Mugambo kush hua!

Hahahahahahaa...nice one Tazz! And of course belated Birthday wishes to Chetan Bhaiii and Ritwik!

Dont worry about that man, i had people give him b'day bumps on our behalf too

Oh and happi (belated) budday Chetan.

Nice pics there Marcus...!!! vaise y m i saying this.....i only clicked those...

Marcus : kuch incidents to bata de yaar(in your own style )....

Jaroor Jarooor, Bas thodasa waqt Chahiye

koi baat nahi hum bataye dete hai...

well inder is dieing to be known as the DOG chaser or the dog fkr...
that too a male...
actually i hate writing big logs so work will be done by.... marcus, i believe...

Okay...here's the log :

Day 1 - October 25, 2008.

6:30 pm : I opened up my PC and got the HDD and DVD RW drive, Asus made special 80 conductor cable and tucked them in my Pandora's Lost Bag™. (I wonder why the papers won't get lost in there). I thought we would spend a while there and I might carry some movies along. But that turned out to be a sad idea. More on that later though. Some time later Chetan bhai calls up :

Chetan : Hello?
Marcus : Haan bhaya kem che?
Chetan : Dude when you reaching McD's?
Marcus : 8:00 pm as discussed...
Chetan : Then DON'T. Reach at 9:00 pm instead. Inder might be running a little late and will be reaching there at 9 so...
Marcus : Okay. No problems with me. I have kept everything ready, what about you?
Chetan : Bas sab tayyar hai - Calvin has joined the cult! You think we should get him to perform the Disciple Ceremony? He's just joined ya know?
Marcus : I don't think that's necessary, but if you guys wanna have fun, I don't mind. But he has a long way to reach tier 2, so I'd suggest you avoid an overkill.
Chetan : Cool!
Marcus : Okay then! Cya at McD's 9:00 pm.

Then some time later Satyen called and asked whether there was a plan/G2G that evening. I said yes of course, and asked if he could make it. Unfortunately he had to be at home that night so he canceled. You missed out on some action buddy!

Anyway, at 7:45 I took my leave from home and entered the Thane-Vashi NMMT route - that leads straight to Panvel. A bit of advise to fellow riders; a suggestion, rather; Avoid using the front disc brakes on these roads at night, you never know when the street lights might give up, and none of the visors will protect you from the HBBs flashing their Xenon 8000s. Moreover, even spiked and chained tubeless tires will fail you on the sand/gravel that just 'happens' to be in the middle of the road for no reason. That aside, I cruised along at 50-60 kph, gave a few people the finger for trying to pull off an Eddie Murphy at the very last moment and freezing still exactly in front of my bike's inverted front tyre. Was a nice feeling. I did not know till then that aggression had very sinister feeling about it that felt soooo gooood....*Ahem*. So after I crossed the Sion-Panvel flyover it was a smooth ride and I reached McDonald's at 2 minutes to 9. Parked my bike, settled in and called up Chetan exactly at 9:00 pm. Kinda spooked him that I reached there at 9:00 sharp, but that's just me. (Anup knows better, because he too is an early bird.) Chetan Bhai assures that he is on his way and will reach there in five minutes max. So I wait...

Hmmm...McDonald's never had a good look around before so I start observing, and to my great misery, the place was crammed with Old people! It was like a 1942 Love Story all over the place! The only people our age I found were hanging around outside! Now wonder they didn't dare enter the place! Besides the Golden Oldies, there was a Bald foreigner who I think was flashing the Live Media TV off his polished surface onto the ladies that entered through the main door. I noticed that his burgers missed mayonnaise. Calvin you should try that as a polish man - his skull was emitting special effects that would put the world of Narnia to shame! But the interesting thing was how the scarce populace of young ladies' faces lit up in the 'moonshine'. Except for a Yankee Doodle. To her everyone in sight was a Happy Meal, and instead of a beautiful glow in her expressions, there was gluttony in abundance.

But it was a sad public man! And on a Saturday Night?! The Desecration! Luckily, I saw Chetan zip by to park his bike in the parking lot, and then he entered in a hurry frantically looking for the Robocop Helm. I was near the side entrance, so to save his eyes some torture from the numerous Medusas, I waved at him. The punk in front of him got confused and was about to return the favor, but Chetan intervened and embarrassed the Anglo Indian. We then made a few calls, Chetan cursed NV (Niranjan Vaidya) for not coming, NV asked Chetan for some favors regarding Inder, (I don't know, maybe it had something to do with a kick in the posterior). We got to know that Inder had arrived and Sumit along with Calvin had gone to pick him up. We left the place and reached to Sumit's house quickly, and barely a minute after Inder, Sumit and Calvin arrived. We again introduced ourselves to each other (lest we give in to amnesia) and reassured that we did not forget anyone's face.

And soooo with great enthusiasm and excitement did we enter the palace filled with multi colored lights and tiles! It was all very ecstatic! Sumit had warned us of a dog, but Inder took a responsibility that turned that warning into a sarcastic joke. We chilled out for sometime, and discussed what our next phase was - dinner and drinks, while we were copying movies to and fro from Sumit's computer. That's when Inder found a new character in the pooch. Now it was very endearing to see Inder playing with the little pooch. It seemed so happy. And all of a sudden Calvin starts laughing at a sick joke! You perverts! (Calvin already popped the weasel on that one so anything I describe will only get boring. Dude whatever happened to patience? No solitaire/minesweeper for you?) :




Meanwhile a friend of Sumit arrived and we got introduced to each other again. After a lot of high profile discussions we decided that we will head out to a dhaba on the road to Goa, have some food there and head back home for drinks, so that we would not end up drunk riders. According to plan we rolled on the road, constant 50-60 kph, very consistent and solid formation. That was FUN! Sumit was leading and Chetan tailing. (Guys, please don't use the phrase 'sweeping'. It feels like people crap on the road all the way and the last guy cleans up after them; which, although happened a few times in a totally different aspect and justified the title, I just feel it deserves a better word.) Feeling the cold winds against the body was such a satisfying experience, even in those odd 10-15 kms (was it? Or was it more?) My bike emptied itself in the middle so I indicated Calvin to make sure everyone stopped...luckily in front of a fueling station, coincidence or not. Filled 'er up and we were off again. We reached the Dhaba, parked our bikes and looked for some space. Finally settled at a corner table for six, and started yapping' like mad, PJs here and there. Calvin, Chetan and the new guy went to wet the plants while me, Sumit and Inder decided on what to order. The menu was :

1] Garlic Pulses (Pulses in Garlic or vice versa)
2] Some chicken appetizer (Sumit/Inder Calvin fill in this blank please)
3] Butter Chicken,
4] Veg handi
5] Butter Rotis/Butter Nan.

Till the time the food arrived, we were laughing like we had smoked pot or something and were already high! That's when Calvin started showing off his body art and gave lessons regarding the Red Indian Smoke Symbols. We also discussed the disappearance of Bobby and other issues. We were literally laughing like mad - worst affected were Chetan and Inder, and it was like a chain reaction turning this into a laughter club six or something similar. I almost got the drinking water out of my nose at one of the jokes, but it was totally worth it.

Inder took the liberty to take some pics, although while taking one pic in particular he was shaking his hands too much. It made some hair on Chetan's head disappear and got a male nurse frantic head spin effect from "House on haunted hill (1999)" on my hands. Moral of the short story - Inder is our new guru on horror special effects. You can easily spot that pic. I once tried that before on a Malshej trip with Pune guys and in one pic Shiva accidentally got an afro cut bigger than Boney M peeps...sigh :



While we were filling up our tanks, we got a call from Motorbreath and Tazz, and they were willing to join us too! So Chetan and Calvin did the needful and provided them with directions as to where they should meet up with us after they had finished up with the Rock Show. We also asked them whether they had eaten anything, and ordered some stuff appropriately. Made the payments, and left the place for good!

Oh and about the ratings :
Food quality : Average (Veg Handi was actually a mixed vegetable mash up, instead of the traditional one with salad decorations. And I don't blame the carbon content in the rubber for Rotis/Naan either) Don't know about non-veg.
Waiting Time : Little more that average, but tolerable.
Value for Money : Sadly I was not in a position to decide that being low on cash.
Atmosphere : No semi-nude female waitresses....or customers for that matter, even after 11:30 pm.
Booze quality : We didn't order any for obvious reasons.
(Sumit/Inder/Chetan/Calvin if you wanna add to this feel free to do so.)

Off we were on the road again, rolling in the same formation, same constant speed, felt great now that the temperature was lower than before. Motorbreath and Tazz arrived at the agreed spot at exact time we stopped there, so everything was on time! While Chetan, Calvin, Motorbreath, Tazz and Sumit's friend stopped for a Sutta break, Sumit, Inder and me went ahead and reached Sumit's place.

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More updates later!

Hey thanx for the log Marcus.... dont think so nething for day 1 was left out...

And abt the non veg dinner quality .. well it was pretty good...

he he he ... I somehow was stuck in office till 8... then it was too late for me to ride back to vasai!!! so had to leave!!!

Areee wahaaa, Tum log ne bahut mazzza kiya. Tum yaaha par khaaa rahe the aur hum vahaa par peeth tod rahe the NH17 par aur phir thumke dekh rahe the disc main .

@Marcus: This is not fair yaaar, logs after 1 weeek. (Aur sab mujhe bolte hain)

as usual marcus ..has his amazing log !! and what the hell is the story about me dissapearing and all ???? lemme no as well ??

nice log mate

@Marcus: sexy log man. n tasty picsss...

A new thread fer KUTCH tour...

well nice log there, MARCUS.

Let's not discuss what happened @4am after that..

@Max: Nice writeup...you didnt miss my phone call and special instructions for Inder ...