A Trip To Pachmari(Part Two)

We planned to cover most of the points 2nd Day, so we had Hired Zipsy at last night only.
I woke up at 7 morning; Atmosphere was cool and pleasant. We spent some time in the Hotel’s Garden. There were lots of monkeys playing at Roof and Trees. One needs to be careful about them. Soon we realized it was already 9 so what happened to our Zipsy wala…but mistake was on our part as Zipsy wala was already waiting for us outside of the Hotel.
We had some snacks at market place, and then finally went for Entry Ticket and Guide.
Guide is compulsory, but as we were already late there was no guide available for us.
After this our 2nd day tour started.
First we went the Pandava Caves. There was a beautiful and well maintained garden in front of the cave. We were not willing to spend much time over there as it was noon and Sun was on its peek. Had we visited this place at some other season we would have spent a quality time over here.

So we quickly wind-up there and went for Apsara Vihar. Here we hired a guide who narrated us all the stories about this Water Fall and pond. First he told us about the historical Importance and why it is called Apsara Vihar? ," During British rule in India, British women were used to take bath here and they were referred as fairies (Apsara) by local tribes because of their fairer complexion.” 

This place was also used as shooting spot in one of the great indian movie "Ashoka", starring SRK and Kareena Kapoor. Guide Told us many action sequences of SRK were performed by a duplicate. 

I was too tired by then as I was carrying my daughter too and she was 9 kg. Place was really cool, we had fun in water for some time, then we continued from a different path, guide showed us Panchali Kund in our way back to taxi.

We went to visit a spot called Rajat Prapat(Silver fall), as name suggests it was a waterfall in deep valley and we were watching it from far away opposite direction, so it seemed like a thin silver line.

After that we went to B-Fall , another water fall and another tracking L
 here too we had to walk almost one and half Km but fortunately this time a bearer (Pittu) was with us to carry our children and our belongings.

This was quite a big water fall in comparison to Apsara Vihar. One can have a really good massage under this, as water was falling with great force. As we were with our kids, we decided not to take bath here and we went up on our way back to a place where water was flowing with little less current and was not deep enough. We really had great time here especially my daughter. She was first time in water but she was not afraid at all and had too much fun in water. Every body was just watching her playing and laughing.
Soon we realized we were too late from our scheduled time of return. We could have missed our last point “Sun set at Dhoop Gadh”. Our Driver was waiting for us (Seemed he wanted us to be late so that he could skip this last point so be aware of these drivers when you visit there and always keep an eye on time). He was in no mood of taking us to Dhoop Gadh saying "it is already 5:30 and we are too late, gates must be closed by now" but we told him just to drive. He reluctantly drove us to our last spot. Dhoopghad is the highest point of Pachmari as well as Madhya Pradesh. Way to Dhoopgadh was zigzagged with lots of sharp turns. Being a local driver and with Four wheel drive Zipsy, we were expecting him to navigate swiftly in these curves but he was driving damn slowly. I bet my friend Vijay could even drive it faster than him. Soon a Maruti 800 overtook us; I doubted about this small car reaching the destination. But it was moving up slowly so we had to be slower …
But woohooo!!! Car reached the gate and gate re-opened for them so we finally entered the Point at the perfect time. Here it was like we are all above the world; Sun was ready to disappear behind Satpura Hills.

It was a panoramic view to see the Sun setting down in Clouds and Hills. Sun set has never been so beautiful in my life. I took lots of snaps of this beautiful scenic view. This was the end of second day tour for us. We were about to return home next day.

 

A Trip To Pachmari (Part One)

It was just end of April Month and Mercury had already hit 48 degree. I had already planned to go nearest Hill Station Pachmari to beat this heat.
After a long time I was going for Vacation. Though this is not the place I was going first time, but feeling was no different. As this was the first time I was going after marriage. Also it was the first long trip for my sweetheart daughter Ishwin. She was just seven and half month old. I and my wife Goldy were more concerned about her rather than places we were about to visit.

We left Nagpur early morning at seven o’clock in my friend's brand new Hundai i10. We were already late by one hour from our scheduled time. Road was good up-till now. We reached Chindwada at 10. We took a halt there for refreshment at Raj Garden. We had Parathas and Chach(Butter Milk) at its lush green lawn. Our children had a great time toddling here and there. We finally left for Pachmari at 11 AM.

After some miles only, my friend realized it was better to come by taxi as most of the road is missing from the place it should be. We saw Work is in progress board every where but really was it? Don’t know.
We covered this half distance nearly in 4 hours and reached Pachmari at 3 PM.
We had advanced booking of two hutments in Hotel Highland & Resort from MP Tourism. Our rooms were not as good as we expected and the service was as pathetic as the Roads of MP. After little rest we went for some sightseeing. Though it was noon but temperature there was not more than 35 degree. Thanks to greenery caused by Mangoes , Sal Trees which covered almost 90 percent of Jungle. 

First we hired a guide, took some snacks at a local restaurant and moved ahead to  cover some points near by.
We visited Handi Khoh, Bada Mahdev, Priyadarshni, Green Valley and then finally for Sunset at Rajendra Giri.

We all were too tired by then. We had dinner at Hotel Maheshwari located in the city. Food was really really good. Attending staff was good; they provided us food suitable for our children.

So we made up our mind for now onwards taking food from here only.

Enjoying fatherhood

Finally my Net connection is up again at home and I am back to Nagpur ....and guess what i was dying for my new post ...I became father on 17th of september.
I can not express what kind of feeling i am having ...all i can say it is just great. I(First time Father) and Goldy(First time mother) both are on 7th sky ...
We got lots of good comments ...

"A son will be a son till he gets himself a wife,
But a daughter will be a daughter all her life!"

One comment which was given by our neighbour "Paheli Beti Dhan ki Peti" :)
Beti to Mil gayee now waiting for Dhan ki Peti ;)

Click here to find her snaps

India at Beijing olympic.....

India has done exceptionally well in this Olympic.India have already bagged a Gold medal on very 3rd day itself.

Kudos to 26 year old young shooter Abhinav Binra. who gave India the first ever individual gold medal for which India waited for more than one century.
A superb performance by Saina Nehwal the shuttler though she couldn't convert it into medal, but she surely inspired many indians and showed the world that we are no more considered as under dogs.
Then three of our Jat Boxers stormed into the quarter final in their recpective category.We might get some more medals.
Though some of more illustrious player like Rajvardhan Sing Rathor,Pace-Bhupati, Anjali Bhagwat and Sania Mirza were all unimpressive. But we especially media should not blame them for their lackluster performance as we know they have been pride for India many times and performed in many big occasions. Olympic is the biggest event in any sport person's life and players from all over world do put their best to get the medal glory. So we can not expect a champion to be a champion always as others are also there to do the same.
All we can say is it was not a good day for them.They know more than any one else what they missed....

What we can expect from this Olympic?
I want to remind the 1983 Cricket world Cup. Though it was the only world Cup we won till now but we have to believe this event actually changed the whole
Cricketing scenario in India. Cricket had reached into each and every corner of India.

So we should expect same from this Olympic. It will change the Sport scenario in India and will help India in becoming a sport country.
They are inspiration for all sport persons in India.These players are going to serve as the Role model for many and soon we will have more and more Abinav Bindras.
India has surely done CHAK DE .....................

Tour De France

It's not about the Bike My Journey back to Life.

Yes I am talking about the Lance Armstrong's autobiography. I just completed this book. Book is about how a cyclist in his early career suffered cancer then how he fights for his life and not only he succeeded in defeating the cancer but he turned out to be a better human being and a very great cyclist.

This was a just a new incarnation of Lance Armstrong.

Cancer has changed him lot as human being and as cyclist.

Book was so occupying that it makes you fell like you are suffering Cancer and fighting the disease at the same time.

Story tought you what exactly it means being a cancer patient. Book has two parts first one is about fighting Cancer and survivorship then winning the Tour de France. Each part is equally inspiring. Book will make us learn lot about Cancer and cycling especially about the one of the most grueling event TOUR DE FRANCE.

Story is a true inspiration. Book is a should read for all book lovers and a must read for all whom the God chosen to suffer disease called CANCER..........

Chibbu in magnifying glass

Balaji mandir at seminari hill

From last few days i was roaming in each of Nagpur's gardens and
zoo with my niece. I went to Maharaj bagh too. Napur being my grandpa's home town i have been in this Zoo in almost all my summer vacations in my childhood. I really feel very sorry for the Zoo, Dont know who should be responsible for it's pathetic condition.

I went to Seminari hill to just check the gardens . Do they still fascinate a child?
Now these place are no more as captivating as they used too. The small train in which i enjoyed lot was not at all there. Only
tracks were there.....
All these gardens are in their worst situation. It seems Civic body is completely ignoring all these gardens which once used to pride of the City.

I was bit upset and then i found a big Balaji temple there.
I was not aware of this temple so i found it really a great place to go and Nagpur can surely proud of this. :)