By now, R and I have developed quite a reputation of being vagabonds...Come a weekend and we are off to some unknown offbeat corner. Naturally, then, it came as a major surprise to everyone that we hadn't planned anything for the Independence Day long weekend or the Eid break! Well, our logic was to beat the crowds that would be heading out of town, and spend some quiet time at home!
Then, the two day break arrived. Eid and Ganesha Chaturthi. After four days of incessant rains the sun was finally shining brightly. The sky was a clear blue. The air fresh and crisp. Just the perfect day to roll down your windows and go off on a long drive! So we did just that....
On a whim, decided to head off to Malshej Ghat - the MUST SEE monsoon destination of Maharashtra. The lure of driving through clouds, soaking in a waterfall and watching flamingos take off in synchronized flight was too much to resist! So we grabbed a few essentials, had a hearty breakfast (and thank God for that) and hit the road by 10:45 am (too late a start for a 300 km round trip, but better now than never). What followed was a crazy and yet awesome day! We did drive through the clouds (and was it great or what!), didn't soak in a waterfall (there was no place to change into dry clothes again), nor see the flamingos (horrendous roads ate into our time), but had a lovely time simply drinking in the beauty of this piece of heaven and walking hand in hand into the mist.
Dear R has already written a wonderful post about the trip, so the lazy me will simply put a link to the post here (click here to go to
R's blog post about Malshej Ghat) and save myself the trouble of writing about it all over again ;-)
Instead, I will simply follow the maxim that a picture speaks a thousand words and let these talk about the magic of Malshej!
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Into the clouds.....
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| One of the hundreds by the roadside |
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| The bliss of solitude! |
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| Busy bee |
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| And back.... |
P.S - Photos contributed by M and R (before someone cribs again!)
Superb place - its almost like Nuwara Eliya, maybe even better! Though wish there were better accommodation rather than the lone Flamingoes...
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