Route: Vikramgargh - Kolhapur
Woke up at 5 and got riding from Vikramgargh with Rajesh.
Regroup with amit, praisy, bumboo, prateek, haren on the route and some where in the middle of the ride, prateek, haren and i decide to go to bangalore while bumboo, praisy, rajesh planned to go to goa.
I Knew that goa ride is gonna be tough in the dark, so we ended up at HOTEL SONY in kolhapur. Awesome place!
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Monday, January 25, 2010
Thursday, January 21, 2010
RMX - Day 6
Route: Ajanta Caves ñ Aurangabad ñ Elora ñ Biwi Ka Maqbara
We head back to Aurangabad - rajesh goes to the Royal Enfield Showroom called cherry corporation. I go hotel hunting. So many hotels - Aurangabad is costly to stay at. Its enroute to both Ajanta and Elora. Had to settle for a dampy room for 800 bucks a night. Not my kind of stay place but what can i do - we could not camp.
CUP's bike is at the service station and we go on my bike to Elora. This place is awesome, we hire a guide who has an autorikshaw for 150 bucks. He thought i was israeli and wanted to charge me 400.
Ellora is made up of Hindu Caves, Buddhist and Jain caves.
My favorite pic is Shiva Parvati on mount kailash and ravan trying to lift it.
CUP was very adventurous and he went exploring the unexplored. He discovered a girl with her top off, making love. The sculptures in the indra Sabha are explicit, maybe they could not wait. He came out screaming - would'nt you ?
We get back to biwi ka maqbara - "the poor man's taj mahal" and i get to photography again
Rajesh's bike is ready. The owner of cherry was really helpful to us, treated us to some aerated juice. That night we head to a place called Hotel Sagar at aurangabad. The owner Junaid is a hard core biker and wanted us to come over there. I feated on egg biryani - Awesome Must Have!
We ended it by a proper nawaabi paan specially made for yours truely "ADY BABA" by that panwaala.
We head back to Aurangabad - rajesh goes to the Royal Enfield Showroom called cherry corporation. I go hotel hunting. So many hotels - Aurangabad is costly to stay at. Its enroute to both Ajanta and Elora. Had to settle for a dampy room for 800 bucks a night. Not my kind of stay place but what can i do - we could not camp.
CUP's bike is at the service station and we go on my bike to Elora. This place is awesome, we hire a guide who has an autorikshaw for 150 bucks. He thought i was israeli and wanted to charge me 400.
Ellora is made up of Hindu Caves, Buddhist and Jain caves.
My favorite pic is Shiva Parvati on mount kailash and ravan trying to lift it.
CUP was very adventurous and he went exploring the unexplored. He discovered a girl with her top off, making love. The sculptures in the indra Sabha are explicit, maybe they could not wait. He came out screaming - would'nt you ?
We get back to biwi ka maqbara - "the poor man's taj mahal" and i get to photography again
Rajesh's bike is ready. The owner of cherry was really helpful to us, treated us to some aerated juice. That night we head to a place called Hotel Sagar at aurangabad. The owner Junaid is a hard core biker and wanted us to come over there. I feated on egg biryani - Awesome Must Have!
We ended it by a proper nawaabi paan specially made for yours truely "ADY BABA" by that panwaala.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
RMX - Day 5
Route: Lonar - Sultanpur - Ajanta Caves
Lonar Crater is a deep trek down from teh PWD house - We left our tents and went for a run aroud the crater 4.65 km pebbles, shrubs, bushes.
Lonar Crater shot by a Nokia E71 Camera phone
It has a cool monumental temple in the base. After this run i had a shower in the lonar waterfall and the water was warm! Totally Kewl! We had to give a pass to the daitya sudan temple and rush to ajanta caves.
Ajanta rocks, really elaborate carvings, hidden for 1300 years and rediscovered. The place if blooming with tourists, some naughty child threw a stone on a honey comb and rajesh got stung by bees. Hes ok Hes ok.
We hired a guide - a funny guide who showed us a view point right opposide the caves - thats where we camped that night
This is how Ajanta Caves looks in the morning!
Lonar Crater is a deep trek down from teh PWD house - We left our tents and went for a run aroud the crater 4.65 km pebbles, shrubs, bushes.
Lonar Crater shot by a Nokia E71 Camera phone
It has a cool monumental temple in the base. After this run i had a shower in the lonar waterfall and the water was warm! Totally Kewl! We had to give a pass to the daitya sudan temple and rush to ajanta caves.
Ajanta rocks, really elaborate carvings, hidden for 1300 years and rediscovered. The place if blooming with tourists, some naughty child threw a stone on a honey comb and rajesh got stung by bees. Hes ok Hes ok.
We hired a guide - a funny guide who showed us a view point right opposide the caves - thats where we camped that night
This is how Ajanta Caves looks in the morning!
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
RMX - Day 4
Route: Pune - Ahmednagar - Aurangabaad - Pimpri - Sultanput - Lonar Crater
CUP had to meet up with an old janagraaha collegue and so we caught up at German Bakery Pune. Kavita was right there. While the old collegues were catching up on lost time, I tried some toast with some roasted eggs - awesome.
German Bakery is quite close to Osho Ashram and its frequented by disciples and some weedheads too
After the meet we lash out on the roads to Aurangabad. The traffic is killer! A night riding session to lonar crater follows. We camp at PWD guest house Lonar. The guest house overlooks on the crater. I attempt some night photography of the crater, but the light is rapidly diminishing and i give up.
Light Painting this night- under the cross beams of the headlights of the bikes - kudos to rajesh for helping me out here!
Night Night! Good Night!
CUP had to meet up with an old janagraaha collegue and so we caught up at German Bakery Pune. Kavita was right there. While the old collegues were catching up on lost time, I tried some toast with some roasted eggs - awesome.
German Bakery is quite close to Osho Ashram and its frequented by disciples and some weedheads too
After the meet we lash out on the roads to Aurangabad. The traffic is killer! A night riding session to lonar crater follows. We camp at PWD guest house Lonar. The guest house overlooks on the crater. I attempt some night photography of the crater, but the light is rapidly diminishing and i give up.
Light Painting this night- under the cross beams of the headlights of the bikes - kudos to rajesh for helping me out here!
Night Night! Good Night!
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
RiderMania 2008
WanderersMC of hyderabad is hosting this years rider mania. RiderMania modeled like the bikeFest is our own desi Royal Enfield way of meeting other bikers. Mark your calendars for 17th 18th 19th january and plan your vacations :)
I am planning to cover pictures of scenic places all thru bangalore to hyderabad. So if you see a yellow biker on the way clicking snaps, do stop by and say hello :)
The Date and Place are:
Date: 18th and 19th January 2008
Venue: Ramoji Film City, Hyderabad
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