Triple Weekend

The inertia of not having written anything for such a long time has prevented me to post despite the fact that I have a lot to write.

A triple weekend (for the uninitiated, it is when you have an additional day off with the weekend. This time it was Monday due to Independence Day) just went by. We planned a trek to Rajgadh on Saturday which was ditched after some advice from Prady which went like "people, especially teenagers are known to have suffered losses in the area. Losses including life" of course he did add "but its safe if u take care". Being a sat with two days off to follow it was absolutely unacceptable that we go nowhere, hence a bike trek to Matheran was agreed upon. Six of us (Harki, Viren, PC, Mukesh, Gajbhiye and me) on three bikes. The departure time was fixed at 5:00 AM. Needless to say that it was ridiculous, we managed to get out of the hostel at 8:30 AM :D

The ride up to the base of Matheran was swift (about 100 km in less than 2 hrs) and scenic. The rains made trekking impossible so the bikes were taken all the way to the top. Absolutely exhausted and totally drenched nobody had the enthu to go to all the points. Managed a few and were contented. The lake (Chharlott Lake which is the only source of water here in Matheran) was awesome. All of us were almost shivering due to the low temperature and the fact that we were wet to the core. Ate bhutta near the lake; was just too good :D By the time we came down it was about 5:00 in the evening.

The cloud cover at the top was so dense that we could hardly see anything below. This pic was taken on our way down once we were under the clouds.

After the ride back which involved a stop at BTC Vashi for dinner we reached IIT at 9 and each one of us was tired enough to fall asleep within an hour. All in all a very satisfying day!!

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