Day 10 + 11 : The journey home

The next days were spent bumming around the hotel in Kanyakumari, packing our bikes and driving back to Chennai by was of Madurai.

We started off on Jan 26th with an early morning drone flight for Matt and a box up my bike session for me. Shruti tried to stay warm under her Indian flag. Today was India's Republic day which we saw the raising of the flag and i believe the singing of their national anthem. It was nice and i had bought a nice cloth Indian flag for myself a few days prior for 70Rs [ $1 ]

 

We then had a very nice breakfast buffet. One of the few we have enjoyed given we were always on the road in those early hours. I am missing those rides and the daily adventure already. :)

 

the crew

I saw the lady doing this. Im glad we were there for Republic day. Was really nice. I love patriotism.

flag raising

was very weird how all of the trees were leaning in one direction.

 

We tested the limits of the mavic drone and scared the grass out of the cow tht was snacking near by. Matty thought we might have a stampede of one. :)

Matt and I enjoyed the hotel pool nicely and then we all hopped in the Inova for a nice ride to Madurai. The scenery from the car was great.

... I have to post some pix of this... :) :)

 

While in Madurai we passed by a temple and tried to check out a BBQ Nation franchise to give Matt the full experience. We took an hour and multiple autos to get there. Went to the top floor of the mini mall and it was still under renovation. Not one piece of BBQ paneer has ever been served. :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Madurai's newest hotspot ... We missed the grand opening of BBQ Nation. Matt would avenge himself tomorrow in Chennai

The next day we again had a bit of buffet bfast [ i could get used to this ] and headed towards Chennai. A super loooooooooooong ride back. A stop for lunch, a stop for milk coffee [ which I drank MANY of while in India ] and then a final stop in Chennai. I was feeling a bit bad as the time was almost up and I was physically knocked out. :)

 

We stopped by Decathalon and had Shruti's bike packed up, checked in to the Radisson, met some of the guys from Bhumi and saw what they were doing with the donation money and left Shruti's old bike. She has had an upgrade and took matt's new one. :)

 

 A last meal at BBQ Nation Chennai and a very awkward bday song. Very fitting. :)



Next post will be the complete recap, stats, graphs, nerdy stuff, ... videos of me, Shruti and Matt answer some very deep questions. stay tuned for the FINAL results!

We finally made it to BBQ Nation in Chennai

must segregate veg and non-veg ... except in my belly. All foods get along

bday boy ... 41 in a week ... I don't believe it either :)