BARODA TOUR
BARODA TOUR
FIRST 500 KM+ RIDE
500 KM+ RIDE IN ONE DAY WELL THAT SEEMS CHALLENGING FOR A BEGINNER
IT CANNOT BE CALLED A RIDE IT WAS MY FIRST TOUR
LONAVALA-BARODA-LONAVALA
EARLY DAYS
IT ALL STARTED JUST A COUPLE OF MONTHS AFTER I BROUGHT MY FIRST BIKE.
I HAD NEVER THOUGHT THAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO SUCH A LONG RIDE, I ENJOYED WEEKEND RIDES WITH MY FRIENDS.
ON ONE FINE DAY MY COUSIN CALLED ME UP AND ASKED ME ABOUT MY RIDING STATUS, AND CASUALLY SUGGESTED ME TO VISIT HIS PLACE ( BARODA ) ON BIKE.
EVEN I ENJOYED THAT CONVERSATION WITH HIM. AFTER THE CONVERSATION I HAD A SMALL THOUGHT OVER IT AND LAUGHED AT MYSELF ( 500+ KM RUN AND THAT TOO ON A TRACK FOCUSED BIKE, WILL I BE ABLE TO REACH THERE PROPERLY, HOW WILL I CONVINCE MY PARENTS ) I THOUGHT IT WAS A FUNNY THOUGHT TO DO SUCH A THING.
BUT THEN I DONT KNOW HOW MY THOUGHTS CHANGED AND I WANTED TO DO THAT RUN.
AT THE BEGINNING I DID ALL MY RESEARCH REGARDING THE RIDE
HOW MUCH IS THE DISTANCE, HOW ARE ROADS, WHICH ROAD I HAVE TO TAKE, ETC.
I PREPARED MY SELF AND GOT SOME COURAGE TO ASK MY PARENTS ABOUT IT.
I ASKED MY PARENTS ABOUT IT, AT THE BEGINNING THEY THOUGHT I WAS JOKING BUT WHEN THY GOT TO KNOW THAT I WAS SERIOUS ABOUT IT, THEY SCOLDED ME GAVE THE ANSWER THAT I THOUGHT, IT WAS A BIG NOOO
I TOOK ME 14 MONTHS TO CONVINCE MY PARENTS TO LET ME DO THAT RIDE.
AND FINALLY THEY SAID YES BUT WITH LOTS AND LOTS OF CONDITION WHICH I HAD TO ACCEPT, I MANAGED MOST OF THEM BUT ONE WAS NOT FULFILLED THAT WAS "I SHOULD NOT GO ALONE" SOMEBODY ELSE SHOULD ALSO RIDE OR COME WITH ME. I TRIED TO DO THAT BUT NONE OF MY FRIENDS WERE READY, EVERYONE HAD SOME OR THE OTHER WORK
FINALLY I DECIDED TO GO ALONE AND SOME HOW EVEN CONVINCED MY PARENTS ABOUT IT
PREPARATIONS
AS PART OF PREPARATIONS I FIRST FIGURED OUT MY HOLIDAYS AND PLANNED MY TRIP ACCORDINGLY. THEN I DID A DETAILED STUDY OF ROAD MAP, WHICH I WAS NOT FAMILIAR WITH. I WENT TO PUNE TO BUY PROTECTIVE RIDING GEARS ( SAFETY COMES FIRST ), I HAD HELMET SO I BROUGHT JACKET, GLOVES, BANDANA, AND OTHER ESSENTIAL THINGS.
SPARTAN NEMESIS RIDING JACKET
SPARTAN PEGASIU RIDING GLOVES
I GOT MY BIKE FULLY SERVICED AND MADE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS PROPER,I DIN'T WANTED TO TAKE ANY RISKS ON MY JOURNEY.
I DID FEW RIDES WEARING MY GEARS JUST LIKE DRESS REHEARSAL.
I PLACED MY BAG OVER AND TRIED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO PLACE IT ON MY REAR SEAT AND HOW TO KEEP IT STEADY FOR 500 KM.
THE DAY ( FIRST DAY )
FINALLY THE DAY ARRIVED, I REMEMBER THE ENTIRE DAY IT WAS 14TH FEB 2016.
I HAD DECIDED TO LEAVE EARLY MORNING BY 7:00 BUT MY FATHER ADVISED ME TO LEAVE AFTER 9:00 AFTER THE POOJA AT HOME. MY FATHER PRAYED TO GOD AND AFTER THAT HE EVEN DID POOJA OF MY BIKE AND THEN SAID TO ME, DON'T GO TOO FAST, BE CAREFUL ON THE WAY, TAKE STOPS, IF YOU FEEL TIRED OR ANYTHING HAPPENS JUST CALL, ETC..... ETC,,,,, ( YAA HE WAS VERY MUCH WORRIED )
SO I FINALLY STARTED MY JOURNEY BY 9:15 AM, THE FIRST STOP I TOOK WAS IN THANE AROUND 90 KM FROM MY HOME FOR GETTING DIRECTIONS THROUGH MY PHONE MAPS AS IT WAS THE ROAD THAT HAD TURNS AROUND IT. I HAD MADE MOBILE HOLDER FOR MY BIKE ON WHICH I MOUNTED MY PHONE AND FOLLOWED DIRECTIONS ON IT TILL GHOD BANDAR ROAD, AFTER THAT THE ROAD WAS STRAIGHT UP TO BARODA. AS I TOUCHED NH-8 I STOPPED FOR WHILE AND CALLED MY MAA AND INFORMED HER ABOUT MY STATUS, AND EVEN TOLD HER TO INFORM OUR RELATIVES IN BARODA.
NH-8 IS VERY BEAUTIFUL ROAD CONNECTING MUMBAI TO DELHI VIA GUJRAT-RAJASTHAN-HARYANA.
I THEN TOOK STOP NEAR MANOR FOR FOOD, I ATE SOME LIGHT SNACKS WITH COFFEE, I HALTED FOR AROUND 20 MIN, I HAD DONE AROUND 150 KM FROM MY PLACE.
THEN I STOPPED AT MAHARASHTRA EXIT POST ie.: GUJRAT CHECK POST. WELL I WAS ON BIKE I DIN'T HAD TO PAY ANY TOLL. THEN I DID ALMOST 150 KM NON STOP AND STOPPED BEFORE SURAT TOLL FOR REFUEL, I HAD DONE ALMOST 320 KM FROM MY PLACE
FROM SURAT I HAD TO GO 150 KM, FIRST 100 KM WAS NOT A PROBLEM BUT LAST 50 KM WERE JUST LIKE HELL THE ROAD DIN'T SEEM TO END. I SOME HOW PUSHED MY SELF AND REACHED BARODA.
ON REACHING BARODA I AGAIN USED MY PHONE MAP TO GET DIRECTION TO MY COUSINS PLACE, AND REACHED THERE BY 4:30 PM, IT TOOK ME ALMOST 7 HOURS TO REACH THERE. ON REACHING THERE MY RELATIVES WERE READY TO WELCOME ME. THE TENSION THEY HAD WAS CLEARLY SEEN ON THEIR FACES. I WAS IN REGULAR CONTACT WITH MY PARENTS AND GAVE THEM MY STATUS UPDATE EVERY TIME I STOPPED.
I THOUGHT I WILL BE TIRED BUT I WAS NOT AT ALL. I RESTED MYSELF FOR ABOUT A HOUR AND WAS READY TO ROLL AGAIN.
AS IT WAS 14 FEB VALENTINES DAY, WE DECIDED TO DO A COUSIN'S OUTING AND WERE HOME BY LATE NIGHT. I THOUGHT MY BODY WOULD PAIN AT NIGHT, BUT NOTHING ACTUALLY HAPPENED.
SECOND DAY
THE NEXT DAY I WOKE UP AROUND 9:30 AM, MY BODY WAS COMPLETELY RELAXED.
THERE WAS NO KIND OF TIREDNESS ON MY FACE, I THEN WENT FOR A BIKE WASH AND TOOK IT FOR A TEST RUN TO CHECK EVERY THING WAS WORKING GOOD.
I STAYED AT HOME THAT DAY AND RELAXED THE WHOLE DAY
THIRD DAY
I HAD ENJOYED MY RIDE ,FROM LONAVALA TO BARODA BUT THERE WAS A BONUS FUN PLANNED FOR ME BY MY COUSIN.
ON THIRD DAY WE WENT TO SAYAJI BAUG ALSO KNOWN AS SAYAJI BAUG, A GARDEN STRETCHED OVER 113 ACRES BUILD BY MAHARAJA SAYAJI RAO GAEKWAD IN 1879 ON RIVER VISHWAMITRI. HAVING RICH FLORA OF MORE THAN 98 SPECIES OF TREES, SAYAJI BAUG ZOO OFFERING 167 DIFFERENT TYPES OF ANIMALS, IT ALSO HAS MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF BIRDS, IN ADDITION TO THIS THERE IS BARODA MUSEUM AND PICTURE GALLERY, SARDAR PATEL PLANETARIUM, TOY TRAIN AND FLORA CLOCK WHICH IS 6.1M IN DIAMETER AND MACHINERY MOVING THE CLOCK IS UNDERGROUND.
IT IS REALLY A BIG GARDEN WE COULD ONLY DO THE GARDEN AND ZOO ON THAT DAY AND DECIDED TO VISIT MUSEUM NEXT DAY
I HAD VISITED THERE EARLIER BUT VISITING THERE NOW WAS A LOT MORE FUN.
FOURTH DAY
ON FOURTH DAY WE WOKE UP EARLY MORNING AND WENT TO SINDHROT CHECK DAM SITUATED ON RIVER MAHI WHICH IS AROUND 10 KM FROM CITY. IT LAS A LOT OF NATURAL BEAUTY AROUND IT, WITH BIRDS, TREES, FLOWERS, FLOWING WATER, FISHES, WHICH IS SO PLEASING TO EYES.
WE HAD OUR BREAKFAST ON THE BANK OF RIVER MAHI AND WERE HOME BY 11:00 AM. THEN I SHIFTED TO MY OTHER COUSIN'S PLACE AND RESTED THERE THE NEXT DAY.
FIFTH DAY
ON FIFTH DAY WE DECIDED TO GO BACK TO SAYAJI BAUG TO WATCH MUSEUM. AS I LIKE VISITING HISTORIC PLACES AND HAVE LOTS OF INEREST IN HISTORY SO THE PLACE WAS LIKE HEAVEN TO ME, SO MUCH TO EXPLORE IN THERE. WHEN EVER YOU VISIT BARODA SAYAJI BAUG IS WORTH A VISIT.
( FINAL DAY ) SIXTH DAY
AT 9:00 AM AFTER BREAKFAST I WAS AGAIN ON TWO WHEELS, THIS TAKING A LOT OF MEMORIES WITH ME. I TOOK MY FIRST HALT AFTER SURAT WHICH WAS AROUND 180 KM FROM BARODA. I HALTED TWICE BEFORE ENTERING MAHARASHTA ONCE FOR AN ICE CREAM AND ONCE FOR REFUEL.
AS IBW WAS THERE LOTS OF RIDERS WERE MIGRATING TOWARDS GOA SO DIN'T FEEL ALONE ON THE ROAD, WE WAVED TO EACH OTHER SHOWING LOTS OF RESPECT FOR EACH OTHER. I FELT LIKE I WAS RIDING WITH MY FRIENDS, THE ENVIRONMENT WAS THAT COMFORTABLE.
I THEN HALTED IN MANOR FOR LUNCH WITH SOME OTHER BIKERS, AFTER LUNCH I HEADED TOWARDS MY DESTINATION. REACHED GHOD BANDAR AND THE MUMBAI TRAFFIC STARTED AGAIN.
MY MOBILE BATTERY WAS DEAD DUE TO OVER USE FOR MAPS, SO NOW I WAS ON MY OWN, ASKING DIRECTIONS TO ROAD SIDE STRANGERS AND TRYING TO FOLLOW WHAT THEY SAID,ULTIMATELY FAILED TO FOLLOW DIRECTIONS RESULTING IN A BIT LONGER ROAD. SOME HOW I MANAGED TO REACH PANVEL AND THEN CALLED MY MAA FROM P.C.O. ( YAA HER VOICE TOLD HOW WORRIED SHE WAS ) I WAS JUST 60 KM FROM MY HOME NOW AND REACHED HOME AROUND 4:40 PM
MY MOM, DAD AND SISTER WERE WAITING OUTSIDE THE HOUSE FOR ME. THEY WERE VERY HAPPY SEEING ME BACK. MY DOGS RAN OVER ME AND STARTED LICKING ME.
EVERY ONE WAS HAPPY THAT I COMPLETED MY TOUR SUCCESSFULLY. I HAD A MIXED FEELING, I WAS HAPPY THAT I COMPLETED MY TOUR SUCCESSFULLY BUT WAS SAD THAT MY TOUR IS NOW OVER.
EXPERIENCE
WELL WHAT I LEARNED? I LEARNED ABOUT BIKING BROTHERHOOD IN INDIA, I LEARNED THAT STREETS ARE FILLED WITH IDIOTS, WE HAVE TO RIDE SAFELY.
ALWAYS WEAR PROPER RIDING GEARS. NEVER COMPETE WITH FELLOW RIDER WHILE TOURING. I HAVE BECOME MORE RESPONSIBLE WHILE RIDING
I COVERED AROUND 1260 KM.
FOR ME IT WAS NOT THE DESTINATION IT WAS THE RIDE, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE START POINT AND THE END POINT WHICH MADE ME HAPPY
FIRST 500 KM+ RIDE
500 KM+ RIDE IN ONE DAY WELL THAT SEEMS CHALLENGING FOR A BEGINNER
IT CANNOT BE CALLED A RIDE IT WAS MY FIRST TOUR
LONAVALA-BARODA-LONAVALA
EARLY DAYS
IT ALL STARTED JUST A COUPLE OF MONTHS AFTER I BROUGHT MY FIRST BIKE.
I HAD NEVER THOUGHT THAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO SUCH A LONG RIDE, I ENJOYED WEEKEND RIDES WITH MY FRIENDS.
ON ONE FINE DAY MY COUSIN CALLED ME UP AND ASKED ME ABOUT MY RIDING STATUS, AND CASUALLY SUGGESTED ME TO VISIT HIS PLACE ( BARODA ) ON BIKE.
EVEN I ENJOYED THAT CONVERSATION WITH HIM. AFTER THE CONVERSATION I HAD A SMALL THOUGHT OVER IT AND LAUGHED AT MYSELF ( 500+ KM RUN AND THAT TOO ON A TRACK FOCUSED BIKE, WILL I BE ABLE TO REACH THERE PROPERLY, HOW WILL I CONVINCE MY PARENTS ) I THOUGHT IT WAS A FUNNY THOUGHT TO DO SUCH A THING.
BUT THEN I DONT KNOW HOW MY THOUGHTS CHANGED AND I WANTED TO DO THAT RUN.
AT THE BEGINNING I DID ALL MY RESEARCH REGARDING THE RIDE
HOW MUCH IS THE DISTANCE, HOW ARE ROADS, WHICH ROAD I HAVE TO TAKE, ETC.
I PREPARED MY SELF AND GOT SOME COURAGE TO ASK MY PARENTS ABOUT IT.
I ASKED MY PARENTS ABOUT IT, AT THE BEGINNING THEY THOUGHT I WAS JOKING BUT WHEN THY GOT TO KNOW THAT I WAS SERIOUS ABOUT IT, THEY SCOLDED ME GAVE THE ANSWER THAT I THOUGHT, IT WAS A BIG NOOO
I TOOK ME 14 MONTHS TO CONVINCE MY PARENTS TO LET ME DO THAT RIDE.
AND FINALLY THEY SAID YES BUT WITH LOTS AND LOTS OF CONDITION WHICH I HAD TO ACCEPT, I MANAGED MOST OF THEM BUT ONE WAS NOT FULFILLED THAT WAS "I SHOULD NOT GO ALONE" SOMEBODY ELSE SHOULD ALSO RIDE OR COME WITH ME. I TRIED TO DO THAT BUT NONE OF MY FRIENDS WERE READY, EVERYONE HAD SOME OR THE OTHER WORK
FINALLY I DECIDED TO GO ALONE AND SOME HOW EVEN CONVINCED MY PARENTS ABOUT IT
PREPARATIONS
AS PART OF PREPARATIONS I FIRST FIGURED OUT MY HOLIDAYS AND PLANNED MY TRIP ACCORDINGLY. THEN I DID A DETAILED STUDY OF ROAD MAP, WHICH I WAS NOT FAMILIAR WITH. I WENT TO PUNE TO BUY PROTECTIVE RIDING GEARS ( SAFETY COMES FIRST ), I HAD HELMET SO I BROUGHT JACKET, GLOVES, BANDANA, AND OTHER ESSENTIAL THINGS.
SPARTAN NEMESIS RIDING JACKET
SPARTAN PEGASIU RIDING GLOVES
MT AXXIS HELMET
I GOT MY BIKE FULLY SERVICED AND MADE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS PROPER,I DIN'T WANTED TO TAKE ANY RISKS ON MY JOURNEY.
I DID FEW RIDES WEARING MY GEARS JUST LIKE DRESS REHEARSAL.
I PLACED MY BAG OVER AND TRIED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO PLACE IT ON MY REAR SEAT AND HOW TO KEEP IT STEADY FOR 500 KM.
THE DAY ( FIRST DAY )
FINALLY THE DAY ARRIVED, I REMEMBER THE ENTIRE DAY IT WAS 14TH FEB 2016.
I HAD DECIDED TO LEAVE EARLY MORNING BY 7:00 BUT MY FATHER ADVISED ME TO LEAVE AFTER 9:00 AFTER THE POOJA AT HOME. MY FATHER PRAYED TO GOD AND AFTER THAT HE EVEN DID POOJA OF MY BIKE AND THEN SAID TO ME, DON'T GO TOO FAST, BE CAREFUL ON THE WAY, TAKE STOPS, IF YOU FEEL TIRED OR ANYTHING HAPPENS JUST CALL, ETC..... ETC,,,,, ( YAA HE WAS VERY MUCH WORRIED )
SO I FINALLY STARTED MY JOURNEY BY 9:15 AM, THE FIRST STOP I TOOK WAS IN THANE AROUND 90 KM FROM MY HOME FOR GETTING DIRECTIONS THROUGH MY PHONE MAPS AS IT WAS THE ROAD THAT HAD TURNS AROUND IT. I HAD MADE MOBILE HOLDER FOR MY BIKE ON WHICH I MOUNTED MY PHONE AND FOLLOWED DIRECTIONS ON IT TILL GHOD BANDAR ROAD, AFTER THAT THE ROAD WAS STRAIGHT UP TO BARODA. AS I TOUCHED NH-8 I STOPPED FOR WHILE AND CALLED MY MAA AND INFORMED HER ABOUT MY STATUS, AND EVEN TOLD HER TO INFORM OUR RELATIVES IN BARODA.
NH-8 IS VERY BEAUTIFUL ROAD CONNECTING MUMBAI TO DELHI VIA GUJRAT-RAJASTHAN-HARYANA.
I THEN TOOK STOP NEAR MANOR FOR FOOD, I ATE SOME LIGHT SNACKS WITH COFFEE, I HALTED FOR AROUND 20 MIN, I HAD DONE AROUND 150 KM FROM MY PLACE.
THEN I STOPPED AT MAHARASHTRA EXIT POST ie.: GUJRAT CHECK POST. WELL I WAS ON BIKE I DIN'T HAD TO PAY ANY TOLL. THEN I DID ALMOST 150 KM NON STOP AND STOPPED BEFORE SURAT TOLL FOR REFUEL, I HAD DONE ALMOST 320 KM FROM MY PLACE
FROM SURAT I HAD TO GO 150 KM, FIRST 100 KM WAS NOT A PROBLEM BUT LAST 50 KM WERE JUST LIKE HELL THE ROAD DIN'T SEEM TO END. I SOME HOW PUSHED MY SELF AND REACHED BARODA.
ON REACHING BARODA I AGAIN USED MY PHONE MAP TO GET DIRECTION TO MY COUSINS PLACE, AND REACHED THERE BY 4:30 PM, IT TOOK ME ALMOST 7 HOURS TO REACH THERE. ON REACHING THERE MY RELATIVES WERE READY TO WELCOME ME. THE TENSION THEY HAD WAS CLEARLY SEEN ON THEIR FACES. I WAS IN REGULAR CONTACT WITH MY PARENTS AND GAVE THEM MY STATUS UPDATE EVERY TIME I STOPPED.
I THOUGHT I WILL BE TIRED BUT I WAS NOT AT ALL. I RESTED MYSELF FOR ABOUT A HOUR AND WAS READY TO ROLL AGAIN.
AS IT WAS 14 FEB VALENTINES DAY, WE DECIDED TO DO A COUSIN'S OUTING AND WERE HOME BY LATE NIGHT. I THOUGHT MY BODY WOULD PAIN AT NIGHT, BUT NOTHING ACTUALLY HAPPENED.
SECOND DAY
THE NEXT DAY I WOKE UP AROUND 9:30 AM, MY BODY WAS COMPLETELY RELAXED.
THERE WAS NO KIND OF TIREDNESS ON MY FACE, I THEN WENT FOR A BIKE WASH AND TOOK IT FOR A TEST RUN TO CHECK EVERY THING WAS WORKING GOOD.
I STAYED AT HOME THAT DAY AND RELAXED THE WHOLE DAY
THIRD DAY
I HAD ENJOYED MY RIDE ,FROM LONAVALA TO BARODA BUT THERE WAS A BONUS FUN PLANNED FOR ME BY MY COUSIN.
ON THIRD DAY WE WENT TO SAYAJI BAUG ALSO KNOWN AS SAYAJI BAUG, A GARDEN STRETCHED OVER 113 ACRES BUILD BY MAHARAJA SAYAJI RAO GAEKWAD IN 1879 ON RIVER VISHWAMITRI. HAVING RICH FLORA OF MORE THAN 98 SPECIES OF TREES, SAYAJI BAUG ZOO OFFERING 167 DIFFERENT TYPES OF ANIMALS, IT ALSO HAS MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF BIRDS, IN ADDITION TO THIS THERE IS BARODA MUSEUM AND PICTURE GALLERY, SARDAR PATEL PLANETARIUM, TOY TRAIN AND FLORA CLOCK WHICH IS 6.1M IN DIAMETER AND MACHINERY MOVING THE CLOCK IS UNDERGROUND.
I HAD VISITED THERE EARLIER BUT VISITING THERE NOW WAS A LOT MORE FUN.
FOURTH DAY
ON FOURTH DAY WE WOKE UP EARLY MORNING AND WENT TO SINDHROT CHECK DAM SITUATED ON RIVER MAHI WHICH IS AROUND 10 KM FROM CITY. IT LAS A LOT OF NATURAL BEAUTY AROUND IT, WITH BIRDS, TREES, FLOWERS, FLOWING WATER, FISHES, WHICH IS SO PLEASING TO EYES.
WE HAD OUR BREAKFAST ON THE BANK OF RIVER MAHI AND WERE HOME BY 11:00 AM. THEN I SHIFTED TO MY OTHER COUSIN'S PLACE AND RESTED THERE THE NEXT DAY.
FIFTH DAY
ON FIFTH DAY WE DECIDED TO GO BACK TO SAYAJI BAUG TO WATCH MUSEUM. AS I LIKE VISITING HISTORIC PLACES AND HAVE LOTS OF INEREST IN HISTORY SO THE PLACE WAS LIKE HEAVEN TO ME, SO MUCH TO EXPLORE IN THERE. WHEN EVER YOU VISIT BARODA SAYAJI BAUG IS WORTH A VISIT.
( FINAL DAY ) SIXTH DAY
AT 9:00 AM AFTER BREAKFAST I WAS AGAIN ON TWO WHEELS, THIS TAKING A LOT OF MEMORIES WITH ME. I TOOK MY FIRST HALT AFTER SURAT WHICH WAS AROUND 180 KM FROM BARODA. I HALTED TWICE BEFORE ENTERING MAHARASHTA ONCE FOR AN ICE CREAM AND ONCE FOR REFUEL.
AS IBW WAS THERE LOTS OF RIDERS WERE MIGRATING TOWARDS GOA SO DIN'T FEEL ALONE ON THE ROAD, WE WAVED TO EACH OTHER SHOWING LOTS OF RESPECT FOR EACH OTHER. I FELT LIKE I WAS RIDING WITH MY FRIENDS, THE ENVIRONMENT WAS THAT COMFORTABLE.
I THEN HALTED IN MANOR FOR LUNCH WITH SOME OTHER BIKERS, AFTER LUNCH I HEADED TOWARDS MY DESTINATION. REACHED GHOD BANDAR AND THE MUMBAI TRAFFIC STARTED AGAIN.
MY MOBILE BATTERY WAS DEAD DUE TO OVER USE FOR MAPS, SO NOW I WAS ON MY OWN, ASKING DIRECTIONS TO ROAD SIDE STRANGERS AND TRYING TO FOLLOW WHAT THEY SAID,ULTIMATELY FAILED TO FOLLOW DIRECTIONS RESULTING IN A BIT LONGER ROAD. SOME HOW I MANAGED TO REACH PANVEL AND THEN CALLED MY MAA FROM P.C.O. ( YAA HER VOICE TOLD HOW WORRIED SHE WAS ) I WAS JUST 60 KM FROM MY HOME NOW AND REACHED HOME AROUND 4:40 PM
MY MOM, DAD AND SISTER WERE WAITING OUTSIDE THE HOUSE FOR ME. THEY WERE VERY HAPPY SEEING ME BACK. MY DOGS RAN OVER ME AND STARTED LICKING ME.
EVERY ONE WAS HAPPY THAT I COMPLETED MY TOUR SUCCESSFULLY. I HAD A MIXED FEELING, I WAS HAPPY THAT I COMPLETED MY TOUR SUCCESSFULLY BUT WAS SAD THAT MY TOUR IS NOW OVER.
EXPERIENCE
WELL WHAT I LEARNED? I LEARNED ABOUT BIKING BROTHERHOOD IN INDIA, I LEARNED THAT STREETS ARE FILLED WITH IDIOTS, WE HAVE TO RIDE SAFELY.
ALWAYS WEAR PROPER RIDING GEARS. NEVER COMPETE WITH FELLOW RIDER WHILE TOURING. I HAVE BECOME MORE RESPONSIBLE WHILE RIDING
I COVERED AROUND 1260 KM.
FOR ME IT WAS NOT THE DESTINATION IT WAS THE RIDE, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE START POINT AND THE END POINT WHICH MADE ME HAPPY
THE END OF BEGINNING
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