It’s been a long while since I set out on a bike trip after
two memorable previous experiences. Moreover I was waiting for the first
adventure road trip on my ‘own’ bike too. A lot of plans came and went and
finally the wait got a deserving due. Recently I accomplished a road trip to
Tada falls (Andhra – Tamil Nadu border) from Chennai and trekked all the way
upto the highest point we could touch in that hill. This story summarises
that great experience.
The seeds for this trip were sown abroad. A friend (Vasu) of
a friend (Anand) who studies abroad (ya... the same geeky GRE MS route after B
Tech in Biotechnology) came back home recently. He was impressed by the movie
Zindagi na milegi dobara and was planning such a trip with his friends. Anand,
who is my colleague too, was browsing for a lot of such adventure tourism
places in the 200 km radius of Chennai- mostly during office hours- and thus I
came to know of it. Bugged by the bait, I also threw my hat in the ring for
that trip. Hats came in plenty very soon into the ring. My friend Danie, who
knows neither Anand nor Vasu, heard of this and he too joined in. Danie spread
the word and his friends whom I do not know also planned to join. Eventually,
we finalised the date and venue with exactly 20 people and 10 bikes to conquer
Tada Falls. Funnily, the longest distance in degrees of acquaintance among
these 20 turned out to be 4. Yes, connect any of Danie’s friends to Vasu! Try
that. Thus we planned for everything and were excited about this trip with great
scope for biking, trekking and befriending new people.
