Trek: Purander

How to travel: Pune- Saswad - Narayanpur
Mode of travel: Murali’s Old car. A 40kms/1 hr drive from Pune should take you to the base of Narayanpur village. One can take a bus to Saswad and then walk for about 4km to touch the fort base. However a car/ bike would be preferred mode of transport.
The Journey Up the fort: The Purander trek is a fabulous journey comprising of 3 different bases, each leaving an unique mark in the mind
· Base 1: Church, Purandeshwar temple, Statue of Murarbaji Deshpande and Tea stall
· Base 2: Fort (Sar Darwaja – still in pretty good condition)
· Base 3: kedareshwar Temple and the amazing altitude view
Difficulty: Medium
Famous For: Purander Treaty, Purandeshwar and Kedareshwar Mandir
Comrades: Udi, Radz and Murs

Some journey’s are difficult are explain. The trek to Purander turned out to be one satisfying one . It somehow brought peace and happiness to me.

“When you find peace within yourself, you become the kind of person who can live at peace with others.”

A cord Stuck….But disappeared Soon….

Kyun rakhu main apni kalam mein syahi?
Jab koi “Armaan“ Dil mein machalthe hi nahi“,
Na Jaane Kyun sabhi Shak karthe hain mujhpar,
Jab Koi Sukha Phool meri kitab mein Milta hi Nahi,
Kashish toh bahut thi meri pyar mein,
Magar kya karu koi Pathar Dil Pighaltha hi nahi,
Agar Kudha Mile toh usse Upar Pyar Manguga,
Par Suna hain ki who Marne se pahle Miltha hi nahi

So, Life Still goes on.....

Roadies Series: The Biking Spirit

Sense of Humour....I have lots of it....But.....

A drunken man walks into a biker bar, sits down at the bar and orders a drink. Looking around, he sees three men sitting at a corner table. He gets up, staggers to the table, leans over, looks the biggest, meanest, biker in the face and says: "I went by your grandma's house today and I saw her in the hallway buck ass naked. Man, she is one fine looking woman!"

The biker looks at him and doesn't say a word. His buddies are confused, because he is one fuckin' bad biker and would fight at the drop of a hat.

The drunk leans on the table again and says: "I got it on with your grandma and she is good, the best fuck I ever had!" The biker's buddies are starting to get really mad but the biker still says nothing.

The drunk leans on the table one more time and says, "I'll tell you something else, boy, your grandma liked it and begged for more!"

At this point the biker stands up, takes the drunk by the shoulders looks him square in the eyes and says...................

"Grandpa,....... Go home, you're drunk"

Roadies Series: Vintage Car Rally

Every body appreciates young hot babes in town. But guess nobody appreciates old ladies for being Hot (though I know a few exceptions). I was stupendous by all the pretty old hot babes on display for the Vintage Car Rally competition held at Pune Central.

Blown was I, on these beauties that the shutter never stopped clicking. The colour, the design, the style and the charm, they had it all to mesmerize me. I guess these beauties can give some really hard fights to the current babes. To be they are far superior

P.S: Sorry for the same angle shots. The crowd and the low battery charge didn’t help.

“Women are like cars: we all want a Ferrari, sometimes want a pickup truck, and we somehow end up with a station wagon”

Konkan Surfing: Murud Janjira

Early next day, we left for Murud Janjira. This is a fort situated in the Raighad district of Maharashtra and about 2.5hrs drive from Diveagar. It is famous for being the only fort along India's western coast that remained undefeated despite Maratha, Dutch and English East India Company attacks.

The entire journey right from the boat ride and through the fort is all that a photographer can ask for. The fort allows you to capture the fine architecture details along with the scenic view of the sea. The only constraint being the time factor which is short for appreciating such a beautiful designed fort.

Suggest you to visit: http://www.murudjanjira.com/ for further details

With this as our last stop, we returned back to Pune so that Mr. Adil could catch his train, Mr. Lala could have a last drink and Mr. Udi could catch up with his old pal.

Hoping for more trip Surfing with the same group ...Adios....

Konkan Surfing: Diveagar

Diveagar is a beautiful beach situated on the west coast and about 150km from Pune. As planned, we left Harihareshwar shores at about 3 pm and headed towards Diveagar. The journey took us about two hours with a break at Ganesh temple. One can conclude that the place is predominantly Muslim dominated with the no. of Mosque visible through the journey. At Diveagar we had expected a serene beach, few tourist and plenty of fish. However all the cherished thoughts turned out to be a sheer disaster. We had lotsa trouble finding a suitable place to stay and the price demanded for the same were at sky rocket range. It seems that the entire Maharashtra had planned to celebrate the Republic day at Diveagar. Being a FishOholic, the food turned out to be a major disappointment with limited fish options.

However we did make out for the disappointment by having a fabulous drink party (in company of Lala) at the beach, sumptuous breakfast and a nice morning walk at the beach.

Mr. Adil Hussain Ali

On few of the occasions, I have the priviledges of not using any of my so called photographic skills. This turned out to be one of those where the subject drove the activity.

Mr. Adil Ali Hussain, in case u decide to leave your current Banking profession, U know where you would likely be wanted......

"The goal is not to change your subjects, but for the subject to change the photographer"

Harihareshwar - Temple Shore

The temple shore is situated at a kilometer from the beach and is famous for Shiva temple constructed in the 16th century. The temple has idols of Brahma, Vishnu, Mahadev and Parvati.

After a short visit to temple and we proceeded towards the shore and what we witnessed here was just amazing. Mother Nature had created some great state of Art work through, what in scientific way is called sedimentation. Sitting on the rocks with Adil, reminded me of all the nostalgic moments at IMDR and at hostel that we shared together. These indeed turned out to be one of the few peaceful moments in my recent chaotic and frantic life.

Konkan Surfing : Harihareshwar-1

Nothing is as beautiful as watching a sunrise right on a beautiful beach and with your dream girl just besides you. I was not so lucky, but nevertheless I was at the beach at 5.30 am in the morning waiting for the sunrise and accompanying me were a bunch of crazy /wacky IMDRites, ever ready for yet another journey.

Harihareshwar is about 5 hours drive from Pune via the Mulshi ghat. The drive turned out to be great with most of the time, Udi being safely behind the wheels and the taxi driver sound asleep. The beach proved out to be amazing just as detailed out earlier by the gang. The best part being that there were few travelers ready to pleasure the beautiful sunrise. The sun did rise a bit too late, giving Adil and I, anxious moments and great amount of pain to adjust the light settings of our camera. The journey at the beach ended with a sumptuous breakfast and a great boat ride @ Rs 300.

Konkan Surfing

Its always wonderful to travel around and its even better, when you can do it with your friends. When it comes to trekking and travelling i need not look for people and persuade them them to travel along with me. What i need to just do is sent across a mail to the IMDR group and friends despite their tough schedules somehow always flock in to join you on the journey

Date: 26th/27th Jan 2008
Starting Point: Aundh, Pune
Departure time:12.30 am
Participants: Fellow IMDR'ites
Participants came from: Pune, Mumbai, Thane, Hydrebad and Bangalore
The Journey: Pune - Harihareshwar- Diveagar- Murud Janjira- Pune

Indian Stock Market

Though the sky is dark all over, we still remain optimistics enough to see only the Light

Bedse Caves

I have returned to Pune after a gap of 17 months and realized that you have lost much more than then u ever imagined in this short frame of time. But as some intellectuals say “Never regret the past and just enjoy the present and plan the future”. And what better to start than to trek around Pune.

My first outing in Pune was Bedse Caves. The reason being that we all had lost out our touch (physically) with hardcore trekking and Bedse caves just seem a right destination for a light trek and a good start.

Route from Pune: Pune- Old Bombay Pune Highway-Kamshet –Bedse Village
Famous for: Two Caves and fewer crowds
Difficulty level: Easy- A 25 minutes walk from Bedse village.
Food: Not available in the village. One can arrange for their own or travel back to the HighwayTravel By: Bike and car
Other Places to visit: Phagana dam (Abt 6-8 kms from the caves)

The outing did not turn out to be anything extraordinary but was indeed a good start