Out the door heading south ...
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Getting to 33C today, time to head north soon. I choose the route via Mahabaleshwar thru the mountains and not the boring highway.
even the beach is kinda empty (for Arambol) in the scorching heat and the ocean is more like a bathtub
even the beach is kinda empty (for Arambol) in the scorching heat and the ocean is more like a bathtub
Tuesday will be my last day in Arambol, trip to Pune is already booked, will be staying 5 days in Pune, mainly for sentimental reasons, after all I spent much of the 80s there.
But then the question is: drive home, 2000km over mostly boring highways where one could not take the eyes off the road (not that much is there in terms of visuals) because of crazy traffic, or have the bike moved by courier again, flying home. The costs are nearly identical.
decisions, decisions ....
But then the question is: drive home, 2000km over mostly boring highways where one could not take the eyes off the road (not that much is there in terms of visuals) because of crazy traffic, or have the bike moved by courier again, flying home. The costs are nearly identical.
decisions, decisions ....
Very nice hotel here in the mountains of Mahabaleshwar, the only thing I did not take into account, while its 33C days, its 14C nights and the pool of the hotel, looking so inviting, is actually an ICEBOX. I tried it anyway but man, what a difference to the piss warm Indian ocean.
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in fact there is a huge bar attached to the pool, however a sign says: no alcohol in the pool, only in the jacuzzy
Reached my last station, Pune, mainly for reminiscing about the 80s when I lived there.
Poona has become a modern moloch. Nothing I liked about it remained. The Osho ashram has become a wasteland of pseudo esoteric nonsense packaged for the gullible newager. The only good item I hoped to find was the pool, and they squandered even that. I am wasting 5 days in a city that has definitely gone the wrong direction (but then again, which one hasnt). I did find a few gems from old days, a bookshop I frequented, still run by a bunch of old ladies, astonishingly a movie theater that is still in operation - and not only that, people where lining up at the box office in the middle of a workday.
There was an entire film crew next door, another antique building, and from what I could see they where making one of those cookie cutter dramas, where some bad guy shoots some good guy, then a bunch of people dance, then another good guy shoots the bad guy and finally more dancing. seen one, seen them all.
Poona has become a modern moloch. Nothing I liked about it remained. The Osho ashram has become a wasteland of pseudo esoteric nonsense packaged for the gullible newager. The only good item I hoped to find was the pool, and they squandered even that. I am wasting 5 days in a city that has definitely gone the wrong direction (but then again, which one hasnt). I did find a few gems from old days, a bookshop I frequented, still run by a bunch of old ladies, astonishingly a movie theater that is still in operation - and not only that, people where lining up at the box office in the middle of a workday.
There was an entire film crew next door, another antique building, and from what I could see they where making one of those cookie cutter dramas, where some bad guy shoots some good guy, then a bunch of people dance, then another good guy shoots the bad guy and finally more dancing. seen one, seen them all.
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