My Weekend Odysseys

"Travel bug has bitten me hard" One of my friend told me. She was correct as come Sunday and I get restless for going on treks, trails or excursions. Last week I had a memorable experience at Phansad WLS & this week we decided to go to excursion at some off beat place. Dr Ajay suggested a pilot excursion to Sakhare lake near Vangoan close to Palghar. Before our visit no one from the group knew where the hell is this place, also google baba who usually is very helpful when it comes to search- failed here as there was nothing that gave any info about the place. Ajay had google map co-ordinates and that nearest station could be Boisar or Vangoan and thus it was pilot trip that we were embarking upon. Meeting place was decided to Borivali station around 7am.Gang of six which included Bharti, Aparna, Sagar, Mark with Ajay and me reached on time whereas our Jatinbhai and Vipul, who were suppose to join couldn't make it as they had a late night party, got up only when they s

" TRAVEL IS THE ONLY THING YOU BUY THAT MAKES YOU RICHER " So here I am with one more of my travel adventure to Phansad Wild Life Sanctuary.                 Phansad WLS which is located in Murud and Roha Talukas in Raigad district is approx 150kms from Mumbai. The sanctuary covering area of 53sq kms is an amazing revelation, semi-deciduous forest rich in flora & fauna, is home to array of insects, amphibians, mammals apart from being a bird sanctuary. The prize possession of these forest is Malabar Giant Squirrel and Leopards. It was private hunting block of erstwhile Siddhi Nawab of Janjira State. He was one who constructed roads and water bodies inside the sanctuary apart from establishing villages around it like Sarve and Supegoan. These villages have today become model in conservation programmes. My Phansad Experience : It was one of my first experience of staying overnight amidst dense forest and I was very excited about it. But today as I write this blog, recollecti