Trip to Konkan and Satara

12th – 15th Feb 2017 : Well this was the time we all were waiting for .. I was home for vacation and we as family wanted to go out and spend quality time. We had been planning this for a while and were looking at multiple options in terms of days, place etc, but the core idea was to spend some time together outside our regular cave 🙂

1st point to decide was the trip duration, considering limited duration we had there in India, so 3 to 5 days was proposed and we finally settled for 4 days. The dates planned were 12th to 15th Feb. 12th was Baba’s birthday as well, so we were not completely comfortable starting on with that day, but after discussion with him and considering overall situation this seemed to be the best span.

Then the place, now this was where we spent maximum time deliberating. I was of the opinion that we should cover some new places and connect with some old. Off course Satara and Shirdhon had to be part of any plan. Also to be considered was it should not be too tiring for Aai or Ar. After going round and round for many days and just on the eve of 10th we finalized to go, the place and plan was put together. Below was the plan.

12th – Start early and head towards Diveagar via Tamhini ghat. Some beach and relax time that day and stop over for night @ Diveagar .

13th – Head towards Raigad early to catch the rope way, explore the fort, spend time till afternoon and layover at Mahad for the night.

14th – Next stop Satara, via Poladpur and Mahabaleshwar (may be spend some time here) and then drop by relatives and go around our favorite places at Satara.

15th – Visit Shirdhon, take darshan and head back towards Pune.

Once place and itinerary was set, we had to book the transport and the accommodation for the first 2 days of trip as Satara was home. There was some last minute disagreement on the hotels and so we left that open ended and booked the Innova for 4 days.

Plan looked good on paper, though there were couple of uncertainties, one off-course the hotels to stay and other being the road conditions in Konkan. But at least the car was booked, so the trip was on the way and lets hope for the best.

We were to leave on Sunday (12th) and on Saturday we had pre booked tickets to watch Natak Sakhar khalalela manoos staring Prashant Damale and others. G and Ar had gone to her place the previous week and had returned back today around 6:30 pm. We only had few hours and after having dinner went to the 9:00 pm – 12:00 am show. We were constantly on the run :). The natak was good though and gave us some relaxed time and we were back home around 12:15 am quite tired, but no time to rest as the alarm time on our mobiles read 6:30 am tomorrow morning 🙂

PS: Ar was supposed to join us for the natak, but she slept early and so we 2 tried to sell 1 ticket to people after reaching the auditorium, but who is going to watch the natak alone :). No luck with that 😉