Place: Markonahalli Dam
Distance: 100 x 2 = 200km
Directions: Bangalore > Nelamangala >
Kunigal > Yadiyur > Markonahalli Dam
Krew: Arun (Aaku Bhai) > Madhu (Barca) >
Karthik (Sp)
Bikes: KTM
Duke > Pulsar
Previous Visit: Mahe & Kannur
Budget: Rs 400/head (approx..)
IN LESS THAN
50 WORDS:
This was funny funny chapter because well, (cough cough), it was the first time I
went high after eating. Yes it's the truth, the above photo says it all.
Markonahalli offered us a perfect vacation on a Sunday. A heavy tasty breakfast
and all the dancing at the dam made this trip a wonderful one. (Also, now my friends rethink twice before
they offer food to me, as they know what I go high on :P)
INTRO &
PLAN:
After having conquered Mahe, we had taken 3 weeks off
from riding as we had to recover financially. Then we decided to close October
2016 with Arun. So, it was Arun & our good old fat Madhu
on the confirmed list and the place was decided to be Markonahalli.
TIME: 22:00 (29/10/2016)
ASSEMBLE
& LEAVE:
Oh yeah woke up at 04:00, did a few push-ups &
sit-ups, had a sip of coffee & was all set to go! Went to Madhu’s place, picked
him up, and then re-joined ORR and waited for Arun. Arun arrived in 10-15mins (surprise,
surprise!).
TIME: 06:30
RIDE 1:
(Bangalore – Nelamangala – Kunigal - Yadiyur)
We took off in full form, I was telling Madhu to sit
as pillion of KTM haha, the look on his face – priceless. Nobody wanted to
undergo the “Iron Bum Training” :P
The ride was smooth even though the traffic was a
little dense. We reached Nelamangala and we decided to have our breakfast at
Dose Camp on the high way near Yadiyur. We cruised along at 80’s beside each other from
Nelamangala on towards Hassan. The roads were as usual butter smooth and
traffic on roads become insignificant. Once we reached Dose camp all hell broke
loose.
TIME: 08:15
DOSE CAMP – Awakening the Demon! :
Well, to start things off we ordered Idly Vada for all.
After gulping down that I went for another round of Masala Dosa and one more
vada. Arun & Madhu began to giggle as they knew I couldn’t eat that much.
Challenge accepted! Done and dusted in style I proclaimed as I gulped down the
last piece of dosa. After which we ordered Set Dosa, but the guy got the plate
and kept it in front of me. Madhu burst out laughing. Well it was a challenge
all over again, I ate off a few dosas. Then we ordered rice bath, and that guy,
again he kept the plate in front of me. Now, both Arun and Madhu had fallen of
their chairs laughing like crazy.
By the end of this I don’t know what triggered me, I
was feeling drowsy and high! I was about to go and play on that trampoline
jumping but was pulled out of the hotel for good. Then we had some tea outside
and we rode. I had begun speaking rubbish all along the way and after reaching
Yadiyur we continued further to witness the glittering water of Markonahalli.
TIME: 10:15
MARKONAHALLI
DAM:
Markonahalli Dam, well is a beautiful reservoir and
the dam tour is really interesting. Built by Mr.Visvesvarayaa, this dam poses
as an engineering marvel in terms of its working system. I parked my bike near
the entrance and asked Arun if he could get his near the water. Once we reached
the banks, we were happy to find a good amount of water in the reservoir with a
few “theppas” around. We parked the bikes and grabbed a few photographs.
After which we played the good old skipping stones
game for a good while. Once our arms began to grumble we put on some good old
telugu music and began dancing like crazy. We kind of tried all kinds of dance steps afloat (Allu, NTR being the favorites) and well Maheshbabu :P (now & then just to relax hahaha!).
During a dance (of Rock on Bro :P) we found a stick
lying on the ground and I said I would be like the hunted swine and Madhu the
Tribal Chief. We offered a challenge to Madhu if he could perform 5 bicep curls
with me hanging like a dead animal, then next dhaba treat would be mine haha!
And no surprise, after few initial struggles he pulled
it off. Only bad thing was whenever he
used to fail, he used to drop me thinking I was dead meat, and my back would
land on the gravels and stones and frikking hurt man!
After about 2hrs of I don’t know what to call these
activities, we decided to leave the dam premises. As we were leaving I ran
behind the KTM trying to get ahead, I slipped and rolled over the grass and
fell into a ditch laughing. Damn, they thought! It was then decided that they
would always make sure about the amount of food I intake.
TIME: 12:15
RIDE 2: (
Markonahalli Dam – Kunigal – Nelamangala – Bangalore)
This was 100kms simple ride back. With all the dancing
I was gasping for breath. I allowed Madhu to ride, and after cruising for some
time I requested them to pull over at a bus stop as I wanted to rest. Sleeping
and resting at the bust stop recovered from the drain. Then we rode non-stop to
reach Nelamangala for some tea. From here it was smooth cruising until the ORR
entrance when I realised my bike had a flat tyre. Damn I thought, not today I
yelled. but then went to a puncture shop near Madhu’s place got it fixed. Then
when asked about crashing at dhaba, Arun and madhu beat me up and said to shut
up and head back home hehe! Thanked each other for making it and reached back
our respective homes.
TIME: 14:30
CONCLUSION:
“I think im
officially banned from over eating now when Arun & Madhu are around. They have experienced my true power hehe. But
overall it a fun filled ride and I must say a different kind of chapter to the
ones we had done till date.”
Until next time, Cia \m/
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