Re: The Great Monsoon Ride - Half the country in 27 days

Nice pics bro. Which camera and lens u used?

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Nice ride Waiting for more....

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A visual treat, as always..

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Awesome pics..!!:thumbup:


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Re: The Great Monsoon Ride - Half the country in 27 days

Brilliant buddy. I was wondering what has made these captures brilliant. It's the very MONSOONNNN..!![emoji106] [emoji106] [emoji106]

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Re: The Great Monsoon Ride - Half the country in 27 days

How Did the ns performed..?

Re: The Great Monsoon Ride - Half the country in 27 days

Your pictures speak volumes.

What wonderful skills you've got. (y)

Re: The Great Monsoon Ride - Half the country in 27 days

Awesome pics,waiting for more

Re: The Great Monsoon Ride - Half the country in 27 days

Thank you guys for liking the pictures and log. The next post will be on 1st May

For this I used a 30D and 500D with Tokina wide angle and Canon 200mm prime lens

Absolutely! Monsoon is the best season to ride and even the most boring places looks very beautiful in this season

Performed pretty well during the entire ride.

Re: The Great Monsoon Ride - Half the country in 27 days

Fantastic T Log Gourab da a.k.a MG. So after discovering Maharashtra during monsoons you're out for the whole of India. Great going.

Re: The Great Monsoon Ride - Half the country in 27 days

Fantastic pics bro!

Re: The Great Monsoon Ride - Half the country in 27 days

Day 3 - 6 Sambhalpur - Koenjhar - Baharagora - Kolkata - Shantiniketan - Bakkhali - 1300kms

Next day came as a big surprise to me. Although I knew that Orissa has many hidden destinations but the amounts of greenery and very good road infrastructure surprised me. The whole Orissa is very picturesque to ride but if I had pick a section then it would be the 40km ghat section before Kendujhar. The roads are very well laid, the amount of greenery with diverse fauna just amazes you, weather is very pleasant and some points from where the view is just fantastic.

One look at Orissa map and everyone will understand that Orissa is very green and National Park and wildlife Sanctuaries cover a major of them, Orissa stands 4th in Government of India list of states with largest area under forest cover. On the NH 6 you crosses Deogarh Forest Range, Budhabahal Range, Harichandanpur reserve and Simlipal. Although like Chhattisgarh there are hardly any decent food joints on the highway and one has to rely mostly on street foods

Before entering West Bengal there is a section of 30km which goes through Jharkhand and this is the section which is in complete mess. The well laid roads of Orissa will finish in between fields and everyone tries to make their own way through huge amount muck and slush. Just this 30km took close to 2 hours to cover. The road improves as soon as one enters Bengal and becomes 6lane within 50km from Jharkhand border. My stay was at Parikshit’s place a very close friend from xBhp.

My stay in Kolkata was for 3days and in between all my personal work made quick visit to Shantiniketan made famous by Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore, a beach named Bakkhali and river beds around Kalyani and Raichak.

Decided to take my bike in train to Chennai so as to save time and unnecessary stress on the body before the actual leg. Surprisingly my body was holding pretty well till now and infact I was feeling better after each day of my ride. Guess a biker’s body feels much better when its spends most of the time on a bike.

Superb roads just after Sambhalpur


Excellent roads continues through Deogarh Forest reserve




Just some off shoot route from NH6 near Deogarh. Quite a picturesque route, will do this in future


Somewhere in Ballam


Stopping by the Brahmani river


Riding through the beautiful ghat section on Koenjhar


And the view from there


You will find this random temple structure everywhere in Orissa beside the road


State of NH6 once you enter Jharkhand


6 lane greets you once you enter WB


Rural Bengal




At Shantiniketan


Imambara at Kalyani


River bed at Raichak. Used to visit this place a lot when I was a kid




On a boat ride near Kalyani


The red crabs at Bakkhali beach

Re: The Great Monsoon Ride - Half the country in 27 days

Superb, there is crisp in every pic and makes me to look twice...

Re: The Great Monsoon Ride - Half the country in 27 days

Again, some amazing clicks! Nice to see so many good pictures of various parts of West Bengal!

Re: The Great Monsoon Ride - Half the country in 27 days

Again nice pics !!