[f1fan]

Originally Posted by BolBolero

Trying to put names to the faces.

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From L to R:
Issigonis, Parimal-g, Xehaust's girlfriend and Xehaust, pjbiju in front, Turboholic behind, f1fan and family, Nomadabhi and Khoj behind, Arthi and Aditya (my wife and son) in front, BolBolero in front, kailashnj behind, Sprucegoose in front, Anainar behind, Amit_3306 behind, Ashish Pallods daughter, forgot the gentleman's name in front of Amit, Nomadabhi's father behind, Ashish Pallod Junior in front, Gostel and Mrs Gostel (Geeta), The one and only Ashish Pallod and Mrs. Pallod.

Hope I got this right!

Hats off...Sir that is 100% correct

[ASHISHPALLOD]

Originally Posted by BolBolero

1]@Ashish Pallod, Though it would have been nice if all the folks could have sat together and got introduced to each other properly. This should be rectified as soon as possible.
2]@Xehaust, (Sorry I forget her name, Old age is catching up!)

1] Yeah, i also felt that there was no proper introduction.
For next meet, whatever may be delays, we will have proper introduction ceremony.

2] By looking at the post below, there is no trace of old age.
You have rightly placed the names to the faces.

Originally Posted by BolBolero

Trying to put names to the faces.
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From L to R:
Issigonis, Parimal-g, Xehaust's girlfriend and Xehaust, pjbiju in front, Turboholic behind, f1fan and family, Nomadabhi and Khoj behind, Arthi and Aditya (my wife and son) in front, BolBolero in front, kailashnj behind, Sprucegoose in front, Anainar behind, Amit_3306 behind, Ashish Pallods daughter, forgot the gentleman's name in front of Amit, Nomadabhi's father behind, Ashish Pallod Junior in front, Gostel and Mrs Gostel (Geeta), The one and only Ashish Pallod and Mrs. Pallod.
Hope I got this right!

[Sprucegoose]

@BolBolero: Small world it is!
Great meeting up with you guys.
Must do again.

@AshishPallod: Do the houours.
I'm In.

[anainar]

Originally Posted by kiren

There was a white coloured Aria going around at Kaas did you all see that? Kaas was awesome.

I did notice the White Aria going in the opposite direction with temporary registration. Was wondering whether it was test being done by Tata Motors or some one already bought and I missed launch notices. Looked like a handsome car.

Originally Posted by ASHISHPALLOD

there is no trace of old age.
You have rightly placed the names to the faces.

With age also comes wisdom, aint it? The names were right on dot.

BTW, I read in the news that Maharashtra forest department is proposing to have Kaas, and few other places in Sahyadri ranges as UNESCO heritage sites. Hope it takes place and gets known. Thanks to this trip, I explored a tip of the range and next few months will be busy exploring more.

Missed thanking Turboholic, for his superhuman effort. Thanks for telling me about the options in Sahyadri ranges. You are another guy to bug about Maharashtra. Was looking for you before leaving but could not locate you.

Abhinomad and the father duo were rocking.It was nice to meet you folks.Your father is wealth of information. Hope to see you both again some time.

BolBolero, your HP travelogue was fantastic. Could not sit and pick your brain and experiences. Hope to do that next time.

AP,MX6, thanks for your suggestions for my trip. Will buzz you if I need more help.

And the talk about next meet is on already? Keep them coming guys.

Nainar

[nomadabhi]

Originally Posted by pjbiju

NomadAbhi and his dad climbing the steps at Sajjangad

This was when me and my dad were searching for my better half. After I re-parked my car with help of my Dad and ready to take stairs, found my wife missing (she generally waits for me and till then she had not met anyone. Moreover, she was not feeling well since we left home). So we looked for her at the stalls and then assumed she might have already taken stairs. In this haste, me and my dad went right to the top without a single break in spite of his age and my operated knee and damn there she was with Mrs AP.

[MX6]

Originally Posted by ASHISHPALLOD

1] Yeah, i also felt that there was no proper introduction.
For next meet, whatever may be delays, we will have proper introduction ceremony.

Now you understand why MX6 got irritated and branched off from Sajjangad car park to lunch and then to Kaas?

The meet was rocking nevertheless, but then from Mahendra, every one went in different directions. Don't want to vent my ire here, but back to my old point. We need better co-ordination.

Ofcourse, we are a learning lot! The next meet, we shall have proper plans/ back up plans.
If everyone's plans don't fit in, it would be better if we congregate, have a proper intro, spend some time together talking, break up and proceed on individual or smaller group plans.

No mincing words here. But I felt bad that most people skipped lunch and that plans were changed ad-hoc due to xyz reasons.

Anyway, this was my prime motive! And this is what I got as well!

Pretty Garden in a Pretty Garden - She'll beat the beauty queens with that expression.


Young gardener at work.


Mother and daughter hitting it off.



I have taken photos of almost all t-bhp members from far away in Kaas. Will be uploading those with a select few shortly!

[paragsachania]

Originally Posted by MX6

Pretty Garden in a Pretty Garden - She'll beat the beauty queens with that expression.

and she does beat them all MS and the expression of hers says how happy she is between those colorful sea of flowers.

Moreover, having seen her in person when we last met, I could recollect her various expressions while watching the DVDs. God bless her.

I was delighted to see all of the Kaas' photos from the meet since I had almost prepared to drive up but eventually ended up deciding to stay back.

Would love to see more of them in coming days.

[amit_3306]

I was tied up with some important duties this morning. Just browse through the entire thread. It seems everyone has enjoyed it to the fullest..

First and foremost it was 'Fantabulous'. I really regret that i missed the lonavala meet. What a pleasure it was to meet u all guys.




@Ashish Pallod,@MX6: It was pleasure meeting you sir. I wanted to meet you both since long time.Finally it happened on Saturday. And as MX6 rightly proposed lets catch up at the tapri meet.

@Turboholic,: It was nice meeting you. Look forward to meet you again.

@anilisanil, pjbiju, @Khoj, was a pleasure meeting all of you. Hope to meet up soon.

@Issigonis, I just loved your Jetta. hoping to see you soon.

@Sprucegoose, Shekhar it was really fun to be with you. Really had nice time with you. Thanks for a ride back to Pune and accompanying me in your little fag breaks. Hope to see you soon with your "Gameover"ed OHC.

@Xehaust, Gagan it was a pleasure meeting you and your girlfriend. I hope you found your way to mahabaleshwar.

@Parimal-g, Without you we wouldnt have attended the meet. Thanks for the lift.
And hope you enjoyed your drive to Kolhapur.

@Nomadabhi, @Gostel, @StarVegabond, @laluks : It was nice meeting you all. Wish we had more time to interact.

All in all it was pleasure to meet all the BHPians and hope such meets would occur more frequently in future.

[BolBolero]

A few Pictures from my side:

Bombay Bombers just outside the 1st. Food Plaza on the e-way. Xehaust is missing though. I wonder why?


Three different types of windmills at Chalkewadi.



Flower at Chalkewadi

Aditya's 1st. offroading session!

Some serious discussion between Issigonis, Turboholic, Sprucegoose and Xehaust.

Now what is he contemplating?

Carpet of flowers at Chalkewadi.

Macro of flower at Chalkewadi.

2nd. session, Slush Fest!

This was meant to be a photo of the Jetta, don't know how these three got into the frame!

The other beauties.

Serious discussion between MX6 and Laluks at the Thoseghar parking!

Ah,the Jetta finally! Also in the frame Khoj, anilisanil and Laluks.

View of distant windmills from Thoseghar waterfalls.

Thoseghar waterfalls.

[MX6]

Oh boy. You managed to capture me and Laluks? That's a great photo and I'm loving it. Thanks a lot for that candid moment!

I managed to batch process all the raw files and convert them to jpegs. But they are still above 2 mb each. So will be loading random photos shortly.

[laluks]

Guys that was one wonderful trip. Sorry I could not post earlier. These days I am personally and officially very much held up. The trip to Kaas thankfully gave me a bit of relaxation.

@Starvegabond - Thank you for taking me to kaas. Your planning and the timings were on dot. I never knew you were such a wonderful driver. By the way your "Michelins" were too good. I enjoyed the moments taxing you joining your heart beat in wishing for Vada Pav and US Pizza in Belgaum. Also the banana bombs we put at the erring truckers . I miss that water vapour song!

@Ashish Bhau - was a very short meet. Definitely we must catch up. I have not done much trips to Maharashtra. Hopefully with your knowledge, I will be able to chart out a plan soon.

@MX6 - Thanks for the DVD. Will catch up soon sometimes.

@Khoj bhaiyya - It was such a cherished meet, but was too short. We must certainly catch up soon. I loved the way you put up your camera, when we were discussing exposures

@nomadabhi - how did you recognise me at Maharajas? I was surprised.

@BolBolero - very short meet, I was in a hurry to find Star.

@Turboholic - Thanks for guiding me to the waterfalls.

@pjbiju - short and sweet meet. How did you recognise us? The KA registration?


@sprucegoose, amit, gostel - hope we get more time in the next meets.

@others - we could not meet, nor I have registered you in my mind. The time was too short. Appologies for that.


Coming to the pictures - I have to admit none of the pictures I have recreates Kaas in its grand splendour. I admit that my skills are still not honed to click such wonderful panoramas and beauty. @Star had caught me several times pondering over the beauty than trying to click it with the camera. I am overwhelmed by the beauty of this place and thank our Creator for such wonderul sights for all of us to behold.

Though most of the time this video was haunting my mind...
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[BolBolero]

A few more snaps from Thoseghar.

The waterfalls at Thoseghar


Notice the two stages of the waterfall.

The other waterfall or is this the main one?


A few of the Bombay Bombers.

Too much make up wouldn't you say!

Do not mess with me or my better half!

What is that big fat rope doing there and why is everyone smiling so much?

[ASHISHPALLOD]

@Mx6,
it was nice read of your earlier post about lack of coordination and xyz reasons about ad hoc change in plan.
I need to answer your concern in detail which i will do it tomorrow.

[parimal_g]

Originally Posted by issigonis

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>>> Parimal,

Hope you'll get the errant cap fixed- your experience might mean less profits for the coolant makers. Can you post your pics here also?

issigonis

Abut the cap Fiat may have to source the same from Brazil, so its better to fil the water till the time, just kidding, will get it done soon, till now its working fine, i think cap is ok.Will post the Pics soon.


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@parimal_g, your coolant overflowing with zeal was a lesson for me on how to deal with such events.
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Thanks to shekhar, it was his experiment with his OHC to put water, and for me its working better than coolant.

Originally Posted by BolBolero;



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@Parimal-g[/b], was great meeting you. Your Palio sure does move my man. I'm sure if the coolant incident had not occurred, you would have probably been the first to reach Satara. Lets catch up sometime soon, before we get upgraded, if you know what I mean!



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Tusi grt ho sir ji, Group photo is awesome and you rememeber all the names, commandable at this age.It was really nice to meet you, yes sure, we should have weekend meets at Marine Drive or some good places, this meet we really had less time to talk, it was true drive meet and about the Palio, i was just remembering my engine that you have addtion 2000-3000 RMS so was just streatching a bit thats it, ow you know at what RPM our cars sees in City.And ungradations to hote rahenge except for one thing(and you know which is it).Eager to meet you soon.

Originally Posted by amit_3306

@Parimal-g, Without you we wouldnt have attended the meet. Thanks for the lift.
And hope you enjoyed your drive to Kolhapur.

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Bol diya..you are most welcome sir,will catch with you soon in pune .Yes and Kolhapur drive was good.Convey my regards to your friend also, he was really good company.

[parimal_g]

Some Pictures, guys do you know any good software to reduce the size resolution of the Pictures, currntly am using easy thumbnails but its very basic.here are few pictures.