Flying on wheels

                     Many a times we had long drive from Bombay to Pune. But the drive that dropped us at SriVardhan Beach was an outstanding bit that presented us a great memory to be treasured for a life time. The inspiration for this was drawn when we first went to visit the Murud-Janjira fort that was in the middle of the sea. This itself was a wonderful place that again on the way shows us the stunning beauty of Kashid beach where we can relax in the hammocks. The view of Janjira fort is too good while you drive towards it.
        When we were at Janjira fort we found that we can opt for a ferry to go to Diveagar from Janjira which carries our bike too. So our next target was to finish the Diveagar-Srivardhan-Harihareshwar on our Rajahamsa "pulsar".

                                           

                                  Next weekend we were on road early in the morning and reached Janjira jetty in around 2 1/2 hours. We were on a challenging drive to catch the ferry in the last moment. (if we miss that ferry we have to again wait for 1 hour for the next trip). The ferry took around 45 minutes to drop us at Dighi jetty. From there we again started our engine to reach Harihareshwar. our actual plan was to finish off the 3 places on the same day. But the MTDC cottage in Harihareshwar tempted us to have a break to enjoy the adjacent beach and peaceful surroundings. Luckily w got a room there despite it being a weekend.              
                                                                     
                                We had some break and fresh up in the cottage and had our lunch. The restaurant here is on the sea shore that makes us enjoy the nature in the waiting time of the food order as well as the hot dishes on the cool shore. In the evening we visited the Harihareshwar temple that was again on another shore.The idol in the temple had Brahma-Vishnu-Maheshwar and Goddess Parvathi incarnated on the same stone. The rest of the day was a peaceful time that was spent in the echo of the roaring waves of the sea.
                                  The next day we completed Srivardhan  and then headed to Diveaghar where the temple of Golden Ganapathy is famous. This was a Swayambhu Ganapathy temple where even the golden ornaments of lord Ganapthy were found along with the idol of the lord. We found the temple constructions here to be just as that of a house which makes us search for them. We spent a little time in the beach and raised the accelerator again to fly to Mumbai. On the way one can capture great beauty of the nature because we drive a long way on the road which has sea on its side. On the way we went on the top of a hill where there was a Datta temple. From there we had an eye-feasting view of Murud-Janjira fort and the coastal area.

                         So, that was our adventurous bike ride to wind up the konkan region in a memorable way.