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Thanks for the approval, Aryan!!

Ohh My Goddd....how stupid of me not able to call you, and then miss out on this!!! Work rules my ass. Bring on the log Swagat...it would help us take a ride on the next weekend, else would have gone to Paradeep.

naxal infested sees to b more scary than riding 100cc !!!!!!

Well, combine 'both' and things get real scary especially when you don't see much traffic enroute!!


I am still here in BBSR. Log and the rest of pics will soon be uploaded!!

Teaser pic#2..for the time being!!

waiting for the log

Pics look nice , but a bit overprocessed. Maybe you can tone down on the HDR processing.

Looking ahead for more...

Pics look nice , but a bit overprocessed. Maybe you can tone down on the HDR processing.

Looking ahead for more...

Yeah the pics look overprocessed because i am still in the learning curve of creating proper HDRs.But please bear with me for the moment.I hope the upcoming pics wont let you down!!

The first pic has come out looking like something else, in a good way that is! !

Bring on the rest ASAP!

PS: Poor splendor+, you probably scared the living daylights outs it by taking it to the naxalite infested areas!

@chicane: still waiting...

Yeah, bring it on bhai!!

Now this was unplanned in my not so long list of biking lesiures or trips.My mom was in Berhampur(Southern Commercial city of Orissa), so i had to escort her back to Bhubaneswar.But while i was there in Berhampur we got a call from my cousin sister about her wedding anniversary celebration.She lives in Bhanjanagar, a small town 80kms off Berhampur.So then,we had to board a bus so as to reach Bhanjanagar.Now this small town(in Ganjam District) is not exactly vibrating with people but the natural beauty it exhibits is nothing short of exemplary.Now from past some days the shutter bug has bit me and i was pretty reluctant to capture something special.And to satiate that desire,the evil mind of mine was busy assessing possible places to visit.After sometime i zeroed in on Kalinga Ghat which i visited 5 months back and that was a trip made on a car.At that point of time, it was raining and i was enthralled by the beauty but in a cage there was not much to enjoy as we didn't halt anywhere except in a temple which comes midway.So i wanted to give it a shot on two wheels which incidentally would be my maiden ride on a real Ghat!!

The destination in question is 35kms from Bhanjanagar.But what about the mode of transportation, i didn't have one so the only option was an archaic Bajaj chetak being used by my uncle.But later i came to know that he has replaced it with a new glistening red Hero Honda Splendor+!! Ahh a bike..My joy knew no bounds,then!!

So Kalinga ghat it is what was moving inside my mind and i had a talk with my cousin brother who agreed to accompany me.Now this Ghat actually spans across 10kms of numerous hills/mountains and divides the Ganjam district and the infamous Kandhamal district.Now for the unawares this is the very place which is infested by Naxalites.As a result, we constantly hear about the innocent killings/attacks on Churches and what not.Initially i was a bit worried to venture into that area because of the obvious reasons.So me and my brother decided to sneak out(i did inform mom and aunt,the night before) early morning as this point of time it's really foggy so i thought of trying some HDR shots from the top of mountain!!


Time:7:15 A.M

It was time to move on.Got ready in a jiffy and we started riding with my bro being the rider and me the pillion as i had to operate the shutter and get some visuals which i was anticipating.The atmosphere was really foggy but at the same time it was not all that chilling.The only thing which hindered was the fog particles along with dew which were making things wet for us.

After snaking through the town roads we finally reached SH-7 which according to me is the best state highway(road surface as well as the visuals) i have ever been.


Now after riding for about 6-7 kms we come across this particular sign which grabbed our attention and to our amazement it was a perfect place to get pics for NGC!! Never before in my life i saw a forest so vast and deep.It was really creepy because there was hardly any traffic at the place and the atmposphere was dead silent which further heightened the fear!!



As a result not much of pics were taken enroute Kalinga, the intended pics and lots of them were taken only in the return trip.

...Will continue in my next post because too much pics would be an overkill in a single post!!

Return journey..Will soon be updated!!

Beautiful pics, bro!! (except the overdone HDR , pic gave me colorblindness!)

And a good write up as well.