Waynad - Belur - Halebeedu

God's own country kerala seduced me in december and i was planning a ride to cover waynad in kerala after the december ride as we couldn't do waynad then. This time fellow xbhpian and BN member Sachin teamed up with me and we were off to discover nature's beauty in waynad. But the trip took a twist of it's own as sachin had to head back to bangalore due to family emergency and i ended up doing belur and halebeedu on day 2 and day3 with Kamlesh and karthik ayyar.


First the stats:
Ride duration: 3 days (17th March 07 (Saturday) till 19th March 07 (Monday)Riders: Me and Sachinkoppikar
Bikes: My Silver ZMA and Sachin's Pulsar 150 (Waynad) Kamlesh and Karthik ayyar on their Bullet Thunderbirds (Belur - Halebeedu)
Total Kms covered: 972 Kms

Route taken:
Day1:
Bangalore>Mandya>Mysore>Nanjangud>Gundlupet>Sulthanbathery>Kalpetta

Day 2 : Kalpetta>Sulthanbathery>Gundlupet>Mysore>Srirangapatna>Pandavapura>nagamangala>Bellurcrossing>Hassan >Belur

Day3:
Belur>Halebeedu>Belur>Hassan>Channarayapatna>Kunigal>Bangalore

Retrospection of the ride:
Had to do 70 plus kms of solo riding after deviating from srirangapatna as sachin headed back from bangalore and i went towords blr-hassan road to join the bulleteers to belur, Riding solo with out another biker was a first for me. Waynad's awesome twisties gave me cornering lessons, Saw the most narrowest ghat section roads! Bandipur forest stretch was a pleasure early morning with fog and mist and ofcourse the bangalore - mysore stretch was a delight. Hassan -belur road was again a delight. Temples of belur and halebeedu were amazing. Was lucky to witness solar eclipse in full glory and capture it on cam.

My Pics: http://picasaweb.google.com/vaas2000/WaynadBelurHalebeeduRide

Kamlesh's Pics: http://picasaweb.google.com/kamlesh.sanwal/HaleBiduBelur

Kartik Ayyar's pics: http://picasaweb.google.com/kartik.ayyar/BelurHalebeedu

Thanks to sachin's generosity in lending me his kodak camera, belur and halebeedu have been captured in full glory. No annoying mobile cam pics this time :p