Mysore Trip

Our first trip from Bangalore was when Me, Saai & Rishi went to Mysore. We just wanted to get away from Bangalore..... had been in office everyday for somewhere around 4-5 months. Hadn't gone out anywhere. So, we planned to go to Mysore on our bikes. Saai had just got his new TB. In fact it hadn't been for the 1st Service also... he was very clear - "I won't ride it over 60 kmph". I was like - "Okie", Rishi did not bring along his Unicorn. He pillioned with me or Saai along the way. That was good in fact, we had a full-time photographer for us ;) Total kms Covered - 350 kms. Date of Ride - 6th May 2008 Route Taken - Bangalore - Mysore Road Troupe - Rishi, Saai & Me We started from Bangalore on 6th May 2008, 7:00 am. Rishi was pillion on my ZMA. Saai wanted less load on his bike as it was brand new ;) We took a pit stop at 8:00 am around 40 kms from Bangalore at a small tea shop. Had our breakfast and tea. Then started off again to find a CCD on the way. Took a diversion to CCD... mainly to check out the junta there. Were not disappointed ;) Wasted around 30 mins there and then got on our bikes again and left CCD. From then we were a l'il faster as we got the info that the CCD was half-way between Bangalore & Mysore. So reaching Mysore from there would not take longer then 1.5 hrs. Touch-down in Mysore at 11 am. Asked some people on the road the directions to the center of the city and directions to a good decent hotel. Finally found one soon enough... very near to the center of the town. Luckily had basement parking etc.... So, we parked our bikes, checked in and went to the room. Freshened up a little and then all of us went off to sleep for sometime. Got up around 2 pm... fully energised. Went to have our lunch and then moved on to see the Mysore Palace. Took some great snaps of the palace. Sat on a camel in the palace.... it was soooo scary.. decided my bike is the best for travelling around.. camel - bad idea :( Returned to the hotel around 6 pm. Went in search of a good resturant or pub for the evening. Reached Planet X around 10 kms from the city. Went in a auto coz lost our way on the bikes twice. Unfortunately the dis there only allowed couple entry. The crowd there was tooo good. Was there till around 11:30 pm. After that came back to the hotel in a auto. Started from Mysore next day - 7th May 2008 at 2:00 pm after lunch. On the way back we stopped by Vrindavan Gardens.... was hoping to see them. But came to know that it was closed due to the Cauvery issue. So, had to be content clicking snaps outside it and had watermelon there :( Reached the CCD again around 4:00 pm. Had some refreshments and then reached back Bangalore at 6:00 pm. Took a lot of time coming back... but could not help it.. we were tired. It was our first long trip from Bangalore and had slept quite late in the night too !!! But anyways... was fun and enjoyed ourselves. Atleast got the outing we wanted desperately :D Snaps of the Trip