Behind the Bar 🚡🏻 | Part 2: Munnar to Dindigul

Vasanth Sankar
3 min readJan 15, 2022

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Pedalling life 🚲 πŸ•οΈ πŸŽ’

People who missed Part 1: Erode to Munnar

Third leg (Munnar- Dindigul) 276 Km- 580Km

Off-Road day

Yes, Started with a cup of tea and enjoyed the cold climate with sun & headwind

Road Construction work is in progress, so need to pedal for 30 Plus kilometers on this road.

Unexpected Surprise

Because of Landslide, Road blocked and Clearance work is in under process. So we need to take another route to reach Suryanelli, we need to pedal for an extra 50km than planed.

No shops for next 40 plus Km, will need to climb in off-road, So roadside workers shared their food for lunch ❀ with a kind heart.

This is the road for the next 40Km, Enjoyed the ride with thrilling stories

Finally reached Suryanelli, It’s carving time for Camping and Diner

Fuelled Up with some food for the day

Found the Best place

Had a good sleep and Started to Bodimettu, Climate was Just amazing

Good Day

Full down gill for next 50 Km. Relaxing over the ride with the fog

No Pain No Gain…

Sandai Na sattai kizhiya than seiyum

Yeah, I meet with an accident. A Jeep came at the hairpin bend rashed me, at the same time Suresh's cycle chain-link broken. At the time a kind heart name Illumunathi- who passed us while pedaling from Munnar. He crossed me while a Jeep hit me suddenly he helped me to be normal he gave me some chikki with full of love from his pocket, expressed his love and said nothing happened to you, don't worry pedal to your destination and he invited to his house to take some rest. After some time, started to pedal

Reached Bodimettu… with full Fog

Fuel to go extra miles

Heading Towards Dindugal via Theni

Finally reached the destination for the day Dindugul around 8:00pm :)

Hand signs we followed through the ride

βœ‹ Stop

πŸ‘ Go

πŸ‘Ž Slow

Mission accomplished

Peddled over a Distance of 580km with an elevation of 5,900m moving time 34h 40m.

β€œBe brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.”

-Paulo Coelho

Happiness is a choice let’s choose it, Writing this out of Love and Curiosity

Nature is full of magic ❀

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Vasanth Sankar

Product Designer, Creative visualizer, Illustrator, Cyclist, Wanderlust ❀