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Not a travelogue but this is a collection of pictures taken during various rides solo and with the group, Rotrods, in and around Pune.
"Beauty lies for those who take detours".
This funda has taken me to so many amazing locations which one would never visit if they stick to the plan. This is incorporated in all our rides and we never miss to check out a road branching to some unknown location. Even helps getting away from crowd.
Maharashtra especially during monsoons is a perfect place to explore on a motorcycle. It offers ghats, beautiful coastal roads and arrow straight highways to pick your ride.
After shifting to Pune some 3 years ago the list of famous places to visit was exhausted pretty soon. We then started picking up places according to the terrain we saw in the earth view of google maps. Any road meandering through ghats and away from civilization became our destination for the ride. Vada Pav and khandha bhaji became the riders fuel cause that's the only thing we would find in these obscure locations.
Will let the photographs do rest of the talking (with some excerpts).
- Ride to Thokarwadi Dam
The Dam's reservoir
The full lineup
- The deodorant ride
The plan was to buy a deodorant from a nearby supermarket. Ended up some 30kms far, near Phase 3 Hinjewadi, and of course forgot to buy the deo.
- First overnight at Mahabaleshwar with the group
we started pretty late, around 6 pm, and decided to spend the night there. Monsoon was at full swing and and it was foggy all around.
Nature reclaimed its land
-Madhe Ghat Ride
The original plan was to ride to Madhe ghat via Phabe ghats. We reached Madhe but never crossed Phabe, nevertheless the route we ended on was very beautiful and secluded. We did not encounter any cars except for a police Bolero patrolling the ghat. I thanked my excellent navigational skills, because of them only we were lost in first place
, which brought us to this other route.
Will add more after approval of the thread.
"Beauty lies for those who take detours".
This funda has taken me to so many amazing locations which one would never visit if they stick to the plan. This is incorporated in all our rides and we never miss to check out a road branching to some unknown location. Even helps getting away from crowd.
Maharashtra especially during monsoons is a perfect place to explore on a motorcycle. It offers ghats, beautiful coastal roads and arrow straight highways to pick your ride.
After shifting to Pune some 3 years ago the list of famous places to visit was exhausted pretty soon. We then started picking up places according to the terrain we saw in the earth view of google maps. Any road meandering through ghats and away from civilization became our destination for the ride. Vada Pav and khandha bhaji became the riders fuel cause that's the only thing we would find in these obscure locations.
Will let the photographs do rest of the talking (with some excerpts).
- Ride to Thokarwadi Dam
The Dam's reservoir
The full lineup
- The deodorant ride
The plan was to buy a deodorant from a nearby supermarket. Ended up some 30kms far, near Phase 3 Hinjewadi, and of course forgot to buy the deo.
- First overnight at Mahabaleshwar with the group
we started pretty late, around 6 pm, and decided to spend the night there. Monsoon was at full swing and and it was foggy all around.
Nature reclaimed its land
-Madhe Ghat Ride
The original plan was to ride to Madhe ghat via Phabe ghats. We reached Madhe but never crossed Phabe, nevertheless the route we ended on was very beautiful and secluded. We did not encounter any cars except for a police Bolero patrolling the ghat. I thanked my excellent navigational skills, because of them only we were lost in first place
, which brought us to this other route.Will add more after approval of the thread.
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