I prepared the motorcycle for the journey and we packed our luggage in my ViaTerra Claw Mini and essentials in a tank bag.
BHPian Vijesh L recently shared this with other enthusiasts:
You know life is good when last-minute plans become the best adventures you can have. We had to go on a family trip along with my parents to Banglore for 2 days. The trip got cancelled due to some unforeseen circumstances. Suddenly I thought why not plan a trip to Varkala as our previous month’s plan got cancelled at the last moment. So me and my wife decided to take the bike. We started looking for stays at Varkala and planned the itinerary for a 2-night stay. The plan was to leave as early as possible to avoid traffic in Kerala.
Day 0
I removed the grab handles and fixed the luggage rack back on the motorcycle. Cleaned the chain and washed the bike in the morning. Let the bike and chain air dry for a few hours and then adjusted the chain slack, lubed the chain and checked the tyre pressure. Packed our luggage in my Viaterra Claw Mini and essentials in a Tank Bag.
Day 1, Sep 7th
We started from our home at 5 Am in the morning. Reached Traveloungue, Walayar around 6 am for our first stop. We had a coffee and a cheesecake break.
We resumed our journey towards Varkala. Filled the bike in a petrol bunk and planned to stop for a coffee break after an hour. On the outskirts of Kochi, google asked us to take a diversion and took us through less crowded routes. The roads were excellent but narrow and had too many diversions. With not many options for food and refreshment, we just took a water and stretch break. After another hour of riding, we stopped at a random hotel around 10.30 am to have our breakfast. It was getting very hot and humid. We stopped again around 12 pm for a tender coconut break.
We reached our stay at Varkala around 2.30 pm. Our stay at Point Break Surf and Stay was located at Edava Beach just behind the aquarium which is a lesser crowded beach. The room was small but adequately sized with a cozy ambience and clean washrooms. We were given a welcome drink.
After refreshing, we went to Cafe Sarwaa on the south cliff to have our Lunch. The food was good with an excellent view of the beach from the cliff.
We then returned to our rooms, parked the bike and went to Edava Beach which is just 100 metres away from the stay. We spent some time watching the Sunset from the beach and then proceeded to explore the North Cliff. Wife was busy shopping for souvenirs to give back home. We had dinner at Darjeeling Cafe and returned to our room for the night.
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