Yes very much interested in wildlife photography but my hands afre tied due to absence of any good lens in my arsenal.

No I didn't travel to Pawna. Infact that's one waterbody which I'm yet to visit.

There will be some 30km where there is no road and just need to ride through big rocks and boulders so be prepared. Total kms where the road bifurcates into two the distance is 50km to Lonavla but if you count the number of kms from Paud then its roughly 85kms.
The stretch is very deserted. Except for the odd villagers on their Splendor and one or two Jeeps you won't find any vehicle enroute.

Set 2 pictures



True character of interior Maharashtra


Small wonder




Some more pictures around another small waterbody






On way to exploring a very small village


And this is how the road ends

I could have gone ahead with my exploration but there was nothing interesting in the vicinity.





Taking a small break


And the bad section starts after that.There were virtually no roads for around 10kms but like I always do I was almost maintaining 50-60km/hr over rocks and boulders and this is when many rocks were hitting the silencer and finally it happened. My silencer was anyways not in a great condition (It 5.5years old now) and it broke into two pieces with a loud thud. Now I was not prepared and I got shit scared because the silencer just broke into two pieces and there was a chance that it might fall off. With no one around (I didn't find a single person in the last 10km) and no idea about the road condition ahead I was clueless whether to ride or not. After waiting for 15mins two guys came in a splendor and they said another 30kms roads will be like this only but that there is a village nearby and most probably there is jeep too so I can get some help.

With no option I rode to the nearby village. Yes there was a Jeep but the guy asked me Rs3500 for dropping the bike to my place but he said that he has some function at his place so he will go only after one day which means I also have to stay there. By this time many villagers came and were examining the bike and one of them said that I can manage with the silencer till Lonavla as the inner liner was still okay. He was very confident that the silencer will not come off as this is a common phenomenon in their village with silencer breaking because of bad roads and he was quite pro at which one will fall and which one not.

His confidence made me filled with energy and gave me enough confidence to start riding again. I was cautious at the beginning but soon I started riding in my normal self. Yes the silencer didn't came off but by the time I reached Lonavla it was almost of the verge of falling off. Spend some good 2-3hrs to get it welded before I headed back to my place.

Just after the silencer broke


By the time I reached Lonavla I could almost see aarpar.





And the road goes through another small jungle




Finally some relief in terms of road.


Amby Valley Road

Nice weekend ride you had there MG. My absolute favourite picture is the first picture from 'Set-2'. What drama; amazing!

photos are very tempting

Thanks. Some more pictures added.

@All-Thanks for the appreciation. Some more not so nice pictures are yet to be uploaded but no time today as I will be pushing off early morning tomorrow for another ride. Will try to upload on 2nd night.

MG sir awesome pictures.. like aryan sir said first pic of second set its simply superb..
BTW what is the condition of your bike now?

^^Bike is kinda ok now and I'm going again for another ride tomorrow.

I think I never mentuoned anywhere but this ride was done quite some time back and I had done two decent rides (Both spanning for 3 days) after that.

Thats good to hear. All The Best for your Tomorrow ride. Ride safe.

Regards,
Mandar.

Nice snaps MG. Dil Mange More.....

Nice pics MG Sir..

Sorry to hear about your silencer story..and the 3500Rs thing was hilarious as asked by one of the villager.. ...

There will be some 30km where there is no road and just need to ride through big rocks and boulders so be prepared. Total kms where the road bifurcates into two the distance is 50km to Lonavla but if you count the number of kms from Paud then its roughly 85kms.
The stretch is very deserted. Except for the odd villagers on their Splendor and one or two Jeeps you won't find any vehicle enroute.[/QUOTE]


Thanks MG for your inputs on the road condition

Had a real good time going through the logs and pics. Thank you for posting this MG da. Some of the bird shots are amazing.