the meantime followed their respective destinations and what remained with me was the plan(lying somewhere on the paper and the paper lying somewhere which even i din't know :-)) and the bike(courtesy Raneji).
What i needed was an excuse and that is what the tuxmaniac provided. So in short, this was again a cumulative effort :-P.
Aanjhan, the tuxmaniac leaves this week to the Swiss Alps for higher studies. Although i always wonder how can someone study in such a scenic location, but i am sure the tuxmaniac would do well because the only scenic location for him is his laptop with the penguin dancing on it. Me and Rane think he gets an orgasm or something like that with his laptop besides him. But anyways this whole thing demands a seperate blog and is not the issue of concern right now!! ;-)
So we move back to our main topic!!
I planned to visit Aanjhan for the weekend, Amit Modak was supposed to join me and the task of booking tickets was given to me, which i dnt do till the last moment inspite of numerous reminders from Aanjhan. ;-)
Came wednesday and i was not able to get the tickets, and thats when the idea of biking to the other country(Chennai ;-)) struck me.. I dared to ask Modak and he said his usual sentence "Chalo na!!"
That was it, i was again assigned the tasks of getting the bike ready, checking the oil and fitting the back rest which i successfully avoided again ;-)
Come Friday and i was ready for the trip after the hugely successful finale of our office function Jashn-08.
As i told people about my bike trip, the labels of being mad and overtly risky were showered upon me.
However, me and amit finished our dinner and embarked upon our journey, but now i was a little skeptical with so many negative thoughts being pushed into my mind.
If the first phase was anything to go by, i would have for sure taken a u turn and returned back. The potholes and traffic on hosur road had made enough dents on our resolution and asses, but not enough to be back!!
After Hosur, the roads were really good(if anyone from Karnataka Government reads this..pleeeeeease take necessary action) and the journey proceeded smoothly with a minor hiccup here and there and we reached Chennai at around 7:30 in the morning.
Aanjhan was surprised to see us on the bike and we were welcomed with the customary greeting of "Morons" by him.
His mom and dad as usual took good care of us and after a rest of about 2 hours we proceeded for the scenic ECR(East Coast Road, for all those who initially thought Car Radios, go get a life), where we went to the Crocodile park where yours truly had a chance to meet with his favourite cold blooded creatures and also managed a photo shoot with them!!!
From there on we proceeded to Taj Fisherman's cove for a nice lunch and packed off to chennai. Dinner was as usual amazing with Aunty preparing all the dishes of our choice. :-)
Sunday was spent lazing as we had to return back to Bengaluru on the bike. We started at around 2:30 and reached bangalore at around 9:30 fully drenched in the rains.
Tips:
I am no experienced biker and there are many sites who give expert tips, but these are a few priceless ones and you won't find them anywhere except here :-)
1. Please change to MTV from Channel V, no i am talking about Music channels but what is in discussion here are undies. Please prefer something seamless and your butt will be really thankful to you :-)
2. Take frequent breaks if travelling during night time. Also it is preferred to avoid doing it unless you are really a moron.This will also give your vehicle and your butt some time to rest.
And one major thing from the bike trip.
Please do the things you really wanna do, nothing and i repeat absolutely nothing matches the excitement and the high you get once you have done it.
You might be called a moron initially and there would be many things like the Hosur potholes which would ask you to return back, but a little persistence will certainly pay huge dividends.
I would like to sum it up in master card style
Fuel for the trip - 1400 bucks
MTV undies - 100 bucks
Chai at roadside stall - 3 bucks
The smile on your friends face and the whole experience!! -- PRICELESS!!
SO KEEP ROCKING ON!!! :-)
