And that's in a nutshell (visual one :-D) how our biking trip to Ghatshila, a place around 40 odd km away from Jamshedpur...
Day starts at 3 a.m. in the night, that is when I go to sleep, well knowing that it'll be mighty impossible on my own to wake up in an hour to leave for the trip.
4.00 a.m.
Now comes Srini da Puttar to the rescue, who bangs on the door, shouts aloud and does all kind of noisy antics(in the process attaining a few wonderful expletives to his credit from other people on the floor who also get the benefit of his waking-up antics)
So we assemble at JLT, and finally the team trickles in slowly forming a final group of 8 members and 4 bikes.
4.30 a.m.
Two pulsars, one CBZ and one Fiero, all 4 bikes roar to glory. There is something beautiful to the sound of a bike, 10 seconds back, we were all a bunch of sleepy head s half walking half asleep. But one roar of the bike, and voila! Everybody's wide awake and ready to go! It just can't be explained! :)
Streets all empty, temperature around 10-15 degrees, and 4 bikes whizzing thru the city at speeds of 80+! Nothing beats it :o)
4.45 a.m.
We reach the Jamshedpur - Kharagpur highway. Surprisingly it's jampacked with trucks. But THAT is the least of our worries. Its the huge potholes and gaps in the road that like all over the highway till the eye can see (actually that's an erroneous stmt, it was more like the bits of tar road was present among the potholes and gaps!). We slowly move on at a avg speed of 20+ :-/
5.30 a.m.
We experience "Cause and Effect" Theory practically. Its been less than a hour since we started, and (CAUSE) the first Dhaba passes by. (EFFECT) The next 25 mins are spent at the dhaba gobbling up hot paranthas with a strangely watery yet spicy chana masala. Meanwhile the sun goes up un-noticed...
To be Continued in next post...
