Matheran Memories
Happy
Monsoon Cupids,
You
know which the most favorite season is for all the Cupids….Well indeed it is
monsoon.
So
with the arrival of Rainy Season ,waters pouring on the earth and love pouring
within our hearts we would like to share a weekend gateway trip where we went
to MATHERAN.
Wonderful
view of the clouds touching the tip of the mountains, hearing the sound of several
birds chirping, sight of a dense forest cover with several trees with its
branches and leaves swaying to the tune of cool breeze, just when the rain
stops and the water droplets sitting on the leaves and the leaves slightly
moving back and forth so that the droplets fall on the mother earth, your
senses getting addicted to the beautiful scent of the mud and the green lush
cover, visiting a place with almost NIL Air pollution, All of these might sound
like a Paradise to you.
On
the earth there is no perfect paradise but there are pieces of it. MATHERAN is
one of such place which will take you way back over a hundred years in time
when there were no vehicles.
As
there are no vehicles allowed the air pollution is almost NIL.
What
else you need as a NATURIST? If you are a true NATURE lover and if you want to
run away from the hustling and bustling city then this place can be a HEAVEN
for you.
If
you have hidden hints of adventurer in you then this place also offers ZIP
Lining or Valley crossing as you will see in the pictures and also mountain
tracking ( we were not fortunate enough to do mountain tracking because of lack
of time )
So
starting the Trip….
We
decided to go to Matheran during weekends way back four years before in 2012
when we were “BACHELORS”
We
went there with a bunch of our close friends with whom we have travelled so
many places within India.
Matheran
is small hill station in the state of Maharashtra and is located about 90kms
from Mumbai. The word MATHERAN means “Mother Forest”. Matheran is an eco-
sensitive region declared by the Government of India. Vehicles are not allowed
in Matheran which makes this place different from others.
There
are a lot of look out points which gives you wonderful and spectacular views of
different mountains. The Panorama Point provides you 360 degree views of the
surrounding region.
There
are different points such as Alexander Point, One tree hill ,Echo point, Panorama
Point which is a Sun rise point and also Porcupine Point which is a Sun set
point.
This
place can work wonders for all the “NATURISTS” and “ PHOTOGRAPHERS”.
Our
planned trip in Monsoon came with a set of its own Advantages and Drawbacks.
Advantages:
- Got a chance to explore beautiful nature which blossoms during monsoon and the scent of beautiful tress and earth.
- Cheap Hotel rates as we went in OFF Season. We got a very budget hotel to spend a night.
- Less crowd so we got to enjoy more.
Drawbacks:
- The biggest drawback was that the TOY train which runs from Neral to Matheran do not work during Monsoon. This TOY train takes about 2 hours from Neral to Matheran and you can see the wonderful greenery if you go by this toy train which is must. We realized this only later. A bit of unfortunate for us. -L.As the toy train was not working we had to hire a taxi which costed us Rupees 2200.
- Some places got shabby because of accumulation of rain water and the waste which people throw on the ground instead of using dust bins.
The
Charlotte Lake is a never miss place where you should go definitely where water
is clean and where you can enjoy Zip Lining/Valley Crossing.
After
visiting various “VIEW points” we had
dinner and went to the hotel exhausted.
The
next day we visited Mumbai “ ESSEL WORLD” and “ Global Vipassana Pagoda “which is
a Beautiful meditation Hall built on a peninsula between Gorai Creek and the
Arabian Sea.
Our
pictures are not doing enough justice to the beautiful scenery and the
breathtaking spectacular views which Matheran offered.
We
will definitely visit MATHERAN again, this time during summer or winter as a
Weekend Gateway to relax and unwind after our hectic schedules.
This
post will always remain incomplete as we will be keeping on adding pictures of
MATHERAN by visiting the place again and again - J
Follow
the link to know more about MATHERAN.
Enjoy the pics and plan your trip to this beautiful place.
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| These tracks are of TOY TRAIN which was not working because of monsoon.- :( |
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| Beautiful Trees dancing to the tune of heavy monsoon breeze. |
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| At least I got a chance to sit on train tracks , if not TOY TRAIN - :) |
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| Wonderful Valley crossing.In love with adventure.-:) |
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| Aint she looking preety - :) |
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| Enjoying at Lake. - :) |
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| The meditation hall at Mumbai - Global Vipassana Pagoda |
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Love
Dipika
Desai.
Dev
D.
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