May 20, 2007

Bidding adieu...

I am choked in emotions while I write this... My faithful companion, my best mate, my loyal travel partner is parting after four glorious years. I am talking about my bike. My first love. My true love.

Four years and fifty thousand kilometres on the odometer, you have never let me down. Be it the backwaters of Kerala, the tea estates of Munnar, the beaches of Goa, the high passes of Leh/Ladakh or the sea-shores of Chennai-Pondicherry, you've rode amazingly well! The ride to Leh-Khardungla with you will always be etched in my memory. The ride atop Baralachala on our way back was amazing! Have actually lost count of the number of times we measured the length and breadth of Bangalore-Mangalore road, be it via Hassan or Mysore. Also special are the few solo night-out bike rides to Mangalore and Chennai...
Time to say good bye now. Will be riding you for one last time tomorrow or day after. Wherever you are, whoever you are with, keep thumping as you always have. It was a pleasure riding you.

Ride on, mate.

2 comments:

Hemanth Chakravarthy said...

I empathise dude. But the bright side is, you'll soon have another bigger, better dame to ride with :)

Flavia Pereira said...

I trust we don’t have to be that close to the topic to be able to relate to people’s passion especially when it’s a part of their life and when people are emotionally attached to it....I certainly hope that you carry your memories of your old bike for a very long time to come..... Nice to know such enthusiastic and passionate people....