BIKE TRIP TO KODAIKANAL(2008)

Bike Trip From Nagercoil To Kodaikanal (2008)

Overall Kms: 764 (Upward =342kms, Downward=342kms, Extras=80kms) 

Time taken: (Upward=8hrs, Downward=9.45hrs)

Riders:  V.Anto Jose (Age 20)

   M.Benitto Raj (Age 19)

   Jeba Anish (Age 19)

   Sathish (Age 20)

Bikes : Suzuki Shaolin (140cc) and Bajaj Discover Dts-i(125cc)

OVERALL TRIP PLAN

DAY 1

          We Started by 12am.

It’s a very calm time around midnight. We Dragerzzz, started making rough noises in the streets of Nagercoil (vetoornimadam) and we were ready for the trip to kodaikanal. This is somewhat a planned trip.

         Then we move towards a petrol bunk in vadaserry to fill up petrol and then we were hardly moving towards Tirunelveli. It was some 78 Kms and on the way we were caught in police check post near Kavalkinaru (24kms from Ngl). They enquired us for the reason and we said, our friend marriage function was going to be held in Tirunelveli, so we people going by bike. Then they demanded some tips from us and then we gave it and got escaped from them and then moved towards tirunelveli. Finally by 1.30 am we have reached Tirunelveli. We felt somewhat hungry, so we preferred a hotel in tirunelveli bus stand.

       Our Next check Point is Thirumangalam. Its 132kms from tirunelveli. We started moving towards thirumangalam. It’s very difficult to ride in the night, since the bike head light doesn’t support us as much. We can’t go very fast, and it’s very cool in the night since it was month of December. Finally we reached Thirumangalam by 4.30am.

AT THIRUMANGALAM 

          There we took a coffee and then moved towards Kodaikanal.  Its 126 Kms from Thirumangalam. Our eyes were hardly seeking towards the bottom of the hill, and having a steady ride towards that, and finally we reached the bottom of the hill by 6 am in the morning (Batlagundu). Its 65kms from Thirumangalam and then we moved towards kodaikanal from there. On the way we had experienced the wonderful scenic beauty of kodaikanal hill (The Queen of hill station). Really she is the queen, and I loved her…  

ON THE WAY TO KODAIKANAL

Then Finally We reached Kodaikanal by 8 am in the morning and booked a guest house to take rest and had  morning Tiffin there in guest house………….

SMALL REST IN GUEST HOUSE

MORNING TIFFIN

Here Comes the sight seeing of Day 1

Kodaikanal Lake

                 Kodaikanal lake is also known as kodai lake is a manmade lake located in the kodaikanla city in Dindigul district in Tamil Nadu, India. Sir Vere henry Levinge the collector of Madurai,was instrumental in creation the lake in 1863,amidst the kodaikanal town which was developed by the British and early missionaries from USA. The lake is said to be Kodaikanal's most popular geographic landmark and tourist attraction.

BOATING IN KODAIKANAL LAKE

BOATING

Next we moved to Kodaikanal Upper Lake View

Here Comes the photos

KODAIKANAL UPPER LAKE VIEW

OUR RACING THROTTLE  IN UPPER LAKE VIEW

Next We moved to Kuna Cave. Kamala Kasan's Kuna movie had taken here only

KUNA CAVE VIEW

ON THE WAY TO KUNA CAVERON

TEAM DRAGERZ IN KUNA CAVERON

       Finally closure of day 1 and we felt the feel of mist around kodaikanal and then moved to room

NIGHT SUPPER

DAY 2

SIGHT SEEING OF DAY 2

                    In the early morning hardly about 8 am we woke up from the bed and got ready for the sight seeing. Morning the guest house owner provided a strong coffee to us.

MORNING COFFEE

                           The guest house owner were very much friendly with us and the we took photos with him and his staffs.

WITH GUEST HOUSE OWNER AND STAFF

GUEST HOUSE OWNER'S CHILDRENZ

             Then they initiated and guided us for some areas.


PILLAR'S ROCK

Some while we started to move towards Pillar's rock. Here Comes the photos of pillar's rock..

SUICIDE POINT:-

              Then we moved towards Suicide point.Its very near to pillars rock and golf club. Here comes the photos...

GOLF CLUB:-

                Here comes the photoshootz:-

NEAR GOLF CLUB

SILVER FALLS:-

                    Here comes the photoshootz:-

SILVER FALLZ

                 The sun was going to settle its home... We peoples were also looking forward our home.. We started from there and move towards Nagercoil. We decided our next check point as Madurai. It was just 108 kms from Silver Cascade Falls. We had a rough ride ride from there since sun was going back to its home. It was quit difficult to rode in hills during night. Hardly 10 to 20 minutes there to become dark.

                    So we had a race between us. The race between SUZUKI SHAOLIN AND BAJAJ DISCOVER. We have crossed 53 kms in just 45mins on the roads of hill station. Now we were in the bottom of hill. We took some photos there.

                         By 7 pm we have reached Batlagundu. And We reached Madurai by 9 pm which is 55 kms from Batlagundu. Then in Madurai we had a small shopping and finished our night supper.

NEAR MADURAI MEENAKSHI AMMAN TEMPLE

                    And then by 10'o clock we have departed from Madurai and reached Nagercoil by 4 am (Which is 243 kms from Madurai).

CHENNAI TO KANYAKUMARI 2007

Overall Kms: 700kms

Overall time taken: 18.45 hours(No Proper Bye pass)(Road Under Construction)

Riders: V. Anto Jose(Age 19)

 M. Benitto Raj(Age 18)

Bike    : Suzuki Shaolin.

Objective: To bring the bike to Nagercoil

Overall Plan Map:

Overall Plan Map

              We Started by 2.30pm.

          The sun is radiating its whole energy towards the earth. It was a very hot day and our clothes were drenched with full of sweats. My eyes became red hot and my buddy too experienced the same. And now, we were looking almost like a drunker. By then we have reached a petrol bunk which was on the way, my buddy has asked for a 2T Shell Oil and paid to fill up the full tank. I was really confused at that moment, and demanded the reason for his activity. By the time he gave me a reply, I was totally stunned hearing his words, that the mad guy was very eager to move Nagercoil by this bike.

          Actually the bike we were riding was an unconditioned one, it was bought by him as a second-hand bike. It can’t even cross a speed of 70kmph. As the trip was not a pre-planned one, we don’t have any sun glasses, helmets etc. Another great tragedy was, we have missed the way to tambaram and so around 1 hour was wasted in finding the right path. Finally we reached Tambaram by 3.35pm. By the time we reached there, the odometer was showing a change of 25kms from the point we started. Which shows that we have so far reached only 25kms in our journey. But still we have to go 675kms to reach our objective. My mind started thinking about it, as we were already tired of the scorching heat.

           Then we decided our next check point as Tindivanam which is 98kms away from Tambaram. Our horrible eyes were searching for name board showing as ‘Tindivanam’. In the mean time I was trying to overtake a bus, a terrific Tata sumo suddenly overtook us at the same time. I didn’t expected it, and was just a miss from hitting the bus and finally we managed to escape. I was totally scared at that moment and my heart rate rose to its maximum. I had lost all my confidence and then handed the bike to my buddy. But my buddy was very energetic in riding. Within the next 10kms we had another shocking experience. The wheel bolt unscrewed, and the axle of the wheel almost came out. Again we escaped another tragedy. Since it was a Sunday we couldn’t find any mechanic shop nearby, so we started tighting the screw by ourselves and then moved with the bike by walk. Then finally we reached an mechanic shop and spent 2hrs there. And then moved to Tindivanam and reached by 7pm. And the odometer was showing that u have ridden just 123kms…But still we have to go 577kms.

            We set our next set point as Tiruchy. Its 202kms far away from here. The road was under construction and we found very difficult to ride. Finally we reached Tiruchy by 12pm. As the time was 12pm we were feeling very hungry, so we preferred a hotel but I couldn’t eat even a single piece of food.

After Finishing Supper (In Trichy)

            Again we decided our next check point as Madurai. For that we have to move forward for about 134kms. Further my buddy has rode the bike and finally we reached Madurai by 4am. Then we had a small shopping in Madurai Bus stand.

            After refreshing ourselves, we departed from there around 5’o clock. Then my mind was set free and from there I started riding continuously towards Tirunelveli. Around 7.30 pm we reached Tirunelveli. Seeing a mirror in a shop we felt ourselves ugly and our eyes were turned blood red. There is no white spot in our eyes. We were totally exhausted. That was really a sad moment. Then we bought sunglasses to hide our eyes from dust particles. We have took some photos from there wearing sunglasses and then we left that place and continued our trip.

In Tirunelveli (after getting sun glasses)

White color Anto get changed as Blacky One(Tirunelveli)

         We cant took photos further because the mobile get switched off. After that we move towards Nagercoil. Its 78km far away from Tirunelveli.

        Then Finally we reached Nagercoil by 9.15am.

        It was a nice experience for both of us. It was an unforgettable trip, as we have came through   lots of hardships throughout our journey.