A bullet ride to the Aravalli Hills

Planning
After running up my bullet (Standard 350 cc) for prescribed limit of 2000 kms I was just waiting for such a moment where I could squeeze few days from my daily life for a nice road trip. I was thinking how to get my wife to stay at Thane home so that I can go for a trip. Then there was my brother-in-laws marriage in Nov 2012, just after Diwali. There was no option but to attend it, after all, a saying goes in Hindi, "Saari khudai ek taraf, joru ka bhai ek taraf", which in English humbly means that brother-in-laws' shall be given priority over God's whole creation. After we returned from the marriage, I managed for my wife and son to stay at Thane home with parents. So here I was in Vadodara with my bullet and a itch somewhere in the body to go for a ride.

A weekend trip.

Planning
There was a marriage in family coming up in Dec 2010 at Katni in Madhya Pradesh which is about 950 kms from Vadodara. I planned a biking trip to attend the marriage and researched all routes with detail. Then one day my elder cousin brother called and told me that he was counting on me to help him manage the travelling of marriage party to and fro by train. This put an immediate end to my planning. I had read some where – “Do not plan, it makes God laugh”

As the end of calendar year was approaching I had an intense desire to go on a bike trip. I deviously planned and sent my wife to home in Thane at the year end. I was not able to manage long leave so decided to visit near by places. Udaipur I had already traveled, west Gujarat could wait as I had better plans for it, didn’t want to go to Madhya Pradesh side due to emotions of previous planning failure, so after some more searching I decided upon Saputara. And this time there was no need to think which bike to take.