We woke up a little early that day because we had to rush to clean and lubricate the bikes’ chains.
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Day 6: Goa to Shivamogga
Life indeed felt like a movie across those past 60 hours, but we finally had to wake up to the disappointing realisation that it was time to abandon the gorgeous paradise they call Agonda and return to our mundane city lives.
We woke up a little early that day because we had to rush to clean and lubricate the bikes’ chains, and we wanted to soak up as much Goa as we could.
The steeds getting TLCed
Tried a different restaurant apart from Tito’s but the gorgeous view remains consistent.
Someone wasn’t able to resist the smell of those delicious sausages.
It was tough saying goodbye to this place
Now, since AG wasn’t there on the return run, Yeti and I could maintain our reckless buffon pace without worries. Keeping that in mind, we leisurely left after checkout at 12:00 PM. As we were leaving, the hotel guys stopped us and said that we needed to pay for all the water bottles after day 1. Apparently, only two bottles are free, and that too only for the first day. Rather weird practice and kinda left a sour taste in my mouth after a wonderful experience through the previous two days. Nonetheless, we pushed on without making a fuss. Our goal was to reach Shivamogga before nightfall, so we kept hustling without any stops.
Took exactly one break for tea around 4 o’clock somewhere near Sagara.
Reached our hotel just around nightfall and thankfully before it was too dark.
We booked a fancier stay just for this leg since the price was pretty good. Malnad Shire is the name of the hotel.
Two hungry beasts, each with their individual kebab platters.
And of course, some decadent indulgence before we called it a day.
Day 7: Shivamogga to Bengaluru
Again, we woke up so leisurely that we almost missed breakfast. And I wasn’t going to do that since this was the only buffet we’d have across the trip.
View of the hotel from the balcony.
I feel this picture signified the actual end of the trip.
Now that we were done with all the core riding, it was time to pose for assorted display pictures.
All the exploration was done, and all the fun was had. Now the only priority was to reach Bengaluru in one piece. My non-conformist com-padre decided to finally give me a glimpse of wide open roads by taking us through Chitradurga and onto NH48 towards Bengaluru.
Absolutely Beautiful Stretch on Shivamogga-Chitradurga Road.
Sir Yeti in all his glory.
And some more of me.
Once we were on NH48, time flew by pretty fast. Wide open roads and a raging 48 BHP Italian roadster meant the distance was vanishing even before we could realise. I still wasn’t pushing too much because I had to be considerate about Yeti’s power limitation.
Final sutta break at the start of NICE road.
And we’re back home.
Now, what was supposed to happen next was that I rested that day and left for Chennai the very next morning, but let’s just say this ride got a bit of a bonus extension which will be covered in the last chapter right after.
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