Road trip from Chennai to Pondicherry

Very rarely a north guy gets a fully paid travel plan to South… I called my junior who is more like my buddy… ..I met him while playing counter strike in IT BHU LAN….and soon we grew up to be drinking buddies now we are very close and he is like my li’l bro… Oh Ladies!! He is in IBM Chennai and Electrical Engineering pass out and right now single..so he is a hot shot.. tall..handsome and eligible and I know he will be dark in few years if he continues to not use sunscreen in Chennai…

He suggested for a Bike trip to Pondicherry.. and as you all know how crazy I am about bikes.. I immediately said.. Yes!!! He bought a new 220 cc Pulsar… and I was waiting for a long drive on it..as I have 150 cc..and I rarely use it for long drives… 

After my Tirupati trip.. I booked a bus to Chennai..Chennai trip was full of mixed feelings…on the way to Chennai ..I lost my Camera.. So I got down from the bus.. stupid bus conductor didn’t even refund my money as I got down within 5 minutes…and there I realized that what a moron they are.. they didn’t even flinched to help me.. rather they were scolding me for wasting their time… I had a different opinion of Andhra guys.. and there I realized they are the most unhelpful fu***rds you will meet.. but anyways I caught another bus to Chennai…

I reached Chennai at 8:30 pm where Saurav ( Saurav Chopra my buddy) called me.. that he will come and pick me up.. we struggled a lot for the way to his house as he never came to bus stand before… but anyways we reached at his place … and then we drank and ate like crazy.. I met two more junis of my Institute (Sachin- a complete drunk fun package and Abhi- Harry potter fan)… We drank till late then we rode on our bike to nearest tea stall at 1 am and I was tripling on 100 km/hr… it was fun.. I came back and went to bed immediately ..we planned our Pondy trip at 5am and as you might have guessed we woke up at 9.. there I realized he didn’t have his bike papers yet… so we had to take a detour to city.. we collected the papers.. ate 3 puris for Rs 30…. And then we moved towards Pondicherry…

Chennai to Pondicherry is 155 KM on ECR ( East coast road)… the road is awesome and the view is magnificent.. I took the driver seat as I was not feeling comfortable sitting behind on the bike.. so I practically rode all the way….ECR road is beautiful road with lush greeneries on both side and occasionally you will get the glimpse of the mighty sea on your left… the feeling is just beyond my words…  ECR road is like butter.. no bumps.. no bumpers.. but there are occasional road blocks.. so you  just have to watch the signs… I was riding at an average speed of 85 Km/hr … and occasionally was touching 105.. the max speed I touched was 112 km/hr…

We stopped at Kovalam… it is beach near Chennai.. it is beautiful beach with practically no crowd.. and very few people know about it… we stopped and played in water before moving out… the sea was very calm there… Oh Btw I bought A new NIKON camera in Chennai… So this time I have lots of pics of the trip…..

Then the next stop was Mamallapuram… it is a temple city .. of Lord Vishnu.. and with beautiful stone works..each temple was a piece of excellent architecture with whole new level of beauty.. We stopped to take pics and then we decided to get the Darshan of Lord Vishnu in his temple…. It was peaceful.. we moved on the Pondicherry….

The road trip is exciting but it has a serious drawback.. that sooner or later you will feel your leg all jammed up… so we had to take few stops but we made it a rule that we stop in places where I can get my tea and my buddy can lit up his cigarettes.. Oh btw!! I quit smoking.. if you don’t know…

We reached Pondy in the evening… we were very excited…and wanted to spend a lot of time in beach..bathing.. there we realized Pondy doesn’t have a single decent beach… it is a port town.. and the nearest beach ..Auro Beach is like 6 km away from city… so we took a u turn and headed towards the beach…

We were searching for beach Shacks so that we can drink beer near the sea.. but all of the beach Shacks were all full and the empty one don’t give entry to Indians.. fucking slaves… they still worship their masters even after independence.. we were frustrated… so we decided to book a motel on the road.. there came our rescuer.. he was a fisherman’s son and he told me that he know a beach shack hotel.. but it is always empty as it is in fishermen village.. and people don’t stay there.. so we moved towards it… it was a decent place.. though the nearby environment was reeking with smells of rotten fish sludge.. but who cares….I live in North India where people worship cow dung and think it holy…. So we stayed there…. After that I sent him to buy beers and chicken.. and Guys!!!!! I love union territories ..Man we got a can of Kingfisher for Rs 40…. Can you believe it.. ???

I took a shower.. and since didn’t have any towels or clothes.. so I borrowed one from Hotel owner and told Saurav to buy me a lower…I then moved to beach.. it was already dark.. and took some snaps of the ocean.. 

After that ..he came back ..he took a shower and then we started drinking .. it was 8:30 PM and we drank till 1 AM… it was a beautiful experience ..as it was full moon and we were drinking on beach…the moonlight was glistening over the sea waves and the high tides were the one making the noise.. rest all was calm and dark.. we drank..we shared our old times.. and drank and drank….till we were out.. the hotel owner was on his toes.. he was keeping an eye on us ..in case we ran in some troubles.. but luckily it went smooth.. I waded in water for a while before calling it a good night…

Next morning I woke up at 7.. sun was already out so missed the rising sun by whisker.. but took few pics of the sunrise… a li’l after sunrise but pics came beautiful… He packed all the bags.. we paid and then we moved out for Chennai ..on the way back we realized we didn’t visit Aurobindo Ashram .. se we drove back to Ashram.. it is beautiful no camera out place.. people told me that it takes 3-4 days to feel the peace of place.. but we got the peace of our mind that we visited the place at least… :P …. bought some memories of the place…and now I remember that I forgot to gift them to people I bought them for… then we headed back to Chennai…

On the way back we took a stop to eat puris.. and since we were low on Carbs.. we ate like 8 puris each and there we realized that each puri was of Rs. 5 each… lol.. we bought some water packets for the way back…Since I had to catch the train for the way back to Banaras.. I took over the driving and we completed our 155 km in record time of 1 hours 45 minutes.. even when ECR was full of weekend traffic to Pondicherry.. but by the grace of the Lord Vishnu.. we completed it safely…

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