Srini's travelog

Watch this space for nice pics of what is called as Malshej, the most beautiful place during monsoons I have seen and experienced.

Hi guys, back again to update my travelog. Thought of getting out for a weekend but this time decided to go for a slightly longer drive : the best drive - to GOA on Panvel Goa highway. Drive: We started on a Saturday morning at 10.30 a.m on my most exciting drive. We took quite some time to cross Panvel. There was huge traffic near Panvel bus depot. Finally we crossed Panvel at 12.00. We halted @ Kemburli near Mahad @ 2.30 for lunch in Gargi Ruchi garden restaurant (some road side chota mota restaurant). We were so hungry that the looks did hardly matter and had a nice good lunch. Started after lunch and touched Sangameshwar around 5.30. Halted at Swad restaurant for tea and snacks. Location of this restaurant was good. After a nice refreshing tea couldn't control the throttle and directly stopped at Tarala, dist. Sindhudurg to top up fuel @ 8.10 p.m. Road so far was so good that I couldn't resist but to keep just driving. Then we hit Sawantwadi @ 9.20 p.m and halted for dinne...

Drive:   Located at approx 200 km from Panvel on the Mumbai Goa route. The drive from Panvel to Mangaon is awesome. If you spot a pothole on this route flag it. There were none in Oct 08. The drive is a decent 5-6 hour drive depending on when you start. Best time to start will be early moning or late night (10 ish) so that you beat the traffic you may get from Panvel bus stand to Wadkal Naka. I started from Ambernath (My khedegaon - Say 35 -40 km from Panvel) at 7.30 p.m and reached Wadkal Naka at around 9.30 and halted for dinner just after turning left at Wadkal Naka. Started at around 10.10 p.m from there and reached Mangaon at around 11.00 p.m. You have to turn right after Mangaon bus stand for Shrivardhan and Harihareshwar. The initial patch of 20 km after turning right was good after which was a patch of bad road in the Mangaon Ghat section. Now this road must have been done as the work was in progress then. After 45 km of the right turn from Mangaon you reach a T-Sec...