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Korigadh (3050ft)
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17th Oct 2004 Korigadh Trek After Returning back from Germany it was my first visit to
Sahyadri. Purposefully we decided to keep a easy Trek to avoid October
Heat. This time too, there were many responses/inquiries, we attended
for this trek initially around 30 but final outcome was 25
participants. Our New Deputy Gopal had organised a Mini Bus for
transportation due to unavailability of local transport as per our
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Date: 26-27 Aug 2000
My recent changes in the job schedule like frequently visit to our other offices in India make me little nervous since my scheduled monsoon treks; I was forced to cancelled. Now this time what happened is one my trek colleague had organized an outing at lonavala. I have decided to join him just for relaxation. Lonavala is one of the best place to visit in the monsoon. Lots of trekking opportunities are there & not to forget about the famous "chikki". Trekking places like Rajmachi, Korigadh are famous forts to visit & in the rain it's enjoyable treks too. On the other side lies famous Karle caves & Ekveera temple. This time it was an relaxation outing, so I didn't bother to browse area map & other details. We planned to start in the evening by Asiad bus from Dadar on Saturday 26th. We were aware of the new express highway road construction between Mumbai Pune road. It took around three & half hour to reach Lonavala by road. The atmosphere was little cold with dizlling rain. We then went to a house of our colleague. The house was in a well maintained society, 2 km away from Lonavala at Valvan village. We were 5 in number. We spend the night with chit- chatting our life experiences with each other. In the morning we all left the place to Bhushy dam at around 11 am. IT's around 7-8 km from Lonavala. One can walk & reach within a hour. I will suggest that better to walk instead by vehicle. In the rain this place has got a record visitor of around three lacks. As soon we reach the place we had a hot cup of tea & three other colleagues left for the dam visit from the road head. It was too crowded most of the people were standing in the excess water which was coming out of the dam. Most of the visitors were exploring places to be in a group around the dam. Not a single waterfall was available because of the too much crowd, since everybody likes to enjoy waterfall & flowing water. So after spending considerable time we were back to home. Rain started heavily by that time. So we took rest at home till evening & left the place to shop especially chikki. Then back to Mumbai again by state transport bus. |
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