Rainy season is the best time to make a visit to Malshej ghat. ...it's some 100 kms off navi mumbai in Maharashtra. Visiting Malshej ghat in heavy showers was alway on my agenda but couldn't make it so far....Finally last week as it started pouring very heavily , we could not resist the idea to go on a drive but was not sure about eateries there , so instead thought to prepare lunch and carry it along with us and then enjoy the food amidst the ghats.....
We were bit late to start from home, so got stuck up in traffic jam as we entered mumbai -Pune highway at Vashi crossing itself in Navi Mumbai. .....then we crossed over to Vashi-Airole side taking cut to drive towards Mahape. ....Road was full of traffic all across ...above that it was raining heavily. ...After Mahape , took towards Selphata onto kalyan and then onto malshej ghat road. .....road upto kalyan was very hochpoch , without Google guiding us ,would have stuck up in traffic only .....it's almost a straight road after crossing Kalyan towards Murbad onto malshej ghat . .......we were driving almost above 100kms/hr speak. ...almost empty road and rains lashing over us left and right ....it was just fun ......almost a 100kms we drove thru before we reach the ghats .....it was chilling cold outside. ..Saw young people soaking in the rains by small gushing streams flowing down the ghats....hardly any good/ proper eateries on the way...Good that I took our food along...The ghats were all in the clouds. .....Half way into the ghats ,the district authorities closed the road as rocks were rolling down from the ghat zone onto the national highway.....so we had to take an U turn from there.....stopped in a beautiful location .....now it's picnic type ....once just felt to soak in the rains but it was quite chilling so instead we put on the heater of our vehicle and started enjoying our home made lunch ....mast Alu parathas with achaar, fruits , cranberry juice ....maza agiya......what more do anyone require. ...good food , awesome weather and chill in the air ......JUST LOVED IT.
After sometimes we thought to get off the ghats as we intended to stop at some nice locations for some photo opts. .....it was pouring nonstop as we started off on our return journey. .......After coming out of the ghat zone , we thought to skip off kalyan route instead, and opted for another route Murbad - Badlapur via BARVI Reserve forest .....it had been a very good decision indeed......Dense jungle and we were loving the drive ....often I whispered to my husband, the road looks so scarry, if in any case some dangerous animal come onto our way.....ha ha ha .......it's really a lovely drive .....after along drive thru Barvi reserve forest finally we reach onto a road that lead us to Lodha's Dombivilli property. ..then onto shelphata -Mahape and navi mumbai. .......
Just loved the drive in the rains ...what an experience indeed.
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