Ride To Sandhan Valley - Grand Canyons of Maharashtra

A general discussion of going on a overnight ride turned into a an Extreme adventure.Where 12 bikers went to a very less explored place called Sandhan Valley which is near Bhandardhara in Ahmednagar District.

Photolog - Konark,Puri and Little bit of Bhuwaneshwar

Have been to Bhuwaneshwar,Odisha in February end for a close friends marriage.After getting done with all the functions,I went to explore the  near places and this log is all about it.Since it wasn't a bike expedition,I dont have much to write about.So this one will be a Photolog ;)


Konark Temple -Konark is a combination of two word, Kona means 'Angle' and word Arka means 'Sun'.The meaning of these words is in reference to the temple which is dedicated to the Sun god Surya.

Day 22 PART1 - UDR Ride - 31 July - Chandrataal - Gramphoo - Rohtang - Manali - Chandigarh

Early morning trek to the Chandrataal begins at 06 AM in the morning.The guide said its just 03-04 Kms from our camp site. Interesting,after a bone chilling night ride what i needed was a early morning trek of 4 Kms.
Along with me were two love birds which were married for last one year.Bharath and Nisha from banglore.Thank god,atleast i wasn't solo in this trek.Pretty soon we striked the conversation and in very few moments we became good friends.

And between those conversations,we never knew how the time flew and we made it to chandrataal.It was foggy everywhere.

First view of Chandrataal

Day 5 - To Tadoba:In Search of SherKhaan

Last set of birds sighted at Tadoba.

A portfolio shoot for the Asian Openbill

Day 3 & Day 4 - To Tadoba:In Search of SherKhaan

As the days go by i waited for weekend,Meanwhile whenever i got time from the office work i used to do a run from Chandrapur to Moharli gate for some bird watching and spending the splendid evenings and mornings at the Village.

Day 1 & Day 2 - To Tadoba:In Search of SherKhaan

Its been long since i rode,Its been long since i munched some miles and Its been long i have been working hard earning my bread and butter.Its time to go out there and ride to the Unknown :P

And with these thoughts in my mind one fine Sunday i just went out for a ride,I have been planning to visit tadoba from quite a long time.But the visit didn't happened due to shit loads of work/dependency at office.

So this Sunday - 27 Nov 2011.I started towards Tadoba,concrete route has not been planned.But idea was to hit Chandrapur then Moharli gate of Tadoba.But it didn't happened as expected.I traveled till Yavatmal that day and called the day off.Got an stinky/smelly underground accommodation for 300 bucks.The most stupid thing which i did was,I forgot to bring the memory card for the camera..which i came to know when i stopped for a photo break between Mehkar to Karanja in the daytime.So i had to buy a 04 GB card from Yavatmal. .Around 580 kms of run for today and here is the route which i followed

Day 21 PART3 - UDR Ride - 30 July - Puh - Nako - Gue - Tabo - Kaza - Ki - Kunzum Pass - Chandrataal

And the dark clouds started surrounding me,i left Ki monastery and headed towards Kaza in a hurry.Where i am going to stay for night wasn't decided..Any place after Kaza..I reached back to Kaza and refilled the tank.By that time all the crowd was done with their refilling.The sky was clear on the side where i was heading,so without wasting time i made my move towards Kunzum Pass.

Day 21 PART2 - UDR Ride - 30 July - Puh - Nako - Gue - Tabo - Kaza - Ki - Kunzum Pass - Chandrataal

After a casual meet and interaction with the Mummy at the GUE,I vroomed towards Tabo.Tabo village situated in a secluded zone of the Spiti valley..Isolated from the outside world.

04 Days Dash to Little ROK,Dholavira,Nal Sarovar and Daman

My 04 days travel to Gujarat in Jan 2012.

Day 1 - Pune - Lonavala - Mumbai - Surat - Vadodara - Ahmedabad - Viramgam

Day 2 - Viramgam - Dasada - Radhanpur - Adesar - Rapar - Dholavira - Rapar - Chitrod - Samakhiali

Day 3 and Day 4 Coming Soon

Cheers
Biru

Day 21 PART1 - UDR Ride - 30 July - Puh - Nako - Gue - Tabo - Kaza - Ki - Kunzum Pass - Chandrataal

View from the balcony of Dorm made my day, It was so fucking beautiful. Brown mountains surrounding the place, Clouds hanging on their own and the aggressive river flowing on the base of the mountains.



I pinched myself to get awake from the dream, only to know it was all real. Time to pack up and start my journey. I crossed Khaba those twisty, loopy and mountain roads and reached Nako. Took pit stop to have tea, as it was freaking cold and foggy out there.

A water crossing with all his gratitude wishing me Good Morning.