Day 7 : Goa - Pune Cavelossim - Margaon - Ponda - Londa - Khanapur - Belgaum - Kolhapur - Satara - Pune We started back on Day 7 i.e. 15th of August. We were heading for Pune according to our plan and took a different route for the way back. We... Read More

I was on my official trip to Mumbai & Pune from 06.07.09 to 10.07.09.Altough I have frequent visits to Mumabi but could not manage to visit HAJI ALI DARGAH due to the busy schedule. This time I decided that I would stay in Dadar instead to New Mu... Read More

As the Nethravati Express screeched to a stop at Ratnagiri a mere 45 minutes behind schedule, my heart soared with expectation. On this section of Konkan Railway, where single-tracks were not uncommon, a delay of under an hour was a good omen. Paradi... Read More

Day 3 : Vadodara - Panvel (Mumbai) Vadodara - Bharuch - Surat - Valsad -Manor - Panvel (Mumbai) Till this point of our trip, weather was on our side but on the morning of Day 3 things started chnaging. When we left Vadodara, it was raining but... Read More

A dream fulfilled. This happened to be a return journey having completed the Ashtvinayak trip while driving from Bangalore to Mumbai ( it’s another story) and my family was geared up for it. We started off from Navi Mumbai at 12 noon and took th... Read More

I have always wanted to drive long distances rather than be driven, flown or put on a train. On the two occasions that I visited the  USA I drove cross country to my heart's content. But here in India the condition of the  Highways was a big p... Read More

DRIVING HOLIDAY TO GOA IN JULY - AUGUST 2009. We were driving down to Goa one more time, our fifth holiday in Goa since December 2001. I had booked in Club Mahindra's Varca Beach resort almost two months ahead. We got the booking easily because it... Read More

Its really a hectic week when a project like MNP (Mobile Number Portability) is going live and being a software engineer, you have to face all the brunt. It was 26th January and planned a short trip with some of my friends to get refreshed after the ... Read More

The "car-driving-bone" was predominantly present, had tickled at will and left it's mark on a number of occasions. In 1995, newly married, from chennai to tirupati, on bike, was it's start. Thereafter, post-arrival of santro, mumbai-lonavala, mumb... Read More

I have this thing about travelling and long drives. Ever since I can remember, I always wanted to drive... not the sprints...but the marathon! I have been fortunate enough to do this a bit in different places across the world, but never managed a rea... Read More

Blue and red, is that the sun Million magic in reflection Billion colors, zillion hues Here goes worries, there my rues. No poet, that’s what I am. Yet these words came naturally, standing on the beach all by myself, an experience I had never... Read More

First of all let me start with a plot spoiler. If you have been to hill stations in North India, to the likes of Simla and Kullu manali, Mahabaleshwar may come as little disappointing. Without spoiling the fun any further, here’s what we discovered... Read More

Let me give you a brief about Ashtvinayak (8 Ganeshas). It is a pilgrimage of 8 temples in Maharashtra, each temple having its own history. Some of these idols are Swayambhu (self-existent) which means they were not created, but discovered in that fo... Read More

This is my first endavour to write a travelogue on Ghumakkar. I also am a travel lover like most of the other human beings. Since we were in Barwani district of Madhya Pradesh for more than 10 years.I had listen lots about Toranmal through the local... Read More

Hi Guys: 1.1 I am a retired bureaucrat, retired about eight years ago. My grandson is about three years old and a great source of joy. 1.2 One day I decided that I needed to go nowhere. It was easier to drive alone to nowhere than to somewhere: if ... Read More

It was last weekend of July 2007, rainy season in Maharashtra and we, a group of 11 people (extended family) went to three days trip to Mahabaleshwar and Panchgani. It was my second visit to these small hill stations amidst the heights of Sahyadris m... Read More

Matheran is our favorite nearby destination which we have been visiting regularly from July to February each year since 2007. It is a small mountain plateau of the Western Ghats range, 100km south east of Mumbai. (more...)... Read More

SATARA    (UNTOUCHED AMONG TOUCHED) If you are sitting in the office or at home and planning to visit some untouched place (Untouched from crowd) your answer is in six words. S  A T A R A Satara is small town located in the heart of Sahy... Read More

And so the monsoon has come back. It is truly the most beautiful and sublime act of nature if we ignore its capacity for destruction. If in mood for destruction, it doesn’t leave anything or anyone. Disintegrates city life, with flooded roads, rail... Read More

This is the second post about my 12 day vacation trip. In the previous post I had described the trip to Aurangabad and Ellora. From Ellora we left for Manmad where we had the night train to Pune. Trains usually depart late from Manmad. God knows why!... Read More

During 15th Aug weekend, we planned a trip to Koyna region. Koyna is a region nestled in the Sahaydri mountains (western ghats) of Maharashtra whose claim to fame is Koyna Dam. Koyna Dam forms a lake in Sahayadri mountains which goes 70 km all the wa... Read More

After being awed and intimidated by majestic Himalayas’ expanse and beauty for years, there came a time for me to think again. Can anything really match the lovely green valleys of Himalaya with running brooks and waterfalls and rivers and perfect ... Read More

It is been a see-all-the-beaches-you-can-while-you-can for the last few weekends and this weekend was no different. A 2-day trip to Diveagar was planned for the Diwali weekend of 17th and 18th October 2009. Planned by a colleague, Daniel, I tagged ... Read More

The Planning for this phase underwent many refinements. Golden Temple was a must and a absolute central to this part of the trip. However, with experience, I knew that post-Agra I would need a good break from driving itself. Earlier the plan was to s... Read More

I have been visiting Pune for the last so many years for my official work but it was not known to me that the protected site “PATALESHWAR CAVE” is just at a walking distance from the hotel where I generally stay. After having my lunch, I had ... Read More