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Monday, July 21, 2008

Chili and I cycled from Bangalore to Mysore. 150 km. 10 hrs. It is the most tired that I have been in the last 28 years! Thought I would need at least 5 days to recover. But no, I am back to normal after a good night's and a good day's sleep. :)

The best part of the adventure was when we saw the Welcome to Mysore board. There are so many things to write about the goods and the bads about cycling to Mysore. About the road, the people, the hotels on the way etc. But that would make the post too long. In short -

Terrain :
Bangalore to Maddur - 85 km - flat land, hardly upslope, few down slopes
Maddur to Mysore- 65 km. 1 km down slope. 55 km of slow uphill. Extremely frustrating and the slope seems never ending. That is what tests your mental and physical stamina.

Road
Excellent. A few humps where the highway passes throug Mandya and Maddur. Else, simply excellent!!

People
We got a lot of cheering from people on the road. People passed us with their thumbs up, or a loud shout cheering us. A few guys even offered us tender coconut and briefly talked to us asking why? where etc questions. That refilled the energy in us.

Hotels
Kamat LokaRuchi saved us. 60 km from Banagalore. Buffet breakfast for Rs 60. That is what kept us going for the remaining 110 km or so. Rest, mostly barren land from Banaglore to LokaRuchi and from Mandya to Srirangapattanam.

Finally, one more thing off my list. Really glad.

1 Comments:

  • cool. Now I have it on my list :)

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 1:15 PM  

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