This plan was decided in morning n we leave at night.(You may think that whats a big deal in it bt it's a big deal 4 us)so plan was to meet at dombivli bus stop(@ bajiprabhu chauk) at 9:00pm.bt as usual all (just 5 people) get together at 9:30.We get the bus for panvel within 5 min.... guys frequency of panvel bus is good..So we were heading towards panvel..bus fair was abt 22rs/head...after 1 hour of roller coster ride..yes the roads were so SMOOTH that we had experience of roller coster ride in the bus only...as we had no hurry we had a round at panvel bus stop...then we saw a chaiwala outside..ratke 11:15 baje sardi ke mausam main garma garam chai to banti hai boss...so we had chai..then we again head to bus stop...there were 4-5 buses passing by mahad..so we had option...then we select the bus with less rush....we get in.. n the bus move towards mahad...The cool air coming through windows was almost ice cold...the conductor saw this n closed the windows...though we were njoying the cool air we feel good after windows were closed...we pay the fair which was 112rs/head...the bus was moving towards mahad...as soon as there was 00:00am in the clock the TRAGEDY WAS STARTED..........
After 3 hrs of travel we reached at mahad bus stop @ 2:30am....we get to the platform from were we would get the bus for pachad(the base village of raigad)...as 1 of my friend had go to raigad b4 he told us that the bus for pachad is @4:45am....so we started playing uno there with some photosession...by the time 1 bus stops in-between us and a light ..because of which we were not able to play in shadow...we curse that bus...after 15 min of stop that bus leave...as the time was passing we get bored...so i go to enquiry counter......there i got the shock..the bus which was standing in front of us was the bus for pachad n there no bus @4:45am...the time was changed to 3:45am...n there is no bus upto 8am...we were so much irritated..bt it was our mistake.. we have to do the enquiry...then we asked the chaiwala abt any other option to go to pachad...he told that we will get the 6 seater from the chauk nearby..we get to the chauk by the road as told by chaiwala...we found the 6 seater stand there...after some arguments 1 driver agreed in total 200 rs...then our journey towards pachad started...it was so cool at morning n we almost wrap ourself in sweatre n shawl...we all got in sleep that we dont get when we reached to the base...@5:30 we were at base....
Then we get ready in a small hotel at base n we started our trek...the starting of fort is abt 2km from base..We reached up with nice scenery around...then by taking name of chatrapati shivaji we started trek....from the base only photosession started...we had company of one group of soldier of maratha infranrty ...bt within few min they reach much ahead..after 1:30hrs we were at the maha darwaja....then within half n hour we were at BALEKILLA ...we saw many places such as ranivasa,maharjancha mahal,meghdambari,buland darvaja,bajarpeth,takmak tok,chatrapati shivajinchi samadhi etc....bt couldnt saw all the points..then we had lunch...we all open our dabbas...we were so much tired that we finished all within 15 min.....we rest there for sometime...n started getting down...inbetween there was a small waterfall....the water was so much cold that water from fridge will be ashamed...then we get down..the return bus from pachad was at 5:30pm...bt as usual bus was late....after making us w8 4 almost 45 min bus came...n our return journey started...we reached to mahad bus stop within 20-25 min....then we had nashta at a outside hotel...then we get in the bus for panvel....bt the bus get punchered after 15 min ...again we have to w8 for 15 min...then a new bus came n then we moved towards panvel....bt we reached so late that the last bus for dombivli was gone..n there was no bus till morning...we thought that we have to spend the night there only....bt there comes a bus @ 11:30 which leave us at dombivli midc...now we were at dombivli midc we saw a single rickshaw there..bt b4 we reach at it other guy hired it..hell hell...bt it was 00:00 and suddenly we saw a bus for dombivli west and THE TRAGEDY WAS OVER.......we all get in it with a large smile on our face....n then all of us get to our own house ...in this way my first trek was done WITH FULL OF TRAGEDY......
After 3 hrs of travel we reached at mahad bus stop @ 2:30am....we get to the platform from were we would get the bus for pachad(the base village of raigad)...as 1 of my friend had go to raigad b4 he told us that the bus for pachad is @4:45am....so we started playing uno there with some photosession...by the time 1 bus stops in-between us and a light ..because of which we were not able to play in shadow...we curse that bus...after 15 min of stop that bus leave...as the time was passing we get bored...so i go to enquiry counter......there i got the shock..the bus which was standing in front of us was the bus for pachad n there no bus @4:45am...the time was changed to 3:45am...n there is no bus upto 8am...we were so much irritated..bt it was our mistake.. we have to do the enquiry...then we asked the chaiwala abt any other option to go to pachad...he told that we will get the 6 seater from the chauk nearby..we get to the chauk by the road as told by chaiwala...we found the 6 seater stand there...after some arguments 1 driver agreed in total 200 rs...then our journey towards pachad started...it was so cool at morning n we almost wrap ourself in sweatre n shawl...we all got in sleep that we dont get when we reached to the base...@5:30 we were at base....
mahadarwaja
