My Big Escapade - Destination Unknown...: Day 173 - Aug 28

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60KMs TripMeter 24863 KMs

With the parts arriving at by 11 and bike to be delivered late noon. We thought of visiting the Srirangam Temple in the morning. It was hot but after my stay in Delhi, any place feels bearable! We catch a rick cross the kaveri and into the Srirangam town. As we get near the temple, the imposing huge colorful front gate can be seem. Its only gets bigger and bigger as we near. Have seen these temples only on TV and now we are there. This is a busy temple with lot of life around. Seven gates till you get into the sanctum sanctuary. Each gate is an opening through the rectangular perimeter. Ok not sure of the exact design. Just writing what i observed. The first 3-4 gates had a lot of shops and civilization. Huge stone temples inside. Ofcourse there were lots and lots of people. Got into the Q and took us a good part of the day before we were through the Darshan. The 1000 pillar mandap was closed for some reason.

Caught a rick back to the hotel and had lunch. Got to the KRT Service center by 3 pm and the engine is back to the shape and about to be mounted on the bike. Looks like i can ride out in the evening. And still keep my plan to stay at Tanjavur. So that i can visit the Tanjavur temple with out worrying about the luggage on the bike. Went to the room to check out and by the time we were back to the service center the bike had gone for test ride! Wow that was fast!

I received fantastic and fast service from the cheerful and helpful staff at KRT HeroHonda showroom at Trichy. After riding for 24800 kms i thought i had to take my bike back to bangalore on a truck. But the helpful staff there understood my situation and made sure that my journey would not end with a engine Breakdown. Thanks to them i was able to continue my journey right from the service center and started towards Tanjavur on the same evening.

Here is my heart full thanks for the timely help, support andprofessional work from the staff at KRT HeroHonda showroom at Trichy, for helping in continue my journey.

Had a small photosession at the showroom before leaving. Bid byes to Mani as he left for coimbatur and rode towards Tanjavur. It was just 56 KMs. It was hot and i had been having too many cold drinks and i had caught throat infection in the morning. It was getting bad. I know how the drill goes. Going to be sick tomm. The night traffic not really helping. The HID is very much missed. Any way make it to Tanjavur by 7.30. Not as small a town as i imagined. Saw the Big temple's center tower light up in the night. After a bit of hunting found a room at Hotel Tamil Nadu. Kinda expensive at 650 bux but its hard to find parking with reasonable price. So take the huge TTDC room. TTDC hotels are nice and airy with huge premises with a legacy look. Worked a bit on my logs.. Err a lot and slept late with a early wake up tomm morning.

Me and Mani on a rick ride to the Srirangam Temple...