KASHID BEACH RIDE

KASHID BEACH RIDE
LONAVALA - KASHID BEACH - LONAVALA
250 KM RIDE

IT WAS A LAST MINUTE CALL FOR A RIDE. MY FRIEND KOUSHAL CALLED ME AT 8:00 PM AND SAID, LET'S GO TO KASHID BEACH FOR OUR SUNDAY RIDE. HE HAD JUST BROUGHT A HARLEY DAVIDSON STREET 750 AND WANTED TO TAKE IT FOR A RIDE.
I WAS CONFUSED A BIT BUT I SAID YES. WE DECIDED TO LEAVE BY 7:00 AM AND WOULD BE BACK BY 4:00 PM. AFTER THAT I JUST TOOK A LOOK AT MAPS AS KOUSHAL WAS NOT SURE OF THE ROAD AND I HAD NOT GONE THERE EARLIER.
AT 12:00 AM KOUSHAL CALLED ME BACK AND ASKED ME IF I WAS SURE FOR RIDE, I SAID LOUDLY YEESSSS SLEPT.

WE WERE ONLY TWO PEOPLE GOING FOR THE RIDE.

I WAS ON MY YAMAHA YZF R15

AND KOUSHAL ON HIS HARLEY DAVIDSON STREET 750

HE CAME AT MY PLACE SHARP 7:00 AM AND WE WERE SET TO LEAVE.

WE STOPPED IN KHOPOLI AND REFUEL MY BIKE HAS A FUEL TANK OF 12L WHILE THE HD HAD IT OF 11 L. I FILL FUEL OF RS 500 AS BY BIKE HAS A GOOD AVG. OF 43KM/L BUT KOUSHAL WAS NOT SURE ABOUT HIS BIKE, SO HE FILLED IT FULL.

AS THE CLIMATE WAS CHILLING COLD WE STOPPED IN PEN AROUND 50 KM FROM LONAVALA FOR TEA.WE HALTED THERE FOR ABOUT HALF AN HOUR AND THEN MOVED AHEAD. 

WE HAD ACTUALLY DECIDED TO GO TO ALIBAG, BUT AS IT WAS SUNDAY IT WOULD BE CROWDED SAID KOUSHAL SO WE SHOULD GO TO KASHID BEACH. SO HE WENT AHEAD AND I WAS FOLLOWING HIM.

THERE A HUGE BRIDE ON THE WAY. WE STOPPED THERE FOR SOME PICTURES, THE VIEW WAS AMAZING.

OHH WHAT A TIMING ( THE TRUCK WAS PASSING BYY )

A FUNNY INCIDENT TOOK PLACE ON THE BRIDGE. ON THE ENTRY OF BRIDGE THERE WAS BOARD ON WHICH IT WAS WRITTEN NOT TO STOP ON BRIDGE, BUT WE WERE SO OVERWHELMED WITH THE VIEW THAT WE DID NOT SAW THAT. A COP WAS PASSING BY HE STOPPED AND SAID US TO LEAVE, I WAS LIKE "FOR WHAT" HE THEN SAID THAT THE ROAD IS SMALL AND BOARD IS WRITTEN FOR NOT TO STOP. SO WE IMMEDIATELY RUSHED OUT, AND LOOK IF IT WAS REALLY WRITTEN. 

" YAA IT WAS WRITTEN THERE "

AFTER MOVING AHEAD WE SAW A FUEL STATION. BUT WE DID NOT HALTED THERE FOR FUEL, WE HALTED FOR PEE BRAKE.

AFTER THAT WE DID NOT STOP ANY WHERE, WENT STRAIGHT TO KASHID.

THE VIEW WAS JUST FAB. WORDS CANNOT DESCRIBE THE NATURAL BEAUTY THERE. THE BEACH WA COMPLETELY EMPTY. WE COULD HARDLY SEE ANY ONE THERE.

WE RELAXED THERE AT A SMALL STALL. ORDERED SOME VADA PAV TO EAT AS WE WERE HUNGRY. 

AFTER EATING WE WENT TO BEACH.THE BEACH WAS CLEAN. WE ENJOYED A LOT OVER THERE.WE CLICKED PICTURE'S. AND CAME BACK TO STALL FOR FOOD.

KASHID ( AREA )

Kashid is a beach town on the shores of the Arabian Sea, in the North Konkan region of Maharashtra, India. It is located 30 km from Alibag and 135 km from Mumbai on the Alibag-Murud road.Kashid is popular mainly because of its white sand, blue seas, green mountains, paddy fields, and rivulets. Kashid has a 3 km stretch of beach tucked in between two rocky hillocks with Casuarina groves all along the seashore. This is by far the best beach in this part of the Konkan region and, though absolutely deserted on weekdays, the town can attract its fair share of week-end holiday makers. There are a few small hotels in Kashid as the rest of the area is privately owned. Best option to stay here to stay in cottages owned by local people.                                                                                                                                       ( BY- WIKIPEDIA)

THEN WE HAD MAGGI. FOLLOWED BY COCONUT WATER. THEN DECIDED TO LEAVE.

WE WERE PLANNING TO GO TO MURUD BUT THE ROADS ARE NOT THAT GREAT SO WE DECIDED NOT TO GO.

WE THEN HAD OUR LAST MINUTE PHOTO'S AND THEN LEFT FOR LONAVALA

ON THE WAY BACK WE STOPPED AFTER 10 KM AS THE ROAD WERE BAD. STILL WE MANAGED TO TAKE A SMILING PHOTO

AFTER THAT WE DID NOT STOPPED ANY WHERE ON THE WAY. CAME STRAIGHT BACK TO KHOPOLI. IT WAS AROUND 2;00 PM TEMPERATURE WAS HIGH AND WE WERE HUNGRY. WE HAD OUR LUNCH THERE AND REACHED LONAVALA BY 4:30PM.

WE BOTH WERE EXHAUSTED, SAID GOOD BY AND LEFT FOR OUR HOMES.

TIPS:-

1.ROADS ARE NARROW AND NOT IN GOOD SHAPE.

2.ROAD IS AROUND COASTAL LINE,AVOID NIGHT TRAVEL.

3.KEEP SUFFICIENT FUEL, THERE ARE LESS FUEL STATION.

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