A travel blog about my experiences in travel and treks
26 January 2008 About Dudhsagar falls:Dudhsagar is a waterfall in the Karnataka Goa border. It is on the train route connecting Londa in Karnataka to Vasco in Goa. It can be approached either from Kulem in Goa or from Castle … Continued
27 – 28th December 2007 After Ajanta and Aurangabad, we went to Devgad which was our halting point of the day. Not many people (including me) are aware of this small village. But it is a very calm place next … Continued
27 December 2007 The day started early again for us. We left Aurangabad at 5:30 in the morning towards Ajanta. The distance from Aurangabad to Ajanta is about 100 kms. We had breakfast on the way in a Dhaba. We … Continued
12-13th January 2008 The first trek of YHAI Bangalore this year was to Vellarimala peak in Kerala. Fifteen of us (Akshata, Anoop, Aparna, Aravind, Chandru, Kantha, Kavya, Krishna, Kushal, Mokshi, Nikitha, Sakeeb, Shashikant, Shradha and Shruthi) started from Bangalore on … Continued
26 December 2007 Devagiri (new name is Daulatabad) fort is 16 kms from Aurangabad and 11 kms from Ellora. It was already 4:30 in the evening when we reached Devagiri. I had seen many forts earlier. The feeling was that … Continued
26 December 2007It was 12 in the noon when we reached Ellora. We first went to Grishneshwar, one of the twelve Jyothirlinga. We had to stand in the slow moving queue for more than an hour. Here, the devotees have … Continued
25 – 26 December 2007 It was about 4:30PM when we left Shirdi. Nashik was our next destination and also the halting point of the day. The journey from Shirdi to Nashik took two hours. Nashik is a major industrial … Continued
25 December 2007 We started very early at 5AM from Pune. One reason was to avoid Pune traffic and the other was to reach Shirdi as early as possible. But it took 7.5 hours to cover the distance of 200 … Continued
24 December 2007 The day started quite early, at 5:30AM we got the wakeup call. After morning duties and breakfast, we set out of Karad at 7:30AM. The first place to visit was Nataraja Temple at Satara. Satara is 50kms … Continued
23 December 2007 I was thinking about the places to go during Christmas vacation. My wife would not be able to accompany me this time, as we have a two month old kid. My Mother joins me and we decide … Continued