Igglur and Kanva Reservoior - Photos

Mudit the climber

Huez is posing

Cranes are fishing

Sun is Setting

Sun Rising

Trying hard for a camp fire

The sleep less night at Igglur courtesy Mosquitoes

Kanva Reservoior

Skidding and scrambling..im lovin it

Why do we Ride?

Here are some of the bikers talk on their intrest and passion for bike touring:

Aravind Says:I feel riding bikes for long distances is not just enjoying the beautyof nature but also a way of rediscovering your inner self...
After a few miles of deserted highways and dry vegetation around...all one can think of is his life,his sorrows,dreams,his acheivements...
and it longer remains a ride to the get away place you wanna reach but a ride for free your mind from all the pains and frustrations...

Huez Says:Some of my excuses for riding a bike are:
Its primarily because of the rush of adrenaline it gives when the wind whistles in my ears. The sheer excitement it gives when I overtake a long trailer. The feeling it gives when suddenly my shoes scrape the road while taking a corner. The feeling of owening the road when zooming past cars. One gets more interaction with the sights and the sounds of the place you visit. The smell of a paddy field or the smell of spices brings dejavu…
Bikes Rule... Bikers Rock!

Vinay Says: a poem...:)
I know where I have to be...
I know the way,
With life in my hand I leave,
To see the world in an open way,
I control my destiny,
I control the speed,
All the cars envy me,
Since I define gravity indeed.
I leave the roads burning,
I am in par with Mother Earth,
If only people stop worrying,
to things that never occur.

Addi Says: I had written a whole article on this. Click here to read it :)

Have your own thoughts on this topic? Post as comment to this article. Your comments will be included in the article latter.

Baba Budangiri - Photos

Near a Stream on the way

Partha the Pillion

The Mountain Ranges

Apache Rider -Shash

Half way up BB

A lake(or a tank) somewhere near Baba budangiri

Huez the biker

While riding up Baba Budangiri

View Of the Plains from Baba Budangiri

Ugadi Odyssey - Agenda

There is a 4 day bike tour comming up during the Ugadi Festival this March 17 to 20 2007.

Intrested can join for the trip. Leave your Name, email id and contact number as comment to this article. Or join hiwayrebels Yahoo groups and mail us.

About the Trip, from Addi:

Open ocean, charming Hiways, scenic backwaters, lofty hills, gurgling streams, roaring waterfalls, dense jungles and delicious food. If these can't inspire a man's soul then nothing in the world will….welcome to Ugadi odyssey..

It is time to celebrate Ugadi...HiwayRebel style. Get ready to burn some rubber and set the tarmac on blaze. Let the action begin…

Saturday
1) Winding ghat sections from Chickmangalur to Aagumbe will certainly blow you out. Quick twisting of the bike on S chaped curves has enough punch for the biker in you.
2) Trek in the dense rainforests of Aagumbe to reach Barkana waterfalls. Aagumbe is the land of highest rainfall in K'taka and is the abode of King cobras.
3) If you survive the above trek then reward yourself with hot and delicious lunch at our fav Taj Hotel. One of the best experience HiwayRebels had in all their trips was at this hotel where the owner served us food with such personal care and attention that it could put some of the finest restaurants in Bangalore to shame.
4) Reach Udupi in time to watch the sunset at Malpe beach.
5) What could be more rewarding then having Udupian dinner at nowhere else but Udupi. Satisfy your taste buds with the cuisine that had made it's name all across the globe.

Sunday
1) Start early morning and enjoy the 40 odd km ghat ride to Hebri. Driving early morning in the mist covered hills, riding pass few sleepy villages is a unforgettable experience.
2) Trek to Koodluteertha. I am sure that the attached image can't do justice to it's natural beauty but it is just an eye opener of the glory of mother nature.
3) Reach back udupi to go to St Mary's Isles. The first point where Vasco Da Gama dropped his anchor before entering India at Kozhikode.
4) Checkout from Udupi and drive on NH17 to Maravante. The hiway runs beside the sea. At some points it is sandwiched between Sowparnika river backwater and the Arabian sea. A national highway nestled between sea on one side and a gorgeous backwaters on the other, while the sun sets into the ocean rendering the wide open sky with beautiful light golden colour is a view to behold. Park your bikes at such a junction and watch the sunset in the backdrop of arabian sea. The image will linger in your memories for long
5) Dig into Kundapuri style dinner with Bangda(Mackerel) curry and Kane (ladyfish) masala fry. For more adventurous mussels and squids are on the menu. Veggies will have lot options in Neeru dosa, Kori rotti, Kottes and never to speak about 101 dishes a typical udupian waiter will throw at you to choose from.

Monday
1) Day of fun, frolic and play in the water. Spend your time lazing out and relaxing your tired senses at the beach
2) Let loose on the wild waves at beaches of Koradi and Bijadi.
3) Let's go boating into the open ocean. Feel how it likes to be in the middle of nowhere, the huge intimidating ocean around you.
4) Facilities of snorkelling and scuba diving into the coral reefs are available. (Might be expensive and left to personal interests).
5) Venture into backwaters of sowparnika river and visit few islands there.
6) Udupian dinner and hangout at beach for late night party.

Tuesday
With 465 km to cover to get back home there is nothing much to do here except a short stop at Ullal beach near Mangalore. Having Mangalorean food and watching Mangalorean girls will set the Romeo inside you….back on tracks. For the less knowledgeable: Aishwarya Rai is from Mangalore.

HiwayRebels will cover Udupi, Maravante and Managalore and addressing some unfinished business at Agumbe (Barkana and Koodluteertha). Trip involves Biking, trekking, boating, waterfalls, beaches, backwaters, islands and loads of fun.

-Addi the Baddy
HRMC

God's own country - Waynard Photos

Bandipur Forest

Guys at Bandipur forest

Cave Inscriptions at Edakkal Cave

Waynad Heritage Museum

Beautiful Mountain ranges

on the way up to chembra peak

Exhausted!

At Chembra Peak...Still remember the chill breeze there

Soochipara Waterfall

Return from the falls

Phantom Rock

Morning Beauty!

Lillies in Pookot Lake

At Pookot Lake - 1bhp engines & heavy payload!

At Banasura Sagar Dam - Ready for the speed boat ride

Route Archive

This is an archive of all the routes we had rode through. Contributions to this list are most welcome. Please add the route information with the distance as comments to this article. They will be made part of the article later.

Baba Budangiri
route : Kollegal, Hassan, Chicmagalur, Baba budangiri
distance: 290 km

Bheemeshwari
route : Kanakapura, sathanur
distance: 100 km

Bilikal Batta
route : Kanakpura
distance: 60 km

Devarayan Durga
route : tumkur road (30km) then take right turn under the flyover
distance: 60 km


Coorg
route1 : Bangalore – Ramnagaram – Maddur – Mandya – Srirangapatna – Yelwal – Hunsur – Periyapatna – Sidapur - Madikeri
distance: 235 km


route2 : Bangalore - Kolegal -HASSAN – Gorur – Arakalgud – Ramanathapura – Bettadapur (Right Turn) – Kushalnagar – Sidapur - Madikeri
distance: 350 km

Gokarna
route1 :Bangalore - Shimoga - Honnavar - Gokarna
route2 :Bangalore - Shimoga - Sagar - Sirsi - Kumta - Gokarna


Hoganekkal
route : hosur, krishnagiri, dharmapuri,
distance: 170 km


Kakabe
Route: Bangalore - Mysore - Hunsur - Gonikoppal - Virajpet - Kakabe
Distance 260Km

Kemmengundi
route1 : Bangalore, Thumkur, Tiptur, Belur, Lingdahalli, Kemmengundi
distance: 310 km

route2 : Bangalore, Kollegal, Hassan, Chicmagalur, Lingdahalli, Kemmengundi
Distance: 290


Kodaikanal
route1 : Bangalore, Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri, Toppur, Salem, Namakkal, Karur, Dindugul, Vattalakundu, Kodaikanal
distance: 480 km
route2 : Bangalore, Mysore, Chamaraj Nagar, Sathyamangalam, Thirupur, Palani, Kodaikanal
distance: 520+ km

Kudremukh
route : Bangalore, kollegal, Hassan, belur, mudigere, kalasa, Kudremukh
distance: 360 km
Kumara Parvatha: route : Bangalore - Hassan - Sakleshpur - Kukke Subramanya - 12 km trek to KP

Kodachadri
route : Bangalore - Shimoga - Sagar- Kollur - Trek to Kodcahadri
route2 : Bangalore - Hassan - Sakleshpur - Mangalore - Udupi - Kollur


Maravanthe
route : Bangalore - Chicmagalur - Sringeri - Agumbe - Hebri - Udupi - Maravanthe
distance: ~420km


route2 : Bangalore - Hassan - Mangalore - Udupi - Maravanthe
distance: ~440 km
Around Maravanthe: Koradi Beach


Mekedatu
route : Kanatpura, sathanur distance: 100 km

Mysore
route : bidadi, chana patna maddur, Mandya, srirangapatna, Mysore
distance: 144 km


Nandhi Hills
route : Bellary Road, Hyderabad highway(NH 7) and then a deviation on the left after 40 km from bangalore.
distance: 58 km


Shivana Samudram
route : bidadi, maddur, malavalli, Sivana samudram
distance: 130 km


Ooty
route : Bangalore - Mysore - Nanjangud - Gundlupet - Bandipur - Mudumalai - Theppekaddu - Masinagudi - Kalatti - Ooty
distance: 300 km

Trissur
route : Bangalore - Mysore - Chamrajnagar - Sathyamangalam - Coimbatore - Palakkad - Trissur
distance: 450 km


route2 : Bangalore - Mysore - Nanjangud - Gundlupet - Guddalur - Nedungeri - Nilambur - Perunthalmanna - Ottapalam - Mayanoor Kadavu(not sure)- Trissur
distance: estimated 420km

Yelagiri Hills
route : Hosur, Krishnagiri, Ponneri, Yelagiri
distance: 180 km

Yercaud
route : hosur, krishnagiri, dharmapuri, salem, Yercaud
distance: 220 km

Waynad
route : Bangalore - Mysore - Nanjangud - Gundlupet - Sulthan Bathery.
distance: 290 km

1st Anniversary Trip - Baba Budangiri

11th Feb is the Club's first birth day and what else is the best way to
celebrate than a bike trip? Pops and I were having a chat on bike trips
and it enthused us for a bike trip. Not decided where to go and how many
days to spend we decided to assemble at Rajan's place. We met Shash
there packed all our stuff and tied our bags on to Shash's bike. We had
Shimoga and Chicmagalur in mind. Having heard about some riot may occur
in Shimoga we chose to visit Chicmagalur.

Normally we spend a week gathering information about the routes, places
to visit, activities to do, book the accommodation and so forth. But
this time the whole planning was just 10 minutes! 5PM on 10th Feb 2007
we started from Bangalore, Me (huez) and Pops the pillion on my Pulsar
and Shash and the luggage on his Apache. It's been usual that the gang
gets lost in the Tumkur highway traffic within city limits. We met each
other once the traffic got lessened. We were doing good speeds about 110
km/hr but still our frequent chai breaks slowed us down. We reached
Chicmagalur around 12AM and took a good rest in a decent lodged until
Pops woke us up 8AM the next day. We checked out by 9 and ventured out
to Baba Budangiri after a good breakfast.

Baba Budangiri is a mountain range near the Mulayangiri peak. It is 35
km from Chicmagalur and is famous for its shrines for the Hindus and the
Muslims. There are trek routes as well which spans across the hill
ranges. There is a water falls too. This trip was only of motorcycling
and sight seeing and we didn't have plans for a trek.

It was Shash's turn to take the heavy load (he isn't that heavy though)
and I to carry the luggage. As we started riding up the hills there as a
dirt track detour from the main route. We decided to take this road
that's less traveled as there is either a bad road or no road at all.
The scenery was beautiful; we came across a couple of small villages
peacefully tucked in dense forests. Here the trees had leaves in many
color, violet, purple, brown, yellow...Probably it's because of the
season? Dunno. As we rode we saw a huge lake (forgot the name, It was
tank actually) We had the whole place for us as no one was around. We
spent a quality time enjoying the gentle breeze and taking snaps here
and there.

We continued the ride wondering what nature has on our way and where the
route actually leads to! There were steep climb ups and steeper slopes
and curves on sandy tracks making our bikes to wobble. The ride was
worth it all. Pops had no worries; he was happily sitting behind
enjoying the nature. I wish I get to ride as pillion some day. But that
way I would miss my favorite part of biking. Hm one needs to loose one
to gain one.

Suddenly our adventurous dirt track ride lead to a tar road which
continues to climb up till the Baba Budangiri. The road was bad.
Actually there no potholes on the road, it's the other way round! We
didn't get to zoom on the ghat section. We took a break on a small
stream that cascades near a bridge. We had some snacks and continued our
ride. Finally we reached the peak from where a few beautiful view of the
forest in the valleys below and a falls. Pops decided to shout each of
his girl friends'(girls who are his friends) names and was ecstatic when
the mountains talked back! His list was huge with 18 names. I guess Pops
can pursue selling his mantra to guys as his primary career for living.
Having seen lots of falls we decided to skip the falls to save some
time.

There was this remains of a very old building on the hill where we took
photos the Dill Chatha Hai style. After a pleasant chat we decided to
roll. Its time to start towards Bangalore. We took the route through
Hassan as this route is better than the Tiptur-Tumkur road.

The ghat Section till Hassan was a breeze. We raced with another pair of
bikers on their pulsar. There was a super duper curve near a lake where
I took a very lean turn at about 90-100km/hr scratching my right shoe on
the road. Wow what a wonderful stretch of road it was. Its time our bike
manufactures build bikes with better ground clearance.

We reached home that night at 11PM. We had covered 640KM in 30 hours,
riding through dirt tracks, colorful forests and ghat roads. That's all
for our Club's first anniversary. Enjoy biking!

huez -the Biker
The hiwayREBELS Motorcycling Club