Romancing with the Road

“All my bags are packed,I am ready to go....”This is the song of CHANTAL KREVIAZUK - Leaving On A Jet Plane that I was hearing on October 9 th 2008 in the evening after returning from the office.It made me to remember my romance with the roads.Not moving anywhere during the navratra season and doing fasting for 9 days from 30th september 2008 to October 8 2008 ,I was waiting for when I can move out on my bull.So I chulked out the plan for a ride to manipal and mangalore.
Where:-Bangalore to mangalore
Total Distance Covered:-946 km (bangalore – mangalore-udupi:-536 km , udupi-mangalore-bangalore:-410km)
Vehicles used:-Machismo 500 AVL/LB(KA 03 HC-519) and Fiat Palio
Mileage given:- Machismo 500 AVL(37kmpl) Fiat Palio( 10kmpl)
Total Expenditure:-15000 including petrol ,fooding and staying (1250 per head)
Travel Duration:-October 11’ 2008 at 0300hrs and reached back on October 13’2008 at 0900hrs
Points covered:-JP nagar 5th phase-Rajeswari nagar-bidadi-ramnagaram-chanapatana-mandya-metagali extension-mysore-bylakupe-harangi-madikeri(coorg)-Aranthodu village-sulia-puttur-bantval-mangalore-mulki-nagarjuna power plant-udupi-malpe beach-st- mary’s island-manipal-kaup-mangalore-bantval-ilanthila village-nellyady town-sakleshpur-hassan-tiptur-tumkur-bangalore-jp nagar phase 5
Routes used:-
Route 1:-While going from bangalore to mangalore:- JP nagar 5th phase-Rajeswari nagar-bidadi-ramnagaram-chanapatana-mandya-metagali extension-mysore-bylakupe-harangi-madikeri(coorg)-Aranthodu village-sulia-puttur-bantval-mangalore
Route 2:-While coming from udupi to bangalore:- udupi-mangalore-bantval-ilanthila village-nellyady town-sakleshpur-hassan-tiptur-tumkur-bangalore-jp nagar phase 5
Road condition:- Route 1 is very very good till coorg(madekeri town) but after that till mangalore the road is horrible completely damaged road.Also the route is very very long.Its arround 536 km from bangalore,jp nagar phase 5.
Route 2 is better than route 1 except that few patches of the road from mangalore to saklespur is bad.It’s not like route 1 where the complete road from madekeri is damaged.Route 2 has good road except that few patches are bad.So my suggestion is go for route 2 while moving from bangalore-mangalore.
Eat Outs:-CCD(Café Cofee Day –Mysore),paradise island food court(malpe beach),swarna hotel(udupi),Exotica Hotel(udupi),karavali group of hotels(udupi),Pentagon Hotel(mangalore)
Pilots:-Anshuman Biswal(Machismo 500),Pankaj(machismo 500) ,Abhishek singh(Fiat Palio) and Pratyush Singh(Machismo 500), shashi bhushan(fiat palio)
Pillion Riders:- aishwaraj singh,bunty,vikash bharadwaj
Tour Diary:- “All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go
I'm standin' here outside your door
I hate to wake you up to say goodbye
But the dawn is breakin', it's early morn
The taxi's waitin', he's blowin' his horn
Already I'm so lonesome I could die
So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go
'Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane
I don't know when I'll be back again
Oh, babe, I hate to go
I'm ...
There's so many times I've let you down
So many times I've played around
I'll tell you now, they don't mean a thing
Every place I go, I think of you
Every song I sing, I sing for you
When I come back I'll wear your wedding ring
So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go
Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane
I don't know when I'll be back again
Oh, babe, I hate to go
Now the time has come to leave you
One more time, oh, let me kiss you
And close your eyes and I'll be on my way
Dream about the days to come
When I won't have to leave alone
About the times that I won't have to say ...
Oh, kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go
'Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane
I don't know when I'll be back again
Oh, babe, I hate to go
And I'm leaving on a jet plane
I don't know when I'll be back again
Oh, babe, I hate to go
But I'm leaving on a jet plane”
This is the song, I was hearing when the idea for a ride popped up in my mind. When the clock stroke 2100hrs of October 9 th 2008 I called up abhishek and shashi asking about a ride to manipal and mangalore. Hearing this they all were surprised as to what had happened to me,that at late night suddenly a plan to ride.Still they agreed and they both started calling there brothers,friends and cousin brothers whether they are interested or not.All are dynamic persons and everyone had agreed.So on 10th October 2008 I browsed the net to know about the route from bangalore to mangalore.The search gave me a shock ,about the bad roads over there. As I made my mind already for a ride ,so thought let what it may come ,we just need to complete the ride.All the planing finished and atlast we decided to romance with the road and conquer the mangalore-capital of dakshin kanada on 11th October 2008.Earlier the plan was only to fix our flag in Mangalore but gradually the enthusiasm in everybody made to conquer not only the mangalore but also its near by area.So I made a plan as to how we can cover the maximum area.So decided to go to mangalore on one route and return back on the other.The D day arrived that is on 11th october 2008, the day was asususal but was very excited as to when the time will come to ride my bull and feel the wind pressure while riding.I went back to my room from my office at 1830 hrs and informed my parents and my love swati about my long trip ride to complete only in two days.They were also surprised but atlast gave me the green signal.We all had our diner at 2000hrs and planned to leave bangalore at 0230hrs of 11th october 2008.So all the riders who were interested came to my flat#3b,atishi apartment,15th main,jp nagar 5th phase,bangalore-56078.sharp at 2400hrs of 11th october 2008 and we all had left our room and headed to conquer our quest at 0230hrs.This was the beginning of our journey.
The night was dark ,the road was broad ,clean and pitch black with the street lights decorating the road as diamond beads arround a womans neck.Than what more my bull require.So the deeper was on and the bull and the fiat palio zippped the road at 120kmph continously till mysore.In this way romancing with the road started.Few kilometers after mysore we had a break and had some alu ka paratha ,tea and refuelled the vehicles with petrol and some smoked and were ready to fly.After that there was no stoppage till madekeri town and we hit the town at 0700hrs.The road was steep as it was hilly ghat region covered with dew drops and the atmosphere blanketed with fog.the bull teared through the fog and wind with good thumping sound and I could feel the romance of my bull with the road.Just after crossing the madekeri town i.e Coorg the adventure reign started. Adventure Reign?why?many might be thinking.Its because the road was cutting through the heart of the hill but was completely damaged and the fog on the hills lookin as if clouds has blanketed the hills.So moving on this road became very slow and tiring.This nightmare continued till mangalore and also till udupi.At 1400hrs of 11th october 2008 we reached mangalore and the climate was completely changed.It was too hot over there with lot of humidity.It was like putting a cold iron rod inside a heat chamber to make it hard.But all of us were sweating and feeling tired as if all the water has drained from the body.We took a right turn from the mangalore circle and headed towards the malpe beach.we took a break in the midway to have some cold drinks and after that we headed towards the malpe beach.We reached there at 1600hrs at malpe beach. All the tireness in our body has gone by seeing the beach .As said that in hot the gold is ripped.Many were thinking to dip directly in the sea as it was too hot there.But we thought let the heat of the sun comes down a bit and than we all will go inside the sea.So we went to the Paradise island food court which is facing the malpe beach.As it was weekend there were many people from bangalore and found many company buses parked near the beach.We had our lunch and drinks in the Paradise island and made ourselves ready to get into the sea.At 1700hrs the temperature of the sun came down and the same of our body too.So we planned to move out to the water.So we all changed our clothes and headed towards the beach.Many company buses were parked in the parking areas but not my bull.My bull was also taken on the sand of the beach and not only we even my bull also tasted the sea water.The thumping of my bull made me to feel that even he is also enjoying the malpe beach.At 2000hrs we came out of the beach and went to have our dinner.But before that we booked two rooms for night stay.For this we chose hotel karthik which is near maple beach bus stand.So we took two rooms of 4 beds each.Myself(anshuman biswal),Abhishek singh,shashi bhushan and vikash bharadwaj lodged into room number 208 and Pankaj,Aishwaraj singh,pratyush singh and Bunty lodged into room number 209.The clock stroke 2100hrs and even our eyes too in red with tireness.The body was tanned properly with the saline water and heat of the sun and eyes were looking sleepy with redness in it as if we all are drunk.But it was not because of drink ,but it was because of tireness.We went to Karavali hotel at 2300hrs and had our dinner.Prawn fried rice,chicken pathankot,chicken kurma,mutton kurma,sahai nan,lime soda,ice cream,chicken tanduri,chicker 65 had decorated our dining table. Dinner was awesome and after that we went to our respective rooms and fell on our beds and slept instantaneously without no more talks or chats.My eyes opened at 0700hrs of 12th october 2008 and saw the beautiful morning of the beach at mangalore through my room’s window.I woke up every one and we all had our break fast and again at 1100hrs we all went to beach and had our bath there.I was busy this time in collecting star fishes and oyster .So moving here and there in search of my desire.We than moved at 1700hrs from udupi to mangalore and this was our end of our reign of conquer and beginning of our new journey to our dwelling which is bangalore.At Hotel pentagon we all had our dinner and again zipped to bangalore at 2100hrs of october 12 ‘2008.The road was good so my bull was talking with the winds but suddenly a patch of road was not good and as the bull was at 110kmph so could not slow the bull suddenly.So it was forced to move at that speed in that dirty patch of the road ,though the tyre was skidding still he managed to keep us safe.Had it been other bike it could have thrown the rider into the air.Thats why it is said that bullet is the heart(jan ) of the riders.Bull is a bull ,as it is said I am what I am.Its uncomparable.In many places my bull had proved this.The journey continued and on 13th october 2008 at 0900hrs we all reached JP nagar phase 5,bangalore.In this way we had put an end to our conquer of the quest and romacing with the roads.
But stay tuned ,soon my bull will be seen flying and romancing with the roads again after some days.
Next Trip:-Jog falls and Goa (december 2008)
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for large view of the photos click here

MANGALORE TRIP PART2

MANGALORE TRIP

or click here
http://anshumanbiswal.wordpress.com/2008/10/15/mangalor/

Proof of ramayana in srilanka

The satellite view of the ram setu.jpg



The sanjivani hill that was brought by hanuman for healing laxman and ram


The destroyed and burnt ravanas kingdom by hanuman



sugriva cave


Sugriva cave


Ashok Vatika where sita was kept


A piece of stone that was used for ram setu



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This is me-anshuman biswal

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my dream machines

These are my dream machines.I had suceeded to get one among two wheeler now am waiting for a 4 wheeler dream machine

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Team outing to anandadhama

The planning for Team outing of MSD department ,Motorola Inc. started from two weeks and was completely coordinated by Saurav Srivastav.All the arrangements were decided recarding commution and all the logistics.So the dooms day was decide to be on 14th of March 2008. We had hired a bus and our complete team was there to enjoy the trip.Though I was not there with them completely till the end of the trip as I had to return in the evening back with two of my friends(Dipak and Deb) because of my personal reasons,I stiil enjoyed till the time I was there with them.There were a lot of team building activities organised by the resort group. The site was completely nature friendly and clean as even they didn't allow to smoke or drink inside the campus.There was also no network for the cell phones.Seems like a complete rest;no connection with the world.While going time, asusual I was before time at the pick up point.We had different pickup points decided according to the dwelling places of our team member. So my pick up point was from Woodys,jp nagar 6th phase,bangalore.I was waiting for the bus from 6am and the bus arrived at 715am.We had our breakfast at woodys.The breakfast consisted of Idly,samvar,vada,kharabath,dosa,chatni,halwa and atlast juice.I had my favourite orange juice.Than we all packed up to leave woodys to go to Anandadhama.In the midst of the travel the guide accompanied us wearing a cow boy hats on his head.One of our team member Avinash had carried some DVDs ,to watch in the bus while en route.But it was a flop as the dvds were not good quality as there were lot of scratches on it.So some of our team members (shruti,manasi,avinash) had planned to play dumbster act ,and it was nice and I had enjoyed the play.there were two groups one with the members sitting on the left side and other with the members sitting on the right side of the bus.At last we won the play.Than they had planned to play tambola or something like that.But there was no luck with me that day.The most money looter of tambola was Gaurab.He won large amount of money as compared to others.Finally we reached our destination.I was surprised seeing the village like setup and that made my mood bounse off the track.Than we all had our tents alloted ,refreshened ourselves by the juice, I suppose that was arranged by the resort people and had our lunch and than shooted up for first round of activities.The first one was the tarzan jump.Everyone did it safely but very few couldnot and fell.I appreciate the josh of Manasi who even falling two times, I suppose still got ready for the third try and still fell down again.Than we went for archery and all tried to became the Arjuna of Mahabharata.In this Shruti became the Arjuna as hit the target 3 times.Most probably might have been the Arjuna in some life earlier.ha ha ha.Than came for another jump activity where we had to cross a small ditch filled with water.i turned down this activity as the water was not good.All tried this and fell in the ditch and became wet with the nice fresh water looked as if it was not cleaned from 1 year or more.After some day one of our team member(Deepa ) suffered from typhoid.I think probably that might be the cause of typhoid as she said that she had swallowed those water when she fell in the ditch.Good experience for her.

After that the activities continued more ,but unfortunately I was not there so could not put it in words but the photos will say everything.








About Anandadhama

... a nature retreat



'Anandadhama, a nature retreat' near Bangalore. A unique Retreat on the banks of river Cauvery, amidst virgin forests and wildlife, Anandadhama is an abode of tranquility & joy. It provides spiritual and physical well-being, leisure, adventure and eco-tourism. All set in a vegetarian and alcohol-free environment.

Other than Eco-Tourism & Adventure, we have also created facilities to specially cater to Corporate trainings, Family outings & Out Bound Learning programs.

We also provide specialized Training programs, facilities & infrastructure in the areas of Life Skills, Stress Management, Out Bound Training, Yoga, Ayurveda, Adventure, Experimental Learning, etc.

Many Corporates like Logica CMG, Siemens, Infineon, Technology Infiniti (T8) Software, Dear Born Electronics, Accord Consultancy, Buoyancee, Ozone India, People’s Skills, etc. have already started patronizing this venue for their programs

Personalized attention to your specific requirements is our hallmark. Please feel free to contact us for details or clarifications.

Accommodation

Different rustic accommodation that goes with the jungle environs, though indoors are cozy enough. Multi cuisine and organic food are made available as per the choice of the guests.

ANANDADHAMA IS PURE VEGETARIAN, NON-SMOKING, ALCOHOL FREE ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY RETREAT.

Other Activities

Anandadhama provides activities such as - Boating, Trekking, Indoor Games, Archery, Gardening, Adventure, leisure that suits guests and as per the prescription with their abilities. Landscaped gardens and 2 kms long footpaths with the absence of vehicles, mobile phones, the time seems to take rest

Location



From Bangalore: On Kanakapura Road travel towards Kanakapura which is 56 km away. There you take a left turn which leads to Sangama which is 33 kms away. At Sangama take a right turn and travel for 2 kms and you will find Anandadhama. If in doubt ask for Sangama Road. From Mysore: Travel to Malavalli, Halguru, Dodda Alahalli, Sangama.


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beauty of srilanka-land of gems

I was there in Colombo from May 13 2008 to May 21 2008.Though I could not travel so much there because of busy schedule but the photos shared by one of my colleague named Mr. Damith J in Motorola Srilanka reveals the beauty of Srilanka. SO please find the photos below.


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F1 SingTel Grand Prix

Some of the live photos taken by my friend sumeet of BN group of the F1 race that was held yesterday(28th september 2008).Just recieved the photos now. For the link please click here

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=165016&l=55dc3&id=538520444

And some of the videos direct from the track is here

http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=IMbx-wLwwHY

http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=hRF-NN7ZwAQ

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Red Bulls MotoGP race photos

Some of the photos taken by my friends in Indy at RedBulls MotoGp race

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Magadi-savandurga-Ramnagara

to see some of the photos shot by one of my friend Karthik S (also a member of the RTMC),than please click the below link



http://picasaweb. google.com/hrkart/RTMCSepRi deSavandurga?authkey=JGTLL5vD hAE



For some more pictures plese click on the below link posted by Haren



http://picasaweb.google.co.in/harenasher/RTMCSavandurgaAnnounceRide21stSep2008



The ride was announced on 15 sep 2008 ,to be held on 21st september 2008.As usual I was very enthusiastic for the ride.Actually to come to this ride I had missed another ride which was to be held on 19 september 2008 during night till 21st september 2008,which was the ride to kerala from bangalore with my room mates and friends.This is because I had to complete the two announce rides with RTMC to come to there main list. Waiting from Monday for the Sunday,finally the day had come.I woke up at 0330 hrs and after completing my puja and evrything I had left my room to south end circle jayanagar where I had to catch up with Susheel to go to the Iskon temple,which was the place of starting point of the ride. I reached the south end circle at 0500hrs and at 0520hrs susheel arrived and we two went to the starting point i.e to Iskon temple and we reached the starting point at 0545hrs.Slowly slowly the members started arriving but this time I found some more new faces in the group.We finally started for the ride and took our first break in old bridge on magadi main road.There some had there tea, some took rest and some smoked and some were busy in taking photos and among them it was me.the folowing were the break points where we all regrouped :-

Via Point 1: Old bridge on Magadi Main Road (38kms)
Via Point 2: left turn off to Savandurga on Magadi Main Road
Via Point 3: Savandurga
Via Point 4: 500m before merge onto SH-13 at Ramanagara.

We than finally arrived at savanadurga ,where everyone had gathered and intro was done.It was then decided to go to Kamath Loka Ruchi on SH13 for the breakfast.We all had our breakfast and left the place to go to bangalore at arround 1100hrs and we all had reached bangalore at 1220hrs and I finally reached my room back at 1315hrs.



Trip map:-Jpnagar phase 5-southend circle jayanagar-Iskon temple(yeshwantpur ,near Narayana netralaya)-magadi-savanadurga-ramnagar-Kamath Loka Ruchi(on SH-13 CAUTION: Turn right towards Mysore!).



Pilots-Anshuman Biswal,RTMC group(40 members made this time)

Bikes in the ride-Machismo 500,Electra 5s,Thunderbird 350,Bullet Lightning,Yezdi monarch,Bullet classic

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another blog

http://anshumanbiswal.wordpress.com/2008/09/22/magadi-savandurga-ramnagara/

To know about RTMC click below

http://rtmc.info

Ride to Tirumala Tirupati

Ahem! Who doesn't like to go for long drives. Of course not many like to go for long rides (on Motorcycles that is). But I like to share my experience with many people here who would be interested in long rides. As far as drives are concerned, that series will be a separate one I mean among all the rides this ride was a ass paining and ,ass sizzling ride very very tire some ride.Never experienced like this.

Where – Bangalore To Tirupati and Back

Total Distance - 600 Kms. (300 Kms. one way)

Vehicle – Machismo 500 AVLLB( mileage- 30kmpl),Pulsar220(mileage-35kmpl)

Total Expenditure – 4000 (1000 per head)

Travel Duration – September 13 2008 at 0130hrs and reached back also on september 13 2008 at 2030hrs

Route Map - JP Nagar-marathalli-hoskote-kolar - Mulbagal - Nangali - Palamner - Chittoor –Puralapattu-Chandragiri-Tirupati - Alipiri - Tirumala.

Eat outs –CCD (Kolar), Deepika Dhaba, Bheema's Hotel, Annapoorneshwari, Bheema's Deluxe Nandini hotel,Woodys Hotel and many road side dhabas,

Pilots – Anshuman Biswal,Abhishek Singh,Aishwaraj Singh,Shashi Bhushan

Tour Diary: The planing started on 12th september 2008 from morning 8am.It all happened when I completed my puja and was going to leave my room to go to office ,than I suddenly asked Shashi how about a ride today.He also agreed and said that let Abhishek arrive today from rourkela than we will decide to go.I said Ok.I was very curious to go so I called up Abhishek at arround 11am when he was about to board a flight to bangalore from kolkotta ,and asked him to get ready for a ride and make up his mind in that way.He was bit in dilemma as to how he could go as he was still travelling.But I forced him to come.So he reached here at bangalore at 1900hrs and called me and confirmed that he is also coming with us for a ride.Than he took rest and prepared himself for the ride.I went back to room from the office at 1900hrs and talked with my parents and my love (swati) and informed them about my plan.They agreed.So I started packing my bags and made my riding gears ready.The cook had cooked the dinner So I had the dinner little bit early as I knew that first stretch I would be riding.So did my friends after some time and had there dinner too.We all browsed the net and found out the route of Tirumala Tirupati.And finally left for the ride at 0130hrs i.e on 13th september 2008 from Flat 3b,Atishi Apartment,Rose garden Road,15th main,JP nagar phase 5,bangalore-560078.The ride was fine and first stop we made near marathalli when we took the wrong turn.So took a stoppage to ask the correct route and had some tea from the bus stand hawkers.Than we moved again and took our second break directly at kolar where we went to Café Cofee Day(CCD) to have some food as we were feeling hungry.It was 0230hrs(13 september 2008) at that time.We took a break for 20 minutes and again moved on.Than the next stop was directly in a place before chittor where we all were completely tired as we all rode all night without sleeping.So we found a dhaba where we took some break fast and washed our face with cold water to keep us fresh as we had to drive more 170 kms.It was 0630hrs(13 september 2008) by that time.We finally reached Tirumala Tirupati at arround 1030hrs(13september 2008).But the rules were horrible every where ticket system.As we didn’t knew that to take vehicle in we have to take tickets ,so we had to come down again where we could register our vehicle to take it in the ghat of the temple.So it took arround 1 hrs by standing in a queue and anyhow we managed to get the ticket.Than we reached the temple but we didn’t find any hotels or guest house rooms available so that we could take bath and put our luggage and everything there and go to the temple .So after 2 to 3 hours of hotel room search,we all had become frustrated .So we all went to a restaurant to have some food near the temple itself and it was Woodside Restaurant.We all had our breakfast and saw the god from the road itself just bowed to God standing infront of the temple on our bikes on the road itself and started our journey back at 1330hrs(sep 13th 2008) to bangalore.The ride was very fast and furious while returning back and after taking ample of breaks for photo session and food still we all managed to reach back to bangalore sharp at 2015hrs(september 13th 2008).So in all we had covered 600kms in 19 hours i.e from september 13 2008 at 0130hrs to september 13 2008 at 2015hrs.

The road was horrible and night driving is not at all safe.As almost many stretches of the road was under construction so the outgoing and incoming traffics were only happening at one half of the road.And during night the problem we faced is that as the road were under construction So there were many diversions and ditches and it was surrounded by the constructor tapes.But the issue was that the road was completely dark and the tapes were not fluoroscent tapes ,so that we could see from distance that there is something mentioned.We were only able to make out that there is some footpath or diversion or ditch or construction ditch ahead when we were reaching very close to it .The ride was so terrible that we were moving at 90kmph during night and suddenly we were noticing that there is some construction ditch or road is blocked and at that speed itself we had to divert our bike to the correct road.After all the experience was good and riding is not really a cake walk.You should have it in you to make a ride.As our group says “ Jazba hai andar to dikhta hai bahar.”

Next Trip: savandurga (september 21 2008) and Manipal /Mangalore(october second week after dussehera)

Post that is posted in the royal enfield site
http://www.royalenfield.com/app/IN/trip.asp?sID=18957

another blog
http://anshumanbiswal.wordpress.com/2008/09/15/tirupati/

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Ride to Shivasamudra--120km from bangalore

Big fan of bulls but never been on a long ride before. On August 15 2008 , Abhishek and I decided to try it out with a small step - a 120 kms stretch from Bangalore to shivasamudra.The weather was purrrfect. Not too sunny, but hardly a cloud to dampen our spirits. As we started cruising down Kanakpura road. Started our journey at arround 1230hrs and reached there at 1600hrs. First we filled all our tanks in JP nagar petrol pump and checked the air pressure and moved on. Caught the kanakpura main road and started heding towards the destination. The road was ok for some distance but after that its horrible. Some constructions were also going on. Took 3 breaks for lunch and photo session on the way. You will find petrol pumps on the highway and there are some good hotels and road side dhabas too.But mainly you will find small shops instead of dhabas.So if you are a good eater than please carry some food with you. Riders accompanied:-Anshuman Biswal(Machismo 500lb) Abhishek Singh(Machismo 500 LB) Shashi Bhushan(Pulsar 220) Pillion Riders Accompanied:-Bunty Manoj Mahali Pop Slide show

another blog

http://anshumanbiswal.wordpress.com/2008/08/26/shivasamudra/

Trip To Bhimeswari with RTMC

The ride was on 24th August 2008. Very excited for the ride. The starting point of the group was from Putana Chetty Town Hall Bangalore. As usual I was at the starting point from 0600hrs while the ride started at 0700hrs. Other half of the group joined us from Metro Mall Bangalore. A total of 25 bullets made up to the ride. with two BMW , Yamaha R1 and a dirt bike as the beamer. The point was played by Raghvan and sweep by the Goop(nike name of a guy given by RTMC).
Total Km-103 km(one side ) and 206 km(round trip) from bangalore
Total duration:-started at 0700hrs and returned back at 1600hrs .(9 hours of journey with breaks in between for rest ,break fast etc.)
Petrol Bunks:- available on the highway
Food:- Nice hotels are there on the highway and some good dhabas also.
The road is not so nice so driving should be careful and with normal speed to keep the bikes in good condition. Else you land in some trouble situation .As the roads were not nice and many ups and downs,suddenly one of our bike hit the ditch and the bikes hub ,spokes and wheel rim got broken.
We reached there at 1200hrs and came back on the same day at 1430hrs. And some had there lunch at the high way hotels and some after reaching there homes. So in all the ride was nice.
Please find some pictures of the ride

Some more pictures

For slide show of the pictures in larger size click here

another blog

http://anshumanbiswal.wordpress.com/2008/08/26/bhimeshwari/

To know about RTMC click on

http://rtmc.info