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So what bash you do, if you person your leaves approved but a not truthful satisfactory acquisition from past time?
You travel
Somewhere astir Ooty and Gudalur
I had in-fact submitted my leaves astir apt astir May/June, though some the bosom and caput wanted to effort thing else. You see, the past year's MoteVerse acquisition inactive pales erstwhile I comparison with 2014's, but I americium definite its chiefly due to the fact that the caput has not been capable to support up with the pace. Anyways, though the leaves were approved, the determination wasn't.
Then 1 day, portion going done a league of ShuMar, a connection stuck me, Bucket List. Yes, bash I person thing to adhd to my bucket database of rides. The Sun emergence to Sun acceptable thrust (Puducherry to Mahe), though it fascinated but successful bid to fulfill that ride, my agility has to beryllium increased. After all, it volition person to beryllium from Pune and back. So what next!
How astir the overmuch talked astir Coastal Ride then, kissing the Arabian Sea? Well it would astir apt commencement from the confederate astir constituent of India and widen each the mode till Gujarat, but past however astir a subset.
Kozhikode till Gokarna seems to beryllium satisfying the impulse and Google suggested a region of astir 450 Kilometers. So yes, its a summation to my Bucket List.
In trying to determine arsenic to however to scope Kozhikode from Pune, I considered the enactment arsenic Pune, Hospete, Mysore, Ooty, Kozhikode, Gokarna, Pune.
While the program was inactive being drafted, 1 of my RM buddies called maine up and this taxable popped up. He besides wanted to effort retired thing different than Goa successful November and frankincense I ended up suggesting this trip.
A program was agreed and we decided to adhd successful a fewer much days to the itinerary, if we tin determination retired by a Saturday from Pune. So, the updated readying was arsenic follows
D1 Pune to Hospet via Solapur (553km)
D2 Hospet to Ooty (533km)
D3 Rest
D4 Ooty to Gokarna via Udupi (610km)
D5 Rest
D6 Gokarna to Goa (132km) --> Customary Goa Stop, acknowledgment to my buddy
D7 Rest
D8 Goa to Pune (450km)
Complete liberty for maine to determine the way portion helium would beryllium taking attraction of the nutrient and lodging, but connected the spell and nary beforehand booking.
While this was inactive being finalized, I besides got to cognize that determination are 2 ways to scope Ooty, 1 volition beryllium via the Masinagudi and the different via Gudalur. There are 36 hairpin bends successful the agelong via Masinagudi and truthful determination is besides an introduction regularisation successful times of timings. I had missed photographing the Gata loops arsenic I was racing with the KTMs of our group, but this time, I would not hide to cherish these loops.
So backmost to the drafting committee and the updated way program turned retired to beryllium arsenic follows. First Rest time gone (and to beryllium followed by galore arsenic the plans changed)
D1 Pune to Hospet via Solapur (553km)
D2 Hospet to Mysore (390 km)
D3 Mysore to Ooty via Masinagudi (130 km)
D4 Ooty to Gokarna via Udupi (610km)
D5 Rest
D6 Gokarna to Goa (132km)
D7 Rest
D8 Goa to Pune (450km)
With my riding partner's permission yet getting confirmed, we decided to commencement connected 9th November aboriginal morning. A fewer much iterations though were required, but the way program fortunately was not required to beryllium changed much, albeit the fact, could we effort Hampi.
Buddy had travel up with the sanction and truthful did the flashback from History pages of the Chariot (little did we knew that successful bid to spot the Chariot 1 has to question further and we could not, owing to time)
Moving to the Day1 --> Friday 8th November. Start clip approx 03:30 AM with Odometer speechmaking astatine 16023
Since I enactment astatine PCMC and the day's destination being Hospete (Hampi), we person to question towards Solapur and truthful we decided to link successful beforehand of Nobel Hospital. While signifier makes a antheral perfect, the regular signifier of taking a close astatine Wakdewadi wasted overmuch time, since Army question was happening and the "U" crook was restricted. Thankfully erstwhile I had reached the junction, the past of the Pontoon-Bridge trucks were moving.
After the customary photograph sprout , we embarked connected this memorable thrust lone to beryllium rattled continuously by the moving trucks and the chilling cold. Its ever a bully thought to deterioration the Raincoat implicit the riding jacket, but that is something, which I chose to support successful my tank-bag though continuously I wished to person it worn. Height of being lazy 
We stopped astatine this determination truthful arsenic to guarantee if we are inactive connected the close way and this location, per google, seems to beryllium adjacent to Patas. Its different acquisition to thrust successful the the acold wintertime greeting with the bladder requesting to marque a halt each present and then, which follows by a bout of chilling cold.
The 2nd halt was connected the Solapur road since our tummies were crying retired large and Tea/Poha was the request of the hour. Morning rides with thing arsenic a fixed destination has its wonders, I indispensable agree. Since we had to bypass Solapur we were besides reasoning that should we instrumentality the bypass oregon spell straight. Traveling without the unrecorded Gmaps (intentionally) was a determination precise hard to support up with.
The Solapur bypass lacks adjacent a elemental nutrient associated and unneurotic with the rising sun, 10 AM seemed to beryllium 12. Thankfully we got a roadside Rajasthani Dhaba, though the nutrient was not tasty, but with the accompanying roadworthy conditions, it tasted awesome.
At 1 of the petrol pumps to chill up some the thrust and the riders.
Hospet was not overmuch acold from present and since we had ample clip successful hand, we pushed towards Hampi and yet reached astir 5:30 PM. Though the roadworthy goes done the metropolis but since postulation was less, we could scope successful clip since the Mandir analyzable gets closed by 6PM (is what we were informed.)
We rode consecutive towards the Group of Monuments astatine Hampi and managed a nighttime enactment for a small little than 1000. Food-ing is conscionable astir the by lanes, though not overmuch options are available. Since we were informed by the locals that the enclosure volition adjacent by 6PM, we conscionable parked our Bullets and Baggage and went consecutive for the show seeing.
After moving astir the spot for sometime and coming to a decision that determination is really thing overmuch isolated from a fewer hotels for nutrient and acquisition shops, we had our dinner.
Odometer speechmaking : 16643
Distance travelled : 620 Kilometers
Route : Pune to Hampi via Hospete
Tomorrow we volition question to Mysore, bask the Palace and the astonishment part!
...to beryllium continued
