Google sees everything in your neighbourhood!
Click here to see a bigger version No wonder i saw a party being held in the narrow lanes next to our apartment. The neighbourhood Istriwala (the guy who irons/presses your clothes) just realised...
Places near Pune and Mumbai Blog
Broken Road, Zero Visibility, Gale force winds – Wow!
Chalkewadi is a plateau known for its windmill farms. There are hundreds of huge windmills in this area. You can see details (directions, photos etc) on this other post. We had gone back to...
Trek to Lohagad fort near lonavala
A beautiful fort in a beautiful location, good roads to the base and an easy climb make Lohagad fort one of the more popular destinations to visit close to Pune. But thankfully, it has...
Bhuleshwar temple during the monsoons
The advantage of being in a place where there are distinctly different seasons is that you can keep going to the same place at different times and see totally different sights. This is the...
Drive to Lavasa, the hill city
Set over 7 hills, Lavasa calls itself “India’s first planned hill city”. I am sure it will live up to this when the project completes. Lavasa city is in the midst of many mountains...
Thoseghar Waterfalls in Satara during the monsoon
I had been to Thoseghar last weekend (Aug 7/8). The monsoon was still on and it was constantly drizzling. Thoseghar was at its best with the waterfalls in full force. Below are some photos...
A short drive to Dive Ghat near Saswad
It was a beautiful rainy weekend, but work kept me indoors for almost the entire two days. I was deperate to get out and go for a drive. When i got a break for...
Bhaja caves near Malavali Village, Lonavala
The buddhist excavations at Bhaja, also known as Bhaja caves, date almost to the 1st century AD and are believed to be one of the oldest buddhist religious centres in this area. it is...
Waterfall after Tamhini Ghat near Kundalika river
Tamhini ghat is famous for its waterfalls and endless greenery during monsoons. (See this post for photos). Some of the waterfalls are very tall that you may not even be able to see the...
Drive to Panshet Dam near Khadakwasla
With the recent boating accident in Panshet dam, most the boat clubs were closed on the weekend we went. But we never had the intention of going for boating. We went for a monsoon...
Visit to Baneshwar shiva temple
“Ban” – Forest and Ishwar – God i.e. God within a forest. This is the origin of the name of the Baneshwar temple. The name looked inviting and looking it up on Google Earth,...
Trek to Purandar fort – in the rain
Purandar fort near Saswad/Narayanpur is one of the easier hill forts to trek to. It takes around 45 minutes to 1 hr to get to the top of the plateau and a further 30...