11 HOURS - 474 KM OF RIDE "NASHIK RIDE"

FIRST RIDE OF 2017
11 HOURS OF RIDE

MYANMAR GATE ( IGATPURI ) 

THE PLAN

THERE WAS PLAN FOR RAJASTHAN RIDE ON 25 DECEMBER 2016 BUT DUE TO SOME SERIOUS PROBLEMS AT LAST MOMENT WE HAD TO CANCEL IT.
I WAS VERY UPSET. I HAD DONE LOTS OF PLANNING, BUT KYA KARE ABB ?
ON 1 JAN 2017 I SUDDEN THOUGHT ABOUT DOING A NASHIK RIDE SOLO. I ASKED MY DAD ABOUT IT AT 10:00 PM AND TO A SURPRISE HE SAID YES. MAYBE HE KNEW HOW SAD I WAS. I THEN FIRST WENT TO FUEL STATION, AFTER COMING I PACKED ALL THE THING AND KEPT IT ALL READY SO THAT I CAN LEAVE EARLY MORNING THE NEXT DAY.

THE PLAN WAS TO GO FROM LONAVALA-KHOPOLI-KARJAT-MURBAD-SHAHPUR-IGATPURI-TRAMBAKESHWAR-NASHIK-SANGAMNER-CHAKAN-LONAVALA.

THE DAY

I HAD DECIDED TO LEAVE BY 6:00 AM, BUT UNFORTUNATELY I GOT UP AT 6:00AM. BY THE TIME I LEFT IT WAS 7:40 AM. AND IT WAS ACTUALLY GOOD THAT I GOT UP LATE, I WAS ABLE TO RELAX PROPERLY. IT WAS CHILLING COLD OUTSIDE.
I WENT FROM LONAVALA TO KHOPOLI WITH THE REGULAR ROUTE. FROM THERE I WENT TO KARJAT,

  THIS ROAD BETWEEN KHOPOLI AND KARJAT IS VERY BAD. 

THEN FROM KARJAT TO MURBAD AND FROM THERE TO SHAHPUR WHERE I FINALLY CONNECTED TO NH-3. ON THE WAY TO SHAHPUR THERE IS A BRIDGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION ONLY 2 WHEELER'S ARE ALOUD. I WAS LUCKY THAT I DID NOT HAD TO CHANGE TO ROUTE.

THE ROAD FROM KHOPOLI TO SHAHPUR IS NOT THAT GREAT, I WAS HARDLY ABLE TO GET IN TRIPLE DIGIT SPEED.
AS SOON AS I CONNECTED TO NH-3 THE ROAD WAS SUPER SMOOTH

NASHIK WAS ONLY 90 KM FROM HERE. I WAS FELLING HUNGRY. I DID NOT HAD MY BREAKFAST  AND EVEN I HAD NOT TAKEN PROPER HALT. THERE WAS A BIT PAIN ON MY PALM'S AND SHOULDER SO I WAS LOOKING FOR A PLACE WHERE I CAN RELAX A BIT AND HAVE SOME FOOD. WHILE MOVING A SAW A NICE PLACE CALLED DOGRA FOOD MALL, SO I DECIDED TO STOP THERE. I REACHED THERE BY 10:30 AM, I HAD TRAVELED AROUND 150 KM FROM MY PLACE. I DID MY BREAKFAST OVER THERE AND RELAXED FOR A WHILE. THE PLACE WAS NICE. I HALTED THERE FOR 30 MINUIT AND THEN MOVED AHEAD 

DOGRA FOOD MALL

JUST AFTER THE FOOD MALL KASARA GHAT STARTS. AS I STAY IN LOCATION SURROUNDED BY GHATS I DID NOT HAD ANY PROBLEM GOING THROUGH IT. I TRAVELED AROUND 10-12 KM FROM FROM FOOD MALL AND ON TO MY LEFT I SAW A VERY NICE MONUMENT SO I DECIDED TO GO THERE AND TAKE SOME PICTURES. I HAD REACHED IGATPURI AND THE MONUMENT WHICH I SAW WAS MYANMAR GATE WHICH IS THE ENTRANCE GATE TO DHAMMA GIRI MEDITATION CENTER. IT WAS A VERY BEAUTY PLACE, THERE WERE HUGE MOUNTAIN'S BEHIND IT WHICH MADE IT LOOK EVEN BETTER

I ASKED THEM WHAT IT WAS THEY SAID IT IS A MEDITATION CENTER OFFERING COURSES IN VIPASANA IN TECHNIQUE TAUGHT BY BUDDHA 2500 YEARS AGO.

I WAS THERE ABOUT 30 MINUIT. AFTER LEAVING FROM THERE I TRAVELED AROUND 15 KM WHERE I TOOK A LEFT TURN FOR TRAMBAKESHWAR.

 THE DIRECTION BOARD SAID 33 KM BUT AS YOU GO AHEAD IT SAYS 60 KM. THIS ROAD IS NOT THAT GOOD AT THE BEGINNING BUT FURTHER IT TURNS TO OK OK TYPE. THE ROAD MIGHT BE NOT GOOD BUT THE VIEW IS JUST AMAZING. HUGE MOUNTAINS, LOTS OF WATER, AND A PLEASANT ENVIRONMENT, PERFECT PLACE TO CHILL. IF YOU ARE NOT IN HURRY DO TRY TO TAKE THIS ROAD. OTHER ROAD IS VERY GOOD, ITS EVEN FASTER BUT YOU WILL MISS THE BEAUTY OF NATURE.

I STOPPED NEAR A DAM TO CLICK SOME PICTURE WHERE A VERY CURIOUS AND CARING OLD MAN WAS WORKING. HE CAME NEAR ME AND ASKED ABOUT WHAT I WAS DOING, HE WAS VERY AMAZED TO SEE A SELFIE STICK, HE HAD NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE. HE THEN ASKED ME WHERE I WAS GOING, FROM WHERE I HAD COME FROM. HE OFFERED ME FOOD THINKING THAT I MIGHT BE HUNGRY. HE THEN ASKED ME WHY I WAS TRAVELING ALONE AND THEN EVEN ADVISED ME TO GET MARRIED SO THAT I DO NOT HAVE TO TRAVEL ALONE. HE WAS A VERY CARING PERSON.

 

THEN MOVING AHEAD THERE ARE THESE AMAZING AND GIGANTIC MOUNTAINS. IN PHOTO THEY DO NOT LOOK PROPER BUT IN ACTUAL ITS VERY AMAZING.

THAN I REACHED TRAMBAKESHWAR. THERE WAS LOTS OF SECURITY AROUND. I THEN ASKED A POLICE MAN WHAT WAS IT FOR, HE SAID SHIVRAJ SINGH CHAUHAN WAS COMING TO TEMPLE. THERE WAS HELL LOT OF CROWD, I THEN KEPT  MY RIDING ACCESSORIES AND BAG IN LOCKER ROOM IT CHARGED ME 20RS. THEN I TOOK A DIRECT PASS FOR DARSHAN IT COST'S 200RS. BUT AT TIME SHIVRAJ JII HAD ARRIVED SO I HAD TO WAIT FOR A FEW MINUIT IN QUE. I THEN HAD DARSHAN, THE JYOTIRLING THERE IS VERY PLEASING TO EYES, I WAS NOT ABLE TO STAY THERE FOR LONG TIME DUE TO HIGH SECURITY AROUND.

OGGY PARKED AT TRAMBAKESHWAR

I THEN LEFT FROM THERE AROUND 1;30PM CAME STRAIGHT TO NASHIK. THE ROAD UPTO NASHIK WAS JUST FAB. AFTER THAT GPS DEVI GUIDED ME TOWARDS PUNE.

AFTER COMING OUT OF NASHIK I TOOK A SMALL STOP. THEN KHED-SINNAR EXPRESSWAY STARTED. ROAD UPTO THE EXPRESS WAY IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

UNDER LOT OF HEAT CRAZZY THINGS HAPPEN

AS IT WAS GETTING HOT IT WAS GETTING TOUGH FOR ME TO RIDE. EVERY 45 MINUIT IT HAD TO TAKE A STOP FOR WATER. I WAS FELLING HUNGRY BUT I DID NOT HAD MY LUNCH, AS AFTER HAVING LUNCH I MIGHT FELL SLEEPY AND MY HOME WAS NOT NEAR. I STOPPED FOR HAVING SOME SUGARCANE JUICE, IT HELPED ME KEEP COOL.

ON THE E-WAY I WAS GOING CONTINUOUSLY AT TRIPLE DIGIT SPEED. OGGY WAS PERFORMING VERY GOOD. ON A STRAIGHT ROAD FOLLOWED BY SLOPE OGGY REACHED SPEED OF 144KM/H, THAT WAS REALLY AMAZING FOR ME. I HAD TAKEN IT UP TO 140 KM/H ON MY WAY BACK FROM BARODA BUT THIS 4 KM ABOVE IT WAS JUST GREAT. AFTER AROUND 15 MINUIT AFTER THIS THIS HAPPENED 

SOMEONE THREW SOMETHING OUT OFF THEIR VEHICLE AND ALL THOSE THINGS CAME HITTING TOWARDS ME. I THOUGHT STONE WERE FALLING FROM THE TRUCK BUT THEN SAW DUST OVER VISOR. I WAS ALMOST AT SPEED OF 120KM/H, I TRIED CLEANING IT BUT IT WAS ALL OVER MY HELMET, MY VISION WAS COMPLETELY LOST, I HAD TO STOP BECAUSE OF IT. I THEN REMOVED MY HELMET AND THEN TRIED CLEANING IT BUT IT WAS STICKY IT WAS NOT GETTING CLEANED. I THEN REMOVED MY VISOR AND THEN DROVE TO A NEAR BY STORE WHERE I BROUGHT A PACKET OF SHAMPOO AND CLEANED IT PROPERLY. NOW IT WAS COMPLETELY CLEAN. I INSTALLED THE VISOR  AND THEN MOVED AHEAD 

IT WAS 4:00 PM I HAD STARTED FELLING HUNGRY BUT I DID NOT WANTED TO EAT MUCH AND FEEL SLEEPY. SO I STOPPED AT A ROAD SIDE PLACE TO HAVE SOME SNACKS

IT WAS A VERY NICE PLACE. THE FOOD WAS ALSO GOOD. THE OWNER THERE WAS NOT TAKING MONEY FROM ME, IT WAS HIS PASSION FOR BIKES DUE TO WHICH HE WAS NOT TAKING MONEY, SOMEHOW I GAVE HIM MONEY SPOKE TO HIM FOR A WHILE AND THEN LEFT.

ON THE WAY THERE ARE VERY LESS FUEL STATION. MY BIKE WAS IN RESERVE, I SOME HOW MANAGED TO FIND A STATION AND FILLED IT. THANK GOD THAT I HAD CASH BECAUSE THE PUMP DID NOT ACCEPT CARD. BE CAREFUL WHILE RIDING FROM THERE.

REACHING RAJGURUNAGAR TRAFFIC STARTED FOLLOWED BY CHAKAN HELL MORE TRAFFIC, SOMEHOW FROM LEFT TO RIGHT TO LEFT  I MANAGED TO PASS HUGE TRUCKS ON THE WAY AND MADE MY WAY OUT.

THE SUN WAS SETTING, I HAD MY SHADES ON SO I STOPPED NEAR KAMSHET TO REMOVE THEM. BY THE TIME I REACHED HOME IT WAS COMPLETELY DARK. I REACHED HOME BY 7:00 PM. IT WAS A SUN RISE TO SUN SET RIDE. I HAD NEVER RIDDEN BIKE FOR SO LONG. I HAD TRAVELED 500 KM ON A DAY ON MY WAY TO BARODA BUT THE ROADS THERE WERE STRAIGHT AND REALLY GOOD. AND HERE ROAD WAS TRICKY AND NOT IN VERY GOOD SHAPE.

AT THE END OF THE DAY I HAD TRAVELED 474 KM.

ABOUT THE RIDE

IT WAS AVERY GOOD RIDE. I ENJOYED A LOT. EXPLORED A LOT. WHEN I STARTED TO RIDE, SUN WAS JUST RISING AND WHEN I REACHED HOME IT WAS ALREADY SET.

THE RIDE WAS A PACKAGE OF LOT'S OF THINGS FOR ME. IT WAS MY FIRST RIDE OF 2017 LETS HOPE FOR MANY MORE TO COME.

MY ADVICE

ROAD IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION SO THERE MAY BE TRAFFIC JAM

THERE ARE LESS FUEL STATIONS

IN MANY PATCHES ROADS ARE PATHETIC.

WEAR PROPER RIDING GEAR

EVERY TIME WHEN YOU STOP CHECK TYRE AS DUE TO CONSTRUCTION WORK LOTS OF THINGS ARE FALLEN ON THE WAY WHICH MAY CAUSE TEAR OF TYRE.

THANK YOU

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