Here is a quick & short log of the trip.
Riders:
Angelo on P220.
Amol on his Pulsar.
Sagar on the R15
and
me on my white karizma.

And the PHOTOS: Picasa Web Albums - Om - Bike trip to ...

Places seen:
Ajanta caves and Lonar Crater
Total Expenditure came around Rs.3200 (food, fuel, stay and shopping)


Evening 1: 1st October, 2009

Sagar and Angelo were waiting for me and Amol outside Lodha Paradise from 7.45pm. After we arrived we started the ride by 8am on NH-3 towards Nasik.

From this point I put the trip meter at 0 so will know how much we cover.




As its also dinner time we took halt at Bhagat Tarachand. Its the dome shape hotelDay 2: 2nd October, 2009LoksevaLonar Crater.


We dumped our luggage in the resort and after freshening up we went to check out the crater and clicked some quite a lot of shots of the crater and the place around.







After sunset we took a vegetarian dinner at the Lonar village.
It was some spicy food.
After dinner we went back to the resort and started discussion on what route to take to head towards Ajanta Caves the next day.
After deciding we slept quite early, I think it was around 10pm.


DAY 3: 3rd October, 2009


Since we slept early we got up early too. The sweet smell of carbon was up by 7am.
From Lonar to Ajanta major portion of the road passes through small villages and quite narrow road. We started ride around 7.30am and reached Ajanta caves around lunch time.



On the way we saw these trucks carrying hell huge tyres. We started wondering if these tyres are so big imagine the machine which uses the.







We also caught some light showers at the entrance of the caves.







After parking you have to take the bus service they provide to head up to the caves.
By 2pm we were exploring the caves but just after covering 2-3 we decided to head for the panoramic view point of the caves.










The climb was quite tiring but fun.
After reaching the top point we took some shots and in some half an hour we started our descent towards the shopping area.


Man the climb and descend was tiring.


At the shopping area we bought a quite a lot of stones. They are these crystal types. You have a bargain a lot though. This must be the first time I ever payed to get rocks.
The rains were setting in slowly. We realized that now onwards the ride to Aurangabad will be in all rains.


Before leaving we also met our friends from ASHVAMEDH MCDay 4: 4th October, 2009


Though we got up early we started little late as 7.45am. After refueling and heating up the engine we started zooming towards Nasik.


For breakfast we took one small halt near a diversion where there were lot of food stalls so we were sure it will be good stuff but it turned out to again spicy stuff. I think you get a lot of spicy food in this side of the state.


Anyways from here onwards it started raining a bit and by the time we got close to Nasik it started raining heavilyA Longest short ride of comes to an end with a thought of doing an another soon.




Sorry I could not continue any longer as I'm leaving for a ride to Toranmal tomorrow morning.
So catch me in the photos of tomorrow's ride.


Best,
Om Vaikul
My Blog - www.omvaikul.wordpress.com


And my albums,

Old Album: Picasa Web Albums - Om
Older Album: Picasa Web Albums - Om Vaikul
Oldest Album: Picasa Web Albums - Om