Waking up within the forest

Most of you probably know, I ride with a Royal Enfield Motorcycle club, called India Bull Riders, for a long time we had been planning for a off-roading trekking ride.

5:30 AM on Dec 2nd I met a few fellow riders at M.G Road metro signal, we started our journey to the meeting point NICE junction on Mysore road, upon greeting other riders and a briefing by the ride captain Vinay we begun thumping towards Wayanad. It was a chilling ride, luckily I had worn thermals, after a quick breakfast stop at Mysore we continued to ride, we passed through the beautiful Bandipur forest, and by afternoon we had reached Wayanad.

We were briefed about the off-roading but most riders were taken by surprise as the road was gravelled and the climb was steep, many riders lost balance. Team work kicked in as some of the experienced riders parked their bikes and strategically stood to ensure we were able to support our fellow riders. Once at the base camp we freshened up, and got ready to head back down, this time we called a jeep, the group briefly took different path’s some wanted to visit a waterfall nearby while others wanted to relax and have a few drinks. We re-grouped before dinner, danced a few hours and after a meal, started the trek to the night camp.

Night trek’s our challenging and require immense coordination, we were asked to stay quiet to avoid attracting animals, after about 45 min we reached the camp site, the first thing we noticed was a clear sky and shinning stars, some of us looked dazzled and could not recollect the last time we saw a gazillion stars staring at us. Amongst us we had a b’day girl, and there was a cake waiting for her at the campsite. Living up to my name I was fast asleep by 10 PM, while the party continued, till early morning.

I woke up by 5 AM and again living up to my nature, woke others up, in-time to ensure they could see the sunrise. As the day began, we saw a mist under us and were mesmerised by the sight ahead. We began by clicking selfie’s and trying to capture what the human eye was witnessing, I realised then my “iPhone6S” is now outdated and the images were blurred. We continued clicking pictures and did a few boomerang and began the journey back to base camp.

We ate our breakfast and began the journey back, considering the traffic on Mysore road we took a deviation and entered the city via Nelmangala, the group wished each other luck and wishes till we meet again.

PS: I have been reading articles on social funding, if anyone could raise money to get me an iPhone X, a poor soul like me would bless you with every image I shall click J

Images courtesy: Members of India Bull Riders 












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