Ganesh Visarjan & to meet friends met during Jalori Biking Expedition.
Posted invite in facebook group & booked tickets by June 3rd week.
On September 27th left Chennai Egmore at 06:50AM by Dadar Express.
2 Idly and 2 Vada for breakfast; Biscuits for dinner followed by sweet Lassi.
28 Sept
Reached Dadar railway station around 6AM on 28 Sept. Refresh at Dadar railway station and went for a walk around Dadar about 8AM -walked past Dadar-East; fuelled mobile at Mumbai-Poona bus stand. Had Pav Bhaaji and Tea in a hotel/eat-out at traffic signal circle.
Enquired at the shop and got advice to head to Charni road by 3-4PM to witness Visarjan.
I was to take Western Line to reach Charni road instead I got into train which arrived on opposite platform headed to Kalyan. Reason was train was half-empty & a fast train.
I was terrified by mad-crazy crowd pushing-knocking others-off to get themselves into train. After crossing Domivili, Nivedita calls up and welcomes to Mumbai. Ajinkya called when I was in Kalyan rail station platform -couldn't really hear a word of what he spoke.
Rested for couple of hours in A/C Dorm-entry at kalyan Rly. Stn.
Pranav had called & suggested me to head to Chruchgate-LalBagh to witness good number of Ganesha Idols. I decided to stay at Mumbai CST for a while. After which I went to Churchgate station where walked few lanes until reaching Pizza by the bay, Baskin Robbins Ice-cream shop. Took a train & got off at Charni road, spent some time taking pictures by the beach walk-way & finally got back to Dadar Station to rest for a while.
Reached Nariman Point -went to Atlanta building 17th floor -view was fantastic.
Met Pranav Shah around 6PM who explained the vital office locations around Atlanta building. After talking few minutes came down and had Bhel chat and sat by Marine Lines.
Kept yapping-exhanged lot of crap for the next 3 hours or so taking pictures and couple of times down the walk-way. Met blogger(sobertooth.com) Rohit Nair near Churchgate station about 9PM. Went to Fountain square sizzlers behind BSE. Both of them wanted to sit facing TV as India was playing Australia. Aussies raised off to 91 in 9 overs from 53 in 7.
Red Hot Chilli Sizzlier was yummmmmieeee; Thai sizzler was OK -a bit tangy with coconut flavour. Talked and talked time ran too fast that evening .......It was already half-past eleven. Pranav(Pramod) Shah too leave. Rohit & me headed to varshi-his place by train. Maybe we reached Rohit's home a bit later than 1AM. Met Rohit Nair's mom who welcomed and said friends are always welcome anytime ;) lol.
29 Sept
Slept soo much even after seeing daylight...finally got-up at 10AM wishing Aunt- Rohit Nair's mom Good morning. Quickly showered & had Roti with egg-tomato curry and beans poriyal for breakfast. Around noon Rohit & me went to main road to take the bus to Pune.
Met Nivedita Chavan who gave dairy milk. Both Nivedita & Rohit started running to and fro and I bought ticket to Pune & said goodbye to them as they couldn't come along to meet burrrah Ajinkya. Got off at Ninjewadi bridge & called Ajinkya Soitkar. Met him around 3PM ...went and had Maharastra thaali for lunch.
within 30 hrs He showed most of the places in Pune.
Visarjan on 29th evening in Pune --- loads of crowd.
visited Make A Difference MAD
went to Mulshi Lake 50km from Pune......INCOMPLETE
more fotos will follow
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