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I was actually happy that the tour was coming to a close. I woke up early and went for a short walk on the Gonikoppal main road. I was quite suprised to see the utter flop telugu movie Saleem playing there. They must be quite short on movies in Gonikoppal.
The ride started unhurriedly. The distance to be covered was around 80km, short compared to the previous days ride. Before we started, we took photographs of the riders and the organizers together. As we moved away from Gonikoppal, the roads became poorer. I guess the roads are not so well maintained in the national park.
We stopped at a school on the way to take photos of kids. The kids were so excited at seeing us we felt like rock stars. This was definitely the high point of the day.
We hit the only support station for the day around the halfway mark. A little while later, we reached the highway to Mysore. After the rides on the last few days, the route felt positively ugly from this point on. The only motivation from here was finishing the ride and the lunch waiting at the end of it. After a couple of coconut stops, I finished the ride and packed my bicycle for transport to bangalore.
I had a lazy lunch and boarded the bus back to Bangalore. The traffic as we entered Bangalore was in stark contrast to the free roads we had for most of the tour. Me and Prithish managed to hire a omni to transport us and our cycles back home from the dropping point. That concluded the most physical activity I had done in my life so far. A completely different experience, where I switched off from my work for the first time. I plan to go again next time, this better prepared both for the ride and for capturing the scenery along the way.
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