Tirupati to Chennai

5:30 pm: Spent the whole day with Satya Srinivas bava who came back from US with my new Jacket (Speed and strength) and Gloves (Fieldsheer). I was very excited to see them, tried them and they were perfect fit. The day was pretty hot and I was almost sweating like pig. Had some heavy lunch at Mayur hotel and it was time to take some rest as I haven’t slept the whole night. Got up, everything was packed and it was time to leave. Left Tirupati and it was a straight road towards Chennai. This was my first time to Chennai, so was really excited.

8:00 pm: Crossed Puttur and Nagari on my way, these were the state highways but pretty good roads. The plan was to cover as much distance I can during sunlight as this was a 2 lane and didn’t want to cover a lot of distance after dark. Saw a sunflower garden on the way, so it was time for pics.

Took a break after riding for 110 kms and when enquired figured that I have reached Thiruvallur. This was bigger than I expected. The road between Tiruttani-thiruvallur was the most pathetic. Lot of pot holes with narrow roads and water source on one side of the road. These 22 kms almost ate up an hour of precious time. Had a bottle of cold Pepsi as I was really thirsty and was sweating as I didn’t remove the outer lining of my jacket.

10:00 pm: Finally reached Chennai Besant beach after riding for 4:30 hours in total and 1:15 mins in grueling traffic. It was hot even being 10 pm in the night and really humid. At this time Praveen came to pick me up and we went to Sachin’s (Royal Enfield Marketing manager) place. They were having a get together and they invited me as well.

Finally left there place at around 1:30 in night and went to Praveen’s room. I spent the night there as needed to leave by 6 am for a ride with V40 club started by Royal Enfield.

Tirupati (0.0 kms) -- Puttur (25 kms) -- Tiruttani (88.0 kms) -- Thiruvallur (110 kms) -- Chennai (164.9 kms)