Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Summer biking

Summer is always boring for me, it becomes killing in a long weekend and sitting Ideal at home for whole day and waiting for crepuscule so that I can go out for a long bike ride. I need reason for riding. Every opportunity of biking for long distance excites me. I am a sloth on the highway so enjoying the ride is first priority instead reaching early to the destination.

This trip was little spooky. On Saturday afternoon it came into reality that we are driving till Kashid and will kick off at 5PM. It was most exciting then rooming around the city. Being a sloth I was instructed to drive fast so that we would reach there early. I and my fellow biker started together but in between I lost him in my rear view mirror. I didn’t stopped thinking that he will catch me any time and in Lonavala were we were planned to meet another biker, so it was our first stop. In Lonavala I received a call from him saying there is smoke coming out of his engine so he will somehow manage to come to Lonaval and then decide what to do next. After a long drama it was finally decide that we will continue our ride he was instructed to ride a bit slow. So, now I was not the only slow rider as I had a company. Before reaching Alibag all bikers meet and decided that except me and companion all will head toward Kashid and get a room for us.
We reached Alibag at 9:30PM and tried calling others but there were out of reach. Somehow in Kashid we meet them at 10:30PM and went to the resort. Just were we parked the bike the sea winds were strong and the sound of waves hitting the shore were more loud. This might be because of full moon gravitational pull. There was no need to light the candle as the moon light was enough. We took the table and chair out in the beach near the sea and decided to take the dinner there. The sea waves were kissing our feet. This was best time I was enjoying. After dinner we started walking beside the shore at mid night the moonlight was on its full strength, we were talking and banter on each other. After a good walk we took out the bed sheet spread on the beach and slept near the sea shore on the sand. I looked at the sky it was full of stars and looking through my foot I can see the small lights which were the ships in the sea. It was full moon light and the enchanting breeze was giving an awesome feeling. We kept looking to the stars and talking. Later around 2:30PM we decided to go back to the cottage and sleep.


Next day morning around 6 o’clock we took a walk on the sea shore. After walk we went to a tea stall took a cup of tea and slept on the swing. After an hour we decided to move on as the sun started to get hotter and we need to return home soon. This was best trip I have enjoyed in such a short time.