Roni's India Trip Pt - 8: Pune

February 15-16 & 21 2012: A full day excursion with Apurva, Ashish and Lalam to Bhor Ghat at Lonavla, Monkey Hill and evening at Kamshet, as well as next morning at Pune and a day trip with IS Anand from Mumbai to Pune. Thanks a lot to Anand, Apurva, Ashish, Lalam, Rahul, Ranjit and all the others for their great hospitality!

Date: 2012-03-25
Owner: Roni Kappel
Size: 137 items
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Pune station: Mother and child waited just as me for some time on platform 2, in the background WDM-3D-like Pune shunter WDS-6AD #36258 paused between assignments, 2012-02-16 (Roni Kappel)

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Mumbai - Pune Expressway: Day trip to Pune with IS Anand on the safest road in the world... 2012-02-21 (Roni Kappel)

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Pune: City traffic, 2012-02-21 (Roni Kappel)

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Shivaji Nagar station: To spend some time before meeting the Pune gang in a restaurant we visited Shivaji Nagar station, the first inside Pune from the main station towards Lonavla. Through pure luck we came across the following: a full "Inspection S

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Shivaji Nagar station: The sparkingly clean train, 2012-02-21 (Roni Kappel)

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Shivaji Nagar station: A guest from the north: Ludhiana WAG-7 #27286 in blue-yellow, 2012-02-21 (Roni Kappel)

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Shivaji Nagar station: WAG-7 passing the Inspection Special, 2012-02-21 (Roni Kappel)

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Shivaji Nagar station: Footbridge, 2012-02-21 (Roni Kappel)

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Shivaji Nagar station: We walked along the main platform past the crowd that had formed around the officials. It was really interesting, the whole station had been whipped into shape and everybody wore his best uniform. We kept our distance from the bigwi

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Shivaji Nagar station: Tracks, train as well as people brightly polished, WCAM-3 #21887 sported an "Inspection Special"-sign, 2012-02-21 (Roni Kappel)

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Shivaji Nagar station: At the station exit we passed the dog squad of the local railway police, their building probably previously had been a booking office. Central Railways thanks for your visit - back into the global enterprise world of Pune, 2012-02-

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Pune: Post office from 1923, 2012-02-21 (Roni Kappel)

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Pune: Speed difference, 2012-02-21 (Roni Kappel)

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Pune: Auto rickshaw on the move, 2012-02-21 (Roni Kappel)

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Pune: Looking out of a city bus, 2012-02-21 (Roni Kappel)

Comments
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Superb album!
Thanks for sharing.
Posted by Vivek Mishra on 2012 Jun 23 16:11:39 +0100
A beautiful Collection! Well done.
Posted by Adithya V on 2012 Jun 23 07:05:32 +0100
Hi,

Thanks, guys! :-)

Cheers,
Roni
Posted by Roni Kappel on 2012 Jun 20 11:00:19 +0100