Travelling to western Maharashtra was on the cards since some time. But where to was the question. Finally i managed to figure out one location - Chikaldhara - in the Amravati district of Maharashtra. Very little (or for that matter "no") first hand information was available on this place (this proved to become a bone of contention later in the trip). Google searches revealed some basic information, which i used to build a trip itinerary. Sanchi being somewhat close to chikaldhara (well.. Ahem.. about 300 kms..Read more »

4 days of holidays in the office meant a ride was emminent. But work load leading to the holidays meant that there wasn't time for planning. I'd called Darth and asked him his plans. Since i had only 2 days for tripping (had to spend the other 2 with family, the trip had to be short. That was one reason why we'd chucked out Hampi from the plan. The other reason was that i had another friend joining the ride who wasn't much of a rider in terms of experience (his bike was less than 800 kms old), so Hampi would be overkill for him.Read more »

The dates were final but the plan wasn't. I'd planned to start on 28th Sept and be back on 2nd Oct. The destination was going to be somewhere in Konkan, as the rains had only just subsided and i was expecting mindblowing greenery en route.Read more »

After a 4000km hiatus, i was ready to break new ground. The last 4000 kms had been the longest stretch during which my bike had seen little more than the home-office route. With some valuable help from darth_lucifer (from bcmtouring.com) and his post, i planned my trip to Ellora, Ajanta and Lonar. But a week in advance i came across this trip being organized by bombay bikers to Panchgani-Mahabaleshwar.Read more »