The bhataktiatma : Travelogue of a wandering soul

In India when people talk about beaches , Goa , Kerala and Andamans ( Alibag or kashid for the urbaners )are first of the options or sometimes are the only options. With tourists flocking these places likes herds of wilder beasts , other options are worth exploring. So here are all the details of that other option… Konkan , Unlimited Maharashtra’s hidden treasure. Konkan is a coastal part of Maharashtra starting from Mumbai and ending at the Goa border in south ( Goa is also considered as part of konkan ..atleast before independence) . The easiest way to identify konkan is its red soil unlike black soil dominant in rest of Maharashtra. There are numerous ways you can reach konkan , you can drive , ride a bike or a cycle or if you are a trekker just choose one of the N number of routes available for descent into the konkan. The weather here is like any other coastal state in India, hot and humid but its slightly cooler than others because of the guarding western ghat mountai

Since past two years i have been trying to find out the description which best suits me, not to advertise my self but to find out which way of travel i can enjoy the most , a trekker , a biker , a photographer or just a traveller , i have been struggling with these adverbs a lot . one thing for sure I am suffering from Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS) , a disease which occurs about 8000ft and which whacks out your head , I do suffer from it even at 1000ft , My head gets numb and refuses to store or think of anything else than admiring the beauty of nature. Last year we had a mammoth bike riding covering three heavens in india , spiti , laddakh and Kashmir ( http://threeheavens.blogspot.in/2012/06/three-heavens.html ) but somehow i was not able to enjoy this to fullest because i was not able to stop and admire as i was riding whole day. I am not one of those petrol heads for sure . In that trip itself i decided that i will not take this form of travelling again and would prefer walking i