The Road End

“The Road End”

The more I travelled, the more I realized… that fear makes strangers as friends!!!

The clock hits 6 at morning my day starts, all my routine work is to heading office by 9:30 and return up home by 7 in the evening my entire clock was filled with some other time. At some point fed up with my working hours and I have questioned myself,

Where I am?

Why am here?

Why am running behind this?

Finally I have planned for a two days a road trip to someplace. I have started my Royal Enfield (Himalayan) which is made for road travelers. Started packing my clothes by loading my bag, picking my camera, mobile accessories, lap top, extra batteries and a separate pair of jean & t-shirt in my back bag. Finally I have packed all my stuff inside the back bag it was 11 o'clock when I complete all those packing stuffs. I have to leave for the trip in the early morning, felt sleepy and dark night welcomes me for the nice and comfortable sleep. I know it will be a tough day in the next morning but I managed somehow. Next day, early by 3 in the morning I wake up and started for making me ready for the ride, it was a plan to touch the high way by 4 in the morning before the traffic rushes in the highway.I moved my bike out and cold started it and left it without throttling, at the time of cold start i have loaded all my stuff in the bike and made my riding gears fit comfortable into my body. Started my ride by 3.45 AM from home here the trip starts. 

Filled up the fuel tank in a regular gas station the man working over there enquired about my riding gears my trip it was a quite good conversation. I left the station and started thumping the roads for the trip. I think I have not said the destination were am going to travel, may be it would be quit surprise for u guys its

             "Kanyakumari" -the Southern tip of India.

It was my dream place to do a road trip to that fine wonder full place since I got my bike. I started heading towards south side from my home town.

Breakfast at Madurai (The Temple Town )

Reached Madurai by 7 in the morning, its 39km a mile stone and felt hungry while riding. This intimated the sign of Madurai decided to have my breakfast, it was not planned to have my first stop at Madurai. Kilo meters passed by I have took a left from the high way and entered Madurai city .

The traffic was heavy and the people were rushing on the road side and Oh! I wonder… this might be the reason that people named the city as "Thoonga Nagaram”. Reached the hotel which smelled delicious and it increased my hunger more-n-more. I have placed my helmet in a table, removed my riding glows and made me comfortable .It’s going to be a hot weather outside so I just ordered a set of dosas and a coffee, it will be good to have less amount of food before we leave for the whole day ride ...

Completed my breakfast and turned back to join SH 93. I have crossed typical hard 230KM from my home town. Crossed few of the wonder full photo points in the highway meet few more riders in the way and had a little chat about the plan of their tour, it’s time to refuel my bike and stopped in a petrol station near by a toll plaza. It’s almost afternoon and now I have reached the district of Tirunelveli (Plan is to meet my friend at tirunelveli , but unfortunately he could not able to join me by the time of ride , we planned to ride while returning back to home from k.kumari)

It’s quite hot while entering the district toll plaza where I parked my bike near by the road side and removed the camp mat from my bike. I started relaxing myself, by watching the moving vehicles.

After two hours of rest in that same place, I freshedup and started continuing my ride towards the southern tip. Back on the high way started cruising  my bike as fast as I can , crossing nearly 367km from my starting point still road extend more than hundred kilometres from current destination.

Now it’s literally a hot evening, the sun rays passed through my helmet visor and UV sunglasses. I have ridden across the windmills, and road side motel was quite excitement. I got a feel of excitement by reaching my destination. At a perfect time of sunset I have reached my destination.

Passed all over the straight highway, noticed a board of road closed and diversion for another to reach the town that took me to a small village which lies across a lake. I could see some of the fisher men and few guys jumping from the lake bank into the water, the road rejoined towards a high way.At last after experiencing a tedious journey there comes a board with a word

"THE ROAD END"

Parking my bike direct opposite to the board I could feel mixed emotions of love, freedom, tiredness and felt happiness from the bottom of my heart. The view which given this feeling is just wonderful. I have seen sunset from different places but it is the first time I see it from the southernmost tip of our county. In front of me I could see an ocean which swallows the sun ball into it.  I took time laps of sunset in my camera There is no word to express the beauty of the sunset. From the first day of my travel I was longing to see that beautiful and everlasting landscape where I struggled hundreds of kilometers to see this wonderful view. 

Day 1 ends with the wonderful sunset at Kanyakumari, When the clock hits 6.30 by the evening it was too dark, I have booked a hotel near the beach road. Luckily I got a room with a balcony where I enjoyed the entire view of the ocean where I can see the sunrise of next lovely morning until then next sunrise I will be waiting to see it . . . 

" TRAVEL AS FAR A YOU CAN WHEN YOU MEET YOURSELF "