week 3 log

Day 15 may 8 fri
60km
Ananya heads to Isha Yoga center for Shoonya and SHakti Chalana – jedi stays at cbe – Chill and upload stuff at internet. Then afternoon drop ananya at isha.

Day 16 may 9 sat
Ananya shoonya – jedi cbe – bike insurance

Day 17 may 10 sun
Ananya shoonya – jedi cbe

Day 18 may 11 mon
Ananya shoonya – jedi cbe – insurance scan

Day 19 may 12 tues
Coimbatore – Pundi – Cbe
60 km
Pick up ananya at alandurai. Internet. Chill at hotel.

Day 20 may 13 wed
Coimbatore – cochin- allepey
NH209, NH47 –
252 km
Leave cbe and head via palakad road to cochin to find out abt lakswadeep. Highway annoying constant kerala traffic. Reach coimbatore and find way to SPORTS office. Ex navy man on bike who did courses at INS hamla rides ahead and shows route. Also offers lunch which we decline. Go to office and find details. 3 island 5 day trip is 17k+ each. No way to go on own, unless u have sponsor and fill up some form. Alternative is 3 day 1 island, semi sleeper, which we book 4.8k per head. Need to be at sports on 16^th at 1 pm.

Head for allepey. Reach alleypey around 5 and stay at ‘home’ stay. Travel options according to KDTC S? is houseboat for 22 hrs for 4k (dunno if its 2k per head per day or general house boat rate) or shikara for 350 rs. Per hr.

Day 21 may 14 Thursday
Allepey – kottayam – allepey
10 km, and then by boat 60 kms
Wake and do kriyas and asanas. Ride around allepey looking for food places, ride along canal edges. Find Indian coffee house on mulakhal road after many tries for aryaas (disappeared). Go to jetty and take public boat going to kottayam. Like riding in bus. Little strips of land surrounded by water, birds and plants. Astonishing how the houses stay and don’t crumble into the water! More new birds. Houseboats are huge. Gets boring after a while. Need to see top view of lake to figure out what the block R etc are. Reach kottayam after 2 hrs 40 mins. Take auto to kottayam city center and go to book shop and buy books. Mango milk shake and then back to jetty. Almost miss the boat. Ananya thinks boat was waiting for us. Back to water ride and photing. Reach allepey. And back on bike. Go to allepey beach and chill. Then another Indian coffee house for supper. Back to hotel and ipl. Heartbreaking loss for bbay.

Allepey photos on flickr

Photos of third week on flickr