Dangs : "Jugaad" ride with 60 kph

14th August 2005 to 16th August 2005

Call this our freedom ride or Independence day ride or swades ride or the Isse ke saaath ride or the Maazzzzaaah aaa gayaa ride. Call it whatever you want, but we had a mindblowing time... One of my best rides.. a total of 1040 kms over 3 days with 60 kph. There were 6 of us, 4 from Maharashtra ( Richard, Nikhil, Jan and Gaurav ) and Amol n me from Gujarat. We rode thru 2 sanctuaries i.e Purna Sanctuary and the Vansda National Park. Purna Sanctuary is a part of dense moist deciduous forests in Western Ghat of Gujarat and supports gamut of flora and fauna of very high evolutionary value. The Sanctuary ( spread over 160.8 sq. km ), along with Vansda National Park, is the only Protected Area in South Gujarat for conserving diverse biological resources. We visited 2 waterfalls of the region Gira Falls and Giramal falls where the water falls from a height of almost 150-175 feet on the rocks below...!!! Our stay for the ride was facilitated by the Forest Dept at their guest houses at Ahwa and Subir, with both of these being more than 100 years old and exclusively available for us. The ride route was Ahmedabad - Gundalav chowkdi - Waghai-Pimpari-Kalibel-Bhenskatri-Badripada-Mahal- Ahwa - Giramal
Falls)Dhichkiyaon place - Subir - NH 6 ( Maharashtra side ) Songadh - Vyara - Mandvi - Netrang - Movi - Rajpipla - Dabhoi - Baroda - Ahmedabad.

The " World Famous in Valsad" Satnam Dhaba, waiting for Richard to turn up DSCN1908.jpg	We started off without Richard DSCN1909.jpg	Entry point for Dang District DSCN1914.jpg	We decided to do some exploring first DSCN1919.jpg
At the nature education camp site of the Forest Dept DSCN1920.jpg	DSCN1923.jpg	Chhotu Ustaad aka Don Bhai with Gaji Baba aka Loner aka Gaurav Jani DSCN1925.jpg	The Himalayan Monk at the water hole DSCN1928.jpg
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