It was a dusky and rainy day on Saturday…..the weather was cool and romantic……but we did not want it that ways this time ;) ……why ??? As we were planning to glide on Sunday…and were hoping that skies be clear and the weather be pleasant for an excellent glide!! And to our luck…….Sunday morning was a perfect one…..and we were too happy and excited about gliding J
Sachin’s friend, Prashant was also travelling from Mumbai, to join us in this adventure filled “ Joy Ride” along with us.
I was so much unaware about this Gliding Centre in Pune, until Atul told me, that he had actually started to learn this fascinating task. This is an undertaking of Civil Aviation Department, which have two seated glider planes and there are several people who come along and enjoy the pleasure of gliding. GCP is open to general public on Sundays and offers a “ Joy Ride” to those who wish to experience glider flying.
After having a nice and heavy breakfast , with Sachin’s Pohe and Trupti’ Tea, we headed towards Hadapsar, on the way we took Priti, my younger sister along with us J
The place is almost 30 mins from Swargate, we could easily locate the place, with help of Atul and the huge ground that was located adjoining to the main road . There were about 10 numbers waiting before us. We booked four slots and then headed toward the yards, where the Gliders were kept….and were getting “ chamko” for our rides ;) The rides usually start by 11, so meanwhile we preferred to start posing for the photos and discovering the place. After a one hour wait, finally the first glider was taken out….it was then carried to the middle of ground with the help of a jeep. We followed it on our bikes.
After reaching the place by 12 pm, the first ride finally started…..we went nearby and had a close look, inside the small plane J . After the belts were tied and the pilot gave a ready go on his mic, the glider moved so swiftly…that it was into the skies in few seconds. We all followed the trajectory along which this plane moved……and were eagerly waiting for our turn. After a five minute ride…it landed back on the grass ground….which was a special run way for these pilots J
We waited until the 10 people before us were finished, killing our time by having loads of snaps…having chikoos and cherries ( which eventually fall short when, Prashant was really hungry) and riding a bycyle of a local boy there ( Sachin and Priti were worried that those tyres could burst, as I was riding it…so mean of them !!!)We waited …waited and waited..untill our turn came almost at 1.30. Prashant was the first amongst four of us, to go for this “Joy Ride” . We took excellent snaps…and the full video shoot of the entire adventure filled task.
The only word we could have in our minds, was Amazing…..Amazingly…Amazing !!! It was a very wonderful experience for all of us. The ride was only a five minute…but for those few seconds you feel as though you are in heaven….with the wonderful view of the city below and you being the only one flying……truly mind blowing…..wish it could be for some more time!! This event is a very nice initiative by the Aviation department, for the common people to enjoy the joy of this beautiful ride !!
On the way back, we had a nice Chinese cuisine , with nice hot soups, deserts, noodles and lots of chicken…..a short and sweet outing..in the city and out of city too….enjoyed my one day weekend thoroughly!!
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Friday, November 19, 2010
Konkan Trip
Last year, when Sachin and I came back from the Kerala trip, we decided to go on a similar one every year. Through out the year, there were so many things, that we could not plan for a very big one this time. As a change, we had been to Banaglore to meet friends and had a small one day trip to Karnala, and a very spiritual types Ashtavinayak Darshan tour. Finally as we are nearing towards year end, we thought to go on a short Konkan Trip. We decided to go to Diveagar, Harihareshwar and Srivardhan Beaches and Janjira and Raigad forts.
We started on a early Sunday morning, towards Diveagar. As it was a sunday morning, and just 2 days prior to Diwali, it was not much crowded, the roads were all clear.....we headed towards Chandani Chowk, and then via Pirangut ghat....we headed to Tamhini Ghat...on the way we stopped at a village for breakfast. The place was surounded by lake....which extended for almost half and hour.....the scene was beautiful and pleasant :)
We reached Diveagar by 11.30 we freshened up...and went for lunch..The place we stayed was a small hotel, near by to beach..it was a walking 5 mins distance from the beach.....the backyard was full of coconut tree plantations...and many more spices too..... We had a typical konkani style lunch....and decided to have some fish as well :) Surmai was yumm !! After having a heavy lunch...we could not think of anything but sleep....we slept for nice 2 hours.....then had some tea and went towards the beach.
The only word I could say to describe the beach was , "awesome" . It was a clean, beautiful completely deserted beach...with lush green trees and clear water. The beach is not a crowded one.....it was great to spend much time playing in the water and running through the waves...As it started getting dark.....we prefered to sit and watch the setting sun.....the sunset was too good...it seemed that everything near by was so calm and serene....We then started to prepare a house...so started digging the sand.....we could not prepare a very fancy one...so we just made a small Igloo kind of house :) and returned back to the hotel.
After having a warm shower, we went to the nearby " Suvarna Ganesh Temple" ....the idol was supposed to be found in the sea...which was locked in a big suit case.....it weighs almost 10 kg of gold. After coming back...had nice sea food in the dinner, with drinks and had a relaxing evening ...sitting in the open garden and enjoying the stars.....up !!
The following day, we went to Janjira fort, which is situated in the midst of sea....on a rock Island....the fort was constructed sometime in 11th century, and remains to be one of unconquered fort !! The remaining day we visited Harihareshwar and Srivardhan Beaches. Harihareshwar is supposed to be the " Swayam bhu Shankar Temple" also considered as the Dakshin kashi.
Third day we went to Raigad fort....we spent almost 3-4 hours on fort, understanding the history , it being the capital of all forts at that time. There was a MSTDC guide who accompanied us, and have us worthwhile information about Raigad and Shivaji Maharaj. We reached back to Pune at around 9 that night. The trip was a small one, but a very relaxing, must say Konkan is such a beautiful place, which will definetely rejunevate and relax you !! Looking forward to a next trip soon now !! :)
We started on a early Sunday morning, towards Diveagar. As it was a sunday morning, and just 2 days prior to Diwali, it was not much crowded, the roads were all clear.....we headed towards Chandani Chowk, and then via Pirangut ghat....we headed to Tamhini Ghat...on the way we stopped at a village for breakfast. The place was surounded by lake....which extended for almost half and hour.....the scene was beautiful and pleasant :)
We reached Diveagar by 11.30 we freshened up...and went for lunch..The place we stayed was a small hotel, near by to beach..it was a walking 5 mins distance from the beach.....the backyard was full of coconut tree plantations...and many more spices too..... We had a typical konkani style lunch....and decided to have some fish as well :) Surmai was yumm !! After having a heavy lunch...we could not think of anything but sleep....we slept for nice 2 hours.....then had some tea and went towards the beach.
The only word I could say to describe the beach was , "awesome" . It was a clean, beautiful completely deserted beach...with lush green trees and clear water. The beach is not a crowded one.....it was great to spend much time playing in the water and running through the waves...As it started getting dark.....we prefered to sit and watch the setting sun.....the sunset was too good...it seemed that everything near by was so calm and serene....We then started to prepare a house...so started digging the sand.....we could not prepare a very fancy one...so we just made a small Igloo kind of house :) and returned back to the hotel.
After having a warm shower, we went to the nearby " Suvarna Ganesh Temple" ....the idol was supposed to be found in the sea...which was locked in a big suit case.....it weighs almost 10 kg of gold. After coming back...had nice sea food in the dinner, with drinks and had a relaxing evening ...sitting in the open garden and enjoying the stars.....up !!
The following day, we went to Janjira fort, which is situated in the midst of sea....on a rock Island....the fort was constructed sometime in 11th century, and remains to be one of unconquered fort !! The remaining day we visited Harihareshwar and Srivardhan Beaches. Harihareshwar is supposed to be the " Swayam bhu Shankar Temple" also considered as the Dakshin kashi.
Third day we went to Raigad fort....we spent almost 3-4 hours on fort, understanding the history , it being the capital of all forts at that time. There was a MSTDC guide who accompanied us, and have us worthwhile information about Raigad and Shivaji Maharaj. We reached back to Pune at around 9 that night. The trip was a small one, but a very relaxing, must say Konkan is such a beautiful place, which will definetely rejunevate and relax you !! Looking forward to a next trip soon now !! :)
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Bangalore Trip
We had planned this trip since last one month, Marriage was only one of the reason to go Bangalore. We wanted to spend time meeting most of our friends there. Still I missed on most of them…will catch up with you guys next time I come J. Sachin and I had a wonderful time together, and we thoroughly enjoyed the trip.We started on a weekday that was Thursday J, happy as it was a weekday…and rest of the people were in office…and we were going out of town J
Wednesday night we were done with the packing and stuff, Sachin went out and got some nice snacks for the long train trip that we were going to have. We woke up early on Thursday morning….I had prepared tea and Poha…got freshened up and left home at 10, we quiet reached in time, for our train …….the train journey was beautiful…one as it was not crowded and second…as the path along with the train moved was amazing……the trail was completely through nice fields and fresh air breezed in so smoothly …. It literally seemed to be in some hill station. We had a early sleep that night…and reached Bangalore early morning by 6.45am. We preferred to take the Volvo bus to Pankaj place…where we had decided to stay.
After having a very typical south Indian breakfast, with onion uttapam and rava dosa….we started for the wedding. The wedding was ideally somewhere very near to Pankajs place….but we all the way travelled through the Bangalore traffic, took a terrific long cut to reach the marriage hall KK !! It was Purshottams marriage…my friend in Subex. We were in the wedding for more than a hour, and could see some of the marriage rituals in a typical Andhra style marriage……followed by the feast on the banana leaves J
After marriage, we planned to get back to Koramangala…to the place, which we belonged to so muchhhh…….I really really miss wondering on the streets of Koramangala…which used to be so much of fun. First we preferred to go to the flat where Sachin used to live, 111, Sony world..that’s what we refer to it always…we had a look…..from out…..and sachin seemed to miss those days a lot…and was happy recollecting all the memories back J same was my case, when I passed through the streets of 396 forum J, which was the placed I stayed for almost 3 years!!
Rekha works in Koramanagala….so we thought to meet her....and it was good to see her after a year…..it was a celebration ….as she gave us the good news of her getting married J
Back to Koramangala, and back to Forum, and back to Transit, where I spent so much of time…..we had a small chat for about an hour and left….then I took Sachin to the park…where I and Pankaj used to sit and chat for a long time……we relaxed there for a bit….and then I thought of buying the “Death by Choclate” , ice-cream from Corner house for Sachin, we thought to share it with Pank…so we got it parceled. On the way we took some fruits for Pank as he was fasting J
We were really tired by this time….we had travelled almost 50 kms….throughout the day…so we thought to go on Panks room and relax a bit…but guess what…??? Mr. Sachin lost the flat keys…..!! L L So went to the terrace and started to chat there….we could not resist our temptation to eat the ice-cream….and started gulping spoon by spoon…giving a false explanation to ourselves that the ice cream could melt until Pank would come back J !! In the evening after Pank came, along with Manoj we went to one fine Chinese restaurant ….and dabun khala !!! J
That day we had lot of gap shap with Pank….I slept…..(surprise for Sachin J) …and Sachin saw a Marathi movie, name “Hapus” with Pank !!
Following day, we met my Sasken friends, Srinivas, Bijaya and Nitesh, thanks all you guys for the French fries and coke…those are Sachin’s favourite !! Followed by them I had a small meet with Malini and Ramesh. I felt very bad that I had to call Ramesh from a very far distance…but could not spend much time with him L. I should really appreciate Sachin too, for his patience…he rode so much that day !! J . From Bagmane tech park we moved towards sarjapur road…to Sushils house, Sachins friend…..Swati, Suhsils wife, had made poha for evening snacks and accompanied with tea…we started reviving some talks of subex days…..as we were colleagues at some point of time. Sushil and Swati make a lovely pair…..and so do Prabhjot and Vaibhav….whom we visited next J Thanks Anup for the gifts !!
We stayed overnight at their place……and I am sure..Sachin loved the time…as those are his friends…with whom he spent maximum time when he was in Bangalore….!!
The other day morning, I had a plan to meet my Subex friends, but I could not meet all of them, as 2 were onsite L and one was out of town, but luckily I had the opportunity to meet Shiva J
After meeting Shiva, we left towards hosur road, to meet Sateesh Uncle…..it was nice and warm to be at his place…..a very cozy and small house…..which is filled with lot of love and gratitude J
Their 6 old girl, sonu was also at home, as it was a Sunday……we had lunch there….and started to move towards Panks room, to collect our luggage…!! On the way we met Manish and Giffty….bapre…pot phatla…kahun khaun…….these two sweetie pies forced us so much to eat…that we decided to skip the evening dinner J
Then started off to Majestic…..by 365 volvo….to catch the Udyan at 8.00…..Pank accompanied us….and on the way too we had nice talks……back to Pune…and Byes..to Bangalore…..it was a wonderful trip with all wonderful people in our lives JJ. It was such a relaxing trip though it was such a long one……Love u all a lot J !!
Wednesday night we were done with the packing and stuff, Sachin went out and got some nice snacks for the long train trip that we were going to have. We woke up early on Thursday morning….I had prepared tea and Poha…got freshened up and left home at 10, we quiet reached in time, for our train …….the train journey was beautiful…one as it was not crowded and second…as the path along with the train moved was amazing……the trail was completely through nice fields and fresh air breezed in so smoothly …. It literally seemed to be in some hill station. We had a early sleep that night…and reached Bangalore early morning by 6.45am. We preferred to take the Volvo bus to Pankaj place…where we had decided to stay.
After having a very typical south Indian breakfast, with onion uttapam and rava dosa….we started for the wedding. The wedding was ideally somewhere very near to Pankajs place….but we all the way travelled through the Bangalore traffic, took a terrific long cut to reach the marriage hall KK !! It was Purshottams marriage…my friend in Subex. We were in the wedding for more than a hour, and could see some of the marriage rituals in a typical Andhra style marriage……followed by the feast on the banana leaves J
After marriage, we planned to get back to Koramangala…to the place, which we belonged to so muchhhh…….I really really miss wondering on the streets of Koramangala…which used to be so much of fun. First we preferred to go to the flat where Sachin used to live, 111, Sony world..that’s what we refer to it always…we had a look…..from out…..and sachin seemed to miss those days a lot…and was happy recollecting all the memories back J same was my case, when I passed through the streets of 396 forum J, which was the placed I stayed for almost 3 years!!
Rekha works in Koramanagala….so we thought to meet her....and it was good to see her after a year…..it was a celebration ….as she gave us the good news of her getting married J
Back to Koramangala, and back to Forum, and back to Transit, where I spent so much of time…..we had a small chat for about an hour and left….then I took Sachin to the park…where I and Pankaj used to sit and chat for a long time……we relaxed there for a bit….and then I thought of buying the “Death by Choclate” , ice-cream from Corner house for Sachin, we thought to share it with Pank…so we got it parceled. On the way we took some fruits for Pank as he was fasting J
We were really tired by this time….we had travelled almost 50 kms….throughout the day…so we thought to go on Panks room and relax a bit…but guess what…??? Mr. Sachin lost the flat keys…..!! L L So went to the terrace and started to chat there….we could not resist our temptation to eat the ice-cream….and started gulping spoon by spoon…giving a false explanation to ourselves that the ice cream could melt until Pank would come back J !! In the evening after Pank came, along with Manoj we went to one fine Chinese restaurant ….and dabun khala !!! J
That day we had lot of gap shap with Pank….I slept…..(surprise for Sachin J) …and Sachin saw a Marathi movie, name “Hapus” with Pank !!
Following day, we met my Sasken friends, Srinivas, Bijaya and Nitesh, thanks all you guys for the French fries and coke…those are Sachin’s favourite !! Followed by them I had a small meet with Malini and Ramesh. I felt very bad that I had to call Ramesh from a very far distance…but could not spend much time with him L. I should really appreciate Sachin too, for his patience…he rode so much that day !! J . From Bagmane tech park we moved towards sarjapur road…to Sushils house, Sachins friend…..Swati, Suhsils wife, had made poha for evening snacks and accompanied with tea…we started reviving some talks of subex days…..as we were colleagues at some point of time. Sushil and Swati make a lovely pair…..and so do Prabhjot and Vaibhav….whom we visited next J Thanks Anup for the gifts !!
We stayed overnight at their place……and I am sure..Sachin loved the time…as those are his friends…with whom he spent maximum time when he was in Bangalore….!!
The other day morning, I had a plan to meet my Subex friends, but I could not meet all of them, as 2 were onsite L and one was out of town, but luckily I had the opportunity to meet Shiva J
After meeting Shiva, we left towards hosur road, to meet Sateesh Uncle…..it was nice and warm to be at his place…..a very cozy and small house…..which is filled with lot of love and gratitude J
Their 6 old girl, sonu was also at home, as it was a Sunday……we had lunch there….and started to move towards Panks room, to collect our luggage…!! On the way we met Manish and Giffty….bapre…pot phatla…kahun khaun…….these two sweetie pies forced us so much to eat…that we decided to skip the evening dinner J
Then started off to Majestic…..by 365 volvo….to catch the Udyan at 8.00…..Pank accompanied us….and on the way too we had nice talks……back to Pune…and Byes..to Bangalore…..it was a wonderful trip with all wonderful people in our lives JJ. It was such a relaxing trip though it was such a long one……Love u all a lot J !!
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