Bad planning and bad luck is all you need to mess up!
It goes like this, me and my friend amit had planned for a bike ride to raigad fort from our native place which is 9kms from panchgani.
It was my uncle's bike, a hero honda cd-delux, avg of 75kmpl!
Yeah, like every1 does, we planned to start our ride early morning. But voila, my uncle took bike and came directly at 12 noon!
I was two-minded, to go or not to go!
With half-heart, we decided to go for it! Coz, they say Bear grylls haar maan ne walo me se nahi! :P
Got out, took bike, kick started, and here we go!
Started at 1pm, reached at 2.15pm at Mahabaleshwar, filled the tank and moved on!
I'm an armature rider, and had heard some grueling stories of the Ambaneli ghat! So decided to keep calm and concentrate on..
We were running out of time, and every time i tried to race hard, the road showed signboard in marathi to stick to basics i.e better late than late!
The ghat is just awesome, and is real challenge..
The distance is 40km to poladpur, we came almost 25kms neutral!
Reached mahad at 4.00pm.
I had heard, that mahad-raigad is 2kms but it was 22kms! And we figured out that we are in trouble..
What next, reached raigad base at 5.30pm took tickets of rope way, 150rs return.
Ok we thought we had a chance, but big problem! There was a que of about 50people ahead of us!
It took almost 45 mins to get in rope-way and mere 4 mins to reach the top..
It was 6.30pm now, the sun was about to set, and that is where we had our paisa wasool scene!
The shivaji raje's sitting statue, and the red setting sun, a worth view, which most of us don't make it!
Took few snaps, in an around, returned to the rope-way exit!
Again, a que of 50 people. More than 1hr wasted!
Back to base at 8.15, came back to mahad.
Dinner at local dabba wala for 25bucks, mind you, it was hygienic, tasted like home made!
Got a bed in sharing for 70rs per bed.
Early morning, at 6.30 left murud, reached pratapgad at 8.30, it was just being readying to recieve tourist.
Came back with a sigh of relieve to have made it in one piece!
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