Rendezvous with old pals from Norway in Bangalore & On way to Chennai :)

Finally reached Bangalore and parked my bike here.. Met dearest Priya - her friends (now they are mine too) Anant & Neha .. And the Norwegians buddies - Terje, Marius and Rune.. Spoiled boys all together packed their bags and all ready to start journey to Andamans but before it we need to commute to Chennai.. :)


Scenic view from Anant & Neha's flat.. :)

Moorti - our rocking Chauffeur and absolute local .. enjoyed his company..

And interesting scenes on the way..

Virgin Tuk Tuks on their way to get into cities.. :)

Can you see a goat in this truck?? :P

And motorbikes can also be used as local packers-and-movers :)

Then Moorti suggested us to visit Kanchipooram temple on our way and we nodded YES and I am glad that we did.. :)

And beautiful interiors :)

Kanchipooram is famous for silk and hence we chose to do some shopping.. first they shown us how they do weaving of sarees, shawls and other dress materials.. 




 

And they started displaying them.. :)

And finally it was time to bargain.. :) succeeded in 35 percent reduction in cost.. well I was happy.. :)

In Chennai we found a hotel to spend our night since next day early morning we had our flight to Portblair - capital of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.. :) My friend Himanshu came to meet me and ofcorse took me to his home for dinner and I spend my night there.. It was really nice.. :)

The next post gonna be exotic.. keeeeeeep reading.. :)

 

GOA to BANGALORE :: Day 1 Goodbye to Goa & enter Karnataka && Day2 - Reach Bangalore :)

Its being long long time I have not updated my doings and many things have happened since then.. Actually I took a vacation in my this long vacation... :) Attended friend's marriage in New Delhi, drove from Goa to Bangalore, took 15 days break to company my friends from Norway, attended my Niece's 1st birthday party in Indore, see-off Norwegians in Mumbai and finally back to Bangalore and time to move ahead,,

Targets for the day -> Take flight to Goa from New Delhi:: Pack bags & leave Goa by 1600 hrs and enter Karnataka:: must reach Hubli (180km) so that next day I will be travelling 450km to reach Bangalore and that too on 4 lane & 6 lane highway - actually Golden Rectangle.. :)

So time to say Goodbye to the pals in GOA.. many thanks to Shashi and Abijit :)

Effigy of Mahatma Gandhi in Old Goa..

Kids commuting over water-pipeline to reach point B from A..

Since the lights are getting dim hence I need to speed to cover the Mountain range or else its dangerous to ride with no street lights, bumpy roads and running stray animals on the roads..

 Greenary all around and there is a different level of purity in the air of mountains and hills with the blend of freshness.. :)

Finally, I crossed the border of GOA and entered Karnataka :) Yuhoo :)

My first impression of Karnataka roads was very bad.. I was really pissed to ride over it and was just wishing to touch Golden Rectangle to get better roads.. Damn bumpy roads.. :(

But I managed to reach a small place called Navagrah Teerth, 8km away from Hubli ,, It is a JAIN DHARAMSHALA (Jain is a religion & Dharamshala is a religious place to stay for commuters and believers)

After having a morning walk in the nearby religious vicinity I chose to start my bike :) And the journey begins.. awesome roads and endless Tolls on the way but 2 wheelers have the luxury of not paying anywhere.. :)

On my way came HARIHAR - the place where my dad's another office is established.. I think he will be glad to see this picture.. :)

Locals taking bath, washing clothes and animals, fishing and just chilling out..

Wet lands......

And the view of rock mountains...

And then the coconut trees all around... really scenic..

Long time but not unusual to see accident scenes on the way..

And finalllllyyyyyy I reached Bangalore.. Agendas to achieve - meet my dearest Priya, meet the Norwegians :) and leave for my trip to Andamans :P

Day 20,21 :: Goa && Day 22,23 :: New Delhi & Back to Goa to head towards Bangalore :)

And I reached Goa late evening greeted by my cousin's friend - Shashi and his flatmate Abhijit and both of them are very nice guys.. :) Being treated like big brother during my entire stay and also got their guidance in exploring this exotic territory called Goa.. :)

And favorites of all beaches I visited is Anjuna... soooo much of Life there,, :) Sharing some glimpses.. ;)

Since it was wednesday and its the day for Flee Market.. sooooo manyyyy thingsssss and discounts on alllll... wellll its more about BARGAINING.... :) its India 'meri Jaan' (in english : my Love) :)

And amazing beach side Shacks, bar & restaurant,, :)

Beer time :)

Interesting stalls all around :)

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Met Mr. Jack Sparrow :)

Have been to another beaches aswellll :)

And a Fort area..

Paragliding was major catch among tourists,, ;) i was not looking for that.. my rule - No Drink & Fly :) but Drink & Drive sometimes.... but that should not be done aswelllll :)

Now evening popped up ..

And saw this crazy stuff .. was not enjoying it although.. but was bit symphathetic ... :(

Finally the show was finished and after getting token of money-tips from tourists they moved on..

Interesting fly-trap :P

And the last hour of colorful market,,,

Time to get in a good pub and enjoyed sunset..

And with glittering night lamps, I called off my day at Anjuna Beach and came back home.. :)

Next day I had my flight to New Delhi to attend my very close friend's Cocktail party and Wedding.. sooo I had time till afternoon to explore more of Goa.. so I decided to see Old Goa and Panaji, capital of Goa (union territory - was earlier in Portuguese rule)

First visited the famous St Francis Church..

 
 

 

And was mesmerised with this one statement wrote on the magazine cover which is referenced from Bible :) "I alone know the plans I have for you" :) pretty spiritual.. :)

 

Famous museum of Goa :)

then visited Panaji and saw this interesting Ferry which carrying people (also with their motorbikes) from a part of city to another - saving time, petrol and ofcorse traffic.. :)

Time to go to New Delhi :)

And there are soooo many people with placards at Arrivals waiting for guestssss :) you will get the feeling of holiday from the airport itself.. :) I parked my Machine at airport.. :)

Endelig (finally) reached New Delhi and received at airport by my friend Aligarh and then we directly went to venue for Cocktail .. allll my close college buddies were there and ofcorse the couple.. :)

 

And the partyyyyy beginssss.. :)

And then the next day was the Marriage day - typical Indian Hindu Marriage :) :)

 

 

I really had a nice trip to New Delhi and it went till 0300 in midnight and at noon have to board my flight back to Goa to take my Bike - meet the buddies I was staying with and whoom whoommm Whooooom to Bangalore.. :)



Rest of the detaillllssss in next post :)