Travelling

Our office group wanted to plan an outing during the 1st monsoon after the office re-opened after covid. The entire team had changed during their covid with many having relocated to Pune for the first time.  We shortlisted a couple of places but finally zeroed in on "Aadrai Jungle Trail". We opted to go with a professional trek group. So the arrangements were done by them.  We were a group of 25+ and hence a 32-seater was hired. The bus started it's route from Kharadi with 3-4 pickup points.  We reached the base village "Khireshwar" at around 9:30am (in around 2.5 hours from Pune's last pickup point).  The bus was parked at Hotel Aishwarya where we got down to have our breakfast - kande pohe and tea.  After breakfast, we decked up in our raincoats as it was raining heavily.  Our trek guide advised us to cover our heads as well.  Most of us started without any baggage and it actually proved sensible.  We covered the trail, crossing the Aadrai river and splash

An impromptu plan on a monsoon sunday on kids' demand. We planned to visit the Kamshet waterfall right after waking up. Freshened up, packed in a set of clothes and we set off on our journey.  It was a 75-min drive from our home in Pune to the waterfall.  Google Maps locates the place as "Kamshet Waterfall Spot" and leaves you right the the point where you can start the short and easy 20-min trek to the waterfall.  We reached the base and stopped at "Hotel Mount View". As we were hungry without breakfast since morning, decided to have something at the hotel.  Only few available options like vada pav, maggi, kanda bhaji , misal pav and tea/coffee but the food was good.  After having food, we started the trek.  It's a narrow path with slippery Rocky spots, however most of the path was pretty easy. There were multiple waterfalls nearby so groups could carve their way on which one they wanted to reach. The trek was even comfortable to the kids.  The water was cl