trek to rajmachi

18th june,
night 11.00..
abhijeet pokharkar(DIALING 9921242779 ON HIS CELL):oye mandar kal
subah apan trek pe ja rahe hai -rajmachi... .tu,main, pravin aur
ramiz...subah 6 baje aaja...(okey came the reply from other side)...

19th june,
morning 6.00..
mandar at ramiz's place...ramiz. ..ramiz.. .ramiz(screams getting louder
n louder)...but no response...next a call goes...but noone picking up
the phone...
next target abhijeet pokharkar... i made a call on his cell...call was
picked up but noone on the phone....
mandar:hello! !!helloooo! !!!abhijeet. ..abey mechanical uthta kya...
abhijeet:haan mandar...sorry sorry...mujhe laga alarm baj raha hai...
mandar:trek pe jaana tha na...6.15 ho chuke hain....
abhijeet:trek? ???kaun sa trek....achha haan rajmachi...ata hun...

finally ramiz also got up...thru pranay thou...we tried calling pravin
lot many times...no answer...n the call used to cut...by 7 we were at
the station...train was to leave at 7.15...we bought the tickets..
ramiz's father had also arrived at the station...he offered all of us
a coffee...n v accepted wid glee...we were about to enter the
train...suddenly abhijeet's phone rang....'main tayyar hun kahaan pe
ho tum log'....'station' ....'ruko mere liye...main aa raha hun'...we
left the train...though uncle were getting late so he cudnt...]

8:50 pravin was found wandering around the station...in formal clothes
n sandals...i guess he forgot he was on for a trek...
v bought the tickets for the next possible train....9.30. ..which left
the station at 9.45...around 11 we reached lonavla...we inquired about
the distance to rajmachi...' 24kms'... we took a rickshaw to reduce the
distance to be covered on legs...v were hungry...we had nothing since
morning...abhijeet had brought sum home made chiwda...awesum it
tasted...even before v finished...rick stopped...'iske aage nahi jaati
bhaiya'...it had hardly covered 3kms...v started walking...myself had
turned into shorts n even abhi changed attire...fortunatel y for us,ek
truck mila raste mein....we uploaded ourselves at the back of it...a
person was sitting on the formation of bricks...he asked us to come
up...we agreed n soon v were enjoying the best ride of our life...same
guy also informed us about the high profile owners of d bungalows...
to name a few-sharad pawar,jackie shroff,one captain from merchant
navy n my fav-dawood ibrahim...thodi der baad d truck had stopped...it
had reached its destination. ..v wer on our legs....v gotto c lots of
crabs... achanak se one bachcha snake appeared...complete black n
white spots all over...as if its a design...leaping towards us...jaan
100 gram ki aur hum se ladne chale the...one click of the camera n he
hid himself...back on track...speed was high rite from the start..no
brakes n no breaks...singing n dancing going alongside... further ahead
on the way we found 2 chameleons fighting...thou not very ruff n
tuff...they were fighting like kittens...neways these creatures kept
on coming...we could see our 2 forts rite in front of us...n v were on
sum other high altitude place...v thot of leaving the path n getting
thru the jungle directly on to the fort...v walked a few steps n v saw
one huge valley in front of us...no way ahead!!...but the picturesque
beauty of nature was in front of us...
a deep valley...separating srivardhan n the place where v were
standing...top of sri was covered by clouds...the side of sri,which we
cud c was complete vertical...perfect for rock climbing...only a
glimpse of other fort manoranjan cud be seen...which was almost in
clouds...n to add spice...rain too had started to pour
in...wow!!!majjach majja...we all had dil chahta hai pose mein photos
n all...we turned around n wat we see...a tall rockpatch... which
looked ominous in the wet clad...thodi der we ran to cover up the
time...we had certainly walked more than 10kms....but no sign of
tiredness... we saw some cows...a ray of hope...'zara sa pudha
aahe...jevanachi rahaychi jaaga aahe...shirish saathe mhanun
vichara'...we thot it wud be some steps...after 5-6kms we reached
rajmachi...' jevanala taas bhar lagel'...'toh paryant amhi ek gadh
baghun yeto...bag hitech thevto'..barrrr. ..
the real trek started...we found the temple...at the exact center of
manoranjan n sriranjan... it was already 2pm...no food...we had more
than 20kms to walk on return journey to lonavla...we decided to do
only one fort at the moment...let the bigger one be the one...we
followed some footprints made outside the temple...which were lost
after a short distance...it was a dense forest...nothing cud be seen
out...finally we were next to one of them...but no way near the top...
'jo hoga dekha jayega...sidhe upar chalte hai'...we made way outta
nowhere...ramiz was leading...thorny bushes to sideline...everyone was
bending from his waist n walking..but me had special probs...coz of
some extra height...i had to bend from knee as well...n bcoz of shorts
even thorns were giving some extra pain...somehow we reached
somewhere..we were at the bottom of the rockclimbing patch...no way to
the top...while returning we lost the way again n ramiz was almost
into the valley...somehow we were back to the temple...we looked at
the fort again...oh my goodness...dats the route...it was visible from
the temple...hardly 1 n1/2 hrs it took for us to reach atop n
return...it was already 4...within half an hour we were dun wid d
food...food was mind blowing...zunka bhakar...v rested for 5 mins n
bac on legs...rite outside the village....we found a huge
snake...humko dekh ke dar gaya...hahahaha! !!!i felt so happy...kyunki
agar woh nahi darta toh main bahut dar jaata...3-4kms n the legs gave
up...situation got worse wen abhijeet started his loud singing...5. 30
v were al exhausted... a jeep coming from the opposite way...'sambhalun
java pudha wagh aahe'...abhijeets instantaneous reaction-'fekra hai
saala'...me too somewat felt the same...pravin- 'zyada seriously matlo
par itna casually bhi mat lo'...abhijeet had brought some knives wid
him...immediately all were out...pravin had picked up a huge
bamboo...v were all geared up fr the fight...unfortunate ly...noone
found....widout breaks we walked n walked...walked n walked...7.30 v
reached the station....8: 40 ki train thi next....v were in the
train...ramiz was asleep on my lap...pravin myself n abhi were
chatting about the future plans of troop...suddenly ramiz got
up...looked at the station...shivajinagar aa gaya...utro utro...all of
us ran down...abhi was carrying his shoes in his hands...pravin took
care of his bag...'sorry sorry!!!ye dapodi hain..chalo andar
wapas'...bac in the train...seats occupied...but shivajinagar was
near...we got down at the station...had our food...n bac in a rick to
mit...i picked up my bike n 11.30 i was home...fully fit n fine...but
nly small pain in my legs....
i have heard that ppl get bored of reading my long long mails...lets c
how many reach the end...
next trek is to harishchandragadh on 24th...'trek maratha' group
gearing up for it...