Mulshi : Monsoon Ride after Lockdown

 Mulshi : Monsoon Ride after Lockdown

Monsoon is here and being a Mumbaikar we have another level of obsession over monsoons. Short rides over hills, those long drives, hot piping Bhutta's, Maggie and relish "Cutting Chai" living in a state of contentment complete justice to monsoons. Being home quarantine for almost 6 months since March 2020 we got an opportunity to go for a short ride after the lockdown lifted.

We planned for Mulshi via NH - 48 which is 171 km from Navi Mumbai.

We left early morning by 6AM and gathered at Kalamboli near McD waiting for a couple of our friends joining us for the ride. We had our breakfast meanwhile, no not in Mc Donalds but down and outside at the streets; homemade hot flavor full and filling "Pooranpolis" freshly cooked food; just loved this early morning grazing, unusual just like our childhood days "Ghar ka Dabba" favorites that we absolutely loved as kids.

  After crossing the city as we can witness Lashing rains and a beautiful chilly weather floating clouds were pure monsoon joy; treat to your eyes. 

Encountered multiple waterfalls and Lakes en route to Mulshi remarkable to witness these during monsoons. Those luscious ghats were perfect for rides; wondrous delight in the store for rider fellas.

As it was raining heavily throughout the journey and due to prolonged exposure to the rains and that too mountainous region accompanied by shivering and chills due to drop in the temperature, situation became miserable and we were exhausted and hell tired; just wanted to rush towards our room and snuggle under the blanket, but soon our assumptions turned out the other way. We reached at the venue and were surprised as we already did the prior booking for our stay at this hotel, which proves to be horrendous, not as per the standard and expectation as shown in the pic earlier. We instantly decided to move from this place and started looking for other options. It was quite challenging to hunt for another place at that point in time mainly because many hotels were temporarily closed or not functioning due to Pandemic. But thankfully we were lucky enough to get one nearby sober place to stay for the night; "rest in-breath moment for us". This place was decent enough with a beautiful landscape view and service was also good exactly how we wished for. 

We all got freshened up and were almost ready to embrace the night starting with some local mouth-watering cuisines fine Wine n laughter, swayed on favorite numbers which were absolutely wild and noisy, and ending up with scary abnormal ghosts stories to keep you up all night. Simply seeking some fun after months of quarantine. 

The next morning we all left in the afternoon after a heavy breakfast and started off from there. This time again we stopped at multiple spots for a short break as we cannot resist clicking some beautiful picturesque locations of gushing waterfalls and overflowing Lakes.

 Damp breeze in your hair and hot Maggie with Garam Chai perfect monsoon delight. 

While going home we took another route this time as suggested by one of our friend which alas happened to be the wicked way. The roads were so bad (old NH17) due to rains; such poor conditions, its was toll on commuters on rough roads just pure evil way and tortures for pillions.

We all got tired due to the bad stretch and the encounter was not pleasing at all, but what's the fun if everything goes well right; Leave some space for adventure and surprises too. After hell, lots of cribbing, cursing a friend, and laughter we still made it. Being on a journey it is better to gear oneself up for unexpected happenings and things to remember.

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