Murud - Right through the sea... - By Abhishek Saxena

We rode all the way thro' it back ! 3:30,3:40,3:45 ...balls to it I'm getting up ...4:30 & I'm all geared up for our 20 minutes away meeting point at 5:30 Leela. Me & Vijay get there to find our guys standing there.I meet Nix, Albert, BozoRap & Prem for the first time. We wait for Daman, Shweta & Waseem to turn up."Haan haan aa raha hoon, bass doo minute mein aa raha hoon" Daman says, finally they turn up. In the meantime we had pulled Prem for a breakfast at baajo ka dhaba (Leela) & Nix had clicked a few photos. Well finally these guys turn up & move to Chembur for our next meeting point. We had just started & Waseem's silencer came off. We put that in Nix back pack & we move on (by god galti se kissi ne Waseem ko bool diya ki "silencer abhi theek na karra ur bike's sounding like harley". kissne itni baddi galti karri pata nahi bhai.But that bike made a terrible racket all the way & back.....hehehehehe) At Chembur we meet Ronnie & Dipesh. We take a quick tea while we wait for Sachin to join us. We had just started from Chembur when it started raining.

I'm falling short of words how to describe the way it started raining...nahi boss, the guys who were not there can't even come closer to describe what it was. All I wud say was that inspite of wearing all the rain coats/sleeters etc etc etc.Our inside of the trousers/jeans were flooded & the GUYS will know how it is,being cold at the very place u have to be warm. Prem's bike is giving him a wonderful time.Main abhi bhi bool raha hoon Prem,tera bike ka engine seize ho gaya hai ;-) It keeps stopping but we manage to start it in 3-4 kicks & we keep moving. We are joined by Gautam in Panvel & Jatin at Kalamboli. Slosh slosh Slosh......This the sound my innards are making. We stop at a hotel next to Karnala bird sanctury. Beautiful "BIRDS" there I must say. As usual the inddiethumpers are at their gluttonous best..hehehe.The count this time,well, countless paus,omellates,chais & burjis. Amit's wife is not feeling well as she is fasting & on top of that the mixture of rains & ride ain't doing any good to her. She eats some fruits. In between Vijay & Daman had to go back to get Dipesh, who's accl wire had come off & 1-2 more guys who were there with him.

Slosh Slosh Slosh Slosh.... more noise from my innards.....pretty soon they'll just be water.You all will keep hearing this time & again here. We move on & ride till just before Alibaug. Here help is needed,though I'm quite sure that I havn't missed any detail. We regroup there , take a short breather,as usual the jokes & laughter is flowing freely.

Beautiful ride I'm telling u guys, the road winds thro' & is moving right along the sea.I hadn't seen a sea wilder than this in a long time. And the best part was that I hadn't rained so badly here.The roads were dry.Few of the guys wait for Rajiv Shah at Kashid(who joins us later at Murud, but only fora very few minutes) . We all regroup at Murud. A few fotos & we park the bikes for lunch. The poor fishes & chickens are devoured mercilessly & topped of with gulab jamuns...slurp. After a few jokes ( courtesy Amit ) & a few fotos (courtesy Nix) later we r on ur way back.Slosh Slosh....the sound is less.I think I'm drying a bit.We see a terrible accident on the way. A Tata Sumo had banged a local from behind & had left him there for the dead. He was being attended by the locals.....so we thought till our guys Waseem Albert & I'm not quite sure who else stopped there.

The locals were not doing anything & just watching him die.These guys organised a few things & had that man sent to the nearest medical help. Which sadly I'm quite sure was no where nearer. Anyway,let's not spoil our mood & let's hope that guy lived.We stop at a resort where Rajiv is putting up to check whether he is joining us for the ride back. He is not so we move on.While we were waiting for Rajiv, Dipesh moves on & gets separated (we havn't heard from him yet, as Sachin has pointed out no one's picking up his phone) Next we stop at some place. I'm not quite sure abt its name but it was the way to the famed Birla mandir. Daman's facing some problem with his bike. While he is looking into it some of us , me, Vijay, Gautam , Ronnie , Albert & Sachin visit the Birla Mandir. Then we move from there & next we stop at Panvel. We wait for all the guys to join..

While we r doing that the one of the parked cars rolls off into the gutter & is half inside. First we cudn't stop laughing but then the EVER HELPING spirit the Inddiethumpers live by,took over & we helped the guy to pull his car back. Accolades every where. The pretty babes there were looking in amazement. Wow what a bunch of heros!! They all had stars in their eyes & they ran to us...some hugged us.....some fought each other to get near to us,take an autograph...a picture...BUT NO....the gentlemen that we are, we kindly refused everyone's offer. For those preparing for GMAT or GRE or whatever that is which requires a good knowledge of English, the few last lines of above para is a good example of "Wishful Thinking"...thank you. Nix, Jatin do not turn up & assuming that they have moved on we start offfrom there. Gautam invites us to his home for snacks. Divine snacks I wud say. Jolly(Gautam's wife) made a good a strong much needed coffee & fried some pakoodas.

Many thanks Gautam & Jolly for that. By the way the way from the building's gate to the garage could be termed as another ride.....for Bozo at least ;-). For other's benefit, it was a steep slope & that too of some kind of slippery stone which the builder thought would stop Inddiethumpers from coming to his building & making any racket.HA!we laugh at ur face Mr.Builder.....& u will wet ur pants when u'll read this & know that our thumper Gautam stays there & his wife makes delicious pakoodas & we will storm ur building again and again for that. We get a call from Jatin that they are waiting for us at Kalamboli.It has started raining again......& this time doesn't seem like it'll stop any sooner.

We meet Jatin & Nix at Vashi toll naka.Here Jatin , who stays nearby moves on & Ronnie & Sachin also go their way.The Andheri guys move the Mulund way. On the way another HeroHonda fool was decimated by Daman & Vijay. In the end we all part ways & reach home safely. Slosh Slosh Slosh Slosh Slosh Slosh Slosh Slosh.......