The bhataktiatma : Travelogue of a wandering soul

Summer has been particularly hot this year with temperature clicking 40s continuously, that kept us away (thankfully!! )from doing ghat routes or our beloved high endurance treks (injection treks) . I am not particularly fan of these treks however some routes demand high endurance and cannot be done in leisure, Ninand Bartakke came up with one such route in Ahupe Region and as temperature has been on decline in last few days due to pre-monsson showers we agreed to do it. Shidobadaar – Bhairaonathdaar , we had visited pimplegare , village nearest to shidobadaar opening two years back to check the possibility of doing this route , even then none of the villagers believed that this route can be done , they were worried about a huge overhanging boulder and loose rocks which make it extremely risky to do this route but we still wanted to try our luck and promised ourselves that we will be back for it , more than the route , Deorai ( temple garden ) at ahupe was more tantalizing , we h...

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...