The Trip

Day 0, Chennai to Bangalore

By Raj.

Wednesday, 11th June 2003

07.45pm: Get back from office, fill up petrol 16.52l, check air pressure, change halogen bulb from ordinary ones to Halonix 60+

Thursday, 12th June 2003

05.00 am: Woke up from bed to get ready for the trip.
05.45 am: Packed my bags, dressed and moved out taking the NH4 highway through Poonamallee Road. 0 Km.
07.15 am: Stopped for taking a butt rest, gulped down some glucose water, swapped my riding goggles. 65 Km.
08.45 am: Breakfast break, stopped at a mess in the outskirts of Ranipet (SIPCOT) Nagar, had idlis and pongal. 125 km.
10.45 am: Outskirts of Chittoor, high temperature, took a butt break under a shady tree, had people gathered around my bike enquiring what I am up to and for what. 200 km.
11.30 am: Kolar, petrol pump, take a drink break, feeling sleepy and bike too feels hot, leave it to cool down. 264 km.
12.30 pm: Reach MG Road, call up my cousin to get the keys for her house. She is out of office, need to wait. 334 km.
02.00 pm: Keep searching for my cousin's house as lost the direction map to her house. Scorching sun and desperation to get to home and refresh tires me out. 344 km.
Get a lot of SMS welcoming and congratulating me for starting off the trip.
04.00 pm: Call Venkat's place to get directions to his service center.
05.30 pm: Meet up with lots of the trip members.......Ashok, Balray, Sanjay, Sharath, Chitti
08.30 pm: Got confused with the route back as Balray was supposed to come with me, lost him in the traffic melee and also with the current (electricity - Ed.) not there. Tried desperately to reach my cousin and her hubby to get back home.
09.15 pm: Reach back home with asking directions from people around.

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