Hit the highways
Hit the highways
Hit the highways in anxiety and pain
There is a definite peace at 100km/hr and not a compulsion to talk
When the wind hits your face (the left eye bleeds of course) and your hair sways (add on to the spa expense).
Bangalore has always been THE place for trips and I regret not documenting any for the last 1.5years years. Here I start again.
Destination decided: Kotilingeshwar
Persnal interest: Kolar mines
Group interest: Sher-e-punjab
The thing with wanting to start in the morning is that, it never happens. I could also add on about the woes of winter but well, we all know how perfect Bangalore weather always is!
So somehow we started off on time, of course after continuous instructions from N about taking bath and wake up calls. All the bikers and travel lovers of Bangalore must already be aware of the infamous all night ccd there, not that we don't have it marathalli, but then, the romantic kinds take the effort. Being into one sided unromantic relationships, I've always tried avooding this ccd but as fate had it, it was RIGHT on the way and of course a landmark.
The thing with Kotilingeshwar, you have to be on the Bangalore-Tirupathi highway for sometime. There is a general tendency of the food to be a little on the non-Kannada style, bear! You'll hit the Kolar mines (right after the tortorous CCD) within an hour if you take KRPuram route, or you can drive extra and try connecting from Mahadevpura just for the heck of it. Sher-e-Punjab would fall to your left along with a LOT of fancy dhabas, stop over or just continue to make it on time. You have to be careful with your map. Soon you'll hit pretty village side and forest on loop. Stop over for home grown cheap water melon!!!
Kotilingeshwar has 9lakh Shiv Lingas and they are aiming at 1crore, as the name suggests. More on the religious side of it from Google, I've stopped believing in Gods big time. However, to step and dance over the HOT floor amidst SO MANY lingas is an experience! What could really irritate you is the conviction with which the priests ask you to donate
e for a baby and/or marriage. Good if you are on my group and have no hopes of either, A of course had and he almost got into a tiff! H on the other hand had some family issue where he was not supposed to visit temples for that week. That of course, got us few eye rolls.
We didn't stay for long. The destination was definitely not better than the journey.
The journey back of course, had a brilliant sunset of quiet reflections and friends who take away your quite moment with pjs, a long wait beside serene raiway track. The sher-e-punjab was the BEST dhaba experience I've had in the last few years. It's owned by Punjabis, has a huge space and brilliant food + we were starving.
There is however a strict rule here of no drinking. We actually saw the transition between lunch and dinner here (we're vella like that).
Riding back to the city, winds on our face and a hopelessness that no temple can fix was good for A, for the eventual date! I hope it worked out that way for all.
Anyway, on reflectionas, some other day.
An abrubt, bye.
Hit the highways
Hit the highways in anxiety and pain
There is a definite peace at 100km/hr and not a compulsion to talk
When the wind hits your face (the left eye bleeds of course) and your hair sways (add on to the spa expense).
Bangalore has always been THE place for trips and I regret not documenting any for the last 1.5years years. Here I start again.
Destination decided: Kotilingeshwar
Persnal interest: Kolar mines
Group interest: Sher-e-punjab
The thing with wanting to start in the morning is that, it never happens. I could also add on about the woes of winter but well, we all know how perfect Bangalore weather always is!
So somehow we started off on time, of course after continuous instructions from N about taking bath and wake up calls. All the bikers and travel lovers of Bangalore must already be aware of the infamous all night ccd there, not that we don't have it marathalli, but then, the romantic kinds take the effort. Being into one sided unromantic relationships, I've always tried avooding this ccd but as fate had it, it was RIGHT on the way and of course a landmark.
The thing with Kotilingeshwar, you have to be on the Bangalore-Tirupathi highway for sometime. There is a general tendency of the food to be a little on the non-Kannada style, bear! You'll hit the Kolar mines (right after the tortorous CCD) within an hour if you take KRPuram route, or you can drive extra and try connecting from Mahadevpura just for the heck of it. Sher-e-Punjab would fall to your left along with a LOT of fancy dhabas, stop over or just continue to make it on time. You have to be careful with your map. Soon you'll hit pretty village side and forest on loop. Stop over for home grown cheap water melon!!!
Kotilingeshwar has 9lakh Shiv Lingas and they are aiming at 1crore, as the name suggests. More on the religious side of it from Google, I've stopped believing in Gods big time. However, to step and dance over the HOT floor amidst SO MANY lingas is an experience! What could really irritate you is the conviction with which the priests ask you to donate
e for a baby and/or marriage. Good if you are on my group and have no hopes of either, A of course had and he almost got into a tiff! H on the other hand had some family issue where he was not supposed to visit temples for that week. That of course, got us few eye rolls.
We didn't stay for long. The destination was definitely not better than the journey.
There is however a strict rule here of no drinking. We actually saw the transition between lunch and dinner here (we're vella like that).
Riding back to the city, winds on our face and a hopelessness that no temple can fix was good for A, for the eventual date! I hope it worked out that way for all.
Anyway, on reflectionas, some other day.
An abrubt, bye.
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