Friday, March 6, 2015

Solo Ride TO Lepakshi


Route - Bangalore-Yelahanka-Dodballapur Jn-Anantpur Road.
Total Distance- 130x2 =260Km.

An early morning ride to lepakshi on a empty highway, what more you need??. Empty roads helped cruise easily at 90-100Kmph. My pulsar responce to these speeds was superb. I felt like riding a cruiser. Bajaj has really made it awesome.
The place is connected to Krishnadevaraya of Vijayanagar Dynasty. There was a big monolithic mandi(said to be biggest in south india). The temple is famous for hanging pillars. An unique architecture of history.

Monolithic Nandi, Lepakshi
Lepakshi Temple



Lepakshi Temple
Hanging Pillars, Lepakshi Temple

Thursday, March 5, 2015

Ride to Karnataka's Highest Peak

This is my longest ride till date. Ride plan was of 3 days. We started early from Bangalore (4am).Riding on Bangalore - Hasan road was a bliss.Empty Roads, no toll etc etc.
Day 1 Bangalore - Shettihalli church - Sakleshpur - Kadamane - Chikmagalur
 
Our Rides

Hasan - Mangalore Highway

We reached shettihalli church at 10. Its also called Old Rosario church on the backwaters of Hemavati reservoir and will be submerged in water during peak rainy season.

Old Rosario church, Shettihalli


Took a quick nap and started towards sakleshpur. Once we entered sakleshpur temperature and weather changed, May be 5deg Cooler. Started towards kadamane estate.This has a stay option too called Sinna Doari Bungalow. Yugapurusha - Ravichandran Movie was shot here.

Kadamane Tea Estate, Sakleshpur

After Kadamane we directly headed towards Chikmagalur. We reached there around 6pm , Searched for some budget hotel and called it a day .

Day2 : Next day ride i dont have words to explain. Green mountain covered with fog, awesome corners and hairpin bends. I liked riding more that driving on this road.

2n day story is completely into pictures.

                                                               Off Roading- Mullayanagiri

Road Bababudangiri was 0% Asphalt. Had some difficult time with bald tyres. Still continued the ride to bababudangiri and manikyadhara falls.
 
View From Manikyadhara Falls 

Came back to Chikamagalur at 2. Quickly decided to ride back to bangalore.

Total distance- 720km
Fuel: Rs 800 (14ltr approx)