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Bangalore to Dharapuram

Trip Details :

Date 7th-8th Sep 2002
Distance     724 kms
Route Taken
Bangalore
-> Hosur
-> Perandapalli
-> Sulagiri
-> krishnagiri
-> daulatabad
-> kaveripatnam
-> karimangalam
-> Dharmapuri
-> Omalur
-> Salem
-> Sankagiri
-> Kumarapalaiyam
-> Erode
-> Perundurai
-> Chennamallai
-> Kangayam
-> Dharapuram.


Max speed 110kmph
Av. speed on highway 90kmph
Av. speed in towns 40kmph


Trip Log :

Below is the log of the trip that i made. numbers in the brackets indicate the kilometers covered.

7th September 2002
 7:30 AM [0]
Left Home.
 7:55 AM
Reached my office on Hosur Road, as I needed to confirm my friend's phone number where I was going to stay in Dharapuram.
 8:20 AM
Started from the office finally. Was able to tie up my bag on my bike. 
 8:45 AM [41]
Reached Hosur. A flyover is being made which seems to be part of the NH development program.
 9:35 AM [91]
Reached Krishnagiri. The roads between Hosur and Krishnagiri is very bad. The distance of 50kms was covered in about an hour ... very slow.
 9:50 AM
Stopped at Dhaba for rest and cold-drinks.
10:00 AM
Time to move again.
10:35 AM [138]
Reached Dharmapuri ... and passed on.
11:00 AM [162]
S Bends !!!! The NH7 is really being made superb. All of a sudden i hit this marvellous road , 3 lanes each side. Zoomed up to 110kmph on my bike :-). Then hit these simply marvellous S-Curves on the road. Took the first one at 110kmph, and by the time I was out my speed had reduced to 90kmph. Lovely!
11:15 AM [186]
Stopped at a PetrolBunk Just before Omalur. Starting to become very hot now.
11:40 AM
On the road. I should remember to send the photo to the guys at the petrol Bunk.
12:00 PM [203]: Reached Selam. Thankfully there is a Bypass and so I won't have to inch through the traffic in the city.
12:20 PM [224]
Stopped at another roadside Dhabha for lunch. Lunch = 3 chappatis + 1 dal + 2 Limcas + 1 kinley water bottle = Rs. 55.00. The interesting thing was a village temple just opposite the road. It was playing south indian pop music at full blast !
Temple
A temple in south india

12:50 PM
Off Again
 1:30 PM [274]
Erode. Wrong place. Took the wrong turn ! Called up my friend and asked him for directions. I don't know the local langauage (tamil) and the locals don't know my language. This is a pain.
 2:40 PM [329]
Reached Kangayam. Tried to call up Prabhu .. no answer from his house. Shit ! Okay. lets just go ahead and reach his place... no point in waiting.
 3:25 PM [361]
In Dharapuram finally. Called up Prabhu's residense again. His dad picked up, and came to pick me up from in front of the SBI building. People were amazed that i had come all the way from Bangalore on the bike ! Prabhu's dad told the people there who could not understand english or hindi, that I had come all the way from Delhi on bike ! ;-)

8th September 2002
 9:30 AM [365]
Started off. The objective of this return trip is just to keep going and reach back to bangalore as fast as possible. So, I am not going to keep any logs here. Will just start and try to go non stop as much as possible. breaks should be as small as possible.
 3:30 PM [724]
Am inside my home now. Trip took 6 hours, averaging about 60kmph. Not bad ! In the first 2 hours i covered 162kms, averaging 80kmph. Now my butts are aching and my fingers are tingling. Otherwise I feel fine!