Sunday, April 22, 2012

Trip to ROJA ROJI - MUBARAK SHAHID DARGAH

“All the pathos and irony of leaving one’s youth behind is thus implicit in every joyous moment of travel: 
one knows that the first joy can never be recovered, and the wise traveler learns not to repeat successes but tries new places all the time.”  – Paul Fussell

So, this time we choose to take a move towards "ROJA ROJI - MUBARAK SHAHID DARGAH".

I started calling out all friends and girlfriends* too ;), a day before I wanted to make a move. I was so
exited as after a long pause I was about to start my TRIP. By the evening of 07 Apr 2012, I got the confirmation from Richa, Gunjan, Mani, Sonali,
Dipali, Hiren and Om. It was a typical experience which I had on that saturday night. My mind, my dreams and the excitement of going on TRIP, didn't allow
me to sleep on previous night of the TRIP.

We left home early morning, on 08 Apr 2012 and gathered at first check out point at Sardar Patel Ring Road, which led us to SH 3. Its always fun to 
go on a TRIP, but it becomes more jouful when you have your friends with you. After crossing Kanij and Nainpur cross roads just in 25-30 minutes, we reached 
our final destination - Sojali Village. Sojali is one of the Villages in Mehmedabad Taluka of Kheda District in Gujarat State. Sojali is located 3.9 km 
away from its main Taluka Mehmedabad. End of the village, there is a bank of river of Vatrak river. There is a jungle before the river bank and just before to that 
you will see "ROJA ROJI - MUBARAK SHAHID DARGAH". On map you can find it on 22°50'33"N   72°46'24"E or google link is just below.
http://g.co/maps/6awy4

"ROJA ROJI - MUBARAK SHAHID DARGAH" :

The tomb was built by Sultan Mahmud Begada in the 15th century and is currently maintained by the Archeological Survey of India (ASI). Also known for the untamed mystery 
of this place is on the end of the structure the last right bas pillar contains – A Mataji temple and the ground level for that is approx 12 to 15 feet down, please check 
out the other image for the carved mataji image on the pillar beneath.

We found beautiful carvings there in the Tomb. On the back side there are three secreat down stairs, which was giving a way towards the tiny forest behind.
Exploring that forest and the river bank beside of Vatrak river, and having lots of masti with all the friends, made my day and my TRIP just awesome.

  















































Saturday, January 28, 2012

Audacious Voyage - A First Step Towards Dreams by Ravi Thakkar

...na jane wo kya tha, bus hum yunhi chal pade the,
bus ek tha saath, aur hum yunhi chal pade the,


zindagi jee lee, duniya jeet lee, yaar ke saath humne yaari bhi jee lee,
do din mein jeene ko har saans, bus hum yunhi chal pade the,


yaari ki kasam such keheta hoon...


dosto tum hi ho zindagi, tum hi ho khuda,
dil se ibaadat, ki na hum ho kabhi judaa,


bus saath dena, hum zindagi ki raahon mein,
zindagi jeene ko, bus yunhi saath chal padenge...





...it was 01.01.11, early mornin. 
New year eve. we really rocked, memories were still roaming in mind like blue prints...
but why I woke up so early ??? 


...Sparked mind didn't even took a sec to remind me 'bout ma Audacious Voyage, which will be on bike. Yes today is the day we gonna start our Valiant Expedition.
Plan was to reach IDAR for rock climbing, then to reach to MOUNT ABU via KHEDBRAHMA and then to explore The Mount on 2nd day and post to that a way to home.

time was passin by... i was gettin ready, packaging was almost done... i looked at Papa, he was tensed, thinkin how to stop me, Mom was cryin... want to stop me, and richu was confused... whose side to take - Papa, Mom or My...



standin @ door i was havin two options... 
to follow dreams or to forget the dreams... 
and i choose 
TO LEAVE...
"shayad isi ko ketete honge ... 'LEAVING HOME'

GH-1 FC - 505, Poorvesh Govindia and Me, all 3 started our dream journey @ 10:30 on 01.01.11. Poorvesh...my buddy, my besty, my partner. "The Ultimate Rider", his sweetu FC-505, we'd in this trip. which has no headlight, no side lights, no breaks and so on...


V reached IDAR via visiting TROPIC OF CANCER, chiloda point, and by God,

"PURA KILLA SAR KIYA SIRF 4 GHANTE MEIN." We trekked up to "RISAYELI RANI NO MAHEL" and by 17:30 hrs we left for further via KHEDBRAHMA.We crossed Gujarat-Rajasthan border near by 20:00 hrs and @ 20:30 we started the ultimate journey towards MOUNT ABU, with no lights and breaks at all.
Hence I must say Thn X to "The Ultimate Rider" and his SWEETU... god bless them, We knocked our hotel doors @ 21:30 hrs. We really survived almost 85% of the journey between -2 to -4.5 degree temp. Next day morning we arranged some astonishing places to make our expedition more chancy. We travelled GANESH TEMPLE, ANADARA POINT, SUN RISE AND SET POINT, SUICIDE POINT, CHANCY ROAD TO ANADARA VILLAGE. Also went to ACHAL GARH and it was fun exploring the unexplored fort behind Lord Shiva's Temple. Afetr having lunch almost we started come back journey in quite differen way. "Poorvesh-The Ultimate Rider" turned off the bike engine and made bike rush with the speed of 60 to 70 kmph with off engine. We also visited AMBAJI GABBAR and started come back journey near by 17:30 hrs and reached back to our respected pavilions near by 21:45 hrs.


 


made us realized  that nothing is permanent. We all are here on this EARTH just to explore all the new things, always. What we find is "Before we changed the world, the world changed us." We learn that "We gotta fight for every breath and tell death to go to hell."


Here I must remember few good line from The Motorcycle Dairies
"What do we leave behind when we cross each frontier? Each moment seems split in two; melancholy for what was left behind and the excitement of entering a new land." 


What is left to say... is - 
"WE TRAVEL, JUST TO TRAVEL..."
Ref by : Gufran Khan













































































































Regards,
Ravi Thakkar
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