Southern Spice Ride : The Journey Back

Having visited Kanyakumari and getting rather disappointed at not seeing the sunrise, it was time for us to head off to Madurai. As soon as I stepped out of the AC cooled room, the heat of the land hit me. My shirt was completely drenched with sweat by the time I got on my bike. The sun was bright, but still covered with clouds. I placed my saddles on the bike, tied them up, wiped the sweat of my eye brows, zipped up my jacket and got on my bike. Ready to go. As you might recall from the previous blog post, we headed out for a quick photo session before departing from Kanyakumari.

Southern Spice Ride : The Land of the Windmills, Kanyakumari

Here is Day 2 to Day 3 of the our epic Southern Spice Ride. I narrated our story till Rameswaram in my last post, this time, I'll tell you to journey to Kanyakumari.

We were all very late to leave Rameswaram. It was close to 4 pm  and we had 250+ kms to cover. This time the planned route was Rameswaram - Toothukudi - Kanyakumari. But as luck would have it, we found the Toothukudi road to be in bad shape, and hence opted to go via Tirunalveli.

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Southern Spice Ride : Road to Rameswaram

Road to Rameswaram

I recently embarked on a ride that we christened "Southern Spice", where we planned to cover Rameswaram, Kanyakumari and Madurai in 4 days. A total of 1700 kms. It was an epic ride with varying weather conditions that really tested our tolerance to heat.

It was a warm Thursday morning, 4 AM to be exact, with 11 people ready to start off from Madiwala Police Station. To see us off, were a couple of friends and fellow club members. The route was simple. Bangalore - Hosur - Krishangiri - Salem - Dindigul - Madurai - Rameswaram. A total of 650 kms.