16, 17/Aug/2008,
Bangalore to Pondicherry.
Ride Participants: Thunder Bird – Kartik Ayyar + Pillion (Chandan), Thunder Bird – Udhaya Kumar.V, Thunder Bird – Balaji + Pillion (Ragavandira), Bajaj Pulsur – Sachin Jambhulkar.
Road Map: Bangalore(Marathalli) 0Km – Silkboard–NH7–> Krishnagiri –NH660–> Thiruvannamalai–> Gingee–>Tindivanam –> Puducheri(330Km)
Road Status: NH7 – Very Good Road, NH66 – Good road and Very good ride experience with lot of curve.
Total Km: 330 KM one way, 696 km round trip.
Visited Places: Auroville Beach, Stone Beach, Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Manakkula Vinayakar Temple, Sacred Heart Church.
Duration/Date Time: Two day ride. I started on 16/Aug/08 7.00 AM & came back on 17/Aug/08 7.00 PM.
Petrol Bunk: you can find High way petrol bunks.
Food: You can find good hotels at Thiruvannamalai, Gingee, Tindivanam.
About Place & Ride:
16/Aug/08 7.00 AM: we started from Bangalore and reached PY at 1.00 PM, after we reached we realized getting rooms is more difficult because of the week end, we browsed most of the hotels and finally we get into the room at 4.00PM. in the mean time we finished lunch also.
16/Aug/08 5.30 PM: We went to Auroville beach and spend very good time, after we came back to stone Beach inside the city itself. We spend some hours in this beach, but I can see lot lot of people in this beach because of the week end. After that we came back to room after completion of dinner.
17/Aug/08 8.00 AM: started from hotel and visited to Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Manakkula Vinayakar Temple, Sacred Heart Church and came back to room at 11.15 AM.
17/Aug/08 12.00 PM: We started our ride back to Bangalore & took lunch at Thiruvannamalai.
17/Aug/08 07.00 PM: Reached my home at Bangalore.
Not much place to see in Pondicherry, But its really GREAT experience riding in NH66.
Udhaya Kumar.V
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