amazing my native is in konkan now i think its high time to go there on bike cheers.......\m/ will surely get that come thur as ive gone there with friends but it seems its time to rock n roll

good pics there inder...

Thanx man.

Inder Paji...Tussi to pura cha gayen ..loved reading it...you had fixed the philips 55/60w bulb if i remember...how is it performing? do you recommend that?

nice stuff Inder! Solo trips have a charm of their own dude.

Log + pics -- Part 2

So, after a short break the journey continues from Diveagar towards my next destination i.e Harihareshwar. Just as soon as i exit the diveagar beach and enter the town..i see a milestone indicating that harihareshwar is around 35 kms from there. In between the route Shrivardhan(which was around 18 kms from diveagar) was also to come along too..So, thought of visiting that too . After riding a few kms thru those coastal roads, now the real fun began..the ever famous "bad roads". The roads were bumpy,full of rocks(mind you they were rocks only not stones )..seeing the state of the roads i had to cancel my plan of visiting the Shrivardhan beach and took the detour to harihareshwar which was around 18-20 kms away from there. But, to my surprise i was blessed with some good and smooth roads

As usual, Stopped by for a quick photo session





Now, the next destination/milestone which i had to cover next was to take the ferry to the other side of the beach. So, started enquiring abt where i cud catch a ferry to the other side of the sea shore. Finally, got to know abt the same and started heading towards that direction. Finally after a few kms reached the dock and the ferry was just abt to come. So, went ahead and reached the cement shore and the when the ferry arrived, its owners came down to pick up the bike and load it onto the ferry. Damn it was tough .. was just scared that they dont touch the bike to the ferry's body.





It was just a 5 mins ride to the other side of the river where i got down and when i saw around it was small basti sort of where i had just landed and i had make my way out of it. It was a bit tough considering all the small children playing around, dodging the running animals around and what not. Finally made my way out and started asking the way out to the main highway. In between called up Kashif too to ask whether he knew anyhting abt it, but alas no help . Kept on asking the route to the locals when i proceed ahead(mind you there were no sign boards/milestones around).



After riding for quite a while i find a milestone indicating "Dapoli 30kms". Have heard from Ritwik that dapoli has a wonderful beach, so decided to see that too . But, i was really exhausted and tired and started hunting for some restaurant or something where i could find something to drink and get back to normal(i had been carrying water but it was finished ). Finally reached a small gaon or something where i could locate a general store from where bought some cold drink and rested for some time on the bike itself under the shade. After some time passed by started the ride and again and started heading towards Dapoli. On starting the ride again just one thing came to mind "Oh god not bad roads again ". So, for some time i was on the bad road patch but then it cleared up and good and smooth tarmac road started which continued all the way till dapoli. As usual in between i had stopped for a few pics.









On reaching dapoli called up Ritwik and asked about the beach, to my surprise he told there's no beach at Dapoli ..and he added that there's a wonderful beach at Murud which is around 15 kms from there. So, now i had to head to Murud to see the beach. En route the patch between dapoli(after crossing the town) and Murud town was simply superb which was covered with trees on both side of the road.

On reaching murud town started to head towards the beach, when i reached the beach and saw the whole thing..my reaction was like It was a damn nice one. As the sun was about to set which meant i could take home some sunset pictures too



















After the phtoshoot, it was getting dark and i was in no mood to ride in the night so thought of staying back at the murud beach only and started hunting for a place to stay. Reached at "Hotel Sahil" and asked abt the cost of a 1 bedroom room. firstly the owner told 500 bucks for a night but i negotiated a bit with him and finally the deal closed at 300 bucks for the night. I parked the bike in safe parking and went up to the room to check it. It was quite decent with 1 bed + 1 bathroom.

Since it was Diwali day the owner had some puja organised at the hotel so he had invited me too for the puja. After that there was a fireworks show which was really nice, the small kids were bursting crackers all around. After away from home for the Diwali celebrations i guess this came as a compensation .

After that had my dinner and i was ready to sleep. Good Night.



The next morning woke up at around 8-8.30 got ready by 9.15 and was ready to go. Said goodbye to owner and his staff(they were really helpful , Thanks), started my journey.

I had planned to take the route as Murud-Dapoli-Khed-Poladpur-Mahabaleshwar-Pune.

The roads till Khed were awesome with well laid tarmac . After crossing Khed reached NH-17 which takes to Poladpur. I was really exicted and releived at the same time on reaching the highway which i had not seen since the time i left Pune .

After riding for a while i came in to at some ghat, if i remember correctly it was "Kashedi ghat"..it was as good as Lavasa as Sagar calls it . Its a good tarmac with the roads as wide as a 3 lane highway . I was easily doing 85-90 at that ghat section.















After reaching poladpur stopped a small restaurant and had my breakfast .. "Onion Utappa"..after ordering i saw that this restaurant was famous for Pav Bhaji..so went upto to the waiter and asked him to cancel the utappa and instead bring the pav bhaji. But that bugger didnt listen and got the utappa at last.




After my breakfast i was start for Mahabaleshwar and encounter the "worst road" on which i had ridden after the Rajmachi ride it was litrally full of rocks and not stones . The whole stretch was about 40 odd kiometers which meant ful torture for the bike. Finally a lot of hastels reached Mahabaleshwar and headed towards the venna lake which had some market place where i could sit and enjoy some cold drink. Which acted as a nice breather for me.

And how can i forget or rather how can it happen that i come to mahabaleshwar and dont sip on to the lovely "Strawberry milk shake" So i stopped at our ever famous stop "The Bagicha restaurant" hope NV remembers this..









Finally after my break it was around 2 in the afternoon and it was time to head back to Pune and complete my first solo trip . So, after that simple ride back from that point to pune via panchgani, mapro and wai to come to the Pune-bangalore highway and from there reach chandni chowk and then to my place at Viman Nagar. By the time i reached home it was around 4. The return journey was just a normal one and cruising one as i had already done this stretch umpteen number of times


Thanks for reading and hope u guys enjoed the log.

Regards,
Inder.

Nice log Inder. Sure I remember the Bagicha Strawberry with Cream. It was THE drink on our first ride.

Absolutely..Nothing beats that drink

Damn neat man...rekindled old memories

shouldn't this rather be a part of the contest...it has all the ingredients to make a successful entry

Thanks DK.

^ Have put up the thread, its waiting for approval.

Congrats on your first SOLO-LOLO Inder...
But 572 is too short!
& I see a new Cross as well, what happened to the Big Time Football Fan, eh!
Anyways, amazing clicks & very entertaining log...
Way to go Paaji>>>

Ya, i know that 572 is a bit small but the roads i travelled were pathetic..so cudnt cover much distance as on the highways.

Football is still with me, i use it for my city rides.

Thanks Rohit.