This has been my dad's dream for more than half a decade. Things started falling into place the moment I had a confirmed date for my return journey. Elaborating ;) My dad has been insisting that I visit Shirdi ( birth place of Sai Baba ) I have made many attempts to fulfill his wishes but somehow things did not work out. Somehow the time had come for me to take this trip, I had some spare cash , spare leaves and so did Arun. Me and Arun went on this trip. Airvatha was our mode of transport ( not the elephant which carries Indra ), Airvatha is the Volvo bus service offered by KSRTC .. well its painted white like the elephant that indra rides. Shirdi is 1000Km from bangalore , route of choice was Bangalore - Rani Bennur - Belgam - Pune - Shirdi. I imagined a argues 24 hour journey, to my surprise it was a decent 18 hour journey. No complaints on the journey. Our onward journey started at 1PM 28th march 2009 and we returned on 31st morning. We managed to visit the temple twice and tak...