Scream for me Bangalore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

To the momentious mind blasting show we went.

That was Bruce said to us(for the naive he is the Fontman for Iron Maiden).

So the plan-
To hit Blore for the Iron Maiden show for which Rohit (God bless him) got the passes.

Mode of Travel:

My super Bazooka aka WagonR

Distance :
800 odd km

Parties:

Shailu Bawa
Ritesh aka Mowgli
Aj

and but obviously Yours Truly

Date: 16th March, 2007

So, we planned to leave at 4:30 pm on Friday, so that we could hit Opel in Kolhapur for my pandra and tamra rassa. But Man Proposes and God disposes. We left at 6:30 with Ritz as usual getting stuck and coming late. We picked Bawa at his place and went to Katraj to pick Aj.

I gave the wheel to Aj and he started driving Schumacher style toward Kolhapur. The Katraj Bypass is awesome man. We reache Kolhapur by 11:30 and started looking for a joint to eat.

We found this place with a very hospitable steward who helped us with the Tamra rassa with Mutton Masala. And know wht he also got Sol Kadhi for us. The heaven drink in our tummies, we started off for Blore with me on the wheel. Crossing numerous toll nakas, we crossed Maharashtra Border at dead of night. THis is my first experience on highway at night and with no lights it was great.

With a stop at petrol pump for suttas and ofcourse petrol we went ahead. Somehow we went the wrong road and so screwed up it was. With lotsa diversions and bad roads. But the bad part was the Fog. Bloody couldn't see anything. But I with drove on till at 5:30 am with 24 hrs of no sleep I handed the wheel to AJ rather he took it from me.

With all the bad roads I got panicky, so much that at the next stop I took the wheel. After 60 kms or so, I have the wheel to Bawa and went to the backseat for a solid sleep of 2 hrs.

Next I woke we were in a petrol pump filling gas and washing. Heard a wonderful news. Bawa drove at 100-120 kmph.

Ritesh took up the wheel to Blore. The first thing that hit us was the traffic jam. Second everybody showed right with there hands.

Result: We drove in circles to reach our lodge. The lodge again was booked by Rohit. Very cheap and amazing rooms. We got beer and went up. Took our wash and straight away started drinking.

17th March, 2007
After all cleanup and stuff, we took an auto and went to MG Rd for food. First we had to hunt for food. We were allenthused abt south indian food. Mowgli took us to this place where allgedly they served SI food. Tht place was a shithole serving all sorts of shits.

We went out and in our hunt we found a nice eatery where we hooged all dosas, sambars , rasams etc.

After satisfying our tastes buds we went back to our element and hunted for a pub. We went to Guzzlers inn where they served amazing beer, I mean if you want to see the size of a pint in a mug hit Blore and so cheap.

Aj and Bawa went back to lodge for their personal needs while Ritz and I hit palace grounds. Huge crowd huge huge. We were able to smuggle out suttas. Some stupid band was playing. SO we waited for the Gods to come.

They started around 7 pm. Shailu and Aj joined us along with some of our other friends.

The GODS came and rest as they say is history. Huge show, huge lightinigs. And Bruce Dickenson is awesome. The energy he had beats us. We saw EDDIE.

When Bruce shouted "Scream for me Bangalore" whts a trip wht a trip.

First experience with an International band and God wht it was. Speacially, all the cells were recording the show and it looked amazing.

Well with all good things coming to an end, we hit earth back and started our long walk in search for an auto. We reached our lodge had dinner and got beers.

We hit the sack and went to dreamless sleep. We were so tireed. I somehow managed to drink a can of beer.

18th March, 2007

We woke up totally fresh, drank some beer and these guys wd be driving went to have braekfast. Around 12 we left Blore. The coming back trip was same. We reached Pune around 8 met Sam who had come from US and went to Bohuman Cafe for breakfast.

I came home washed up and went to sleep, dreaming and thinking of the show.

The trip is a memorable one. Not only bcuz of Iron Maiden but also of the journey, the driving thru fogs on a on a2 way street and diversions and bad roads.

Gud one.