So on Saturday morning we woke up at 4:15 AM. After dressing up, and packing in a ton of biscuts,
cameras, route maps etc. MJ, Ravi and I started for Anantagiri hills at 5:40 on 2 bikes - MJ's Unicorn and my TVS Fiero. On the way we rendezvoused with Kanishk at Nanalnagar near Mehdipatnam. There was a lot of traffic on the way in the city, especially near Mehdipatnam where a flyover is being constructed. After wading through the traffic and then crossed Langer house. Once were were out of the city and near Moinabad, the road turned out to be of excellent condition and have a lot less traffic. This prodded me to floor the accelerator and went for about 40 KM at 90KMPH. About 10 KM from Vikarabad, I stopped as the guys have fallen behind, and then noticed that my bike's engine was leaking engine oil. It was a quite a scare, but anyway the bike appeared to be in running condition, so we continued to Vikarabad. We stopped to get some food in Vikarabad but it was not prepared yet, so we had some tea, asked for directions to Anantagiri and left.We reached the temple near Anantagiri by 8AM and then parked our bikes in a parking spot. We then went down the stairs near the temple and into the forest. The forest was not very dense. Initially we
tried our hand at proving that humans descended from monkeys. Then we came to a place where there was a small elevation in the ground similar to a small hill about 3-4m high. We tried to climb it and took snaps. After this we took a less traveled path into the forest instead of the bigger road-like path. Here had our first experience with some thorny bushes, and after strolling for about 30 mins or so, we came across a green patch of trees. It was a Eucalyptus plantation by some kind soul. There we found many birds like Parrots, finches etc.Behind this Eucalyptus plantation was a small hillock about 12m high, It was grassy with a few trees on the sides. We decided to climb the hill - little did we know what we were about to face. The slopes were at a 45 degree angle and the soil was very loose with many small pebbles. It was difficult to get a good grip easily. At some places all we could hold on to were blades of dry grass. To crown it all there were many thorny bushes, although my jeans and woodland "tractor" shoes (which we named for its remarkable tread and extraordinary struddiness) saved the day - but not before i got struck by the branch of a thorny bush on my arm.
The view from the top was very beautiful. We took a few pictures and started down on a different side which was less thorny but had more incline. Although this was safer and easier than the uphill route we took, the downward descent made it harder.
At one point the branch I was holding to broke and it make me slip a bit although it was not too hard. After that we carefully climbed down and found our way back to the temple.In the temple they were installing a new idol of Lord Vigneshwara, and MJ helped them a bit. We saw a colorful puja mat there, but on closer inspection it turned out to be a design drawn with colored rice grain.
After that we took a group photo and then went to the parking area. It was about 11:10 , when we started to move when Kanishk called me to check his back tyre. It was a biker's worst dream - a flat tyre. After enquiring we found out that the nearest puncture shop was 5km away. Kanishk took my bike and got the repair guy who took the tyre and then repaired it back at his shop and came back and installed it again. MJ, Ravi and myself were meanwhile resting in a small hotel/dhaba. After an hour the entire process was over and we started back. On the way back Kanishk was very pleased to see his bike do 100 KMPH.MJ, Ravi and myself planned to go to the Ocean park while Kanishk had some work to do in the evening, so he left and we went to the ocean park. But we found all the rides and wave pools filled with children from 4 different schools. We decided against getting down into water and instead rode some
non-water based rides like dashing cars, dashing boats etc. We started back at about 4:10 PM from Ocean park and it was about 5:00 PM when we returned home. Ravi then left for the 5:45 MMTS train to his place.Overall, discounting the tyre puncture and Ocean park rush, it was a very good trip. I think now I know a place to take my friends who visit Hyderabad :). More pictures are available at Picasa
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