Awesome pix Biru bhai..!! With lovely narration. I had been on a very dry month perhaps.. the melghat was totally dry..

@ bIru : Amazing greenery and pics; Nice travelogue as well . .

Btw does your back & wrist pain after handling the CBR in the ghats?!
and based on other rides - your top speed? and is cruising on 100 for hours or minutes a myth on the CBR??

you asking wrong questions to the an who only needs a motor between two wheels -- baaki sab biru ko chalta hai

btw -- the cbr,zma,zmr or for that matter even the r15 can cruise on 100-110 all day long

back is better off on cbr though it does give pain in the forearms initially but not on the wrist

Last year when I went I think we took the MSH6. it was a much wider road but pretty and scenic! Ah I so loved chikhaldara

Unfortunately this was in a rented car!

Thanks Sid..Me too badly need a gyrocam

Thanks Rachit bhai

Thanks Me is NOT rossi .DK bhau has already answered all the questions



Thanks a lot man

Cheers
Biru

@Biru :-
i know this is a really late update but still, that was an awesome video. Nice travelogue and the pics were great. Especially while watching the video - I actually do not have words to express but it does something to us - atleast it did to me.
Anyway. That was really awesome.

Cheers. Keep going.


Regards,
Nagesh

Thanks a lot Nagesh.Glad you liked the video and pics.

Cheers
Biru

Beautiful pics Biru!!! Looks like your pinky was very busy in this trip

Thanks Sachin.You got it right

Cheers
Biru

Sirji,

Day 2 & Day 3......

Day 2 - Chikhaldhara - Semadoh - Stay at Jungle lodge

Morning 08:00 AM,No news from our fellow travelers.I guess they were still resting.I started towards Chikhaldhara without wasting any time.The Lansdcapic view was quite beautiful.Pretty soon it became foggy and nothing was visible .It was early morning and i expected to be clear

It wasnt foggy at some place though








Anyway i reached back at the top,and started searching for a place where i can have some breakfast and inquire about the Tourist places.I did found a tapri where he was preparing garam-garam pakode,Wada Pav etc..I stopped and fueled my tank with as much food i can eat.I spoke with the shop owner about the tourist places and he advised to visit Some view points,Bheem Kund,Gawilgarh fort and one lake for boating.Visiting view point was of no meaning as nothing would be visible due to the mist.

So i went to the Gawilgarh fort first.The fort had nothing just few walls and an entry gate :P









Next was the Boating lake..A commercial place where,there was a long queue for boating.The lake too was completely covered with mist and the boat rowers were shouting and making noises to get back to the starting point :P



The other Lake




I further moved to Bheem Kund.It is mythological important place for pilgrims. Bhima killed Kichaka and throw his body in the valley called 'Kichakdara' and he bath in the nearby lake, which is then reknowned as Bhim-Kund.







I visited few view points as well,to kill some time and waited for my fellow bugger Xbhpians.Meanwhile i had some refreshments on other food joints.Went to a Saloon for shaving :P.But no sign of them.It was already 12:00 noon,so i thought lets start back for Pune.While returning i stopped at the Cascaded grass lands for some photo shoot.





Deep valleys full of velvet mist,natural scenery,majestic trees,placid lake and breezy atmosphere..I had to admit it that the beauty of Chikhaldara is overwhelming.



Just when i finished the shoot and started descending from the hill.I spotted the Buggers.Krishna,Sudhir,Siddarth,Nachiket and Vivek.After stopping everyone started with the explanation,reasoning etc etc.

I said lets head back as there is nothing to see,it just like any other hill station.Few Suicide points,Few echo points,few lovers points that's it.Everyone said "since you have explored all the points,How would you like to be our tour guide ".No not again..I cant visit all those places again..I have already wasted my evening and Half Day.So we decided to have some food (again) and return from Semadoh side.So i took them to the tapri where the Hot Pakodas were getting served.

The shopkeeper shouted "Sir,Aap toh savere se yahi ghoom rahe he..Aap phir aa gaye " :P
I said "Dekh nai rahe aapki dukaan ke liye customer leke aaya hu,bolo toh doosri jagah le jaau "

A TP Shot



Then again i had few rounds of Pakodas and Wada Pav.After everyone was done we started towards Semadoh.Everyone was insisting to stay at some Jungle Lodge,since we have come so far.

Stopped in between for few clicks.
Sudhir posing for my lens


L to R -> Siddarth,Vivek,Krishna,Sudhir and Nachiket


Bike line up..Uncle's and some aunties cooling off in background



Another quick stop


So we reached Semadoh and stopped at a Forest Department Guest house.It seems a Family had booked the whole lodge..They were around 25-30 members and had booked all the guest houses including dormitory.What to do now,Krishna talked to the one of the family member who had booked the dormitory and he happily gave us 6 beds to stay in one of the Dorm.That was more than enough for 06 of us.

Place where we stayed


The Marvadi uncle who let us stay in the Dorm,Not only shared the breakfast..but he shared lunch and dinner with us as well.Even the sweets

So we had Lunch in the evening..not to mention our Marvadi Unlce was taking special care of Vivek..God knows why .After the full on Lunch we went to a waterfall nearby..

On our way to the waterfall




later we stopped at the nearby river bridge for some bakar and to hide from the Evening breakfast and the torcherous Marvadi Uncle



The river flowing next to our Guest House.It was quite serene location.


After it got dark we came back to the Dorm.Pretty soon Dinner was ready and we all had the Yummy dinner.Now the sleeping time..Yawn.
Not yet,The family were celebrating birthday and some dance program was going on :P..later they started playing cards in the Dorm in which we were about to Sleep.To counter that they provided us the key of their cottage to sleep.. temporarily..until they are finished .So they were done by 11:30 and it was our time for the good night sleep.I instructed everyone we should start by 06:00 am,not because we wanted to leave early and reach early.Just to get our A**es saved by the Marvadi Uncle

Cheers
Biru

very nice place Biru bhai... and as usual, superb pics... i've been silently reading all your trip logs ever since i joined xbhp.. I must admit that if there is any award for "toughest tourer", it should go for you blindly... you are one helluva tourer bro... your incompleted travelogs keeps our tongues dry... please post the next day's log ASAP...

Really awesome pics! and a great read as well! Hope you post the next day's log soon

Excellent write up surji.. post the video also... and you didnt mention ALLU BONDE!!!!
Vivek is still digesting all the rice he had to eat that day!!!!

Thanks a lot for wonderful words


Thanks a lot man.

Thanks Sid.Cant post the video,I will be infracted ..It has all variety of Gaalis and Non veg words.I still wonder why Vivek got that much special treatment :P

Cheers
Biru