Tuesday, April 20, 2010

..."Life in itself is an ocassion so why wait for another one,Hence i play dress up everyday"...

... it was another 'evening out' at Ajay's place... with a vehicle @ my disposal it has become easier for me to focus more on the destination than at the journey... although once in a driver's seat the journey is as exciting as the destination... anyway ...there i was... comfortable and relaxed and enjoying the cool breeze that is always available in abundance in his 9th floor penthouse apartment... (in my opinion he should buy this place!)... when he disclosed that he is planning to pay a visit to Shirdi 'next Sunday'...and since i have never been to that place... even after spending three years in Poona... i jumped at the opportunity... nothing is more exciting than a road trip with a college friend... so after evaluation of several options and confirmation/cancellations ... it was decided to go there by a hired taxi... with me Ajay and his wife... ummmm...MG?...

... the taxi was to leave at six in the morning... after flirting with the idea that i spend the Saturday nite there... we decided that i will reach early in the morning and have breakfast... and we all then proceed for the journey... so i woke-up @ 0430... ready by 0515 and reached at our 'base camp' @ 0530 hrs... the boiled-potato-roasted-onion-sandwiches were ... yumm... what should i say... umm...delicious... (Psst... Ajay can cook quite well!) ... and thanks to timely intervention by MG they were edible too! ... and THAT early in morning they were 'best-in-the-world' ... along with hot tea... and finally we began our (at least my personal) memorable trip to Shirdi...

... the roads till Ahmednagar... or simply addressed as Nagar... were good... however after that there are some very dangerous pot holes big enough to engulf the trucks ... and i am not exaggerating!...for a distance of a little over 200 kms... we took about four-and-a-half hours to reach there... and with one minor and one big pit stop... the later one was at some roadside 'dhaba' for some snacks... we ordered 'kanda-poha', 'upma', frooti (women u know!), pepsi(boys u know!)and hot tea(smart handsome charming compulsive bloggers!)... anyways... we reached just before the 12 O'clock aarti @ Shirdi... and we were 'stuck' in the queue... it took us a little over two hours before we had one of the best 'darshan' one can expect at such place... however our 'test' was yet to come... soon after coming out of the main chamber we had to reach to our taxi... crossing the hot cemented way and then the 'sizzling' asaphalt... parked at... what seemed like kilometers away...

... having gone there and paying visit with darshan of Sai Baba... was an experience good enough to ignore such 'agni pariksha' ... and when u have had such a good onward trip... can the return trip be less eventful?... nah! ... but for that u have to wait for my next post... :D

... meanwhile i found this video on a blog i follow... thought of sharing the video thru Youtube... enjoy!...


2 comments:

  1. nice...road trips are awesome...one can stop at different dhabaas for refreshment...I still remember my trip to Jaipur with 4 office friends...we stopped by at numerous dhaba just to have that sip of tea.

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  2. ... i remember my Jaipur trip vaguely... decades ago... and now that my car was serviced couple of days ago, my hands are itching for a lawng drive... :)

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