Finally.... back to blog posting after a loooonnnnnggg time. Was too busy... naah.... was too lazy to write and post :( But no worries.. better late than never ;) So, this is about another trip done last year. We had gone for a 1 day trip to MM (Male Mahadeshwara) Hills.
Total Kms Covered : approx 450 kms Date of Ride : 14th September 2008 Route Taken : Bangalore – Kanakpura – Malavalli – Mettur Dam – Dharamapuri – Raikodai – Balakodu – Hosur – Bangalore Troupe : Professor, Saai Pradip & Me
Left Bangalore at around 6:30 am. Professor had planned to leave at 6 am and was quite pissed off at me for delaying the start :( Anyways… we had a great breakfast in Kanakpura and then proceeded to Malavalli at approx 8:00 am. Around 10 kms from Kanakpura we encountered real bad roads….. in fact, no proper tar roads as some work was going and then the truck traffic was there as well.
Still managed to navigate thru them and reach Malavalli alright, though a little shaken up & butts aching ;) Did take some snaps on the way…. !!! Reached MM Hills at approx 11:30 am. But then, got a call from my sister, she was not well and my brother-in-law was not in town. So told Professor & Saai that I had to head back for Bangalore asap. They were ok with it and agreed to leave from there asap. We did a quick tour of the temple there, had lunch at a nearby hotel and started back for Bangalore at 2 pm.
Thankfully, Professor had an alternate route in mind for going back. So, we did not encounter the LOVELY roads as we did while going to MM Hills. Riding back was real fun, we had good roads… with good bends, unlike ghat bends but decent enough :) We were ripping at 80 – 90 kmph all through upto Hosur. Finally was able to reach Bangalore at around 7:00 pm.
Some pics of the Trip -
P.S. - Sorry guys forgot to mention a better route to reach MM Hills. Its as follows -
Bangalore - Maddur - Malavalli - MM Hills - (after this its upto you to come back the TN side via Mettur Dam or the KR side via the same route you take while going)
