How it began
For Heavens sake this time independence day was falling on Monday so had a three day weekend off to blast off.I kept on thinking where to explore.As it was heavily raining and nature was at it worse here in thane that delayed my trip plan for a day.Then on the next day fine morning on Sunday as usual i woke up late.It was 9 am and started packing my bag for Shirdi :).The Idea came into my mind as i saw Baba's poster on my wall adjacent to my bed.Finally i was all set for this Holy visit.Below is the track i was to follow for next 470 Kms return journey.
I started my hard rock machine (ZMA) from my house at 10 am and had a full tank just after few Kilometers on move.It was drizzling so had to wear proper rain wear.I passed bhiwandi toll smoothy w/o much traffic.I was on Mumabi kalyan high way NH3 cruising at 90 Km/hr but just then i could see a long queue of vehicles over a mile :( .I could see movement of huge carrier lorries i think 40 wheel truck carrying huge cylindrical containers like missiles ;).So the other incoming lane was reserved for that Hunk and all incoming vehicles were routed to our way which was causing a traffic jam.But i could manage to pass through gaps and gutters and it took around half an hour to get through that mess.
I was getting late for my destination.So started cruising my Zma at 100-110 Km/hr through the free lane.
Please do keep safety in your minds while cruising at these speeds on wet roads.
Mumbai Nasik highway is butter smooth one of the best roads i have dealt with.I was on ghats.The view was just mind blowing.I halted there for few minutes to trap some snaps.Then i moved to my next location
were i was to meet awesome destinations like kasara and ighatpuri.It was around 12.30 pm on my clock like watch :)
I was then fascinated with wind mills near ighatpuri.The view was super cool.Felt like i was in sweden.
Captured some snaps.I took poses as if i was Nat Geo photographer hehe.
Soon after 120 Kms of ride i was on my diversion road to Shirdi and left Mumbai Nasik high way.
Had a continuous ride for next 50 kms till i halted at APPA dhabba for my lunch at 1.15pm.The food i felt was good though they have less cuisine on the list.Punjabi cuisine was delicious as ever and dont forget to have jumbo glass of Lassi .
Now my baba's darbar was 70 Km away.I was thrilled to get in to see him.All that was running into my mind was just Amar Akbar Antony's famous song :)
Finally the moment arrived my ride didn't go in vain i landed safely on Bab's shrine .I dont know what day it was may be some auspicious day because there it had a huge rush.i bought a thali of prasad and chadar for baba.Took almost 3 hrs to complete the snake ladder type Q to get the darshan of sai baba.
Finally got the darshan at 6.30 Pm and and the long wait was thus over.
Then i visited other near by temples of Ganesha ,Shani and shiva.Then i went to prasadayala near by to get see the big statue of baba.
Near i saw Udupi restaurant were in i had pav bhaji :) my favorite. It was 7.45 pm.I thought it was too late to go back to thane.So i went on inquiring about the hotels to stay.But the unexpected happened.All the near by hotels denied vacancy n all hotel rooms were full.I inquired more than 8 hotels near by but all were full.It was now 8.30 pm.So finally i took the decision to begin my return journey .I was quicker this time.Reached mumbai nasik highway in just 1and half hour covering almost 120 Kms.But then in ghats it was raining heavily which delayed my ride further.Was slow on my ride due to wet and slippery ghats .I was 112 Km away from thane.Saw a dhaba near toll .As it was raining heavily.Hot mutter paneer and tandoori roti was the obvious choice with a cup of tea.i started off from there by 10.30 Pm.On my way there were serious pit holes some were big ones and i could hardly see them at night and less visibility due to rain and incoming traffic.I had full faith in my rock hard machine that will make me reach w/o any fail or punctures.My ZMA had turned into a dirt bike.
I was nearing ighatpuri and then kasara.It was 11.30 pm.i should say the visibility was zero.The road were dominated by Fogs.It was drizzling night.Vehicles could hardly move on.But still i managed some how to ride at speeds of 40.I jumped a pit hole but lucky gained my control and was cautious then.Fog contributed extra time to my journey which i never wanted.But finally when i reached kasara.After then the climate was fine and had pity on me.So that i could ride my machine a bit faster.I could see kalyan now only 28 km and thane 52 Km.
My final destination was hardly an hour away.Around 12.30am i reached home.
So one of my wonder full unplanned trip was over.
For Heavens sake this time independence day was falling on Monday so had a three day weekend off to blast off.I kept on thinking where to explore.As it was heavily raining and nature was at it worse here in thane that delayed my trip plan for a day.Then on the next day fine morning on Sunday as usual i woke up late.It was 9 am and started packing my bag for Shirdi :).The Idea came into my mind as i saw Baba's poster on my wall adjacent to my bed.Finally i was all set for this Holy visit.Below is the track i was to follow for next 470 Kms return journey.
I started my hard rock machine (ZMA) from my house at 10 am and had a full tank just after few Kilometers on move.It was drizzling so had to wear proper rain wear.I passed bhiwandi toll smoothy w/o much traffic.I was on Mumabi kalyan high way NH3 cruising at 90 Km/hr but just then i could see a long queue of vehicles over a mile :( .I could see movement of huge carrier lorries i think 40 wheel truck carrying huge cylindrical containers like missiles ;).So the other incoming lane was reserved for that Hunk and all incoming vehicles were routed to our way which was causing a traffic jam.But i could manage to pass through gaps and gutters and it took around half an hour to get through that mess.
I was getting late for my destination.So started cruising my Zma at 100-110 Km/hr through the free lane.
Please do keep safety in your minds while cruising at these speeds on wet roads.
Mumbai Nasik highway is butter smooth one of the best roads i have dealt with.I was on ghats.The view was just mind blowing.I halted there for few minutes to trap some snaps.Then i moved to my next location
were i was to meet awesome destinations like kasara and ighatpuri.It was around 12.30 pm on my clock like watch :)
I was then fascinated with wind mills near ighatpuri.The view was super cool.Felt like i was in sweden.
Captured some snaps.I took poses as if i was Nat Geo photographer hehe.
Soon after 120 Kms of ride i was on my diversion road to Shirdi and left Mumbai Nasik high way.
Had a continuous ride for next 50 kms till i halted at APPA dhabba for my lunch at 1.15pm.The food i felt was good though they have less cuisine on the list.Punjabi cuisine was delicious as ever and dont forget to have jumbo glass of Lassi .
Now my baba's darbar was 70 Km away.I was thrilled to get in to see him.All that was running into my mind was just Amar Akbar Antony's famous song :)
Finally the moment arrived my ride didn't go in vain i landed safely on Bab's shrine .I dont know what day it was may be some auspicious day because there it had a huge rush.i bought a thali of prasad and chadar for baba.Took almost 3 hrs to complete the snake ladder type Q to get the darshan of sai baba.
Finally got the darshan at 6.30 Pm and and the long wait was thus over.
Then i visited other near by temples of Ganesha ,Shani and shiva.Then i went to prasadayala near by to get see the big statue of baba.
Near i saw Udupi restaurant were in i had pav bhaji :) my favorite. It was 7.45 pm.I thought it was too late to go back to thane.So i went on inquiring about the hotels to stay.But the unexpected happened.All the near by hotels denied vacancy n all hotel rooms were full.I inquired more than 8 hotels near by but all were full.It was now 8.30 pm.So finally i took the decision to begin my return journey .I was quicker this time.Reached mumbai nasik highway in just 1and half hour covering almost 120 Kms.But then in ghats it was raining heavily which delayed my ride further.Was slow on my ride due to wet and slippery ghats .I was 112 Km away from thane.Saw a dhaba near toll .As it was raining heavily.Hot mutter paneer and tandoori roti was the obvious choice with a cup of tea.i started off from there by 10.30 Pm.On my way there were serious pit holes some were big ones and i could hardly see them at night and less visibility due to rain and incoming traffic.I had full faith in my rock hard machine that will make me reach w/o any fail or punctures.My ZMA had turned into a dirt bike.
I was nearing ighatpuri and then kasara.It was 11.30 pm.i should say the visibility was zero.The road were dominated by Fogs.It was drizzling night.Vehicles could hardly move on.But still i managed some how to ride at speeds of 40.I jumped a pit hole but lucky gained my control and was cautious then.Fog contributed extra time to my journey which i never wanted.But finally when i reached kasara.After then the climate was fine and had pity on me.So that i could ride my machine a bit faster.I could see kalyan now only 28 km and thane 52 Km.
My final destination was hardly an hour away.Around 12.30am i reached home.
So one of my wonder full unplanned trip was over.
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