Journey with Google Maps

It has been a while since my journey.I had a sort of emotion while i was on my journey,but now it is somewhat lost.Recollecting the trip is a little tough and hard but it was one of the best memories that i had in my 22 years.

Joseph C J ... brother without you this travel would have been impossible.The whole credit goes to you buddy.Your 125cc Hero Glamour,your willingness to say yes to me when i asked you to come,and together we have achieved the impossible.Yes,it was a very crazy and foolish ride,i admit but for me and CJ  it was one of the greatest motorcycle rides.I would also like to mention two more names,Arshi and Shalin,without your invitation i would never have come. I was in a fifty percent mind whether to attend the Asapian get together,one of the reasons being the distance.But the love,care and attention of the malabarians is unavoidable.

Exactly from Punnapra to Muttil the distance is 303 kms as of google maps;i.e 606kms altogether.I was freaking out of my mind.Are you crazy?i asked myself. Manzur said we won't make it.Vishnu said "Ninakku @#@$@. aada".And many of my friends said i went just to see someone. Criticizing got me all mad.I decided to just do it.It wasn't for anyone that i did this trip.I wanted to move out and take a trip to forget some depressions.Eagerly waiting,the get together was called and i accepted.

10th of June,i was in my home doing my daily routines i.e eat sleep drink.These whats app people are killing me.Always texting blah blah blah.Was getting real tired of their shitty messages.Then suddenly Arshi texted."As we planned earlier,tomorrow we will get together at wmo again.Be there."
What?Get together again?Wmo?Shit i'm trapped.I was in a dilemma of confusion.What do i do?A lot of things came into my mind.Go by bus,train,or bike?Or whether to go or not.Those 21 days are immortal.They would never die away from me.And finally i decided to go on.


I called Sabi.He said he would come with me.I was happy he's coming so i needn't worry.He said we would go by train and his uncle who has just arrived from Nepal will also accompany.There were no tickets available so it will be a hard 2nd class train ride.I started to pack somethings.There was not much but i took some essentials.(jockey,cibaca,colgate,etc...).And to my luck sappu called and said "അളിയാ ഒരു പ്രശ്നം ഉണ്ട് നാളെ എനിക്ക് ഒരു ടെസ്റ്റ്‌ ഉണ്ടെടാ അതുകൊണ്ട് എനിക്ക് വരാൻ  പറ്റില്ല ".(bro i have a test tommorow so i won't be able to come with you...)Fuck.completely lost control of myself.I didn't speak much.I said it's okay man i'll manage.He could have said a little earlier.What will i do now?




Time was ticking.The clock struck around 5.30pm.I called arshi and said "i won't make it".She became angry and engaged the phone.Perfect!!!Just perfect.God show me a way.There is not much time.The meeting was planned next day at 11 am.Around 16 hours left.My bike was in trivandrum.There is no way i could bring it back from there in time.I wondered who else had bike.Many came to my mind.But no one would say yes to me expect one."CJ".I called him and said:"Man are you free tommorow?"He said:"yes da",I asked again"are you free the day after".He said :"yes"."And the Day..."What the hell do you want?"he said.I said to him that there has been a reunion arranged by my asap camp mates in muttil,so can you come with me?He paused for a sec and said yes.It was all planned and set.We decided to move out at 11pm in the night.And so we set off on our journey.

Just before leaving manzur came and handed over his helmet.He said we won't make it in time and we'll be exhausted on reaching there.A friend in need is a friend in deed.We were in a dilemma of what we would face during our night ride.Police,heavy rain,traffic,sleeping dizziness,locals,etc... All the odds were against us.Cj said he have to get back home the next day before 11.59pm.We had all the plan set in our mind but whether it'll work or not is up to fate.So we trusted ourselves and rode.

We started from my home exactly at 11.15pm.Manzur was there with us to say adieu.I knew that that the roads would be-hard and it'll kill our backs so for an extra cushion i took my blanket and placed it on top of the seat.We agreed to ride the bike 50kms each simultaneously.


I kick started the journey.The first 50kms were simple.Roads were almost empty except tankers and vegetable lorries.We quickly passed Alappuzha town and headed towards Cherthala.We didn't take much water with us other than a 500ml bottle.And it was a cool night so,there was wasn't much need of water.But we drank to keep our selves hydrated.

One the worst fear was getting sleepy while riding.Keeping that in mind we took a 5min break and some refreshment every 50kms.Cherthala,Ernakulam,Guruvayur,Ponnanni,
Parappanangadi,Chelari,Ramanattukara,Pantheeramkavu,Kunnamangalam,
Koduvally,Thamarasherry,Adivaram,Lakkidi,Vythiri,Chundali,Kalpetta and WMO arts and science college tazhe Muttil...303+kms...Clearly remembering passing all the places above.Although the places may seem less,its the kilometers that counts.Wow!!! now i sit back and realize it was one hell of a ride.

On our journey we met with some interesting events.Rain was rather an expected guest.You feel like being arrowed by small sharp pins while travelling in a bike at 60kms per hr.And certainly you should't be the one driving.!Another interesting thing was that we became lost.Our hopes were completely depend upon the smart-phone technologies.Unfortunately the signal lost when we reached malappuram bypass.It was a road not taken.We had little knowledge that the bypass was uncompleted.About 20+ kms of rugged road.Completely abandoned highway.Although there were some houses on both sides it was in the middle of 3am.So asking for the route was out of question.Cj asked me whether to ride on or go back.I made some calculations,even if we go back there is chance that we'll be down on fuel and our tiresomeness would increase.I said lets move on.And i was not mistaken,within some kilometers we were able to see the smooth road.

There was an incidence when we nearly went under a timber-lorry.It was a magical escape.Yes these kind of things occur in a motorcycle ride.But the thing is that even though there were many obstacles we reached muttil at 8.00am sharp.



We quickly got ourselves refreshed with the help of shukkur ikka,who gave us a place in the college.After that we had a small breakfast in the nearby hotel.My camp-mates would be arriving by 11am,so we had plenty of time to see some places.We went to the nearby earth-dam named Karappuzha and spent some time seeing the wayanadan wonders'.After that we got back to the college and met my campmates.They were all astonished on seeing me visiting on a motorcycle.They didn't expect this kind of craziness.But i never regretted.It was a ride of a lifetime that is to be felt.

Our time for return was nearly approaching.Before that everybody had a nice lunch together.I said goodbye's to everybody.I spent sometime with them.Everybody got their course completion certificates.
At 2pm our return started.The way back was a little stressful and complicated.We had to reach home before 12am.This time the rain got stronger and wet us completely.There was not a single place that the water didn't get through.Water water everywhere.!Entirely exhausted our minds also started to flutter.One night's sleep.Road tired.The ride took out the best from us.Harder the journey more stronger our minds became.This is one of the main reasons that i chose CJ.Because from my friends circle he's the only one who has this deep commitment and patience.



On our ride down the churam, we saw one of the most extraordinary view.The fog!Not a thing was seen in front of us.It was just 3pm and the sun had already vanished.The vehicles turned on their parking lights and drove.Literally nothing was seen on the road.It was simply breath taking.I took my phone and shot the video.This view reimbursed our minds with delightful thoughts.I realized that if i hadn't got on with this journey i would have missed "an idivettu pooram" by god almighty himself.Thank You Lord!

We rode and rode and rode.The destination seemed to be farther as time passed by.I made up my mind to ride until guruvayur from kozhikode.A staggering 100 kms single hand ride.And it was the peak time between 5pm and 8pm.But i reached on 8pm itself at guruvayur.The ride took what was left of me.Now it was time for CJ to finish what we started.He took the bike from me and drove continuously.After a while i asked him to hand over the bike.But he refused and rode on.I knew from the moment that CJ is stubborn to reach home in time.

I never asked again,he drove through 3 districts reaching my home before 11.55pm. We were wet like who were in the water for a long time.I was delighted to be back on time.Like we agreed we reached before 12.00am.The timing was perfect.CJ dropped me off in my home and went to his house.The first thing i did was drop off all the water that was inside my boots.I looked at my feet and realized that it was completely frozen and dead.I was shivering and my body temperature was  below normal.Hunger was long gone.And things became more brighter when the certificates which i got from from the camp was partially worn off.Although there was some left of it.

I am completely lost after writing this.It feels like i have again gone through the hardship and pain of the ride again.Guys believe me it was a ride that i'll never forget till my last breath.As every other thing that has happened in my life this journey was a memorable and mentioning one.

What a wonderful life !I am grateful to my parents who made me what i am today.Papa and Amma this one's for you guys.Love you.