Five most awesome roads I have ridden on

Here is a compilation of the top five roads I have ridden on since I started biking (in no particular order)

• Munnar to Kumily: This stretch of road, about 110km if my memory serves me right, is truly surreal. I did this just on the back of the monsoon season (but there is no such thing as monsoon in Kerala, is there?). Narrow road, strewn with loose stones sometimes, gets fogged up completely even in the afternoon, near zero visibility, with many small waterfalls and streams along the way, tea estates, the fresh mountain air. Absolute delight.
• Sagara to Honnavara: Another stretch that is very similar to the Munnar-Kumily road minus the tea plantation and multitude of waterfalls. This was again done in Monsoon season, the road was freshly laid. It started raining and when it subsided, it would completely get fogged, we did a text book group ride maintaining speeds of 60+ kmph on the twisting ghat road. The tail lamp of the bike ahead of you is all you can see and that is all you have for reference on the blinding corners and hairpins. If the rider ahead of you leaves his right indicator blinking after he overtakes a car/bus that means you are clear to overtake as well, and you leave your right indicator on for the one behind you to know if he can pass as well. If the rider ahead immediately switches to his left indicator after the overtaking, it means it's not safe enough for you to overtake just yet. When I say Sagara to Honnavara, I basically mean Talaguppa to Honnavara.
• Kumta to Sirsi: Through Devimane ghats, well surfaced roads and banked corners, very little and well behaved traffic, need I say more?
• Nanjangud to Mudumulai: This is one of the stretches I hold very close to my heart, even though it's a national highway (part of NH212) there is no divider and the traffic can be unruly. Especially the volvos and other state government buses overtaking each other that push you off the road and on to the (non existent) hard shoulder. This road can be called a widow maker if you are not careful enough, but I absolutely love this stretch and can never tire of it.
• Up Yana trekking route: In monsoon, riddled with slush, it would have been a challenge to even trek in those conditions. The slush would just make the tyres sink a half feet the minute you entered, not to mention the leeches. It was a mental thing to do and I absolutely loved it.