Travelogue - Nandi Hills
Planning had started a week in advance.
And implementation started Saturday night.
There was a technical difficulty. So a phone call goes to Sand on Saturday at 10.30PM
Rat - Sand, coming to Nandi tomoro ?
Sand - No da, have got some work at home..
Rat - hmm.. we are 5, but have only 2 bikes.. So...
Sand - Take my bike !
Rat - Yippee.. here we come !
Gasper and I go to Sand's house, takes a census of the latest happenings at the house, finish off a box of sweets, get the bike and come back...
Dinner ready.
Eating..
Sleeping.. (12.00)
Plan is an early morning 4.30 trip to Nandi :-D
......................................................................................................
Sunday morning was at 5.15 (that itself is a world record)
And by 6.45, we were on to bikes.
Bin,Gas on Sand's pulsar
Rat,Jim on Rat's pulsar
Sow on his discover
We were all set to count the number of signals from Jakkasandra to Maanyatha*. And we got the count equal to 2! Wonderful..
Instead of taking the round-about Marthahalli-outer ring road route, we took the shorter route. This is the same route, which Bin takes to reach his 'Maanyatha' office. The cam was in the hands of Gasper till the 2nd pit stop (in case you were wondering, what all things are being photographed!)
Once we with the outer ring road, we had someone for company. A brand new Honda Unicorn 150CC black. A guy with a monkey cap in the front, and a pillion with a helmet. (They have read the helmet rule upside down?) The onward journey was so rocket-fast that we never knew, we covered so much of distance in so little time. The bikes were flying at 110+, and the brakes were tested to good limits. (whoever invented speedbreakers should be prosecuted!)
At a noticeable point on the ORR, we need to take a left turn to enter the Nandi Road. Its just 22km from there. Half-way into this road, we took a pit-stop (this was the 2nd pit stop. the first one was for filling petrol) The view of the fog-covered mountain peak was a treat.
We did have a photo session here, with the 'models' blocking the road (and the traffic) for some time. Soon we took off for the rest of the journey.
14km into the Nandi road, and you reach a T-junction. Its a right turn from there, to enter the ghat road- full of climbs and turns and curves. This is the point where you get the nearest tyre-repair shop (Point to be noted!)
The hair-pin bents were very sharp. And not in 2-dimension as well.. At some points, the road is just wide enough for a bike and a car to go in parallel.
We reached the summit after a 3rd pit stop. You need to pay for bike parking, and for entrance ! It amounted to 60 bucks in total for 3 bikes and 5 dudes.
(Aahhh.. what crap am i writing?! a documentary? there aint any fun in this.. let me take a break!)
And implementation started Saturday night.
There was a technical difficulty. So a phone call goes to Sand on Saturday at 10.30PM
Rat - Sand, coming to Nandi tomoro ?
Sand - No da, have got some work at home..
Rat - hmm.. we are 5, but have only 2 bikes.. So...
Sand - Take my bike !
Rat - Yippee.. here we come !
Gasper and I go to Sand's house, takes a census of the latest happenings at the house, finish off a box of sweets, get the bike and come back...
Dinner ready.
Eating..
Sleeping.. (12.00)
Plan is an early morning 4.30 trip to Nandi :-D
......................................................................................................
Sunday morning was at 5.15 (that itself is a world record)
And by 6.45, we were on to bikes.
Bin,Gas on Sand's pulsar
Rat,Jim on Rat's pulsar
Sow on his discover
We were all set to count the number of signals from Jakkasandra to Maanyatha*. And we got the count equal to 2! Wonderful..
Instead of taking the round-about Marthahalli-outer ring road route, we took the shorter route. This is the same route, which Bin takes to reach his 'Maanyatha' office. The cam was in the hands of Gasper till the 2nd pit stop (in case you were wondering, what all things are being photographed!)
Once we with the outer ring road, we had someone for company. A brand new Honda Unicorn 150CC black. A guy with a monkey cap in the front, and a pillion with a helmet. (They have read the helmet rule upside down?) The onward journey was so rocket-fast that we never knew, we covered so much of distance in so little time. The bikes were flying at 110+, and the brakes were tested to good limits. (whoever invented speedbreakers should be prosecuted!)
At a noticeable point on the ORR, we need to take a left turn to enter the Nandi Road. Its just 22km from there. Half-way into this road, we took a pit-stop (this was the 2nd pit stop. the first one was for filling petrol) The view of the fog-covered mountain peak was a treat.
We did have a photo session here, with the 'models' blocking the road (and the traffic) for some time. Soon we took off for the rest of the journey.
14km into the Nandi road, and you reach a T-junction. Its a right turn from there, to enter the ghat road- full of climbs and turns and curves. This is the point where you get the nearest tyre-repair shop (Point to be noted!)
The hair-pin bents were very sharp. And not in 2-dimension as well.. At some points, the road is just wide enough for a bike and a car to go in parallel.
We reached the summit after a 3rd pit stop. You need to pay for bike parking, and for entrance ! It amounted to 60 bucks in total for 3 bikes and 5 dudes.
(Aahhh.. what crap am i writing?! a documentary? there aint any fun in this.. let me take a break!)
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