Day - 2!!!
Plan was to ride off early nxt morning... which we did... at abt 630 aftr chai, rode away.. but missed going visiting the temple... well nxt time... aftr about 10 kms, entered rural roads again, the roads once again were great, with avenue trees on both sides actin like a capony .. so no sun at all... was ripping away wen we were stopped by local Police in Khaki for routine cheks... we had all the documents .. well that dint please them much, then a smart alec Constble came with this brilliant plan... he said we were overspeedin... HMMM .. 80KMPH on a NH ?? OVERSPEEDIN ??? hieghts!!! decided to giv him a piece of my mind.. bt common sense prevailed.. spoke to the SI decently, told him that this was a NH and we were on a 700KM trip .. and for hevan sakes it was bike and not a bullock cart.. Well aftr good look at the strange looking bike the SI let us of with an adivce to Drive SLOWLY :-)) 2kms and we were back to 110KMPH cruising...
About 815 we reached Tindivanam, just another 55 kms to go from here.. Finally at 9 we cud smell sea breezeeee... reminds me of gud ol days and Marina.. nuthin can come close to Marina still... Mission Pondy was 50% done .. the Pondicherry State Arch was towering above us. then after a 10 KM ride through the city finally reached the seaaa .. Pondy Promenade.. we decided we wud stay near the sea, better still if we get a place with a Sea View.. Got a room in Ajanta Inn, right opposite the waters, great room for 800 bucks, just across the waters, balcony facing the sea, PUB on the ground floor, TV et all.. jus for 800 buks may be coz it was off season ...
Settled down there and after a bath, started hunting for BREAKFAST, we saw a French Restaurant.. with a Breakfast being served on the Roof Garden.. place looked good, the menu even better, but the price made our eyes pop out... a Royale French Platter cost 250 Bucks!!! Well once in a while its ok to indulge ;-) so went ahead wit it .. got a nod frm Anup as well.. after a long wait it finally arrived.. "Il a été merveilleux" i guess the French really know how to eat..
There was different kinds of bread, butter, marmalade, pan cake, a stuffed tomato, fruits, ham, fruit juice.. etc.. etc..
Roamed around for sometime.. then decided to find some beached outside the city... well our quest for colorfull beaches ended misrably... we reached Auroville Beach.. just empty streches of sand .. no people (read Firangi Tourists) at all just some filthy locals running amok in torn underwear..
We headed back to our room.. breakfast was too heavy that we dint feel like eating, so headed to the PUB below.. ordered a couple of pitchers and french fries...
The wheather was kinda hot and humid, so just lazed around in the afternoon till evening.. at about 5 ventured out again in search of beautiful beaces with people sunbathin... hmm.. same result again.. guess its terribly OFF SEASON.. in this sun, one can only get sun burnt... came back to the city, decided to do wat most people come to Pondy to DO.. get drunk on BEER...
So got some cans of beer and came back to the room, 500ml beer cans cost only abt 30 bucks, abt 23 rs. lesser than wt it costs in Bangalore... Too bad Pondy wasnt close to Banglore.. Got the beer cans, went up to balcony.. spent the rest of the evening Sipping beer & gazin at the sea...
I have bad habit of Ridin Crazy after getting drunk, and that night Anup got a taste of that habit, 10pm - 12pm i was runnin amok aboard a Y'llow Zma, few wheelies and few stoppies, and ran into a crowd... stopped and went to investigate what the cause of the commotion was, the local people, i mean families with wife and children (wonder wtf they are doin at the beach at midnight!!) have caught a group of forigners for rash driving and handed them over to the police. Bt decent ppl though calld the police, may b coz they were foringers.. guess what they were driving rashly ??? AUTORICKSHAWS !!! now that dint surprise me, coz those poor chaps must have thought that thats how they are supposed to be driven... may b thats what they learn when they hired that yellow Auto from the Bus stand or Railway station!!! now how can they be blamed when our own auto drivers are Super - Rash... anywys.. after passin a few comments and a few more wheelies in front of the crowd .. we zipped pass to the Room and crashed............
