My Heritage Chronicles

Winters are the best season for any outings or treks before the onset of summer when it becomes hot and humid and practically end of trekking & outing season for 3-4 months before the rains starts in June / July in Mumbai. I wanted to get the best out of the winter season this year. So when Ajay invited us to join a different group for a day outing to lesser known Kanhoji Angre island trip, I along with Bharti & Aparna jumped to join it. Kanhoji Angre island also known as Kandheri is approx 20kms off the coast of Mumbai, built by Shivaji in 1660AD and is part of huge fortification around Mumbai along with small sister fort of Undheri and Murud Janjira fort. It was decided to gather at Gateway of India around 7.30 am on Sunday morning, the same day Mumbai hosted the famous Stan Chart Mumbai Marathon. Ajay dropped the plan due to personal reasons but B.A.P (Bharti, Aparna & Paresh (me) continued. Mumbai was in midst of cold spell and it was too chilly ...

Sundays are rare and few that I get to enjoy. I had one more week off on Sunday and I didn't really wanted to wile it away at home doing nothing, Since all trekking events in summer's are night trek so couldn't join as Saturday was working for me. Dr Ajay from Wanderlust decided a half day outing to  some place less travelled and it was decided we go to LONAD CAVES near Kalyan / Bhiwandi and PISE dam. I had never heard about it before and not much information was available on net except from few who had visited the place before. Since it was close to Mumbai and was sort of day outing so I decided to join Ajay. Meeting place was decided at ST stand close to Borivali station east at 7am, We were only 3 of us, Dr Ajay, Dr Bharat and me, As soon as we reached ST stand, bus for Bhiwandi was ready and waiting for us !!!! Took around 1hr to reach Bhiwandi in the morning. On enquiring about bus for Pise dam, we were informed it was at 8.30am. Since we had time of around 15minutes, ...