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Srivardhan..!! in search of Rains 2015
Hello Tourers...!!
Better late than never as they say, here is my first travellogue on XBHP from a July 2015 ride.
Its the month of July 2015, Mumbai is still in search of rains, but the travel bug has already bitten our group, so this time we decide to chase the rains. We are a small close knit group of friends and call ourselves NHT - NomaHawak Tourers (Something related to being nomadic & hawk symbolizing free, etc.. long story short it was formed in 2012 when some kids were jst introduced to biking, you can understand don't you
So we plan up and decide to ride on a weekend, motto being ride a bit less and have a bit more fun. Everyone excited the night earlier, teasing the peeps who cant join in, whatsapp typical. Pack our bags with rain gears, cameras, tripods and essentials.
We meet the next day early morning by the so called NHT time, 5...6...err 7 am, right Kshitij? at the start of Palmbeach road, still waiting for people to dial in (Dial in ? the monotony of office life has hit us so hard..grrr).
Riders List
Rohan - LeoPandey (Myself) Fazer150
Avinash - CBR250R
Maane - CBR250R + Generator
Kshitij - ZMR
Neeteesh - ZMR
Shekhar - Apache180 #Angle
Abby - Duke200
Sushil - Duke390 (Yes, everyone was excited abt the 1st big bike in the grp)
NHT
And the ride begins, we took the Chirner route after palm beach to avoid the NH17 potholes, traffic etc... this route joins just before the 1st toll naka on NH17 at Pen. No traffic, 9 bikes, beautiful weather to ride, super fun till we reached NH17 after that all hell broke loose, riding in formation was just not possible due to traffic, potholes, cows, etc. Somehow managed to reach Wadkhal Naka and it was time for breakfast. (Btw still no signs of rains..!!)
Chirner Route
Finally had some breakfast at Wadakhal Naka.. Just under the bridge there are a few food stalls and these are a must visit rather than usual Amantran and all..!! The cutlets and bhajjiyas are too delicious, so much that this has been our official breakfast halt for all NH17 rides since 2012.
After an hour long halt, we resume our journey again, the roads are now better as they have been layered and widened, still need to keep an eye for rim bending potholes. The ride was a breeze till mangao, as we had to take a left towards srivardhan, waited for every one to join in and in the meanwhile Sushil asked for directions, came to know there is another route (mayday mayday) which is much better than the actual tourist route.
So we began the journey, expecting the State Highways to be in usual pathetic conditions, the route didnt disappoint us, yes..!! tonnes of potholes..!! To rub salt in the wound, NO RAINS YET..!!
Took a break for few photographs..
Testing the Duke390s ground clearance :P
Macro TP
Photshoot
Babloo
Bromancing
Notice the rotation on shekhars tyre ..lol
Things were getting too hot to handle and dehydration was setting in, sun sucking out all the energy and this bloody route had no hotels or shops whatsoever..!! Thank you Sushil..!! The gang was pretty much frutrated by now...finally found a small shop which had some cold drinks, short beak and we were good to go again.
Dehydration
A few kms ahead we found a spot for clicking a few pics and we took our bikes off road.. Voila nice place
Babloo whats with the fluorescent tee..?
After this we decided , not to waste any more time and head straight for our destination. We had no bookings so had to scout for a good accommodation, had lunch, did that and settled for Day 1 WITHOUT A SINGLE DROP OF RAIN..!!
In the evening we went to the Beach and were surprised to see it maintained very well, promenade was under constrution, sand was clean (okayish), and not much tourists. Some pictures here..
Some fun at the beach (Speeds are slow jst a photo trick)
#RideWithRaGa
Well Kshitij -A very good gesture "as always", the guy here was disabled, kshitij gave him a joy ride around the beach..!!
Duke enjoying the view..
Neeteesh capturing the Sunset
Buowy needs a DP for FB :P
Our very own Rahul Gandhi :P (his 1st ride with NHT)
By now it was dark and we managed to get some stills in the night #longexposure photography
NHT Ghosts :P
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Day - 2
With no signs of rains we decided to start the return leg, had breakfast, some hangover from the previous nights philosophical Bakar & Drinks session, (PS some peeps were knockedout the last night by a Half can of Miller) yes everyone was tired due to previous days heat.
NHTs official Munim - Sushil Counting money
By the time we left it was already 11 am and we again had to ride in the scorching sun... Kshitij had some plans back home and had to reach early...Well well...its NHT reckon he had completely forgotten what it meant #NothinhHappensonTime :P
As we began riding, started to search for a good location to click some photographs (Kshitij : Me kuthe nai thambnar, direct Mumbai) well Best of luck :P Found a river and a broken dam, and we set ourselves loose..let the pictures do the talking...
Kshitij with WallE (GoPro)
Daredevil - Carrying the Canon5D (never do that again)
And the boys decided to jump in..No Rains No Problem..!! Dubuk..we dipp in
PSLV Neeteesh Singh Launching
NHT JalparaBaba
After an refreshing dip in the water, we were all set to roll again..Again (Kshitij : Me kuthe nai thambnar, direct Mumbai) and we were like ok done...!! Remember the secondary route we took while coming in, yes we were going to take the same one back home as we thought this was the best one, well, some guys who went ahead took the original route and some the secondary one..!! Bwahaha..time to regather, timewaste, hell lot of curses to the one who took the correct route (sorry sheky).. We decided to ride slow, called em and let the other guys return and catch up..it was taking way too long..!! I decided to dart ahead, bored with the slow pace and heat..!! And boy o boy the road turned out to be a screecher, super smooth tarmac flowing corners, super fun...!! And at one such corner i saw a hill, which seemed straight out of a bollywood movie... ditched the corner, went straight onto a small trail, offroading begins..!! Parked my bike and waited for others to arrive...!! Sorry Kshitij...Mumbai will have to wait a bit more longer..hahahah..!!
The pictures say it all...!! Beautiful..!! Need to be back for camping someday boyss..!!
The shot that i got here above - behind the scenes
The corner which i left midway...for this hill
Kshitij drying my pants
KungFuBabloo
Boys having some fun..
Well after a good photography session..it was finally time to head home..!! Kshitij, Shekhar, Abdul, Manoj decided to move on ahead...while we decided to take things slow..no hurry..!! Bid them good bye and we too moved on in a while...reached NH17 had late lunch, Sushil had to head bck to Pune so he took the Mulshi route and went...Battling the night on NH17 oncomming traffic lights we too reached home by 10.00
A not so good ride, never the less, when you have such amazing, idiot friends, its always Fun....!! until then...Cyaa..!!!
Better late than never as they say, here is my first travellogue on XBHP from a July 2015 ride.
Its the month of July 2015, Mumbai is still in search of rains, but the travel bug has already bitten our group, so this time we decide to chase the rains. We are a small close knit group of friends and call ourselves NHT - NomaHawak Tourers (Something related to being nomadic & hawk symbolizing free, etc.. long story short it was formed in 2012 when some kids were jst introduced to biking, you can understand don't you
So we plan up and decide to ride on a weekend, motto being ride a bit less and have a bit more fun. Everyone excited the night earlier, teasing the peeps who cant join in, whatsapp typical. Pack our bags with rain gears, cameras, tripods and essentials.
We meet the next day early morning by the so called NHT time, 5...6...err 7 am, right Kshitij? at the start of Palmbeach road, still waiting for people to dial in (Dial in ? the monotony of office life has hit us so hard..grrr).
Riders List
Rohan - LeoPandey (Myself) Fazer150
Avinash - CBR250R
Maane - CBR250R + Generator
Kshitij - ZMR
Neeteesh - ZMR
Shekhar - Apache180 #Angle
Abby - Duke200
Sushil - Duke390 (Yes, everyone was excited abt the 1st big bike in the grp)
NHT
And the ride begins, we took the Chirner route after palm beach to avoid the NH17 potholes, traffic etc... this route joins just before the 1st toll naka on NH17 at Pen. No traffic, 9 bikes, beautiful weather to ride, super fun till we reached NH17 after that all hell broke loose, riding in formation was just not possible due to traffic, potholes, cows, etc. Somehow managed to reach Wadkhal Naka and it was time for breakfast. (Btw still no signs of rains..!!)
Chirner Route
Finally had some breakfast at Wadakhal Naka.. Just under the bridge there are a few food stalls and these are a must visit rather than usual Amantran and all..!! The cutlets and bhajjiyas are too delicious, so much that this has been our official breakfast halt for all NH17 rides since 2012.
After an hour long halt, we resume our journey again, the roads are now better as they have been layered and widened, still need to keep an eye for rim bending potholes. The ride was a breeze till mangao, as we had to take a left towards srivardhan, waited for every one to join in and in the meanwhile Sushil asked for directions, came to know there is another route (mayday mayday) which is much better than the actual tourist route.
So we began the journey, expecting the State Highways to be in usual pathetic conditions, the route didnt disappoint us, yes..!! tonnes of potholes..!! To rub salt in the wound, NO RAINS YET..!!
Took a break for few photographs..
Testing the Duke390s ground clearance :P
Macro TP
Photshoot
Babloo
Bromancing
Notice the rotation on shekhars tyre ..lol
Things were getting too hot to handle and dehydration was setting in, sun sucking out all the energy and this bloody route had no hotels or shops whatsoever..!! Thank you Sushil..!! The gang was pretty much frutrated by now...finally found a small shop which had some cold drinks, short beak and we were good to go again.
Dehydration
A few kms ahead we found a spot for clicking a few pics and we took our bikes off road.. Voila nice place
Babloo whats with the fluorescent tee..?
After this we decided , not to waste any more time and head straight for our destination. We had no bookings so had to scout for a good accommodation, had lunch, did that and settled for Day 1 WITHOUT A SINGLE DROP OF RAIN..!!
In the evening we went to the Beach and were surprised to see it maintained very well, promenade was under constrution, sand was clean (okayish), and not much tourists. Some pictures here..
Some fun at the beach (Speeds are slow jst a photo trick)
#RideWithRaGa
Well Kshitij -A very good gesture "as always", the guy here was disabled, kshitij gave him a joy ride around the beach..!!
Duke enjoying the view..
Neeteesh capturing the Sunset
Buowy needs a DP for FB :P
Our very own Rahul Gandhi :P (his 1st ride with NHT)
By now it was dark and we managed to get some stills in the night #longexposure photography
NHT Ghosts :P
================================================== ========================
Day - 2
With no signs of rains we decided to start the return leg, had breakfast, some hangover from the previous nights philosophical Bakar & Drinks session, (PS some peeps were knockedout the last night by a Half can of Miller) yes everyone was tired due to previous days heat.
NHTs official Munim - Sushil Counting money
By the time we left it was already 11 am and we again had to ride in the scorching sun... Kshitij had some plans back home and had to reach early...Well well...its NHT reckon he had completely forgotten what it meant #NothinhHappensonTime :P
As we began riding, started to search for a good location to click some photographs (Kshitij : Me kuthe nai thambnar, direct Mumbai) well Best of luck :P Found a river and a broken dam, and we set ourselves loose..let the pictures do the talking...
Kshitij with WallE (GoPro)
Daredevil - Carrying the Canon5D (never do that again)
And the boys decided to jump in..No Rains No Problem..!! Dubuk..we dipp in
PSLV Neeteesh Singh Launching
NHT JalparaBaba
After an refreshing dip in the water, we were all set to roll again..Again (Kshitij : Me kuthe nai thambnar, direct Mumbai) and we were like ok done...!! Remember the secondary route we took while coming in, yes we were going to take the same one back home as we thought this was the best one, well, some guys who went ahead took the original route and some the secondary one..!! Bwahaha..time to regather, timewaste, hell lot of curses to the one who took the correct route (sorry sheky).. We decided to ride slow, called em and let the other guys return and catch up..it was taking way too long..!! I decided to dart ahead, bored with the slow pace and heat..!! And boy o boy the road turned out to be a screecher, super smooth tarmac flowing corners, super fun...!! And at one such corner i saw a hill, which seemed straight out of a bollywood movie... ditched the corner, went straight onto a small trail, offroading begins..!! Parked my bike and waited for others to arrive...!! Sorry Kshitij...Mumbai will have to wait a bit more longer..hahahah..!!
The pictures say it all...!! Beautiful..!! Need to be back for camping someday boyss..!!
The shot that i got here above - behind the scenes
The corner which i left midway...for this hill
Kshitij drying my pants
KungFuBabloo
Boys having some fun..
Well after a good photography session..it was finally time to head home..!! Kshitij, Shekhar, Abdul, Manoj decided to move on ahead...while we decided to take things slow..no hurry..!! Bid them good bye and we too moved on in a while...reached NH17 had late lunch, Sushil had to head bck to Pune so he took the Mulshi route and went...Battling the night on NH17 oncomming traffic lights we too reached home by 10.00
A not so good ride, never the less, when you have such amazing, idiot friends, its always Fun....!! until then...Cyaa..!!!
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