Part - 2: Godavari greenray
Route : Vijayawada - Eluru - chikkala - pangidi - Rajahmundry - nallajerla - Eluru - Vijayawada
Distance : 560 km
Godavari river side is one of the best scenic places in Andhra. I though of visiting it many times, but I stay in Bangalore. This Home trip helped me to visit few East Godavari places. My childhood friend Vidya works on Drift irrigation and currently his work going on at East Godavari. So That's how this trip raised up.
I reached home on saturday and took rest on sunday. My friend vidya stays at Eluru and he came to home for weekend. Plan is : First go to Vidya's work location on monday, by afternoon his work will be finished, after that we can go for site seeing and if requires we can stay in eluru and cover few more locations. Morning at 8 AM, reached our meeting spot and waiting for them. But Things got changed after my bike got puncture due to another friend test ride.
New Thunderbird rear wheel is a disk break, so the mechanic in my village tried very hard to remove the tyre. Finally detached the wheel after breaking chain rubber case. 2 inch nail cut the tube both sides, so Tube change is must. New thunderbird tube size is bigger 120/80/18. I find only 100/90/18 tube near by my village, thought of getting correct size tube in vijayawada. So we went to Vijayawada and inquired each and every tyre shop, even inquired in RE service center. MRF/CEAT selling those tubes but along with tyre. Finally returned with 100/90/18 tube only. while coming back from vijayawada its heavily raining and we got fully drenched. Wasted nearly 3 Hrs for the tube. Around 1 PM bike is ready, finished lunch and thinking of new plan. Most of the day is wasted, now Vidya also can't finish his work. We decided to go Eluru, stay for night and start early morning.
Tuesday morning started at 6 AM and reached chikkala village after a 3 Hrs ride. Vidya's work is calculating the area of the filed's using GPS device and then plan the placement of drift pipes. This entire work may take 3 hrs, so we are in a dilemma of what to do for this time. But for our surprise, the location is marvelous...filled with coconut trees, cocoa (chocolate) trees and lush green grass. That's why Godavari is named best for greenary. Vidya taking measurements by walking through each corner of the field. In the mean time we have started our creative photography. within no time 3 hrs finished. Owner of that form offered us few coconuts and sugar-apple's. Godavari side people are so kind and they respect people very good.
This is how the place is :
Huge Mushroom :
ohhh... found one Turbo snail..
cocoa trees....Chocolate made from these nuts.
Coconuts storage for oil.
That's a huge coconut.
WoW
Palm oil Trees
We felt this place is best enough for site seeing and we need not to go any other place. For lunch, we have decided to go for Rajahmundry, which is 50 KM away. We inquired about best hotel, people said SRI KANYA CONFORT restaurant. Restaurant not so huge, but rush is heavy, even in a week middle. We have waited nearly 30 mins for seat. Food is really tasty and we had meal like kumbhakarna. After 2 Hrs, we stepped out from the hotel and started return journey. After refilling petrol, when I am trying to lock the petrol cap, its not working. Struggled for 20 mins, automatic lock is not happening when we press the petrol cap. Finally petrol bunk guy helped us, by putting petrol cap rubber in reverse. Not understand what was the issue with rubber, but some thing wrong with rubber inside the petrol cap.
Stopped for 15 mins on Dhavaleswaram barrage. It was built in 1850 by Sir Arthur Thomas Cotton British irrigation engineer. Took few pics of barrage and started journey to Eluru. Reached Eluru at 7 PM. We are dead tired with heavy meals, so we decided to stay in Eluru and next morning returned back to home.
Some Bridge on Godavari.
Dhavaleswaram barrage:
Some Bridge on Godavari.
Dhavaleswaram barrage:
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