My Life On Two Wheels: Ride to Yellagiri

When: 25th Aug 2012.

Destination: Yellagiri - Tamilnadu

How and who all are: Myself(Apachian), Arun(Apachian), Harsha(Fazer), Vidyasagar(Centro)

Odometer reading: 350Kms.

Route Map: Bangalore - Hosur - Krishnagiri - Yelagiri diversion(near Vaniyambadi) - Yelagiri.

Short and Sweet description:
The ride was great, other than that not much. If you are a riding Geek, this place is perfectly for you. you won't believe me?? Then read my experience :)

Travelogue:

Unlike last trip ( Mekadatu ), this time we planned to start bit early in the morning and reach bangalore early to avoid getting drenched in the rain as it was raining heavily during evening in n around Bangalore. During most of my previous trips (Chikmangalore , Mekadatu ) we were caught in the rain and drenched completely. Let's back to the trip..

As per plan we have assembled at Electronics city. The route map was Bangalore - Hosur - Krishnagiri - Yelagiri diversion(near vaniyambadi) - Yelagiri.

May be bcz of the last night rain effect the weather was chill, As we crossed Karnataka border and entered into Tamilnadu, the climate was changing rapidly to hot. After crossing Hosur we had breakfast and started towards Krishnagiri. As we didn't know the route, I was keep on looking at the GPS to check whether we were on the correct road or not. After Krishnagiri we have taken left turn which is Chennai highway.

As we crossed Krishnagiri the dark clouds which we have seen before have vanished and I could see clear sky with clouds here n there. The stretch was really tempting and my hands were itching to ride my beast at it's top speed. Since it's a trip not a competition I controlled and rode at a descent speed.

clear sky with clouds here n there

Smooth and tempting roads :)

One more click :)

Buddies were Having chit-chat :)

Nice click Naveen(Myself)... Keep it up ;)

Myself in the Field

The sync and pace on which we were riding was simply superb. Like birds follow each other while migrating from one place to other .. :) No one was willing to overtake anyone.. To be frank, it's a kind of enjoyment only A biker can feel it... no one else can :) After riding for an hour we have stopped to take a break. To our luck the background where we stopped was very scenic and we started a photo session :)

Unexpected view...

Hey Buddies... How lucky we are na...!!

Our Machines

From left Myself, Harsha and Arun

Dude gimme a Biker pose...

One more click :)

Hi... Sagar Here

Ready to hit the road

Sagar and Arun

After a 30mins of break, we headed towards Yellagiri. Within no time reached Vaniyambadi, Here we need to keep eye on the diversion to take the Yelagiri road.

I was little surprised about the roads from Vaniyambadi to Yelagiri hills (around 24kms). Especially The road leading to the hill was excellent. The 14 hair pin bends were not really tough ones like Ooty and Chikmangalur and there is very less incoming traffic. I would say, the roads were very well maintained and even on the hills, it was absolutely neat & clean.

View of Yellagiri from a NH

Under "Under pass"

Never ending stretch

View from half of the hill

Curvy roads....

View from half of the hil

As we reached top of the hill.. we enquired about the places to visit. To our surprise there was nothing much to see except boating, nature park(around 7pm every night they have Foutain dance show) and few trekking spots. During our visit boating and Nature park were under maintanance. So we thought of going for a Noon-trekking ;). As the most of the trekking route was dried up, we decided to return to Bangalore. After having delicious food we've returned to Bangalore.. While descending the hill we spent some time at self explored good view spot. As dark clouds were approaching us, we started quickly. But like last trip we again completely drenched in rain... :(