Date: 17 to 20/Sep/20009

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Duration/Date Time: Four days ride, 17 to 20/Sep/20009

Riders : Udhaya Kumar.V & Jumbo

Road Map: Bangalore -> Nelamangala -> Tumkur -> Chitradurga -> Devangere -> Ranibennur -> Haveri -> Hubli -160km-> Karwar -> Palolem(Goa)
Palolem(goa) -> Margao -> Panaji -> Baga -> Anjana

Palolem(Goa) -> Karwar -> Ankol -> Gokarna -> Om Beach -> Kumta -> Honavar -> Sagar -> Anandapuram -> Shimoga -> Banavar -> Tumkur -> Bangalore

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Total Distance: 1598 KM

Expense: Rs.3,100(stay and food) + Rs.2,200(Petrol) = Rs.5,300

Road Status:

Bangalore to Hubli – Excellent High Way
Hubli to Karwar – Excellent lined single road, Its complete forest road, worth to ride.
Gokarna to Shimoga – Beautiful place to ride, some places road is not good because of construction, Other then this its good road.

Ride Log:
1Day17Sep2009 04.50 Am: started from marathalli, Bangalore

1Day17Sep2009 06.00 Am: Assembled at Nelamangala toll gate, we met three more NBI riders, who planned for annual meet. Myself
and jumbo decided to keep riding & started towards hubli.

1Day17Sep2009 02.00 Pm: reached Hubli and decided to take karwar. We was riding in Hubli to Karwar in single lined road. Its excellent forest road and we enjoined in this ride. We went through Anshi National Park, This is also one of the famous tourist place.

Hubli to Karwar road

1Day17Sep2009 07.00 Pm: We reached Palolem(Goa) and downloaded all the bags in the hotel. Night we went to Palolem Beach and spend some time. We are not in the mood to spend more time, so we came back to room.

Palolem Beach, Goa

2Day18Sep2009 09.00 Am: we went to nearby Palolem beach and took breakfast. Its very beautiful small beach. we won’t find much activity in this beach in day times. We decided ride to north Goa, so we went to Panaji(Capital of Goa). Its beautiful city with lot of small ilands also. You can see more fishing ang cruce type boats in this place. We crossed panaji and still traveled towards north goa.

Panaji(Capital of Goa)

2Day18Sep2009 12.45 Pm: We reached Aguanda Centeral Jail, this jail was build near to beach shore. Its allowed public, but you have to go with your family to go inside. I don’t know what is the concept behind this type of the permission, so we spend sometime outside near sea shore.

Aguanda Centeral Jail, Goa

2Day18Sep2009 01.30 Pm: We reached Agunda Fort, its very small fort with Light house. its not look like fortl. But its build it near to sea. You have very good sea view from this place. We spend some time and we decided to move to some beach.

Agunda Fort, Goa

2Day18Sep2009 02.30 Pm: we reached Anjana Beach, its look like rock beach. Its very beautiful and very long beach. You can see more hangout place in this beach compare with palolem beach. We spend some time in this beach.

Anjana Beach, Goa

Anjana Beach, Goa

2Day18Sep2009 04.00 Pm: we reached Baga Beach, Its beautiful and more activity beach which I seen in Goa. You can see more hangout place and we seen more people activity in the beach. One thing I can realize we can see more Indians enjoying there time in this beach in western standard. Worth to visit to this beach as part of Goa tour. We started back to room at 9.00 pm, long way to go back to room at night.

Baga Beach, Goa

Baga Beach, Goa

2Day18Sep2009 11.30 Pm: We reached home at night, its complete single high way to reach north to south. No one in the forest road,  it nice place to ride. We enjoyed the night ride and reach room at 11.30 pm.

3Day19Sep2009 08.45 Am: We decided to visit nearby Agonda beach & reached. Its very small beach and no activity. Nothing to see. So we decided to move out from this place. We enquired and decided to reach fort.

Agonda beach, Goa

3Day19Sep2009 10.30 Am: We reached Carbo De Rama Fort , this is not look like fort at all other then entrance. Nothing to see as fort. But good thing we can have very good sea view from this place. We spend some in this fort and decided to go back to room.

View from Carbo De Rama Fort, Goa

3Day19Sep2009 12.30 Pm: We decided to check out from this place and move to Karwar Beaches. So we check out the room and start riding towards Karwar, Gokarna.

3Day19Sep2009 04.00 Pm: We reached Gokarna(Karnatka) OM Beach. Its beautiful beach filled by rock and sand. Its one of the active beach in Karwar. We found one hotel(Hotel Namaskar) and booked for Rs.700. we went to OM Beach and nothing to eat because of untime. Its more active beach by local and some foreign people, we spend some time and decided to visit nearby beach.

OM Beach, Gokarna, Karwar

3Day19Sep2009 06.00 Pm: We decided to visit Kudle Beach, we don’t have any road for this beach we need to truck 2-3 km from OM Beach. Its very small and beautiful beach, but we wont find much activity or restaurant in this places. Its complete dark, we realized at 9.00 pm we have to go back to hotel. Bad part there is no road,  no light, not much people also. We took one candle from local shop and somehow reached our hotel. Its bad trucking at night. Its excellent place & good experience.

Kudle Beach, Gokarna, Karnatka

Kudle Beach, Gokarna, Karnatka

4Day20Sep2009 08.30 Am: Its one more famous beach at karwar will be Paradise Beach. Its just 3km from OM beach, but we decided to skip this beach and started our ride back to Bangalore.

4Day20Sep2009 09.00 Am: We decided to go back in different route instead of high way, its very beautify greenish place to ride. But we wont have good road, but its ridable road.

4Day20Sep2009 01.00 Pm: Afternoon it was raining in some of the places, any way we are keep riding towards Bangalore. We reached tumkur at evening itself.

4Day20Sep2009 08.00 Pm: I reach my home. It was wonderful four day ride with good experience.

Udhaya Kumar.V
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