Out the door heading south ...

My last day on this beach in Kerala. It would have been paradiese, unfortunately sound polution was quite strong, there is a mosque right behind the house so those alah akbar or whatever screaming 4 times a day is quite annoying, plus a bunch of youngsters doing techno all night long as well. so next time I find another place but same beach - during the day the beach is mostly empty.
 

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My new home for a week. This one has a pool !!!! and I have my own little hut. But no AC, thats borderline with 33C in the afternoon.
 

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How much for 1 week?
 
Cheaper than Mauritius.
 
Cheaper than Mauritius.
cheaper than most places on this planet.
met an old acquaintance on the highway. a merc W123 - best car ever built. drove one for 10 years. unbreakable.
 

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Saying goodbye to my hut life in Karnataka. Off to Goa soon ... Rishikesh is still inhospitable at 11C so I think I will be hanging in the techno state for a while.
 

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Reached Goa, what a difference. Gone are the days of solitude on the beach. Its little russia everywhere. good for them, not getting shot here ;)
 
See any Goan Classics 😁
Or better still some of the old choppers there that the RE Story depends upon.
 
See any Goan Classics
No, but will visit a repair shop on tuesday (not showroom, they only work with RE parts) to get a new mobile holder after my mobile flew TWICE from the one I have. Its not a bad holder, in fact I used 10 of them over the years, but here in the south before every highway cross section they put these 6 layered bumps over the entire width, TWICE just for good measure. its like you drive over a gigantic washboard. the phone was protected by a special heavy duty frame I bought, I only had to change the front protective "elephant" glass. and although it was violently ejected in both cases and bumped along the road a few time before resting the phone itself, a oneplus nord 3, is undamaged. better than the samsung I once had that quit after a slow fall.
one of the falls I have caught on camera, let me see if I can find the moment in the 6h recording.
I also change my fog lights, the ones I have where 600 INR, and quit after 300km. Now I got a set for 6000, curious how much better they are.
 
10 times as long for the light's so maybe 30,000kms 😁
Rumble strip's they call them here, don't often hit them on my bike, maybe a Quad Lock and the appropriate case is better?
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I read about this holder, but I am not willing to spend half the money that my phone costs on that thig. my new holder has clamps that will never release the phone, physically impossible, and it costs 15 bucks. no usb so i had to buy that separately but still only 35 bucks both.
 

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et me see if I can find the moment in the 6h recording.
found the spot, but my helmet cam sits too high to catch the flight of the phone, you can only hear my cursing, and thats not worth documenting here ....
 
Or better still some of the old choppers there that the RE Story depends upon.
in fact quite a few right side gear models are still around here, those driving them are often even older than I and look even older than they really are. too much UV and vegan diet do that to you.
I also spotted a few apparently deserted bikes, often 350 Thunderbirds with Delhi reg. rusting by the wayside. hard to tell if abandoned or just parked til next season.
 
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Met a Goan and visited the biggest RE showroom in goa
 

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With attached bar and billard soccer court
 

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Oil change, new fog lights, new mobile holder
 

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And washing...
 

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