Sunday, September 13, 2009
Saturday, July 19, 2008
KALDURGH TREK
VAGHBA TREK IS A SMALL TREK LOCATED NEAR PALGHAR( 6 KM AWAY FROM PAKGHAT STN)
ONE CAN GET THE VAGHOBA MANDIR WHICH IS THE BASE OF VAGHOBA TREK. TO REACH THERE CATCH A BUS FOM PALGHAT STANTION GOING TOWARDS MANOR.
IT IS A 2 HOUR TREK.
ONE CAN GET THE VAGHOBA MANDIR WHICH IS THE BASE OF VAGHOBA TREK. TO REACH THERE CATCH A BUS FOM PALGHAT STANTION GOING TOWARDS MANOR.
IT IS A 2 HOUR TREK.
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
MANIKGAD
Manikgad
Date: 17-06-07
Region: Karjat
Height: 1878ft
Minimum duration to reach the top: 5 to 6 hrs from Vadgaon.
Water availability: water available at the gad
Shelter: no shelter available at the top
Minimum duration: 1 day
Sights to see: karnala fort (because of heavy rain we could not see any thing)
Way to reach Manikgad: We started from UICT at around 5.15 a.m and caught the 5.25 a.m train from Matunga Central to Karjat. The Sahyadri ranges that you can see through the train as it nears Karjat is beautiful. Reached Karjat around 7.10 a.m and took a tum-tum to Vadgaon. The nazara on the way was sweet.
After reaching Vadgaon we asked the locals the way to go to Manikgad, and lo we started off with bang. There was eye catching greenery on all sides that made you fall in love with nature and is a treat to your eyes. This is what kept our spirits high the whole time. After a while we could see Manikgad infront of us.
After walking for ?km we cam across a stone on which Hanuman was carved, adjacent to which was an alcohol bhatti. This is where there are 2 ways to go to Manikgad ,if you take the straight path ahead it’s the easy way on top. But we were in some adventure mood and so enthu that we missed on this path and took a short cut instead (a left) which turned out to be a difficult rocky route and to top it up it had started pouring heavily as we started climbing.
Pratik, Mukesh and vishal used to go ahead and see which path would be easy for all of us, Arundhati a first timer was a bit nervous and she found solace with Galvina, Sandeep, ninad, Anuradha, manu, Yashashree who were always pepping her up.
As we moved ahead the inexplicable beauty of the gad overwhelmed us. The breeze ohh ! ohh! was so superb that we felt that we were flying….and we were catching the grass all the time while walking.
As we were nearing the gad top the breeze was getting wilder and the rains didn’t seem to be stopping……wow! …it was a great experience. Then we seen some local village boys…they guided us how we should get to the topmost point as the gusty wind was a bit scary. But some of us again wanted what we call as ADVAVENTURE a name coined by Vishal. So again we took a short cut, and Gosh!!! It was steep path, and it scared the hell out of me (shanti).We reached the gad at 2.00p.m
Rest of them came by the path guided by the village boys. On the top of the gad there is a huge water tank and some broken fort wall. The atrocious wind and the heavy rains were making it difficult for us to explore the place. But we managed to explore after the rains subsided and it was worth all the effort, the mist laden mountains and the greenery made us feel awesome. There was also a point on the gad which the local boys superstitiously claimed that if u stand there you are likely to meet death soon.
We decided to climb down and then eat our lunch. The local boys accompanied us as we decided to take a different route down the gad.It turned out to be a longer route for us though.
So we reached their village and looks like waited till eternity for a cup of tea too arrive for us. But our wait was not that rewarding as the tea tasted pathetic, but the splendid company of all of us together just made it PERFECT.
Later on after a long walk half way we got a tum tum and reached PANE ST stand.Every bus seemed to be jam packed as it was a sun so caught an 8.00 p.m St to Panvel till where we went standing, it felt as if every muscle of our body was aching. Then we caught another ST from Panvel to Dadar where we slept through the whole way I guess. We reached dadar at about 12.00p.m.
This time we were a big crowd around 15 of us. It is said na “the more, the merrier”. Actually felt it was true, we had a lot of fun, and the best part was that we there for each other when some of us were finding it difficult to climb the rocks, or were slipping, or were losing confidence or had got tired. Guess it’s the difficult times when you realize the true worth of friends. So that the memories of this trek remain with us forever we now also have a short movie made by Vishal.
Trekkers: Pratik, Ninad, Mukesh, Vishal, Sandeep, Kale sir, Vaishali, Yashashree, Anuradha, Murnmai, Vanita, Galvina, Arundhati, Disha, Shanti.
Expenditure: Rs. 400
Date: 17-06-07
Region: Karjat
Height: 1878ft
Minimum duration to reach the top: 5 to 6 hrs from Vadgaon.
Water availability: water available at the gad
Shelter: no shelter available at the top
Minimum duration: 1 day
Sights to see: karnala fort (because of heavy rain we could not see any thing)
Way to reach Manikgad: We started from UICT at around 5.15 a.m and caught the 5.25 a.m train from Matunga Central to Karjat. The Sahyadri ranges that you can see through the train as it nears Karjat is beautiful. Reached Karjat around 7.10 a.m and took a tum-tum to Vadgaon. The nazara on the way was sweet.
After reaching Vadgaon we asked the locals the way to go to Manikgad, and lo we started off with bang. There was eye catching greenery on all sides that made you fall in love with nature and is a treat to your eyes. This is what kept our spirits high the whole time. After a while we could see Manikgad infront of us.
After walking for ?km we cam across a stone on which Hanuman was carved, adjacent to which was an alcohol bhatti. This is where there are 2 ways to go to Manikgad ,if you take the straight path ahead it’s the easy way on top. But we were in some adventure mood and so enthu that we missed on this path and took a short cut instead (a left) which turned out to be a difficult rocky route and to top it up it had started pouring heavily as we started climbing.
Pratik, Mukesh and vishal used to go ahead and see which path would be easy for all of us, Arundhati a first timer was a bit nervous and she found solace with Galvina, Sandeep, ninad, Anuradha, manu, Yashashree who were always pepping her up.
As we moved ahead the inexplicable beauty of the gad overwhelmed us. The breeze ohh ! ohh! was so superb that we felt that we were flying….and we were catching the grass all the time while walking.
As we were nearing the gad top the breeze was getting wilder and the rains didn’t seem to be stopping……wow! …it was a great experience. Then we seen some local village boys…they guided us how we should get to the topmost point as the gusty wind was a bit scary. But some of us again wanted what we call as ADVAVENTURE a name coined by Vishal. So again we took a short cut, and Gosh!!! It was steep path, and it scared the hell out of me (shanti).We reached the gad at 2.00p.m
Rest of them came by the path guided by the village boys. On the top of the gad there is a huge water tank and some broken fort wall. The atrocious wind and the heavy rains were making it difficult for us to explore the place. But we managed to explore after the rains subsided and it was worth all the effort, the mist laden mountains and the greenery made us feel awesome. There was also a point on the gad which the local boys superstitiously claimed that if u stand there you are likely to meet death soon.
We decided to climb down and then eat our lunch. The local boys accompanied us as we decided to take a different route down the gad.It turned out to be a longer route for us though.
So we reached their village and looks like waited till eternity for a cup of tea too arrive for us. But our wait was not that rewarding as the tea tasted pathetic, but the splendid company of all of us together just made it PERFECT.
Later on after a long walk half way we got a tum tum and reached PANE ST stand.Every bus seemed to be jam packed as it was a sun so caught an 8.00 p.m St to Panvel till where we went standing, it felt as if every muscle of our body was aching. Then we caught another ST from Panvel to Dadar where we slept through the whole way I guess. We reached dadar at about 12.00p.m.
This time we were a big crowd around 15 of us. It is said na “the more, the merrier”. Actually felt it was true, we had a lot of fun, and the best part was that we there for each other when some of us were finding it difficult to climb the rocks, or were slipping, or were losing confidence or had got tired. Guess it’s the difficult times when you realize the true worth of friends. So that the memories of this trek remain with us forever we now also have a short movie made by Vishal.
Trekkers: Pratik, Ninad, Mukesh, Vishal, Sandeep, Kale sir, Vaishali, Yashashree, Anuradha, Murnmai, Vanita, Galvina, Arundhati, Disha, Shanti.
Expenditure: Rs. 400
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Monday, November 5, 2007
Trekking our way out
Trekking our way out!!!!
The general opinion of postgraduate students is that they are geeks and nothing can excite them as much as research does. But something is different when it comes to our batch, the 2008 batch of M.pharm and M.tech(B.P.T).We all do enjoy research, and work hard the whole week, but when the weekend nears, there is something that makes our heart beat race. It’s that something that makes us put in extra effort the whole week through so that, we can enjoy our weekends. That PASSION of our lives is TREKKING.
Trekking is so much fun that it’s very hard to explain, those beautiful mountains half hidden by the fog, the crystal clear streams, those gleaming rocks, that smell of the wet mud, the eye soothing greenery all around you just astounds you and touches your heart. Walking through that jungle in the rains is super cool, with waterfalls which come as the most welcoming and awaited surprises. Climbing on rocks, at times choosing the most difficult path to reach our destination what we term as “ADVAVENTURE’, thinking of which way to go by at times is fun and gives us all that adrenaline rush. The most heartwarming moment is when you reach the top of the mountain, you feel like you have reached heaven. We scream out aloud at first, then sit quietly for some time and enjoy the sound of the gushing wind. After reaching our destination we celebrate that moment by then eating our lunch. Unlike other trekkers we don’t litter around and make it a point to collect all the non degradable stuff back home, taking turns to hold it
The most memorable trek was the trek to PRABHAL GADH where we celebrated the INDEPENDENCE DAY. One of us made the flag(my self); we hoisted it at the top of the GADH and sang the national anthem with utmost pride. It was the most beautiful moment. Some of the other treks where we have had the opportunity to go are MANIKGADH, NANEGHAT, RAJMACHI, HARISHCHANDRAGADH, and NATIONAL PARK etc…
Trekking has actually now becomes our hobby. The boys of our gang Pratik Patel,Vishal Parekh, Ninad Pandit, Mukesh Pednekar,Haresh More,Sushant Patil search for unexplored places in and around Mumbai,and find out the routes to reach there. The girls Vanita Sharma, Arundhati Lele, Disha Vithlani, Galvina Ferreira make all arrangements for food. We have PhD. Students vishal deshmukh, devang shah also friends from other colleges rajendra kale,rajendra tandale,Dr.amar who occasionally join us. We all stay in the hostel a day prior to the trek as we leave way before dawn.
Trekking is test of physical endurance, gives you that peace of mind as it is break from your routine and away from the bustling city life that we lead. And actually it’s a much better alternative than watching a movie in a multiplex or going to a water park. Every trek has its own story to tell and beautiful memories that we shall cherish all our lives. What make our treks even more memorable are those beautiful 20 minute movies that our classmate Vishal Parekh has developed an expertise at making for us.
Life is too short, and do not want to let it go just like that. As all of us have a common passion and love for nature and animals, we have decided to “Trek our way out” through our masters…see as much as we can manage in our free time to explore the unexplored and the forgotten mountain ranges, cliffs, forts of Maharashtra……….that’s the least we can do till we are together.
The general opinion of postgraduate students is that they are geeks and nothing can excite them as much as research does. But something is different when it comes to our batch, the 2008 batch of M.pharm and M.tech(B.P.T).We all do enjoy research, and work hard the whole week, but when the weekend nears, there is something that makes our heart beat race. It’s that something that makes us put in extra effort the whole week through so that, we can enjoy our weekends. That PASSION of our lives is TREKKING.
Trekking is so much fun that it’s very hard to explain, those beautiful mountains half hidden by the fog, the crystal clear streams, those gleaming rocks, that smell of the wet mud, the eye soothing greenery all around you just astounds you and touches your heart. Walking through that jungle in the rains is super cool, with waterfalls which come as the most welcoming and awaited surprises. Climbing on rocks, at times choosing the most difficult path to reach our destination what we term as “ADVAVENTURE’, thinking of which way to go by at times is fun and gives us all that adrenaline rush. The most heartwarming moment is when you reach the top of the mountain, you feel like you have reached heaven. We scream out aloud at first, then sit quietly for some time and enjoy the sound of the gushing wind. After reaching our destination we celebrate that moment by then eating our lunch. Unlike other trekkers we don’t litter around and make it a point to collect all the non degradable stuff back home, taking turns to hold it
The most memorable trek was the trek to PRABHAL GADH where we celebrated the INDEPENDENCE DAY. One of us made the flag(my self); we hoisted it at the top of the GADH and sang the national anthem with utmost pride. It was the most beautiful moment. Some of the other treks where we have had the opportunity to go are MANIKGADH, NANEGHAT, RAJMACHI, HARISHCHANDRAGADH, and NATIONAL PARK etc…
Trekking has actually now becomes our hobby. The boys of our gang Pratik Patel,Vishal Parekh, Ninad Pandit, Mukesh Pednekar,Haresh More,Sushant Patil search for unexplored places in and around Mumbai,and find out the routes to reach there. The girls Vanita Sharma, Arundhati Lele, Disha Vithlani, Galvina Ferreira make all arrangements for food. We have PhD. Students vishal deshmukh, devang shah also friends from other colleges rajendra kale,rajendra tandale,Dr.amar who occasionally join us. We all stay in the hostel a day prior to the trek as we leave way before dawn.
Trekking is test of physical endurance, gives you that peace of mind as it is break from your routine and away from the bustling city life that we lead. And actually it’s a much better alternative than watching a movie in a multiplex or going to a water park. Every trek has its own story to tell and beautiful memories that we shall cherish all our lives. What make our treks even more memorable are those beautiful 20 minute movies that our classmate Vishal Parekh has developed an expertise at making for us.
Life is too short, and do not want to let it go just like that. As all of us have a common passion and love for nature and animals, we have decided to “Trek our way out” through our masters…see as much as we can manage in our free time to explore the unexplored and the forgotten mountain ranges, cliffs, forts of Maharashtra……….that’s the least we can do till we are together.
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