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Kodaikanal ride

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Motorcycling to Kodaikanal  The Princess of hill stations           This destination cropped up while looking for a good place to escape Chennai's heat for a couple of days.I with three of my friends set out on two motorcycles, a Hero Honda Hunk and a Yamaha FZ-S early in the morning to avoid traffic and the Sun's heat. Our bikes minus the Glamour           The NH45 is quite smooth and we covered some 75kms before stopping for a breakfast of Idlis and coffee.We reached Trichy in the afternoon and headed out straight for Dindigul skipping lunch.   resting in the shade of a bus stand           With the Sun now midway to dusk the scenery started changing from boring straight roads and arid landscape to greenery and curvy roads along the SH145. Hills outlined afar           The ascent to Kodai started, 50kms to go.Already feeling the cool breeze.   Base             By the time we reached  Kodai it was starting to get dark and we got ourselves accomm