Monsoon Ride to Charmadi Ghats! (Western Ghats) | WandererOnWheels Adventures Episode 8

My friend Pratik had come down riding from Mumbai after staying there for years. 

It had been two months in Mangalore and he had been craving for a ride.

He didn't know many people in here so he had been requesting me to go on a ride since a long time.

I was never able to ride with him because of my busy schedule in the past month which also explains my absence or irregularity on Steemit.

So, one fine Sunday I made up my mind that in spite of my schedule, I'll ride.

So we started off at 6:00 am in the morning from Mangalore.

We decided to head towards the Western Ghats.

This is the view of roads in Charmadi! Found this picture perfect spot.

 

Once we left from Mangalore, we stopped near this riverside at Karinjeshwar.

That's Pratik on his Bajaj Pulsar AS 200.

From another angle.

A couple of pictures and videos later, we left from there and moved ahead.

We found a beautiful bridge on the way and stopped to click some more pictures.

Another view.

A little ahead we found a mud road which took us closer to the water body!

How does Freedom look in her new avatar?

Modded her with new graphics and some add-ons for a big ride that's coming up!

We took a small break here and then decided to move ahead non-stop.

Once we reached the foot of the hills, we stopped to take some pictures of the magnificent view of the mountain that we were about to climb.

We're going there! :D

Once the climb starts, this is the first small waterfall you'll find.

We stopped here for a pee break. :P

The water is very pure and tastier than bottled drinking water xD

This is the view right above this waterfall!

Damn beautiful, right?

When we moved further, I found this picture perfect spot. 

I took a U-turn to click a picture here.

With the right angles and correct props in the background, you can get an amazing picture!

This picture hit 1270+ likes on my Instagram and got reposted by 3 big pages!

It's crazy how such a tree with huge roots got uprooted!

When we move ahead, there's a viewpoint with around 3 waterfalls on the road and a beautiful view. 

Best for panoramas!

Yeah! That's fog! :P

You can see the view of the other side during summers.

 

And that's us!

Another selfie!

Tourist bus to spoil the view! 

Miniature waterfalls along the way! :P

You should definitely go here once if you're in South India!

We had our breakfast in Kottigehara which is pretty famous for Neer Dosa. 

I was so busy hogging that I forgot to click pictures there! :P

We had tea there and left back. It was very tasty!

On the way back, I found this interesting sign board!

This was the last stop.

We had some other commitments post the lunch and were getting late. 

So we rode non-stop back to Mangalore. 

I have been through this route so many times that I just had to sit on the pillion seat and chill on the way back.

The bike knows its way back home! :p

Here's the Google maps location of this place.

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2.  Photographs from Historic Monuments in Delhi | WandererOnWheels Photography #3
3.  Weekend getaway to FARANGIPET WATERSIDE! | WandererOnWheels Adventures Episode 3