FireTravels #6—Roadtrip to Bangalore for the #2 India Steemit Accelerator!

The past week has been incredible but it also left me feeling drained. So I took some time off from writing to focus on some other aspects of my life. On the 30th of July, I organized the #2 India Steemit Accelerator in Bangalore and drove to the city with a couple of friends to execute it.

^{Approaching the dense and mighty Western Ghats!}

We hit the road on Friday morning. I had my friends @sanjayjkamath and @rjsudeep join me on this trip. After an unexpected delay owing to a minor issue in my car which we got rectified quickly, we had a great time driving 400 kms into the IT hub of India.

^{Idli Vada with Sambar and Chutney. Breakfast at Mangalore. This is one of the best South Indian breakfast dishes!}

Snaking through the Western Ghats, the national highway connecting my city of Mangalore with Bangalore is a busy highway. Parts of it is in a bad shape owing to the heavy rainfall in the region and truck traffic carrying heavy loads. But the rest of it is in a fantastic shape, worthy of a Supercar!

^{Beautiful roads that are being upgraded at the cost of some terrible deforestation.}

^{Scraped my car in a few places no thanks to these potholes!}

This was my longest drive after my accident in February and I was thrilled to undertake this journey. It's not often that I get to take a roadtrip with my friends so I felt we should hit the road instead of taking a quick flight!

^{A small stream in the forest!}

^{L-R: Me, @sanjayjkamath and @rjsudeep}

^{With "Saphira"-My limited edition Ford Fiesta 1.6S}

We drove past Sakleshpur city, which is the only major town in the hills. The place is famous for its off-road trails, coffee plantations, estates, and wood work. You can find coffee plant carvings as well as these giant elephants made out of wood. The ones in these pictures sell for over 100,000 INR or $1500

We stopped at a well known veg-restaurant, 'Ossoor' that serves delicious local fare and had some Indian breads made out of Rice flour with chutney and pickles! It was delicious and not very heavy but it did make us a bit sleepy on the 2nd leg of our drive.

Once we had crossed over the hills into the plains, the roads were fantastic and butter smooth! It really made us wish that we were in a supercar as we were going flat-out in some areas as the roads were deserted and the freshly laid tarmac was ensuring a very smooth drive after the pot-hole ridden section we crossed earlier.

We entered the city by 4pm and drove to our friend @rjsudeep's house to drop him off and then we left to collect the memento. I wanted to give a memento to the Bosch's India head for Venture Capital. I think it turned out quite nicely with the Steem logo and the tagline for the India Steemit Accelerator! What do you think? I had placed an order over the week and it was ready for collection.

^{Empowering India With The Steem Blockchain!}

With the last of my errands sorted, I booked a hotel room close to the venue for @sanjayjkamath and myself and we proceeded to get some rest for the day and meet with some friends later in the evening.

^{Dining with @bikergirl!}

^{I was so hungry that I had a bite before I could take a picture!}

My friend @bikergirl was in town and we met up for some dinner. But due to rain and confusion courtesy Google maps I had to walk about an hour to reach the restaurant she was at! It was a beautiful cafe but it shut down way too early. Luckily however we managed to grab some sandwiches and desserts before we were asked to leave.

^{@bikergirl's recommendation to get a Banoffee pie was great! It was delicious!}

^{At the DYUART Cafe in Bangalore!}

^{At the DYUART Cafe in Bangalore!}

Candida dropped me back on her scooter to where my friends were at, and it felt great to be on a two-wheeler again after 7 months and feel the wind on my face!

I was still hungry so we had a round of cheesy chicken momos at the restaurant when I met up with @sanjayjkamath, @andreanoronha and our friend Vardhan. After an hour or so we came back to our hotel and called it a day!

The room was comfy and the WiFi worked. I had to catch up on some work and I got that quickly sorted out. We played some music on my bluetooth speaker and I dozed off listening to hotel california play on loop!

The next couple of days were great and I'll share that in my next post as well as the updates from the India Steemit Accelerator!

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