The weather here is fast warming up, so we
thought we should spend a couple of days on the beach, before it gets too hot, and celebrate the Sun God
who incidentally is cooling off at an alarming pace. Kashid is one of the
nearest white sand beaches to Pune. But the GPS decided to give us a long drive
through the lesser frequented trail via the Phansad forest and Rajeev got a
chance to recount the anecdotes of our wonderful stay in the sanctuary. So we
did the 4 hour trip in a leisurely 5 hours, taking a break in between. Chetali
also learnt to handle an automatic car and drove the not so smooth last leg of
the journey. We found a hotel at a walking distance from the beach and we wasted no time in exploring it, after lunch at the hotel itself. I will take you through a photo journey mostly because each of us wielding a camera went our way searching for our favourite sights on the beach while Chetali went to each one saying "take my picture, take my picture"😊.
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| Didi captured the Duke's nose from the car window enroute |
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| In their element! |
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| A horse rueing his fate 😪 Sad how we treat our animals |
Rajeev is fascinated by the sea's artistry on the sand and came back with some fantastic images of both human and nature producing inadvertent works of art which are both as fleeting and as abiding as time itself.
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| A clean slate is beautiful too! |
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| Pebbles on the shore |
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| Amazing feat!! Tip-toes!! |
Soon the drama and the pomp and show of the Sun bidding good-night commenced and we sat mesmerized by the spectacle unfolding.
The next morning we were up at 5.30 rearing to go to the beach before the crack of dawn but our efforts were thwarted by the locked gates of the hotel. Good security should be commended but Didi and Chetali could barely contain their impatience. Anyway someone opened the gate well in time and we made our way to the beach looking lovely and beckoning in the soft morning light.
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| We couldn't have jumped that gate! |
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| A Hermit crab caught unawares with nowhere to hide!! |
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| Om Suryaya Namah! Salutations to the dispeller of all darkness. |
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| Undaunted! |
After breakfast we started back this time via Alibagh. The Alibagh beach was inundated at this time of day and was as chaotic as Kashid was serene. Almost half the return trip is through the Expressway so we reached back well within four hours.
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| Didi displaying her good reflexes. Hanggliding at Kamshet. Picture taken from inside the moving car!😊 |
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