At the northern tip of Mumbai, in Borivili, lies the magnificent Sanjay Gandhi National Park. It is the breathing space for stressed out Mumbaikars who wish to go birding, or just a walk in the forest! Nestled in the green environs are the glorious Kanheri caves. These caves date back to 11AD ..
In the southern range of Sahyadri hills, there is a quaint hill station at an altitude of 690m., called Amboli. Being on record as the wettest place in Maharashtra, with an average of nearly 750 centimetres (269 inches) of rainfall a year, mainly falling between June and October, it is shrouded ..
Bang in the centre of Mumbai city, in the midst of all the urban chaos is a quiet little place where the history of Mumbai is revealed, right from the time it was known as Heptanesia (Greek for "cluster of seven islands") - the earliest documented name for the seven islands of Bombay (Mumbai) in ..
Last Saturday, decided to fulfil the long pending desire of visiting the Mahim Nature Park which is now known as Maharashtra Nature Park, near Dharavi. Had heard and read a lot about this place being ‘the’ place for a nature lover. I love nature and I wanted a peek into this ..
Had to visit Vittal which is about 40kms south of Mangalore, where I have a retreat to de-stress the urban chaos from my system. The process of stress reduction begins once you get on the road. Generally we always have an early morning start to avoid all the manic traffic jams that plague ..