Himmat
Sodhi, one of my dear friends, used to tell me alot about Jaam Gate and I
always wondered what and how is it! Finally, Rishi, Sam & I decided to
explore it and reached Mhow! After having delicious parathas in our breakfast at Himmat's place, we began our adventure trip to Jaam Gate & Choral.
[Waha ek Great Wall of Mhow bhi thi :D]
Around 4kms from Mhow, we stopped at a filling station at Bargonda, to make sure our bikes contained enough fuel & air! Before we could got on our bikes, Himmat told us about Nakhedi Dam who himself had never been there! It was just 1km from the station. So we decided to go there!
Nakhedi
was a small dam with some natural beauty around so we moved on to our way to
Choral which was some 5kms away. The way to Choral village was beautiful. Small
lakes and streams, landscapes but that was just the beginning! On reaching
Choral, all we heard were waves hitting the banks and I humming the lines,
''Saare gharonde ret k.. Lehre aayi.. Lehron me beh gaye..''. We photomaniacs reached its shore, clicking a number of pictures, sat on a stone for a while and enjoyed the breeze! In some time, we again got on our bikes and moved towards Jaam Gate, the final destination.
Those
never ending narrow roads with so many turns and twists seemed so awesome that
I wished to stop my bike and spend my entire evening doing camping, playing
guitar, if only I knew how to playit!:D
How can I forget to mention that small accident we survived and the madness of clicking and capturing every single moment! Yes, our riders, Sam & Rishi, were so lost in speeding their bikes up that Rishi & I almost collided with a van. But luckily, we were saved but Rishi got some scratches on his neck from a tree.
We, the chatter boxes, dint spoke a word on our way thereafter because we were so lost in the beauty of nature that we didnt realised when we reached Jaam Gate!
It was awesome, extremely mindblowing and fantabulous when we looked around. We saw those hills touching the sky, clouds beneath our feet. We felt like we have conquered the world!
There wasnt anything written about its history but all I came to know that it was constructed for security and Devi Ahilya Bai used to stay there during her way to Mandleshwar Temple. We climbed the stairs and I have no words to explain how I felt when I reached its top. We sat their for an hour or so discussing about our lives. Yeah, I know that was a heavy and mature thing but yes we did talked about it!
It was such an awesome day. I always wanted to go the Grand Canyon, Palau Islands, Spain but never had an idea I'm gonna do it soon!
If you too wanna have the feeling of Rang De Basanti, feeling of conquering the world you must visit Jaam Gate. You definitly gonna overcome all your fears. But make sure your rider is talkative enough or take some crazy people along with you to make most out of such a trip!
