{"id":399,"date":"2020-01-01T06:46:25","date_gmt":"2020-01-01T06:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agnelkurian.com\/jest\/?p=399"},"modified":"2020-02-23T10:23:16","modified_gmt":"2020-02-23T10:23:16","slug":"chembanoda-december-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/agnelkurian.com\/jest\/?p=399","title":{"rendered":"Chembanoda, December 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

These pics are from a road trip to Chembanoda, Wayanad on a Yamaha FZ25 motorcycle.<\/p>\n

Day 1<\/h3>\n

Bangalore – Bellur cross – Nagarhole – H D Kote – Gonikoppal – Tholpetty – Lakkidi<\/p>\n

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Between Bellur Cross and Nagarhole<\/p>\n

After forest checkpost 1 refused entry; on the way to checkpost 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
After checkpost 2 refused entry. Decision time. Go home or find another route.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Drove to Lakkidi via Thithimathi, Tholpetty. Decided against bedding down at a bus stop when I lost GSM\/GPS at one point. Lots of chetas glad to help with directions.<\/p>\n

Reached Lakkidi Grace Inn around 11p. Lucky to find Hotel Thattukada open after 1230a for some Shark Curry and Parotta.<\/p>\n

(P.S: After the trip I learned there are leopards in Vythiri area. No more nocturnal gallivanting in these parts.)<\/p>\n

Day 2<\/h3>\n

Lakkidi – Peruvannamoozhi Dam – Chembanoda – Mananthvady – Gonikoppal – Bangalore<\/p>\n

Leaving good old, trusty Lakkidi Grace Inn early next morning.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Lakkidi View Point<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Lakkidi View Point<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Lakkidi View Point<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Lakkidi View Point<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Lakkidi View Point<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Very crowded. Entire stretch was like this. – Lakkidi View Point<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Phone towers in the distance – Lakkidi View Point<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Outside Hotel Prosi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Road to Chembanoda<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Road to Chembanoda<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
On the road to Chembanoda<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
On the road to Chembanoda<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
On the road to Chembanoda<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Road to Chembanoda<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Peruvannamoozhi Dam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Peruvannamoozhi Dam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Tea break<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
End of the road for the bike at least. (Good thing I stopped at Lakkidi last night; no hotel or homestay in sight.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Turned around. Now to find that church.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Immaculate Conception Church<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Immaculate Conception Church<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Many km later. Vegetarea.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
That’s 991km.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

These pics are from a road trip to Chembanoda, Wayanad on a Yamaha FZ25 motorcycle. Day 1 Bangalore – Bellur cross – Nagarhole – H D Kote – Gonikoppal – Tholpetty – Lakkidi Between Bellur Cross and Nagarhole Drove to Lakkidi via Thithimathi, Tholpetty. Decided against bedding down at a bus stop when I lost … Continue reading Chembanoda, December 2019<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":426,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/agnelkurian.com\/jest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191229t104038-44185274339211720932.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/agnelkurian.com\/jest\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/agnelkurian.com\/jest\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/agnelkurian.com\/jest\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/agnelkurian.com\/jest\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/agnelkurian.com\/jest\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=399"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"http:\/\/agnelkurian.com\/jest\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":454,"href":"http:\/\/agnelkurian.com\/jest\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399\/revisions\/454"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/agnelkurian.com\/jest\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/agnelkurian.com\/jest\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/agnelkurian.com\/jest\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/agnelkurian.com\/jest\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}