The buffalo incident happened at around 5:40PM, before we reached the Aurangabad Bypass (Which we reached at exactly 6:00 PM). This was the same stretch of road where we also saw dead bodies of at least 7 dogs within 4 km (2 of them were were actually at the same point on the road, 1 in each lane), Of course we have no idea how many were on the other side of the road. Coming back to topic here, this was not the first buffalo we encountered on our trip.. but that one actually was the closest call. As Hyperion already told, both of us were ripping at that time, and i was doing a speedo indicated 138kmph while on his tail, and was in the process of overtaking a speeding Suzuki Ritz from its right (i.e. the fast lane). I was about 2 seconds behind the Ninja when I saw it swerving urgently towards its left.. With me running parallel to the Ritz neither did I have that option, nor would it have been of any help, as, by the time i would have reached the buffalo, it would be right in my line. At that point of time.. 3 things went through my mind, in the following chronological order.
1. "Screechh!! Screechh!! Bang!!"
2. My accident on 20 March 2010 : http://www.xbhp.com/talkies/help-me/...-old-lady.html
3. Escape Route!!!

I acted, and acted fast, braked + avoided the Ritz(to my left, who also braked and dived left) and the divider (right). Within the 2 seconds, i slowed down to somewhere around 70, in effect, giving the buffalo extra time to clear the road in front of me. Thankfully enough, the buffalo kept on walking at its pre-decided pace + direction and there were no sudden direction / speed changes by the buffalo. (Humans and dogs in this regard are much more and pretty much equally unpredictable.)

When there was still 10 meters remaining before i reached the buffalo, I realized, that the passage from behind is safe apart from the rope tied to buffalo's neck. choosing to ignore the said rope, I rode over it, and accelerated back to my cruise speed of 120-130.. Though a bit shaken, I was good to go.. Good thing we soon slowed down for surojit to catch up (and for me to catch my breath) .


I guess the message was passed on telepathically, and whenever the RIDER tried to overtake me from the right, I kept on pushing him onto the oncoming traffic, constantly hoping Surojit too doesn't let him through from the left. This actually went on for 2-2.5 km of trickling-pace-riding and finally he gave up.

Another such incident happened on Bund Garden Road, Pune when the trip meter read 1050 odd km and we were on our way to Pune Station for the celebratory drink (In this case Coffee). Here a helmetless Hunk Rider was racing the Ninja, and to his delight, this time we let him win, the race and a congratulatory applause (From Hyperion), purely because we weren't looking for any kind of trouble the end of this successful short trip.

some breathtaking landscapes and awesome pics
specially those..
trail(long exposure) shots, those flower macros...too good.
which camera...?????

Yes, we are. Thanks.

Thank you, Shrinathrao.

I hope he did. Thanks.

Thanks buddy. I have a 500D.
I dont quite remember which cam Anant has but its a Panasonic.

@lovish My cam would be Panasonic Lumix FZ28

@All, Here are some more pics of everybody Pojjhingg

nice cam. and you doing justice to it...


thanx man..
nice shots buddy...

And I was told that its some Canon 3D mark <whatever> ... where are you Mr.Hyper

Nobody can tell you for sure dude.. My Picasa is telling me the cam is a "Canon EOS REBEL T1i"

Canon 3D is a different model all-together!

EOS Rebel T1i is the US brand name for Canon 500D.

Inder you need to relax. There is no such camera (as far as I know) from Canon which is named 3D. In anycase, Surojit was kidding then, I do have 500D.

wah wah....aab mere pe daal de.. galat hai Hyperion...

I loved it.

Thoroughly enjoyed the trip log,awesomely written.Equally enjoyable pictures, loved the pics of the crater
P.S :Canon mark 3d( from the EOS line up ) doesn't exist.There were rumours about it though.

Thanks man. Glad you liked it.

Aajkal log to sach bhi nahi bolte hai ...