tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136603612011-11-28T05:23:34.409+05:30Travel Tales of a technogeek.BuDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17628099365794892546noreply@blogger.comBlogger601100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13660361.post-26826914255876321972008-07-05T21:20:00.004+05:302008-12-11T06:39:27.881+05:30

Early sight of Purandar from base - NarayanpurThe twin fort of Vajragad as seen from PurandarThe entrance to Balekilla of PurandarFortification PurandarLooking towards the barracks - West side of FortFrom the west end of Purandar - Balekilla and Vajragad in distanceLittle monsoon beautyNarayanpur - Base village from PurandarThe familiar RanhaladA hut - on the slopes of fortPaddy

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My last weekend went uneventful. This weekend three of us set out for Purandar on our bikes. We had fairly got used to the road now due to the 2 week earlier visit to Sonori. Purandar is around 4550 ft from MSL per most of the sources on web and is quite deceiving in a way looking at it from the base. There is a twin fort called Vajragad that sits east of Purandar. Purandar is more known for

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Kondhwa - From Baapdeo GhatSardar Panse Palace at SonoriWalls of Panse wada - SonoriSonori - Malhargad - FortShiva temple on the fortFortification - MalhargadOne of the multiple wells for waterFortification on the west side of the fortThe water tank on fortEast end of the fort

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Not sure if I would be able to carry on like I did in the previous years. Though,the bug wouldn't let me sit idle so without much planning and hype a team of four set out to Sonori, A.K.A. Malhargad. Going by records this fort is the last one to be constructed by the Marathas. It was built by Sardar Panse, the Admiral of Maratha army to watch over Dive Ghat. The village Sonori is at the base of

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A little yellow beauty outside SataraA typical Sahyadris landscape in late monsoonLooking back enroute. Look at the winding road.The scenic road. Right the edge of plateauKas lake watersPart of a big blue carpet on PlateauA purple one this time.Taken from a chai shop. Typical red soil. The plateau to right.My partner my Dhanno

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I don't remember how I set out for this one, neither do I remember any of the details. Since I am writing it down after almost a year. Although, the idea was to capture the late monsoon beauty of the Sahyadris, esp. the wildflowers. Places like Raireshwar, Kaas/Kas have always been much cherished places on the list.I had almost completed the quote of 10+ this season plus an earlier outing to

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The Hone[y] CollectorUnknown to me - Flower of SahyadrisMy Dhanno - My partner in crimeKarvi flower - Blooms once every 7 yearsSwades - HE the peopleTorna framed - The way to top through KarviSept - Oct is the time for numerous of these flowersAnother view of Fort TornaAnother unknown to me flower of SahyadrisThe entrance

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I have couple of places left on my agenda for the end of this monsoon. I am not one of the winter trekkers, mostly due to my work schedules and more since I have always believed that Sahyadris are at their best in monsoons. If you are keeping abreast with news related to Sahyadris, you might have noticed that there has been a lot of talk about Karvi blooming. This plant is abundant in Sahyadris

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Breakfast time for a bug just outside SataraSajjangad - Numerous flowers like these bloom in Sahyadris in Late AugustThoseghar - F1Thoseghar - F2F2 - CloseupAnother Wildflower of SahyadrisOne of the many windmills - ChalkewadiIf it gives any idea about the sizeFloors of rice fields - ChalkewadiLeft - Sajjangad, Right at distance - Ajinkyatara

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By now, people had started giving up on an outing every weekend. I was tired. It turned out on judgment day that it was just me and B for tomorrow. We agreed to bike, though in the morning the whole laziness in me got us moving in my car towards a Thoseghar for a drive. Thoseghar is around 35 odd km from Satara and is home to two beatiful waterfalls that plunge down the Sahyadris. Around 5 kms

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Some smaller variety of Hibiscus I guess. Dishas Dhaba, MulshiA dryer cloudy humid day at TamhiniThe humble beginnings of Konkan Railway near Roha.The lush landscape Konkan Railway runs throughKundalika river - Revdanda creekThe sole canon on the fortThe western end of the fort. Our guide reflects.

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We were tired of biking this time around, so we decided to head somewhere far off with a Sumo. After some discussion we headed to Avchitgad. This entire week had been dry and we knew it was going to be tough. As headed towards Tamhini, the non-muddy blue waters of the dam shining in bright sunlight gave us some idea about the hardships ahead. Typically, a good sign is muddy tea waters and little

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Waterfall enroute Visapur just outside BhajeFortification - Fort VisapurPlenty of good stuff for stomach on the way.Disintegrating fortification.Lohagad from Visapur.The faint traingular pinnacle is Fort Tikona. Pawana dam to right.The faint pinnacle is Fort Tung with Lohagad to the right.Bhaje village and Karla-Malavali valley.Mumbai-Pune Expressway

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We had some time constraints this week. Keeping that in mind, we thought we went somewhere around and not spend much time traveling. This got M,B,GD and me travel towards Visapur 7.30ish.For people who are looking for directions - To get here :1] Start from Pune, travel on NH-4. Take the left towards Malavali - Bhaje past Kamshet as you are travelling towards Lonavala. Cross the guarded

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Waterfalls enroute Ghusalkhamb from Mulshi.View of the Mulshi Lake. The semi-circular wall is visible.The tall cloud covered mountains enroute.Numerous water sources like these empty in Mulshi Lake hereView of the Northern arm of Mulshi Lake.The steps to Korigad.One of the numerous wild flowers of Sahyadris.SaffronFortification - KorigadA mushroom - I caught it inside a hole in the fortification

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This weekend since kuch log were too tired of "Sumo Chalana" we decided we headed somewhere nearby on bikes. We thought about Rajmachi, but then considering that we are bunch of old men we thought of something nice, which got us moving to Korigad.This fort is past INS Shivaji near a village called Peth Shahapur enroute Ambavane where Sahara Amby Valley is located and belongs to Sahara India. Yes

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Neera Devghar DamOne of the many bridges in backwaters of Neera DevgharLife on Roads - MonsoonsThe endless number of waterfalls you see on this roadView of the valley enroute KawlyaMain range of SahyadrisApproaching Kawlya - The mist covered mountainsPrimate shot by a primateView of the valley and waterfalls from Kavlya/Kawlya

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Ill cut the long story short this time around. We had multiple options. It was likely that we would have had to bike this weekend. Though, thanks to the elaborate efforts of Lord C...shwar. We found ourselves traveling in two Sumos to Kavlya/Kawlya fort with Lord C's apostles.Historically, this fort has been described as the stronghold of Chandrarao More of Jawali, who was Shivaji's archrival. We

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No weekend breaks - A farmer slogging out early morning in Mulshi.Where the road goes round Plus valley - The Bhira Hydroelectric pipes in Tamhini.Main range of Sahyadris to the East of Mangad.A lush Paddy field near Borwadi.Waterfalls in Tamhini. These thundered the way back.Water tanks and the farms below - Mangad.The ruins of fortificationParsha - [ Parshuram ] the guide at Entrance. Parsha is

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It started raining heavily from Wednesday, which kind of made me a bit happier. Not that I wasnt going to venture out this weekend. But then a prospect of good outing is always pleasing. If not then there is a weird fun in pushing yourselves to limits. Either case, headcount wise there was addition in form of M and one new found fan on the Peth trek last weekend.To start with the proposal was to

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Pinnacle of Peth and the hutments at baseSame place - same treePeculiarly shaped Padar Killa and Siddhagad at DistanceLocals working in the Paddy fieldsKhandas-Bhimashankar range of Western ghatsThe base of the fort. Taken from the base of the caves.On the way up the pinnacleLush green mountain slopes with Padar Killa at distancePinnacle lost in clouds towards the evening.

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I got a call from Ajax on Wednesday. He said he had a bunch of guys with him from office which meant other than B and GD we had lot more heads and biking was ruled out. I was given the glorious job of deciding on the destination, so I took the liberty to dump the travel booking etc to Ajax. After lot of factors considering the two couples, prospects of rains, humidity blah blah. We headed towards

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Foggy NH-4 in KhandalaEnroute Palasdari - Khopoli-Karjat RoadKarajat Khopoli train route - Background Palasdari FortLush Vegetation and Waterfalls enroute the FortAt the base of the FortLooking at the Valley below from the base of the FortThe only construction than the water tanks on the Fort.One of the two water tanks on the top of the Fort.

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This week buddies and me decided to give Palasdari a shot. This place seems to be fairly popular with the Mumbai guys though not people from Pune. I had known about Palasdari for some time while traveling on the Khopoli Karjat road so getting there was no issue.We caught up at Chevrolet showroom on NH-4 near Soos road, had some omlet and chai at Tapri and headed towards our destination Palasdari.

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Climbing Up - Below, way round Tikona Peth.Looking up at the Peak. Not yet there.Taken from the caves at the base of the fortification.Taken from the village while getting back - The fort.Some bonding. Way back.Mumbai - Pune Expressway- While approaching Somatane Phata

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All those fellas who still tune in here. Here's a big Hi. The old man doesn't have much fire in his belly by now. Though the old man is busy with some of his daily chores he did manage to pull off a weekend hike for the start of this monsoons i.e. on 30th of June 2007.Primarily since it rained cats and dogs this time around Pune and again my folks or I dont know played with my poor point and

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The ever beautiful Mulshi lake ..Tamhini Ghats while climbing Kurdugad ..Fort Kurdugad from Kurdu Peth ..Sahyadris south of Tamhini from Kurdu Peth ..Narrow path round the pinnacle ...Getting down to Kurdu Peth.. Fort Entrance ...Fort Kurdugad from Umbardi ..Bridge near Umbardi ..background Tamhini range...Sunset at Jite ...

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No planning has by now become a regular feature. Although, some groundwork was done beforehand about the possible options. We headed towards Tamhini targetting Mangad/Kurdugad near Nizampur. The team was me, balls and bunch of gultis. After couple of waterfall/lakeside patel photos we got down from Tamhini and hit a sign which showed "Jita" [ Jite ] as 11Kms to left. After asking for Mangad near

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Fort Manikgad from Talavali..Vegetation on the way up...Gollum ..one of our guides..Fortification ..Fort Manikgad..Ruins..stone arch with Ganesh ..Fort Manekgad..Savna lake and Fort Karnala from Manekgad .. You find lot of these big grasshoppers on the top .. Dharamtar [or] Panvel creek from Fort Manikgad ..Manikgad ..taken while getting down to Vadgaon ..Sun sets on a hut enroute Vadgaon..

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This weekend, after couple of beers and some hasty calls etc. We agreed that we need to meet at Devi House at 7.00 AM in the morning. Finally as we got moving in the Qualis, we brainstormed and zeroed in on Manekgad/Manikgad. Yes we had no plan. Whatever I had read about this place, they all say it was of little significance and was used as an outpost etc. Which made us think the hike to a

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Lady working in the groundnut field...Fort Pandavgad ..the distant square'ish peak ..The guide ...Fort Vairatgad..taken during climb ..Looks like some variety of Dahlia..Pachgani Tableland to left ..Thin white line is Dhom Dam...Fortification..Fort Vairatgad ...Temple atop the fort...One of the water tanks atop ..Fortification ..Fort Vairatgad ..Another view..looking west..Fort Vairatgad..Sunset.

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Managed to hike Vairatgad this weekend. This fort was something which always figured in the plans although was dropped couple of times due to various reasons. The team was bunch of guys from Paxonet and yours truely.Way to reach from Pune -1] Travel by NH-4 towards Satara, take a right turn towards Wai-Mahabaleshwar on NH-4. Just before Wai, take the left turn to Satara. Reach this place called

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Lohagad ..!!Visapur from Lohagad !!One of the plenty of primates ..on Lohagad !!Waterfall..!!Macro ...!!Some spooky tree ....!!Vinchukata ...!!Tung - Kathingad and Pawana Dam from Lohagad/Lohgad ...!!Visapur..on the way back !!Lohagad ...!!

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Chose Lohagad this weekend. I had not been to Karla caves before so decided to cover that too. Honestly all buddhist caves appear the same to me. Well although I dont remember much about Bhaja caves now since I did not have an eye for the fine details etc. I thought the sculptures etc were pretty good here at Karla. Since we got done with it it soon, we decided to head to Lohagad.A no-nonsense

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Pinnacle, there is a temple at the top !!Road from Paud towards TungTung from the Road !!Another shot, the pinnacle in clouds !!Waterfalls on the way to Morve !!The entrance !!Machi below .. taken from rightmost point if facing Tikona !!

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I lost the 2006 monsoons till first week of Aug. The first weekend didnt work out that well, since I landed in Mumbai on Thursday and buddies kept telling me how busy they are working on weeknds meeting deadlines etc. Then things fell in place this weeekend and that saw the group of four from Ingot heading on two bikes to Tung.First of all, all I had read and heard about this fort was its a

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Bridge on Neera river on Pune Satara Highway !!Fireball !!Neera river on the way to Varandha from Bhor !!Neera Devghar Dam enroute Mahad !!Varandha ghat !!Kawlya fort [ At the base is Shivthar Ghal ] !!Kangori - Mangalgad Fort !!Wildfire on Goa Highway !!Savitri river by Goa highway near Mahad !!

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Life has been pretty uneventful on the trekking front from September. AB just bought a new digicam recently so he was more interested in an adventure. It turned out on judgement day that it was only two of us. We still decided to go ahead. We biked till Bhor turn, had some breakfast and then brainstormed on the destination. Options were Vairatgad or Kangori A.K.A Mangalgad. We agreed on Kangori

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Drive to Mulshi on a lazy weekend !!A *blue* whale there ;-)View of the lake !!Shot by Karthik !!

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Khopoli - The Smog cover !!Terda - Macro magic !!Way to Murbad !!Padar Killa and Bhimashankar !!Gorakhgad from Siddhagadwadi !!The triangular shaped plateau below from Siddhagad !!Gorakhgad in clouds !!Gorakhgad and the pinnacle of Machhindragad behind !!The Sahyadri range from Siddhagad !!The cave of the *Baba* at Siddhagad !!Siddhagad - From Siddhagadwadi !!

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We chose Siddhagad this weekend. The response was overwhelming. We were a team of 17. Eleven freshies and the usual team. After packing up breakfast + lunch and picking up the last guy at Hinjawadi, it was about 6.45. I found to my surprise two PICTians and was told there are seven more in the office. I gathered from google that the climb starts from a place called Narivali, although we after

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Nakhind !!Ulhas basin !!Chanderi from Nakhind !!Wadi at the top !!Paddy !!

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Lot has been said and written about Nakhind on the web already. We left early, had breakfast at Lonavala. Disaster struck when we took the right turn to karjat from Khopoli. The tyre got punctured. After changing the tyre and fixing the ill-fated tyre we marched towards our destination Vangani. To reach Vangani, one takes a left before Karjat to Neral. Vangani is about 10kms from Neral. From

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Dhom - Wall !!Pandavgad in clouds - Taken from Banks of Dhom !!Navra -Navri of Kamalgad !!Kamalgad at 12.00 - Taken from Tupewadi !!Dhom backwaters from TupewadiLunchtime...Paddy at the base.The way upWaterstream - DeuxTaken while getting down

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It was a long weekend but we still decided for a one dayer. We decided on Kamalgad. We left quite late, and a breakfast break at Natraj on Satara road cost us more. The way to reach Kamalgad is to reach Wai and then proceed to Jambhli then cross the Walki river [ a tributary to Krishna ] and reach a place called Tupewadi. The drive is scenic and the road is good too. On the way to Jambhli one can

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Need I say more ?Water*falls* !!·The shorter route !!Fortification to the right side of entrance !!The waterfalls defying gravity !!While getting down from steps !!A hutment enroute Hadsar village on the way down.Lavani - Of a different kind

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Our Ratangad one day adventure plan did not work out well. The transport guy turned up late. So we needed change of plans. So we decided to trek Hadsar. It was a team of seven. My Paxonet buddies and me.Way to reach Hadsar is to reach Junnar via Narayangaon from Pune and then take the road to Manikdoh [ A right turn followed by an immediate left]. Hadsar is about 16 Kms from Junnar. There is a

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A Wild Stunner !!"Nedh-a" ..In Clouds !!On our way up !!Gunjavane [ The village at Base] !!Stairway to Heaven !!Taken from Chor DarwajaFind more details here.

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Couldn't cook any plan till friday. AB was stuck in Mumbai due to heavy rains. Got a call late Friday night from PN. He said we were six, and we better decide someplace on Satara side. We thought about a trek to Vairatgad. We started late in the morning so a change of plans had us aiming for Rajgad.We reached Gunjavane at about 11. If you want to take the Chor darwaja, you have to go to Gunjavane

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Another wild flowerMain "Darwaja"/ Entrance.Wild FlowerWater tank on PandavgadDhom dam and KamalgadPandavgad entranceTaken on the way upForest cover on the way upGetting down to WaiTaken from MandhardevWai ahead and Pandavgad to right·Dhom DamAmbade Ghat·Rohida·Find more details here.

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I managed to convince AB that Pandavgad isn't that far for a bike trek from Pune so he agreed to come along for this weekend. Unfortunately he called me up on Saturday night to tell me that he was unavailable. But I had company. Note that the company is an essential ingredient of a good trek. If there is lack of good rapport then it could be a torturing experience. Anyways so enough of this, we

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Bajarwadi - BasecampStart of climb ..taken looking back !!Fairy flower !!Ta[u]n Ta[u]n·Hello WorldJust perfectRanhalad - You get a lot of these in this area !!On the way up !!Rightmost end of RohidaFortification on the other side of fortRohideshwar TempleRohidaBaneshwar·Find more details here.

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Teacup trekkers struck again. So myself and AB decided to hike Rohida on Sunday. From our experiece with Kenjalgad we decided to leave a bit early. Although we left Pune at about 5.40, which also is not bad.To reach Rohida one has to reach Bhor and take a left to Wai and stop at a place called Bajarwadi.The climb starts from this place.It wasnt raining although the weather was pleasent. We made

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Jeevdhan - Naneghat right aheadWall as seen from the end of ladder·Jeevdhan to left and Kukadi backwaters to right..Fort entraceLadder on the way upOn the way to ChavandwadiFind more details here.

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Myself and the Paxonet guys hiked Chavand this weekend. I had made plans to go to this place last week itself, although it did not work out. We were about a team of eight and started in a Sumo from the *usual place*.To reach this place take the road from Junnar to Ghatghar (Jeevdhan / Naneghat). Some 17Kms from Junnar lies the fort of Chavand.The consturction is all in ruins although you can

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Entrance ..taken while getting down..The route from Raireshwar ..to left is Wai / Kamalgad / Walki BasinLooking back on the way to Kenjalgad from RaireshwarWay up ..Raireshwar in clouds..RaireshwarFind more details here.

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I cooked a plan with AB for a Sunday Kenjalgad bike adventure on Friday. I couldnt get much response from the paxonet teacup trekkers and that was expected. We started off early in the morning at 6.00 on a pleasant Sunday morning. Had breakfast on the tapri located at the Bhor corner.To reach Kenjalgad one has to pass Bhor and take the road to Ambavade. From Ambavade take a right from the bridge

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Dhangad to the right !! Sudhagad and Sarasgad at a distance·Start of climb·Village at the Base·Telbaila from top·Mulshi Backwaters·Wild Flower·Balekilla·Karvanda·Find more details here.

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We managed to gather around 11 heads for the first trek of 2005. KV and A reached Pune from Hyd at 4.30 and found themselves killing time at Comesum. They called me at 5.30 and reached my place at about 6.00. I had forgot to charge my digicam batteries and to add insult to injury the power went off in the morning, although paxonet office and GuruKrupa@lonavala helped me recharge !! Finally we got

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Its done, I would make it to Dhangad (Ghangad??) this weekend. This place is near Ambavane - Sahara Valley. A detailed post would follow. Last years kitty had only Kalsubai in it. Sahyadris and Hyderabad dont go together !! Check out the Kalsubai pictures.

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