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Dhak to Bhimashaknar : Walking through the mist

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Finally summer heat has receded and the monsoons are here , the clouds have taken over the harsh sunny skies and now its all murky , raring to descend upon from the heavens. Chirag Muley , our trekking friend was coming out from his trek sabbatical after his long CFA exams , Nitin Tidke was to plan a 2 days trek which is long enough but enjoyable , and he came out with a perfect suggestion of doing Kamshet - Bhimashankar. Lonavla to Bhimashankar is an ancient tread route / pilgrimage route , we were just boarding from Jambhivali near kamshet. There are many starting points for this trek Lonavla , Siddhagad , Ahupe Ghat ,Khandas and many more known and unknown . We choose the one nearest to Pune i.e kamshet. 7 of us started for kamshet by 4:50 am train , even at the oddly hour the train was fairly crowded , after an hour of catching up with each other , we reached kamshet , after gorging on the staple food of Vada-pav we hopped  into the State Transport (ST) bus towards Jambh...