Absconding Paranoid

Day 5, Wed 04 Sep 2019 : Araku to Vizag, 116 km /426 m Plan of the day is to ride from Araku to Vizag via Vijayanagaram (Vizianagaram) and cover the entire beach road sections from Bheemili beach to Vizag beach road. People started asking by 5:40 AM if coffee is ready :) Some of us loaded the route map in the devices and got ready. We had to check-out and go downstairs by 7 AM for having early breakfast. Breakfast got delayed a bit, but not too late. We loaded the luggage in the truck in the meanwhile. We started riding by 7:30 AM after taking a group photo. We were told that there would be a climb till Ananthagiri and that it would be downhill afterwards. The stretch from Araku to Vizag is also on my bucket list as I loved the route. Beautiful hills and valleys all around and green plantations would be a treat to eyes.  I was also excited to see the beaches at Vizag. Raunak and I were riding together and stopping wherever we had beautiful views for taking pictures. S...

Day 4,Tue 03 Sep 2019 : Araku Local, 80 km, 190 m For the first time in the tour, we woke up leisurely. Panaroma view from balcony in Araku The legs felt great in the morning, most likely because of the good massage from Prabha before dinner on the previous night. When we saw Somnath getting it done, Narayan and I too joined him. Gokul went to the extent of standing on Narayan's legs to relieve the pain :D Coming back to the present day, Krish got the early morning coffee ready by 6:20 AM in his room. Crazy combo of tea with sweets I go and grab some coffee, and get stunned by the beautiful views from the balcony. Though I visited Araku valley a couple of times in the past, I didn't get to see such amazing views while in Araku. After the coffee I lied down on the balcony wall and start thinking - when was the last time I lied down to have an open view of sky. I then turn my head to enjoy the views. Krish takes a snap of me in the meanwhile. Narayan goes down to w...

"Goof morning. Coffee ready🙂" message from Krish started most of the riders' day. As per the original schedule, the day would look like this: Day 3, Mon 02 Sep 2019 : Narsipatnam to Araku, 140 km/1434 m We were told that there would be a big climb initially and that it would be 'rolling' afterwards. Since we would be climbing the longest continuous stretch about 15 km into the ride, the idea was to have solid breakfast before the ride. Which is why we ventured out yesterday night to find out places that serve early breakfast. We were supposed to reach the breakfast joint by 5:30 AM and start rolling by 6 AM. As most of the folks were still checking out, few of us decided to go ahead to the breakfast joint and save some time. Venu garu, Pravin and I started after 5:40 AM with Narayan a little behind. We asked around for the breakfast point as we could not find the exact location, and we heard mixed views. Some say that it would be open, and some say that i...