Group ride to Amby valley and Lavasa

Date: June 06, 2010...


Me, Deepak&friend, Sanket&cousin, Kanti bhai, Glen, Rohan&friend did a short ride this sunday to Amby valley..
Then took teh interior roads from Amby valley till Mulshi..
From mulshi took the road towards Pirangut and finally reached Lavasa..











@deepak - please post the exact route that we took... i dont remember :p

Some pics from the ride as there is nothing much to ride..

Starting with a Panorama at Amby valley.. (click to enlarge)

Sanket and Glen waiting to be clicked...

The internal roads from amby to lavasa are nearly non existent..

 
















break time..

berries called Karavanda in marathi..



























We soon started from the berrie break...
Arrival of monsoon makes the sky really photogenic..

We were greeted by the first rains of the morning..

Thats the mulshi backwaters..

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this was looking so amazing.. but hasnt come out well :(

again a pano of the backwaters of mulshi..

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somewhere on the way saw the thick bamboo plantation. it had created umbrella ..

Soon we were all hungry and had our lunch at some place near mulshi called River palace.. Started from there at around 3.30pm to hug the lavasa curves..

Thats temghar dam in the background..
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Chai tapri on the way to lavasa..

Villagers chatting at the chai tapri..

all by himself..

caution.. curve ahead :)

couldnt stitch properly :( but just to give an idea of the roads..
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Thats the Lavasa city..

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Inside the city.. they have installed huge mirrors at U-turns..

the curve hugger..

Pano of the curve..
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This was the last capture of the day..

broke from the group coz of traffic and had to ride back home all alone and in the rains..
but it was worth it..