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[pulsurge]

Did a one-day ride amidst lovely weather (super rains) with my friend Satyajit to Shirdi. No darshan nothing...just rode to Shirdi and came back. The pics will do the talking better

My route: Mira Road-Thane-Igatpuri-Ghoti-Sinnar-Shirdi and back: 485 kms


Just love this bridge...unfortunately never been in a train on this route :'(



The railways tunnels at Igatpuri



Another shot of the bridge...am going to walk over it someday



Drenched Igatpuri roads



Breakfast stop at Ghoti...this should be certified a 5 star restaurant. The bill makes me say that. The good thing was I came to know of an interesting place here.



It was pouring...and whenever the rains subsided- a click stop. Wish I could capture the hills in the distance as beautiful as they looked to the naked eye. Camera limitations but



Lets go GREEN, red and tricolour



The Sinnar-Shirdi Road. Minus a small bumpy stretch...it was awesome.



Ghoti-Sinnar Road



Errr...lets go GREEN again



Wish I could ride till the top...well I could have...turning back would have been a problem



The near-barren landscape



Land-blasting in the distance...wish could zoom in more.



Satya rides off



The CBR with the GSR (Ghoti-Sinnar Road)



They only lug around for 10 kms a day. And had stopped for the day and could only pass after the powergrid was switched off. The power cables are too low for these giants.



Lunch stop on Ghoti Sinnar Road.



The food was nice..maybe coz of the weather outside.



The clouds resting on the hills



Igatpuri was awesome on the way back...all cloudy and foggy.



The complete album here:

https://picasaweb.go...nyRideToShirdi#

[arn]

Good to hear Ghoti Sinnar was good again, it had sort of got orphaned till recently

Nice pics

[pulsurge]

Thanks Doc. Even I was surprised at the road surface as I had numerous bad impressions about this stretch. The idea to take a diversion was a last moment call or else we would have taken via Nasik. Also now we avoided the crowdy Ghoti market as there is a new diversion ahead which takes direct to the Ghoti-Sinnar Road via a new flyover that goes over the railway tracks.

[rahul_rn]

Man when can i get to do rides like you..??
You burn my pichwaada everytime you put pics of your trips (which is almost every week these days.. )
Anyway nice pics and nice ride..

[pulsurge]

rahul_rn, on 25 June 2012 - 02:56 PM, said:

Man when can i get to do rides like you..??
You burn my pichwaada everytime you put pics of your trips (which is almost every week these days.. )
Anyway nice pics and nice ride..

Sure your time will come too. Man I learnt riding when I was 26

[arn]

That road used to be my commute even before it was completed, complete with a nightmarish stretch THROUGH Ghoti and once finished, it was an absolute runway. Even though  it is single lane all the way I used to average near about 83 -85 kph on the ZMA on that stretch.

Then the surface started going, and it was not safe to ride above 70. BTW, the dual carriageway as reached Nashik, though the flyover is not complete, so there will still be some 15 km of chaos if going towards Shirdi. Nashik Sinar is a very heavy traffic stretch anyways.

[rahul_rn]

pulsurge, on 25 June 2012 - 03:08 PM, said:

Man I learnt riding when I was 26

26..??