Nikhil Dev

I have been waiting to do something like this from a long time. But finally Ricky who is coordinating the bikers club at Google made it possible. We planned to go to Sri Sailem which is kinda OK distance from Hyd(about 250kms).

We started at about 6am last Saturday and took the highway at about 6:30am. After that it was one of the best rides. Initially as it was early morning and being winter, my hands were frozen. But as the sun rose and things got a lil warmer, it was all worth it. We stopped by a waterfall on the way and spent about 2 hrs there. We ended up taking too many beaks on the way there. Thats the reason we reached there about 4pm.

After reaching there and having lunch, we realized that we had to look for accomadation as the one we booked had been given away as we arrived late. It took us almost 2+ hrs to find a dorm. But one we reached there, got fresh and went to a dhaba outside Sri Sailem.

One the way back, we started a lot later than planed. Thats why we got to drive only about 30 mins with the Sun up. The rest of the time it was pitch dark and to make things worser, it was ghati road. On one occasion I was not about to judge the distance and almost rammed into the railing of a cliff. I was really lucky to slow down in time. If I braked too hard, I would have skid off the road. But apart from this close call, things went pretty fine.

We reached Hyd about 1AM and I had to go the office the next morning. So I rushed back home and went to bed. I so goddamn cold, that I was shivering for the next hour inside my blanket. Thanks to the couple of gulps of whiskey that we had on the way, we were able to stay a lil warm.

Overall I would rate this trip a 8/10 for a first time trip as most of the trip went as planned. We now know how to plan the next trip which might be in mid Feb. I am eagerly waiting for it. If anyone has any suggestion of a place about 350-400 kms from Hyd that is worth riding to on a bike, do let me know.