South India cycle expedition 10: Thiruvanantapuram- Kanyakumari 94 kms

✪ Continuous stretch of towns!
✪ Agasthyamalai mountain ranges!
✪ Beautiful temple of Suchindram
✪ There, in the distance- that vastness
✪ Vivekananda Kendra- working in Yoga and social sectors
✪ Dream come true- Kanyakumari on a cycle
✪ Dialogue with Nivedita didi

Hello. Morning of 21st January. Thiruvanantapuram! Today it is a significant stage- Kanyakumari! Half the route will be complete. Really I cannot believe. Cycling to Kanyakumari is a dream of many cyclists! Today it will come true! Today it'll be just 94 kms. Further stages are relatively smaller after four back to back hundreds. Today will be also the last day in Keralam! I was recalled of visiting Kanyakumari 16 years back! Sea from three side and the tip of the land! And also, the end of the Western Ghats! 

South India cycle expedition 8: Piravom (International Chinmaya Foundation) – Amritapuri 110 kms

✪ Enjoying cycling near seashore
✪ Backwater and bridges on rivers meeting sea!
✪ Reaching the flat vastness after passing through turbulences
✪ Dialogue with friends from Keralam
✪ Coastal road and silent countryside of Keralam
✪ Amritapuri Ashram- Bhajan, Satsang and Bhakti
✪ Fortune of getting Amma’s Darshana
✪ Night time sea- experience!

Hello. Morning of 19th January. I had tea with Swami Sundar Chaitanyaji in serene campus of ICF, Piravom. Yesterday there was one workshop going in and many persons from Maharashtra participated in it! I again had long conversation with Swamiji. He shared his experiences, his village in Tamil Nadu, his public relations, RSS work and later on his association with Chinmaya Mission! He is so friendly and down to earth. No 'spiritual' ego at all! Finally I had to bid adieu to him and the ICF. Today I will cycle 110 kms. After crossing some distance, I will meet "him”! Henceforth, on this tour, “he” will accompany me almost every day! 

South India cycle expedition 7: Vadakkancherry- Thrissur- Piravom (International Chinmaya Foundation) 125 kms

✪ Hearty interactions at International Chinmaya Foundation
✪ Darshan Yoga Bhavan, Thrissur
✪ Small issue with the cycle and repairing
✪ Keralam resembling Konkan
✪ Continuous up- down and turning roads
✪ Densely populated villages and beautiful roads
✪ Dialogue with Swami Sundar Chaitanyaji
✪ Visit to birthplace of Adi Shankaracharya
✪ Nirvana Shatak and "Bhaj Govindam!"

Hello. Morning of 18th January. No trace of the stress that was Yesterday due to time and energy spent in finding the hotel room. New day, new beginning! Pleasant atmosphere it is. Today I will go from Vadakkancherry to Piravom (main centre of Chinmaya Mission) via Thrissur and it will be 125 kms. En route I will met Yogi Jaydevan, friend of my father and also visit his institution. 

Started by around 6:45 and shared my live location on the group. From here, Thrissur is just 28 kms. I saw the Sun arisen from behind a Church building. Mountains are appearing in the distance. There will be a tunnel here. I was little worried, is the cycle allowed in the tunnel? But withouy any difficulty, I crossed it. I also saw cyclings riding from Thrissur. After completing 18 kms, I took a break for tea and biscuits. Before resuming the pedaling, when I kicked the stand of the cycle, I saw that it is falling again. It is not getting straightened! Somehow it got steady just above the road level. I thought that I would look at it later on and there is no urgency.