The troop consisted of different ‘characters’ in their own way. In alphabetical order:
Karthik R - Hanuma
Prashanth Pereira – angry young man
Punith Lokur – Mr. Rajkumar
Sharath Y N – or is it KN :p , chamman No 2, Deadbody, list is endless….
Shreyas Heranjal – Chamman No 1, Koli
Suhas Suvarna – suzi
Vasanth Kumar – that’s me :)
Vinay N S – Ambani
We even made ourselves custom made sweatshirts with the map of the places we intended to visit embedded on the back – thanks to Ambani for putting together an awesome quote and the design of the shirt (Later during the trip we realized how important the embedded map was. Without it, it was very tough to remember the tongue twisting names of the places :) )After getting all the necessary servicing done for the bikes: Two Bullets, Two Pulsars, One Apache and one Unicorn, they were handed over to the goods carrier guy at the Yeshwanthpur Railway station on 1st of July, a day ahead so that we won’t have to wait for them at Delhi. Couple of us even got hands on training on repairing the bikes, puncture work etc. :)
The plan was for 6 guys to go by train on 2nd night to Delhi. I had my GRE the next day on the 3rd of July. Karthik couldn't convince his manager for leave and we both decided to fly out to Delhi on 4th evening. So 6 guys armed with tons of luggage (which proved costly :( later in the trip) set out by train on 2nd night from Yeshwanthpur. Even though I had the test which could decide my future the next day, the excitement of the trip couldn't hold me back. I picked up Shreyas from his place and dropped him to the railway station a good 30 kms far. This was the kind of re-union with all the stakeholders meeting up at one place before committing the crime!!
Once the train left, I returned home worrying about the GRE next day. The journey has begun. More to follow……
'angry young man'.. who ??? me ??? :D !!
ReplyDeleteDamn.. Wish I was a part of this.... :P
ReplyDeletesounds great man..i ve seen the pics of this trip earlier, but depicting the same in blog n getting the feel of it is sometin different..i ll look out for more..
ReplyDeletechaman....good job dude..i think u ll ve to spend some more time and type in more...ask suhas for his diary...
ReplyDeletetons of luggage .. in custom made saddle bags from shivajinagar .. :P
ReplyDelete-Sharath
Good post maga, waiting for your next post :)
ReplyDelete@PO.An, arun, Nagesh - Thanks a lot for visiting and commenting on my first attempt.
ReplyDeleteGreat post. Please continue and give a finish. Am too excited to know more about the trip. :)
ReplyDeleteNice post.... put those pics n videos... n who r those people outside the train..??
ReplyDeletegood blog man..looking forward to more on the journey
ReplyDeleteswalpa corporate language jasthi aythu.. stakeholders ante.. good one nevertheless
ReplyDelete-Venky
@Ganesh, Hari,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comments.
@Kautilya,
Will upload it as the story grows. You are my guru in story telling :). So need your tips all along.
It is me standing outside man!!!!!
@Venky,
Hehe en maadodu guru, blog andre elru nodtaare. Enidru gtalk alli maataduva :)
Hey Brother,
ReplyDeleteGreat Start ! :-)
But i dont understand from where did you get the patience to sit and pen down the thuoghts.
And guess what, This is the first time in my life, i have ever read a blog completely word by word woh bhi raat ko 1 baje ! So you can imagine how interesting it was :-)
Cheers,
Shah Bhai
Hey shah bhai, thank you.. this comment was long due from you :)
ReplyDeleteI'm going by cab nowadays. So have no other work to do while traversing through this traffic :)
Even if it is not interesting, you will have to read through it anyways :) Nahi to ghar aake baja daalunga :p