Around 6 months after i bought the bike, it has run pretty very less as my college is just 5 kms from home and am not at all used to touring but just ogling at the trip logs at xbhp ! But then one fine morning , my friend called and asked if we can go on a small ride tomorrow, its holidays after s3 exams ! Why not? i was expecting this moment to happen, i didnt have anyone with this biking spirit at that time(its a different story now though). When i asked for permission from home, i was surprised that they did allow ,may be coz it was pretty near(some 75kms one way) but with heaps of advices ! I was uber cautious as this was my first ever long ride in my life and dont want to end with this one ride.
It was a sleepless night, i woke up at 4 o clock got ready , picked up my camera, helmet and a windcheater and headed off to the starting point at 5 o clock. there i met up with my first touring partners arvind in p150, vishnu, adithya on his bull ,alekh ,adithya's friend who is a professional fashion photographer, jose with his yezdi classic. Though this partnership didnt last much, it marked the start of my new life. We started at 5:30 at the biting cold to paravur, the destination. Nobody had been to that place and it was kind of exploration, after a leisurely ride including a tea break, we reached around 1.5hrs later.
The first location itself was a bliss , a small island like place behind a temple watching the beautiful sunrise with some fishermen fishing in the lake on boats . It was so refreshing to be in such a location at this point of time and it was then i realized what it feels to be a tourer .After a short photo session , we were back on the saddle in search of more exotic locations in unxplored places. Just headed on to the road we saw ahead and cruised, but with in a couple of kms, we came across a bridge which was over the place which exposed the place where the streams meet with the lake. Then came other beautiful off roading trail which had the sea on the left and lake on the right with meadows all around . There cant be anything else more pleasant in the world at this point of time. We spent around 2 hours till we were hungry to death and started n search of a hotel !
When we were sitting there, a local came up asking if we would like to head to the island nearby in a small boat lying nearby ! It was so small i wondered if even one person can sit on it properly ! We gladly rejected his offer at once, when he said the fare for that :D . We enjoyed its beauty from ashore and headed to see where that road leads to. It was a fishing zone/village , could see many boats with fishermen coming there. Also they said a coastal road is being built there from one end to another end of kollam. It looked like a dream road to ride on and on and on once it is finished.But this is kerala, i dont expect it to happen for another 25 years. then we spent another hour sitting on the rocks counting the waves and another photo session. By then were hungry to the core and couldnt withstand anymore as none were prepared for this .
After a small breakfast, we decided to take another new laid beautiful road we found en route. Well, that led us to another scenic loaction named edava and a beach called kappil where the lake meets the sea. Let the pics speak for themselves.As we didnt have any spare dress, we didnt enter the water, but it was just too good and i decided i ll make it here once again for a sunrise. Since then i ve been to that place almost a dozen times with many friends and relatives. After a brief photo session, we headed forward and learned that varkala is at a stone's throw from there !
Since we hadnt been to varkala before, we decided to go there too even though its scorching hot at 11am time. The view from the top of the cliff was just breathtaking , can sit there for hours together watching the sea. As we climbed down through the side of the cliff, reached the shore and it happened to be a tourist season it seems. Lots of tourists sunbathing and there wasnt any space !!!! It didnt seem to be a good time and we decided to head back home determined to come back again shortly for a sunrise capture along with kappil which we did soon enough. Now let the pics roll, enjoy yourself.
It was a sleepless night, i woke up at 4 o clock got ready , picked up my camera, helmet and a windcheater and headed off to the starting point at 5 o clock. there i met up with my first touring partners arvind in p150, vishnu, adithya on his bull ,alekh ,adithya's friend who is a professional fashion photographer, jose with his yezdi classic. Though this partnership didnt last much, it marked the start of my new life. We started at 5:30 at the biting cold to paravur, the destination. Nobody had been to that place and it was kind of exploration, after a leisurely ride including a tea break, we reached around 1.5hrs later.
After a small breakfast, we decided to take another new laid beautiful road we found en route. Well, that led us to another scenic loaction named edava and a beach called kappil where the lake meets the sea. Let the pics speak for themselves.As we didnt have any spare dress, we didnt enter the water, but it was just too good and i decided i ll make it here once again for a sunrise. Since then i ve been to that place almost a dozen times with many friends and relatives. After a brief photo session, we headed forward and learned that varkala is at a stone's throw from there !
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