4 Days + 4 Cities + 2Bikes + 1250 kms + >200 pictures=Awesomeness

For any one working and craving adventure, a long weekend means only one thing :TRAVEL.
Thanks to 'Dussehra' an Indian festival, I had four days off to forget all about work and head off to any place I like. My friend and I, jumped on our respective bikes decided to head south, from Chennai taking the East Coast Road(ECR), one of the best roads to ride on with the sea constantly on one side and a lot of curvy roads, which are any bikers dream. Our first pit stop was for lunch at Pondicherry, also one of the Union Territories of India and famous for Sri Aurbindo Ashram and Auroville. But my favourite part was the authentic Italian food served there. We ate till our hearts content and then headed off to our days destination called Kodikkarai which is also a bird sanctuary. Point Calimere is located here which is one of the protruding ends of India on the south-east coast. By the time we reached the guest house in Kodikkarai it was pretty late and we were riding into the sanctuary in complete darkness, with just the bikes headlights, it was exciting and scary at the same time and it felt like at any point some wild animal will come and stand right in front of my bike. Thankfully, we reached safely and next morning we went around the sanctuary where we saw an antelope, deer, jackal among other animals and few birds.
We then headed to the main destination of the trip Rameshwaram, which is a holy pilgrimage island city, connected to India through Pamban Bridge, the only other connection apart from rail. The view from the bridge is so spectacular and looks like exotic foreign lands. The most auspicious 'Ramanathaswamy Temple' is located there and just walking all around it will tire you out because of its long passages with delicate stone art work done on its innumerable pillars. There are 22 water tanks within the precincts of the temple and we did bathe in all of them. Its places like these that remind me of the great heritage our country has.
The third day is my favourite day as we rode, 18kms ahead to a place called Dhanushkodi which is the end of the island filled with endless stretches of sand. We reached there before daybreak, with the first ray of the sun reflecting on the sea and light filling in everywhere.
We rode our bikes through the sand, clicking some really amazing pictures.
Back at work, everytime I need a break, I close my eyes and can imagine myself transported to the endless stretches of sand and the blue waters as far as the eye can see.