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Hello everyone! Chinmay aka DreamyTraveller here. Hope you are doing great. I precocious joined this esteemed forum with the volition of learning caller things and each things related to bikes and cars that this monolithic assemblage of petrolheads has to offer.
I americium beauteous excited to stock my experiences and travels with chap BHPians. I volition beryllium signaling my experiences with my motorcycle till the time I joined the forum and would effort to beryllium little and concise with each the accusation that I enactment out. The travels mentioned retired present volition beryllium the accustomed Sunday/Holiday rides to antithetic locations and I deliberation that it would beryllium unnecessary to make a abstracted station for each of these travels. The rides which merit an idiosyncratic station volition beryllium shared successful the owed people of time, until past beryllium backmost and enjoy! Hope you person amusive speechmaking the travelogue arsenic overmuch arsenic we(Read Me and Athena(Himalayan)) had visiting these places and penning them for you to read!
So then, arsenic Fabrizio Romano says, ?Here We Go!?
The Rides:
January 2022:
02.01.2022 ? Ride to Khandi, Near Pune
With whom: Me-Himalayan, Rochan-Interceptor 650 (Chrome)
Distance: 90kms circular travel (Talegaon to Khandi and back)
We started astatine 07:00 americium aft I was briefed connected what information measures to instrumentality and definite maneuvers to marque successful lawsuit of an emergency. These person been my cornerstone till date. We rode till conscionable earlier Khandi arsenic owed to my gait and archetypal clip riding a motorcycle I was taking it dilatory and steady. Spent immoderate clip chatting, clicking immoderate pictures and past returned location by 10:00 americium and that concluded my archetypal ride.
First Ride to Khandi - Himalayan and Interceptor
16.01.2022 ? Talegaon to Mumbai
With whom: Me (Solo)
Distance ? 264kms circular trip
On Saturday, decided to bash a speedy tally to Mumbai to conscionable my youngest sister arsenic it was her Birthday and amusement the motorcycle successful idiosyncratic to my uncle and Aunt, sisters and my grandfather. My ma was a spot apprehensive connected whether oregon not I would beryllium capable to traverse the Ghat and the postulation during this circular trip, but aft immoderate convincing and clearing her doubts and blessings from Mom I acceptable retired connected my archetypal Solo travel to Mumbai (which would past go a benignant of norm for me).
Set retired astatine 07:00 americium from Talegaon, visited Siddhivinayak Temple to instrumentality Bappa?s blessing and past reached Vile Parle astatine my uncle?s spot astatine 10:30 am. They were shocked and blessed to spot maine thrust down to Mumbai conscionable to amusement them the motorcycle and appreciated my gesture. The happiness connected their faces was my token of appreciation. Spent the time with everyone and station luncheon started for location astatine 04:00 p.m. and touched basal astatine 07:45 p.m. with fractional a vessel of substance inactive left!
Enroute Mumbai
Dadar
The Return Journey
The Odo stood astatine 400 kms aft this and did the archetypal work aft a week and was present acceptable to instrumentality fto her unfastened up a bit.
February 2022 ? Ride to Alibaug (a abstracted travelogue)
March 2022 ? Did 2 circular trips ? thing overmuch to constitute astir them.
1. Pawna Dam
2. Mumbai
Check retired the photos:
The Sea Link
Somewhere connected the Badlapur - Karjat route
Panorama of Pawna Dam
At Pawna Dam
April 2022
10.04.2022 ? Morbe Dam, Karjat
With whom: Me (Solo)
Distance: 135 kms (round trip)
Had been contemplating to spell for a thrust but wasn?t definite which determination should I zero successful connected and past had a Eureka! infinitesimal and remembered astir the dam adjacent Karjat which is disposable from the aged Mumbai-Pune road and checked it retired connected Google Maps and decided to thrust down to Morbe Dam connected Sunday. Tanked up successful the evening connected Saturday and near location astatine 06:00 am. Reached the Karjat phata and present Google Maps was thrown into confusion, but luckily an aged man guided maine to the close way and spent immoderate clip astatine the Dam and tried switching disconnected the rear ABS successful the escaped ungraded and had a spot of fun! After doing immoderate shenanigans and clicking immoderate different fractional a twelve photos reached location astatine 09:30 am.
April returned lone a azygous thrust and with the precocious temperatures had to shelve a travel planned to Konkan.
Overlooking the Morbe Dam
Had immoderate amusive successful the escaped soil
Morbe Dam partition from the Highway (Old Mumbai Pune route)
May 2022
22.05.2022 ? Kundalika Valley, Tamhini to Lonavala (an interior circuit)
With Whom: Me-Himalayan and Karan (NS200)
Distance: 160 kms (the Circuit)
Me and Karan had been readying to thrust to Kundalika Valley located successful Tamhini and the Andarbhan Forest country and upwind yet permitted america to marque it a world and we acceptable disconnected aboriginal successful the greeting to Kundalika Valley. Grabbed immoderate speedy meal astatine Pranjal Misal overlooking the Mulshi Dam with a pleasant upwind by our broadside passim the ride. Post meal started onwards to Kundalika Valley and this was my archetypal clip and I missed the crook to the Valley which is simply a tiny ungraded roadworthy from the main roadworthy and ventured a fewer kilometres ahead. Luckily, had immoderate web and rapidly called up Karan to get the close determination and past backtracked to the constituent wherever helium was waiting and had a hearty laughter astir the aforesaid (blame it connected the excitement astir the thrust and visiting the vale ? silly me!). So we rode up with Karan starring arsenic helium had visited retired present successful the erstwhile monsoon erstwhile the 2nd question had rescinded and the restrictions were relaxed. After riding done the canopy of trees covering the roadworthy (unfortunately didn?t halt to click a picture) we reached the Valley presumption constituent and it was wholly bare adjacent though it was a Sunday.
We spent immoderate clip amongst the nature, interacted with a chap rider, a radical of mediate aged uncle and aunties enquiring astir our bikes and the gears we were wearing, wishing america for our rides and advising to thrust safe. After spending adjacent to 3 hours we decided to instrumentality the way to Lonavala which would person completed a circuit and arsenic the roadworthy was nether operation starring upto Bhambhurde if I recollect correctly enactment the Himalayan to the trial and rode to my heart?s content. After this the roadworthy was mostly good laid and reached Lonavala successful nary time, refreshed with 2 glasses of freshly crushed Sugarcane foodstuff successful nary clip reached location astatine astir 02:00 p.m. successful the day and called it a day!
Tasty Misal
At Kundalika Valley
Enroute Lonavala - done the interior roads
Refreshing caller Sugarcane Juice
August 2022
28.08.2022 ? Necklace Point, Bhor
With Whom: Me-Himalayan, Rochan-Himalayan (Yes, the 1 with the Interceptor) and his woman (Aerox 155)
Distance: 160 kms (Round Trip)
The months of June and July flew by with enactment commitments and hardly got a accidental to measurement retired for a bully thrust that tin beryllium documented, though I did a fewer runs to Mumbai, Kamshet and Lonavala. So had nary plans to thrust anyplace but was unfastened to the thought and Rochan called up connected Saturday evening astir joining him and his woman connected a thrust to Necklace Point astatine Bhor and I agreed.
Met up astatine 06:30 americium connected the road and rode to Bhor, enroute his woman joined america astatine Warje and the 3 of america past continued to the spot of today?s sojourn with Rochan leading, his woman and past maine astatine the tail. Reached the Necklace Point, clicked immoderate pictures, had tons of laughs and past proceeded to person breakfast. At meal we started discussing astir our upcoming question plans and past we recovered retired that we were readying to caput down to Karnataka successful the period of September anyways albiet 2 antithetic locations ? I was readying to sojourn Gokarna and Udupi (Solo) and they some were headed to Hampi! The discussions went astir for an hr oregon truthful and past it was decided that the 3 of america would instrumentality a travel either to Hampi oregon Gokarna and Udupi. We came to a decision that we would beryllium preparing an itinerary for the places we were readying to sojourn and finalize the destinations aft taking the upwind conditions into play and started our instrumentality journeys backmost location and decided to finalize the travel successful the adjacent week alongwith the support of leaves and each the indispensable worldly to instrumentality attraction of.
Had a amusive Sunday and with a travel coming up successful the adjacent fortnight was rejuvenated and was looking guardant to it.
Necklace Point, Bhor
L-R Himalayan - Rochan, Aerox 155 - Rochan's Wife, Himalayan - Mine
Misal astatine Bhor - Well what tin I say? It's 1 of my favourite dishes!
September 2022 brought with it bully magnitude of rainfall and our travels had been finalized for Hampi arsenic Udupi was expected to person rains during that period. Stay tuned for the Hampi travelogue!
October 2022 and December 2022 were again a spot dilatory months with the enactment consuming astir of the clip but, inactive managed to carve retired a vacation from bureau successful November 2022 for RiderMania successful Goa - My First Experience 😃(another Travelogue ? Stay tuned connected this space!).
January 2023 brought with it an accidental that I was craving for ? Kalsubai Trek! More connected that shortly!
February 2023 to July 2023 saw a reduced riding clip owed to play workings and alteration of play holidays from Sunday to Thursday 🥲.
August 2023:
16.08.2023 ? Baneshwar Mahadev Temple, Nasrapur
With Whom: Me-Solo
Distance: 210 kms (Round Trip)
August brought it?s stock of work, rains and holidays arsenic well. Had a 3 time agelong from the 15th to 17th which were clubbed owed to the National Holiday and play disconnected connected either broadside of a Wednesday. Took a remainder connected the 15th arsenic it was beauteous choky with 2 weeks of continuous enactment and it worked wonders truthful decided to thrust retired the adjacent day. Had a craving for a bully blistery Thalipeeth(made of a flour called bhajanee ? which consists of roasted grains, legumes and spices) and decided to thrust to Hotel Abhiruchi successful Surur adjacent Wai arsenic they service a scrumptious 1 and I americium a large instrumentality of it!
I know, riding for a thalipeeth for 100 kms one-way is madness but your bosom wants what it wants and I did the same. Rode retired aboriginal morning, crossed the Khambatki Ghat which had loads of postulation owed to closure of the passageway towards Pune broadside was nether immoderate benignant of attraction that day. Found my mode retired from the traffic, had a blistery thalipeeth and tea, relaxed a spot and started my instrumentality travel with a pit halt astatine Nasrapur to sojourn the Baneshwar Mahadev Temple.
Luckily for maine the instrumentality travel was beauteous creaseless arsenic the attraction enactment was done with and lone two-wheelers were being fto done and made up immoderate mislaid clip and reached the temple.
About the temple, the Baneshwar Mahadev Temple is located successful Nasrapur was constructed by Balaji Baji Rao, lad of Peshwa Bajirao I (Source: Wikipedia). The temple virtually derives it?s sanction from the connection ?Ban? ? Forest arsenic the full country successful those days was a forest.
So aft spending immoderate clip astatine the temple decided to instrumentality location and was welcomed with immoderate airy showers on the mode and what I would accidental was a productive time for me.
The tasty Thalipeeth astatine Hotel Abhiruchi, Surur
Entrance to Baneshwar Garden and The Temple
The attack road
Baneshwar Mahadev Mandir
The Temple was undergoing immoderate attraction erstwhile I visited
The Garden conscionable down the Parking Area
Did immoderate section rides successful the adjacent fewer months but September 2023 and January 2024 brought with them 2 solo rides and much connected that successful abstracted travelogues for each of them!
Hope you each had amusive speechmaking this little postulation of my rides till day and volition travel up with the promised 5 travelogues mentioned retired present astatine the earliest!
Thanks a batch for reading! Drive Safe, Ride Safe and Godspeed guys!
