Sunday morning ride :)

Well, another delay (it always happens when we really want to get moving!), A is still in recovery and was not up to 350km ride to Bangalore this morning - definitely tomorrow! So instead I decided to meet our escort out of Mamallapuram - a keen motorcyclist we met the evening before who was up for riding with us for a few miles - at our arranged time of 7am to see if he wanted to just go for a ride instead (I said he was a keen motorcyclist...he wasn't going to say no :)

I came down at 7 and got the bike started and Koshy appeared right on time - yes, he was up for a ride! We loaded up and headed south for an early Sunday morning blast to Pondicherry - better to ride before everyone wakes up! It was a beautiful morning, the sun was just up and there was a nice mist softening everything.

I have to say that Koshy was extremely well turned out for your average Indian motorcyclist - he has the best protective kit available, an eye-catching and powerful (for the Indian market) bike and two wheel fever on his brain :) Check this guy out:



The speedo hung just under the ton, the curves were plentiful and the maniacal buses were few and far between - ah, what more can you ask for??? :) We had a great ride down before turning around and heading to a cafe for coffee and a chat. At the cafe was another motorcyclist - a lawyer from Chennai and his Hayabusa (you don't see those everyday over here!!!!! that is a 200mph, 1300cc missle bike built by Suzuki :) Then it was a rip back to Mamallapurma to let A know I was in one piece :) A was up and about so we all headed out for a bit of brunch and a long chat - Koshy is a great guy and a font of information - he answered all our questions and we allowed him a few minutes to eat in between :)

Hey Koshy: Thanks for a great day!!!