Ganpatipule !!
A place where tranquility, nature and veneration blend in an entrancing unity. This was an amazing retreat after the hustle-bustle of the first phase of the placement season.
The place has everything to offer from a serene beach with white sand, crystal clear water and magnificent surroundings to a beautiful temple which make it an ideal place for a much deserved escapade. There are other places of interest close by like Velneshwar and some forts dating back to the Shivaji era.
This trip resulted from series of events where the entire contingent for the trip reduced from an expected 14 to an unexpected 4, well this worked to our advantage and it was finalized at 2 am that 4 of us leave at 4 am and possibly catch an early bus to Ratnagiri from Chembur and reach the place somehow, everything went as planned until we reached the bus stand only to find out that we could only find buses plying that far if we were to wait till evening. After lot of deliberations, we cabbed back to Dadar from Chembur with hopes of finding some private travel agent who could possibly turn the course of events in our favor. All in vain, we still don't find a single bus that would take us that far, still not losing hope we decide to rent a cab (luckily, there were just 4 of us !) for 2 days after careful calculations and hit the road ultimately.
The entire Konkan route is a pleasure to see and the luxury of of having a car at your disposal made the whole trip worth the initial pain :). The driver was another experience, he kept declaring amazing facts all along our way like he was driving on a National Highway for the first time, this was his first trip to such a far flung place as he just changed his job from being a driver for call center employees in the city to this and we were his first customers !!. The best part was when driving at 90kmph on the Western Ghats he tries to convince us that accidents are very common here and the first one which we just saw was just a glimpse of what lies ahead of us to be seen every 15 minutes and then came the revelations like he had been to jail thrice (once for attacking a person with a sword), that he has some real good contacts with "Bhais" just mentioning the names of whom would get us free meals along our way, more things are revealed like he lives close to kamathipura, had affairs with his teachers and ultimately while leaving us at the campus he leaves saying "mera number to aapke paas hai hi, agar aage kabhi kahin jana pade to seedhe bula lena"... phew !!!
All this and much more spiced up the entire trip and made the whole trip an experience in itself... following pics would help you taste the excitement a bit :)
The Ghats where accidents were too common, just that we were lucky to have an experienced driver with us !!
Evening glory!!.. and here comes our Luv ;)
This was the beach... boundless, indefinite and incomprehensible
This photographer dad, made some superb sand castles too.
This is how densely populated the beach looked...
Random early morning photography and some cricket !!
Naiveness... they were actually twins, just that the other one was not as enterprising
Tents and palms... The place where we made a stay for the night.
The Ganesh Temple..
"Concord" ... driving along the beach we saw this flock of sea gulls, something that was a pleasant surprise and totally different from things that we imagined we would possibly find on a beach ;)
Fly me high !! Gupta and Abhiroop... also my wallpaper
The place and its surroundings are a photographers delight, with a perfect amount of sunlight and angle the pics take a larger than life form with hardly any effort.
Do visit this place !!
The place has everything to offer from a serene beach with white sand, crystal clear water and magnificent surroundings to a beautiful temple which make it an ideal place for a much deserved escapade. There are other places of interest close by like Velneshwar and some forts dating back to the Shivaji era.
This trip resulted from series of events where the entire contingent for the trip reduced from an expected 14 to an unexpected 4, well this worked to our advantage and it was finalized at 2 am that 4 of us leave at 4 am and possibly catch an early bus to Ratnagiri from Chembur and reach the place somehow, everything went as planned until we reached the bus stand only to find out that we could only find buses plying that far if we were to wait till evening. After lot of deliberations, we cabbed back to Dadar from Chembur with hopes of finding some private travel agent who could possibly turn the course of events in our favor. All in vain, we still don't find a single bus that would take us that far, still not losing hope we decide to rent a cab (luckily, there were just 4 of us !) for 2 days after careful calculations and hit the road ultimately.
The entire Konkan route is a pleasure to see and the luxury of of having a car at your disposal made the whole trip worth the initial pain :). The driver was another experience, he kept declaring amazing facts all along our way like he was driving on a National Highway for the first time, this was his first trip to such a far flung place as he just changed his job from being a driver for call center employees in the city to this and we were his first customers !!. The best part was when driving at 90kmph on the Western Ghats he tries to convince us that accidents are very common here and the first one which we just saw was just a glimpse of what lies ahead of us to be seen every 15 minutes and then came the revelations like he had been to jail thrice (once for attacking a person with a sword), that he has some real good contacts with "Bhais" just mentioning the names of whom would get us free meals along our way, more things are revealed like he lives close to kamathipura, had affairs with his teachers and ultimately while leaving us at the campus he leaves saying "mera number to aapke paas hai hi, agar aage kabhi kahin jana pade to seedhe bula lena"... phew !!!
All this and much more spiced up the entire trip and made the whole trip an experience in itself... following pics would help you taste the excitement a bit :)
The Ghats where accidents were too common, just that we were lucky to have an experienced driver with us !!
Evening glory!!.. and here comes our Luv ;)
This was the beach... boundless, indefinite and incomprehensible
This photographer dad, made some superb sand castles too.
This is how densely populated the beach looked...
Random early morning photography and some cricket !!
Naiveness... they were actually twins, just that the other one was not as enterprising
Tents and palms... The place where we made a stay for the night.
The Ganesh Temple..
"Concord" ... driving along the beach we saw this flock of sea gulls, something that was a pleasant surprise and totally different from things that we imagined we would possibly find on a beach ;)
Fly me high !! Gupta and Abhiroop... also my wallpaper
The place and its surroundings are a photographers delight, with a perfect amount of sunlight and angle the pics take a larger than life form with hardly any effort.
Do visit this place !!
Labels: beach, Ganpatipule, outing, tourism
posted by SaiK at
5:50 AM
10 Comments:
a pleasing and charming travelogue indeed..awesome snaps!!
seems to be an incredible place..can't explain how much i yearn for going on a vacation to one of these wonders of nature..
The description and the amajhing pics made me go green all over.
But no complaints.. my mistake :(
@arunabh: your mistake, but we wouldnt have been able to rent the cab with u.. so thanks :D
i miss ganpatipule.. had almost forgotten about our pilot! fir chalte hai yaar kahi..
@abhiroop
Trek chalein? But remember, there will be no private choppers around :P
@arunabh: dont forget to carry a rope with you.. rappelling on horizontal surfaces is dangerous without it :p
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where you come from!
Although we have differences in culture, but do not want is that this view is the same and I like that!
Adventure is worthwhile with Sai. Nothing to lose :p
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