The first time I went to Tiger Point / Lion Point at Lonavala was two years ago when dear Esther dragged me out of my house and tried to make me see the finer side of Pune instead of just staying at home the whole day watching TV shows [Read: A Trip to Lion's Point].
Since then, I have been there many times again, mostly as fifth wheel or seventh wheel with friends, and usually drunk :D
Recently, my dear friend Sanga who had also retired from the Corporate Life earlier this year and went back to Mizoram for good, recently came down to Pune again, and we had our one last ride to Lonavala.
On the day that we were supposed to leave, we all woke up early at our respective houses. We went in two cars. Gary, Sanga, Christina and Tuli in one car, and Pazhiio, John and me in the other car.
We were all so pumped up that after Pazhiio and John picked me up from Koregaon Park and drove for around 30 minutes, we ended up back at Koregaon Park again! :D Yeah, I knew something was wrong when we passed Khadki Martyr Cemetery because it wasn't on the way, lolz.
So eventually we all switched on our GPS, took a U-turn and found the right route, lolz. Great fun. Picked up the good stuff on the way and we did the customary pose.
Ahhh finally the Expressway.
We took a brief pit-stop after the Toll gate.
McDees. Enough to keep our engines running.
And with that, we were off on our way again.
Finally, reached Tiger Point.
Cute wild monkeys everywhere, eating anything the tourists were feeding them.
Tuli and Christina having fun.
Lewlz. Some people never grow up.
After that, we decided to take our drive further to explore some of the other places around Tiger Point.
We found a perfect spot.
My awesome OnePlus 6 camera :)
After loitering around for some time, we decided to even go further.
Beautiful. Soon we reached Aamby Valley premises.
The entrance to the much exclusive Aamby Valley City.
For those of you who don't know, Aamby Valley is a private gated community for the uber rich folks in Maharashtra. So random tourists like us cannot just enter the place. They even have their own private airfield and hangars for all the private jets landing there.
For a private community boasting of billionaires and millionaires, it sure is funny to see nobody fixing the broken sign on top of the building :P
On our way back.
View from the car in front of us.
View of the car in front of us :P
We found another virgin spot on our way back. The place had a breathtaking view.
Off to take more pics.
Pazhiio in action. Now that is dedication when it comes to taking a pic! :D
We looked like we were about to drop our meanest album and this was the album cover :D
Christina posing.
Tuli also wanted to take pics at the same place :D Ah, the struggle you go through just to have a high like count on your Instagram update. :P
Pazhiio resting from all the yoga pose photography :D
Again, my awesome OnePlus 6 photography :P
We stopped by a pottery barn on the way back home and Sanga bought a couple of stuff to take back to Mizoram.
Sunset over Pawana dam.
And finally on our way back on the Expressway.
Such a fun time indeed, and is truly memorable to me as this was our last ride there together. I will miss all this a lot, and will always remember these awesome places once I head back home.
