Kondapalli fort

Been thinking about having a road trip till Vijayawada since i bought my bike. Everytime, i fill my tank, i get the rush to go there have a coffee and come back.
Finally after, 4 yrs i bought my bike, and 2 years since i developed fear of NH9, i decided to go on this day.

Got up little late in the morning, and waited till my parents went to office, had a shower , collected things which are required , informed Raju about my trip and hit the road.

Everything seems to be fine, till i reached city outskirts. Its a 4 lane road now, considering the distance i have to travel and the limitations of time, i increased speed, when the RPM goes above 5000, my engine is choking for air. But its my bike, it never troubles me much though i treat it like slave. So i kept on going, though the engine is struggling to breath now and then.
As i have decided not to think at all, the focus is on road and music.

 I didnt buy all the necessities like water, food , tablets, goggles etc etc . Bought tablets, water at chowtappal and continued the drive.
The widening of the hyderabad-vijayawada route is  complete except for the flyovers in the major towns. Had lunch at Nandigama and then reached Kondapally fort. Its hardly 8km from the highway and the ghat road is not bumpy.

To reach the fort one has to take a left turn at Nimra group of colleges, which around 3 km before Ibrahimpatnam ring road, to go to kondapally village, take a left at the ring-road. The way to fort is horrible, before the ghat starts. The road is so narrow that, one lorry and a bike cant fit . Before the ghat, the lorries which dump waste from thermal plant, jam the road. Once past them, its heaven again.

It took me 5hrs to reach fort. Not many people are present, and most of them present there came to visit the durgah.

There seems to be small way down the hill to the village, bikes cannot go  and as it became already 4 in the evening, i have decided to skip the village and bought few keychains at the fort fas  souvenirs.
I heard about HP Ghar facilities and found one near vijayawayada boundaries. But to my disappointment it was closed.  And my bike, started breathing easily for a while and then choking for air started. I thought , there must be some problem with the air filters and to prove that i am right, milage went down.

Throughout the journey , i have been informing my friend about my whereabouts. He told me that its raining heavily in the city. And the rain started when i crossed suryapet and i had to drive through the rain for like 100km.

Intoto the journey took 13hrs of my time, around Rs 1400 from wallet , my energy and in return gave me cold and happiness.