It's a Friday early night 9PM.. I am waiting for my train in City junction to start my 8th consecutive weekend travel.. It's really tiresome, but I love this new experience of continuous travel.. I just love it.. At this breezy evening moment, just thought of blogging my biking experience in the Nice road.. And here it is..
One fine Wednesday evening, I got a call from some unknown number asking for blood donation in Narayana Hrudayalaya Hospital.. First, I thought I would not go, but I didn't say no.. I said I will call back in half and hour and confirm about that.. After half an hour, he himself called me again to ask my plan.. Finally, I accepted..
Next day morning, I started early in the morning (around 8AM, I haven't started to my office even this early in recent past:-)).. Narayana Hrudayalaya was nearly 50KMs from the place where I stay.. But something made me to accept that and go.. I started my ride, and went through a different route of BEL circle, New BEL Road, Mathikere, JC Road .. and finally reached Hosur road around 9AM.. An hour for just 25KMs.. Yuk.. Crossing Madiwala, I didn't felt much difficulty in reaching the hospital other than a little back pain.. As expected from a complete 2 hours of journey in Bike..
When I reached the hospital, a thing shocked me a bit.. Actually, the person who called me said its an emergency and they need the blood within 11AM for a surgery.. So I thought it may be for his relative or so.. But what happened there was different.. Seems in Narayana Hrudayalaya, you need to get few persons of specified blood group to donate the blood before they start the surgery for a patient.. Narayana Hrudayalaya was known for its low cost surgery, but they do it on a condition to get few blood donors.. And in my case, the surgery for the person's( who called me) father was kept on hold since he couldn't get the expected number of blood donors.. I was really shocked to know about this.. Finally, the purpose of the visit is done, and I started from the hospital and decided to work from home for the rest of the day..
I haven't traveled over the Electronic city elevated flyover in bike so far.. So, I thought I would take that.. But unfortunately, I missed the toll and forced to take the usual route.. But few meters ahead, standing in a signal, I saw the "Nice road" beginning.. Ashok (one of my roommate) used to say about Nice road meeting Tumkur road.. That was the only clue I had about Nice road.. My home was off Tumkur road.. So, suddenly a thought ran over my mind and there starts my Nice road experience..
I was standing in the mid of the road at the signal.. So slowly turned left to take the service road joining the Nice road and started my Nice Road journey.. The first thought that ran in my mind is, "Am i going in the right direction?", coz it gives me a feel like I came from home to hospital in north-south direction, but traveling towards west direction in the Nice road.. But in few minutes I understood that there is no other option for me, since I couldn't find any U-turn to the distant I can see.. With a small confidence, I continued my Nice road experience.. Within next few minutes, came the first Toll gate.. I paid Rs. 19 to continue my travel.. I thought that would be the first and last Toll.. But, before that thought ran out of my mind, came the second Toll.. This time, paid Rs.48/-. The m thing that ran over my mind is "God, there shouldn't be any other toll".. I just enquired the toll guy about the distance to Tumkur Road junction.. He said "40Kms sir.. (my eyes opened widely for a moment).. But, You can reach in 15-20 minutes sir.." I didn't say anything, just tightened my helmet and started again..
For next few minutes, "40Kms" was occupying my mind completely.. Gradually I started liking the ride over those dark, clean and wide Tar roads.. Yes, that was really an awesome road.. My speedometer gradually started to show 70.. I could see the coconut farms piled at a remote distant, small lakes here and there, plain scaly and sloppy landscapes, large houses looking like small matchboxes at a far distance, four wheelers flying besides me in 100's.. With all these excellent views, my bike was floating in the Nice road amidst the Huge rocks..
In a distant, I again saw a toll plaza and started to chuckle.. But luckily, it was not the way I need to take.. It was another entry to the Nice road from some other place.. Driving for more than 20 Kms, I started to feel a bit tired.. So, just stopped for a moment by the road side and relaxed for a while and started my journey again.. I just liked traveling like this.. Within next 10-15 minutes I could see the Nice road meeting the Tumkur road.. Finally I could see some place names familiar to me like "Nelamangala", "Dasarhalli".. So, I am finally convinced that I took the correct path.. From the Nice road, Tumkur road Junction, it hardly took me 5-10 minutes to reach my home.. That ends my Nice road experience..
Though it was a very long and tiresome trip(that too after a blood donation), I liked that experience..
PS: Unfortunately, I forget to take some pics in the excitement of Nice road trip. I felt really bad about it.
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