03 Days Excursion to Chikhaldhara - A Beautiful Hill Station - DAY 03

Day 2 - Chikhaldhara - Semadoh - Stay at Jungle lodge

Morning 08:00 AM,No news from our fellow travelers.I guess they were still resting.I started towards Chikhaldhara without wasting any time.The Lansdcapic view was quite beautiful.Pretty soon it became foggy and nothing was visible .It was early morning and i expected to be clear 

It wasnt foggy at some place though 

03 Days Excursion to Chikhaldhara - A Beautiful Hill Station - DAY 02

Day 2 - Jalgaon - Yawal - Burhanpur - Semadoh - Chikhaldara - Paratwada

Ajanta caves were nearby, so why don't we go and pay a revisit. But it will consume at least half day. So better move ahead and explore some new places as decided. But I had missed to visit the Ajanta view point last time, so I went back to check out the view point..15-20 kms back and I was there at the view point, Gate was still closed as it was just 07 am. I sneaked in by climbing the gates. View point was okaish 

03 Days Excursion to Chikhaldhara - A Beautiful Hill Station - DAY 01

Day 1 - Pune - Ahmednagar - Aurangabad - Jalgaon 

15th August long weekend and I was all geared up with my plans. Initial plan was to visit Kuntala waterfalls and Jungle's around
Tadoba tiger reserve. This was about to be a solo run, but later on few others insisted to join. So two of us now.Me and my fellow biker friend Krishna Raghunathan.
By the time Friday arrived more riders poured in and we were 06 in count now..Sudheer,Siddarth,Nachiket,Vivek. And the plan also got changed a bit. We also scrapped the plan of Visiting Kuntala Waterfalls and zeroed on Chikhaldhara as our weekend destination.

I was in morning shift for this week, that means I will be free by the first half on 12 August. So I decided to make an early start, while others were planning to start on Saturday morning after
Rakshabandhan celebration. With extra time on my hand I planned something extra for me. I opened up Googlemap and searched the places around, which I can cover and visit .Saw Yawal wildlife Sanctuary
Just above Jalgaon. So Yawal Wildlife Sanctuary it was .

Packed up all my stuff and started for Aurangabad. I have been in this route many times. Road is just very good and the four lanes makes things more easier. With one photo break and one tea break at Nagar I made it to
Aurangabad by evening.







To reach Jalgaon I had to take the Ajanta Caves route from Aurangabad. Jalgaon was another 130-140 Kms approx.I said let make it as far as we can. With 100 kms more on Odo it was darkness everywhere, yes the night has begun.
Just ahead of the Ajanta Caves I got an accommodation for 300 INR.And I called it End of the Day.

Cheers
Biru

Green Dose - Maharashtra In Monsoon - 5 in 1 Combo Log :)

Monsoons bring an amazing display of natural beauty to numerous Ghats spread across in Maharashtra.The beauty around takes a completely different dimension.
Here is a combined account of few rides which i have done in past few days. 


Instead of posting separate thread for each ride.Posting the captures in one log.Will not be writing any log for the same as i am too lazy to do that 
1) 09 July 2011 - Ride To Dhom Dam
2) 17 July 2011 - Pune - Pawana Lake - Paud - Pune
3) 23 July - Ride to Vardayani Falls
4) 27 July - Solo ride to Kaas Lake
5) 07 August - Pune - Kolhapur - Amba Ghat - Chiplun - Umbraj - Pune



09 July 2011 - Ride To Dhom Dam

Solo Ride To South India : Pune-Tumkur-Munnar-Kodaikanal-Thekkady-Allepy-Pune

Another quick ride to south on the long weekend.It happened on the Good Friday weekend.Took Compensatory Off for Monday and i had 4 days to explore the Magnificent South India.
Though the initial plan i made was to visit Pondicherry,Point calimere, Kanyakumari and back to Pune.But i ended up visiting Munnar,Kodaikanal,Thekkady and Allepy.


Day 1 - Pune - Tumkur - Kunigal - Kollegal - BR Hills - Chamrajnagar


Day 2 - Chamrajnagar - Coimbatore - Pollachi - Udumalaipettai - Munnar


Day 3 - Munnar - Top Station - Kodaikanal


Day 4 - Kodaikanal - Theni - Thekkady - Allpuzha - Ernakulam - Pune




Cheers
Biru

Solo HOME Run - Pune To Kanha National Park

Another solo trip to my hometown,Memories of last year's solo ride got refreshed.

EVERYTHING ON TWO WHEELS: 3000 KM's SOLO : TOUR DE HOME


Day 1 Pune - Aurangabad - Chikli - Buldhana - Malkapur - Amravati

Day 2 - Amravati - Nagpur - Seoni - Keolari - Nainpur - Kanha National Park

Day 3 - Kanha National Park - Keolari - Home Sweet Home

Day 4 & 5 - Keolari - Seoni - Nagpur - Aurangabaad - Ahmednagar - Pune


Cheers
Biru

Day 4 & 5 - Keolari - Seoni - Nagpur - Aurangabaad - Ahmednagar - Pune

Few Days at Home and Return Journey

I will be just posting the pics as there isnt any story to tell .These pics are of my village - Bhadutola which is located in Seoni district Madhya Pradesh.

Hardly 30-40 houses ..

That's Potato in the making



Rice



Some bird watching

Day 3 - Kanha National Park - Keolari - Home Sweet Home

I woke up at 05 O clock in the morning being proud of myself that I am not a lazy fellow and I will be the first one to reach the counter. So finished the daily rituals quickly and jogged towards the Khatiya entry gate of Kanha.Jeeps were lined up in the right hand side and there was a huge crowd standing outside the counter..And the words came out of my mouth, straight from the heart "lag gaye l****".I went to the counter and bargained with a fellow tourist to enter my name in the entry form.


Safari at Kanha happens two times a day sunrise to 12 O clock and 03 clock to sunset, where you have to book your entry tickets in advance either via internet or at the counter at entry gate.90 % of the tickets are available and booked via online booking and rest of it, around 9-10 tickets I guess..are sold at the various entry points at Kanha. So better book online in advance, because getting it at the entry counter is very difficult as you have to stand for hours to get it.6-7 persons are allowed in a gypsy in one ticket..If you are a single person get adjusted with someone or else you have to book the whole gypsy, which will be a costly affair. While getting adjusted with others, the main things is your name should be there in the entry form that means...the people who have done online bookings cannot include you. 

So Good Morning Kanha 

Day 2 - Amravati - Nagpur - Seoni - Keolari - Nainpur - Kanha National Park

Odo - 414 Kms

An early morning start and some motivational thoughts galored in my mind.” Let your mind start a journey thru a strange new world. Leave all thoughts of the world you knew before. Let your soul take you where you long to be...Close your eyes let your spirit start to soar, and you'll live as you've never lived before.”
50 Kms from Amravati and the road becomes 04 lane all the way till Nagpur. Such a delight it was to ride on the smooth-traffic less tarmac.
Last time when I reached Nagpur, I missed the City bypass and ended up wasting an hour struggling in the traffic. This time I rectified my mistake 


Because - " Jo ek galti kare anjaan,Jo do galti kare nadaan,Jo tin galti kare shaitaan,Jo galtiyon pe galti kare Pakistan,Aur, Jo har galti maaf kare HINDUSTAN"  (Just for fun, No disrespect meant to any country and Individual)  :P


130 kms from Nagpur to Seoni was a pain, as the road condition is not so good. Stopped at one of the entry gate(Maharashtra side) of Pench to enquire about any Safari. But they were only allowing Car fellas to go inside the Jungle premises.



I moved ahead and found another entry point to Pench,that entry point is known as Turia Gate.Pench National Park, also known as Mowgli Land. The actual place where Rudyard Kipling penned his famous :Jungle book featuring Mowgli ,the boy brought up by wolves.


I carried on towards Seoni,Place with which I share a special attachment, Place where I was born .Road conditions improved drastically around 40-50 kms before Seoni.

Day 1 Pune - Aurangabad - Chikli - Buldhana - Malkapur - Amravati

Odo Read - 680 kms

Another Solo dash to my hometown and on the almost same dates  .Starting point of my last trip was Mumbai,where i covered Aurangabad,Indore,Bhopal,Pachmari and Jabalpur.Parked my bike at my friends place i Jabalpur and then went home by bus :P
Why i didn't took it till home ? Problem is my parent does not support the idea of traveling such long distances on bike.In other words they call my passion as stupidity :P 

This time i planned to cover Kanha National Park.Kanha National Park is just 80 Kms from my place and i have never been there 
Beautiful-Smooth 4 lanes takes you till Jalna.From there it was narrow roads/State higway.From Jalna i went to Chikli and then Buldhana to Malkapur.