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Geocaching @ Mahim Nature Park

Geocache @ Mahim Nautre Park

Geocache @ Mahim Nature Park

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More about geocaching
More about Mahim nature park
Mahim nature park geocache details

It was a lazy Saturday afternoon and me and Nikhil were on our way to Mahim nature park, hoping to discover a geocache, placed by Rottenwood. This was our first geocaching experience. Being local boys, we were overconfident of finding this geocache without even needing a GPSr. We can handle a few square meters here or there, we thought. Big mistake
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Trek to Irshal

Irshal

Irshal

Irshal
Irshal is often mistakenly called Irshalgad(Irshal fort). However, Irshal was, once upon a time, a watch tower over the ghat route to pune.

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Irshal @ Wikimapia

My treklog
Saturday 09:15 hrs - Rendevous with Nikhil
Irshal was a long awaited trek for me and Nikhil. As decided, Nikhil picked me up from Dombivilli railway station. After buying required rations from shops around the railway station, we headed off towards the Mumbai-Pune highway…

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Trip to Shirdi

Sai baba samadhi mandir

Sai baba samadhi mandir

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More Information about Shirdi
Official Shri SaiBaba Sansthan Website
More Information about Shani Shingnapur
Pictures of the trip

This was more of a leisure trip for me. We had hired an A/C mini bus(Tempo Traveller) for our excursion to take us to Shirdi, and from there to Shingnapur and back to Bombay. It was a 12-seater with the boot modified into a bed to accommodate more people.

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Return to Zenith waterfalls

Zenith Waterfall

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Photos of the trip
Pictures taken by me in 2003

5 years later, i returned to the zenith waterfalls, to find that it still looks just as beautiful as it did the last time i saw it.

This time, however, i choose to travel by road. Zenith waterfalls is about 97 kms from Mumbai(Dadar). I took the old Mumbai-Pune highway, which was recently renovated and converted into a 4 lane highway. The ride is scenic and comfortable.