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Did you guys RIDE there? Would be interesting to read more about your ride.

yes we did ride there....btw there was a pan also on the post...was it removed? was it too big??

It was HUGE!

you gave kalti to bewda & went instead to mahaB

very bad

when i told mom i wanted to go to KA...she freaked out ...friday was spent entirely on trying to cajole her ...finally she agreed but only on the promise that i wud not cross state limits....

ps: i hope biru understands....

Hey I was there too
Though I was a bit dazed, I was riding to Blore, then came back due to some issues.
On the way back I went through Wai > MahaB > Poladpur... and then hooked to NH17 till Mumbai...

The MahaB Poladpur ghats are super insane stuff! If only the roads were better!







Sorry for hijacking your thread!

Wow...Did you said Strawberry dishes for free....

PS- Yeah I totally understand buddy,Mom Dad's are hard to convince for such long rides .

Strawberry people! Nice...

Damn! I missed it.
Was planning to go on 3-4. One of my friend had his exams on 3rd. so had to postpone it to 10-11.
Anyways, will get my strawberry treat from him.
waiting for some more pics and a writeup..
Cheers!

did u come to the mapro gardens...the festival was held there...nice crowd...locals dances and gr8 food...plus tons and tons of free strawberries...

ps:its ok....

yes totally free plus there was amazing food accompanying it....also a variety of drink(but only the virgin kind)

thnx for understanding....

thnx....

dude...u totally missed it...i was thinking of all the ppl from the next weekends g2g and was wondering what kind of losses the festival organizers would have to face if the festival was on that weekend....will post the write up and pics soon....

Yummy..Now where are the rest of the pics!!

The Ride:

The first few months of ones life in the corporate world seem exciting and new.Things are different.For the first time in your life there is independence, mainly monetarily.But soon the excitement wears off and we all fall into the dreaded "routine".The feeling of being trapped overwhelms you. You feel the need to break free and do something that is liberating, that brings out the true you.Different people do different things to feel free. This ride was our attempt to achieve what we yearn for the most - emancipation from our corporate shackles.

After my participation in beruoist plan for the weekend was cut short due to some hurdles(read parent's staunch opposition), I spent most of my friday convincing them I could do such a ride and with proper safety it was totally safe to do so. Finally friday night got the permission to go and immediately called up Pawan and Nj(Niranjan). Both of them accepted and we planned to leave as early as possible so as to beat the heat.The destination was chosen as Mahabaleshwar little did we know what fate had in store for us.

The riders:

from R-L Niranjan(non-xbhp) , Pawan(non-xbhp) and Me.
The Rides:

Pawan's Karizma and Niranjan as the pillion and me on my FZ16

First pics of the ride.Leaving in the morning at 5:30


After about an hour and half of riding we reached outside Pen as the sun was rising.


We drove slowly as both of us were experienced riders but not on the highways. Also the narrow roads of NH-17 made it difficult to overtake the larger vehicles. Stopped at Kolad after a couple of hours to have breakfast. The local shanty wasnt much to speak for but offered delicious food which invigorated for the further ride.
Couple of pics at the rest stop.




Moving on from there we stopped just a few kms before the poladpur to click a few pics of this picturesque location.





Thats a kingfisher:

closer shot of the kingfisher:

A particularly cool looking bug


Moving on from the poladpur we moved towards our destination 'mahabaleshwar', the roads were pretty bad and we could only go so fast.Slowly but steadily we made our way, when I spotted a sign saying that "pratapgarh" was only 4 kms detour off our path to mahab. We decided to branch off and see a new place while we were at it.
Some info about Pratapgarh:
Pratapgarh is famous for battle of Pratapgarh fought between Maratha King Shivajiraje Bhonsale and Afzal Khan of the Adilshahi.The Marathas defeated the Adilshahi forces despite having fewer soldiers. It was their first significant military victory against a major regional power, and led to the eventual establishment of the Maratha Empire.
Pics from Pratapgarh:
The Maratha flag flying high

Shivaji


The view

A little tourer visiting the fort along with us:


It was sad to see such a beautiful fort covered with stalls selling comsumer goods. There was no fort left to see but only the view from it.

(To come later: the sites at mahab, panchgani and the actual strawberry festival )