Thursday, January 05, 2006

Memories of Bangalore - Mumbai - Pune Road Trip...


I had a compulsory vacation in the office during Christmas and new year so I decided to go for a lil' drive to mumbai n pune. 1065kms from my home to rima's in 17hrs including 2 hrs of break... and I drove all the way! The most memorable part of driving was my personal best of 170kms/hr on pune-mumbai express highway. I was thinking that I was the king :-D just when a Skoda overtook me @ 200kms/hr!!! The not so enjoyable part of the journey was that I had to drive back 860kms from pune alone :-( But it was all worth it...! :-)


Here are some of my fav pics. If you wanna see them all, click here...

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starting for mumbai - Surya n Me


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starting for mumbai - Beno n Surya


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early mornin - Beno sleepin...

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Surya's turn to sleep


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what's he doin in the fields? lol!


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me doin bhangra!


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surya wakes up...


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that's beno's dreamy-hungry looks

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jus before pune


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tunnel on mumbai-pune express highway


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tunnel on mumbai-pune express highway


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dinner @ kareem's in hiranandani - Rima, Sachin, KK, Surya, Beno (taking the pic) n me


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rima @ cheatin ...


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me


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beno wid score card


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me n bunny


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bowlin @ aura


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dinner wid sachin n rima @ rhodas


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breakfast wid manisha


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wid bunny n sumeet @ hotel pride, pune


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nice sketch of pune railway station...


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wid rajneesh, sumet n bunny @ jazz by the bay


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prawns @ jazz by the bay


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enjoyin live band @ jazz by the bay


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back in the hotel


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next mornin... Bunny, Mayank, Vishal and Sumeet


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unofficial PIPS Batch of 2001 get together @ Olas
Ranjit, Mayank, Vishal, Piyush, Sumeet n Me (Rajneesh joined us a bit later)


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dancin time...


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dancin time...

7 comments:

Blackempress said...

HEy! Finally:)
GReat vacation. THe pics r so lively & nice. I love the field one Nd the tunnel.
Seems like u collected alot of fun. It was still worth the trip even if it meant coming back solely. ;)
Keep smilin

Anand said...

@empress: :-D Finally I managed to post something... ty! I did have loads of fun. And true, the trip was worth driving back 860 kms for 14 hours.. :-)

Ravish said...

The trip looks gr8 fun!!
nice pics!!

Anonymous Poet said...

Looks like fun! Maybe I can join you for golf next time!!

: )

Dinesh said...

Good man! Bloody I wasnt there for informal PIPS get tgether. Do convey my regards to those fellas of ours.

Anand said...

@Ravish: I'm glad you liked the pics. It sure was a hell lotta fun! Thx for droppin by... :-)

@Anonymous Poet: It really was fun! Something I needed badly! And you're most welcome to join for golf next time. I'm not much of a golf player, and I'm sure I'd get to learn from you :-)

@Dinesh: You really missed this one. Maybe we can make another trip when you return back... :-)

sthupit girl said...

yay!! your back...

'looks like you had an awesome trip. 'wishing you many more.

thank you for your comment on my post "yeah?" i really appreciate it. though, all of us seem to live by our own rules, i think the one common to all of us is; when in doubt, follow your heart.

Thank you once again for sharing your thoughts with me.

God bless!