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Mumbai Goa Highway

Ganapatipule Temple

                                           
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Carbon Cloud

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Royal Enfiled Classic 500cc

On 14 Dec a boy booked a Royal Enfield Classic 500 cc.
Everyone was opposing him, including his parents. But he didn't change his decision.
There were two options for him at that time.
1. Royal Enfiled Classic 500

2. Honda CBR 250R

People suggested him to go for Honda for quality and all.

But he wanted to go for bullet. People said that Honda CBR 250R suits his personality.

But he didn't listen to anyone as always.

Yeah, he knew that there are going to be lots of problems with bullet classic, because he read a lot of articles stating many problems about bullet classic 500cc.

eg Classic 350 cc

and this- Team BHP

Lets see.. But he is ready to face the problems.

He will decide whether to go for Bullet classic 500 or Honda when the delivery date will be informed to him.

He always has an option to cancel the bullet and look for any other bike.

Lets see...What the Asami gets..

Trek To Ratangad

Wooow... Almost after 5-6 months, We went for Trekking on bike.

Abhi, Nilesh and me are bike crazy people. This time we got a new jointy Niranjan for the biking adventure.

We have Pulser 200, Honda Unicorn, Apache 160, and Yamaha Fazer respectively.

So on 1st Jan 2010, at 1400 hrs we started our journey to Ratangad.

First we went to Bhandardara through Mumbai Nasik Highway. The highway is really smooth and awesome. The kasara ghat is really beautiful.

At 2300 hrs we reached the base village Ratanwadi.

It was too cold, because Bhandardara Dam was nearby. We inquired in the village about the safety of night trekking to the fort.

People were saying the it is not safe to march to the fort at night because of multiple routes.

But we decided to go. We were short of equipments as always. We had only a torch.

But somehow we managed to reach the top at 0230.

There were three steel ladders in the route. But the route was exciting.

At the top, it was really too cold to bear. It was child, windy..

The caves were full of trekkers, so we had to sleep outside the caves.

In the morning, the cold atmosphere was manageable.

Main points on the fort were

1.'Nedhe' or 'Eye of the Needle'.-natural rock peak with a cavity in it at the top

2.Tryambak Darwaza - The main entrance to Ratangad fort

After exploring the fort for 2-3 hrs , we went down to the base village for the lunch.

Not only it was an exciting trek, but the bike ride was also superb.

Aus Vs Pak 2nd test Day 1 review

Today, Pak shown what they are capable of.
Ponting made a wrong decision at the toss to bat first. He knew there is grass on pitch, it is a live pitch. But full credit goes to Pakistani bowlers. They bowled well. Especially M'hd Asif and Sami, the duo looks good. Sometimes the referral systems stole their credit. But still they stand tall. It looked good when M'hd Yusuf supports the bowlers, by chatting with them in between the balls and overs. It always feels good when your captain is backing you up and showing confidence on you. And Sami and Asif got their rewards, 3 and 6 wickets each.
After the first test, Watson made a statement that he feels Asif is bowling same like he(Asif) bowled at his (Asif's) debut. But Asif gave the answer with the ball. He bowled superbly.
Ausies were really struggling against him. Sami also came back in the team well by peaking up wickets. His initial break through was crucial. Both Asif and Sami took 2 wickets in 2 balls.
Sami was little bit unlucky for not getting hat-trick. I thought that was a very close call.
In terms of Aus's batting performance, I thought there was nothing much wrong with it. The inclusion of Philip Hugues as an opener, made their batting line-up vulnerable. He never looked confident. Watson, the inform batsman also failed. But in the difficult situations, captain should always guide his ship. But with the elbow injury and low confidence Ponting didn't make the mark. Hussey was looking good, but returned to the pavilion because of a miss-timed pull shot.
The key performer in Aus batting line-up today was Johnson. He played a class of innings. Especially Danish Kaneria's over, in which he made 20 odd runs. He was pulling good, smashing the ball through extra covers, covers. But he was out of partners. He was the only batsman who played aggressively and positively. And finally Aus were bowled out for just 127 runs in 44.2 overs, their 3rd total under 160 since The Oval in August. .
When Pak came to bat, Bollinger and Siddle bowled well, but Pak batsmen survived.
I think Ponting should have given ball to Johnson. He was in rhythm in last test.
Anyway, lets see what happens on the second day.