kandivali to alibagh

on our way

Bharatmata

Bharatmata

Bhaucha Dhakka

on the ferry with the bikewallas

sunscreen

tired

villa

April 1^st

it is easy to open a blog but writing is really boring, i hope i had a Ganesha who could write for me and i become a narrator the Vyasa

cycle trip to Alibagh from Bombay suburbs

cycling to Alibagh – march 27^th and march 28^th – just one day after becoming 40.

morning 5am i took an auto with my cycle to juhu circle and then waiting for all the 3 idiots to come, 2 men -- hour late.

2 women 2 men – gender equal no 33%

2 gear cycle and 2 normal cycle

Juhu circle to Bhaucha Dhakka to alibagh-- linking road to bandra to tulsi pipe line to dadar to lower parel to bharatmata to cotton green to bhaucha dhakka, then took a ferry to Rewas. Then again cycled almost to Alibagh but entered a small village called Khim just before Alibagh next to the beach, found a villa and was almost dead. The caretaker lady told her sister-in-law to make some veg food for us we hogged and then were flat. The men slept till 7 eve but women where more excited about the beach. Sadly we forgot our swim suits.

The men as they slept like a log so we couldn't continue our journey to Revdanda

the villa was excellent, looks like a colonial or a Portuguese wooden bungla. Kept very badly. But it is for sale the owner stays in Hong kong and the caretaker lady who has 5 daughters one son and 4 grand daughter looks not more than 45yrs old.

now people will laugh at me –took an auto- then a ferry what is the cycling about. But i need to tell people from juhu circle to Bhaucha Dhakka is minimum 30km and then rewas to that village was 24km so it is 54km

returned back the same way but de-routed to Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Jijamata Udyan, Byculla to see nikhil chopra. Then i cycled till kandivali thakur complex no auto and the km increased i am sure it must be more than 70km i think 75 maybe 80km uffff

Tips:

1. Start at 5am

2. Dont drink the previous night and sleep early not at 2am—doesn't matter you completed 40 that night.

3. Have a cushion fixed to the cycle seat

4. take a hook-- if tired you can hook yourself to an auto or bus or truck

5. Dont wear a front button shirt –tshirts and half pants

6. eat and drink lots of water and foood

7. always go in a trip with people who love eating. And ready to cycle few more km to search for good exciting local food.

things to Remember:

1. in the ferry—morning 8.30
   ferries roof is called Foul and the main sitting downstairs is called Fair. So the foul was filled with bikes and our 4 cycle
   --there where 15 to 20 bikers
   --all bikers started their morning with rum and beer and we 4 of us where having vada pav
   --the bikers with their drinks started singing bhajans from jai hanuman to ma santoshi mata and ended with jai maharashtra songs --total 2 hours

2. the food made by the local women for dinner:

   surmai fish fry + Kolambi (Malvani Prawns Curry) + rice bhakri (rice roti)

3. Bum pains