Rahul’s Blog

Sunday, late evening, 8′o clock. :

My phone was ringing… I picked up the call…

“Hey Rahul,I’m going downstairs so be there somewhere around your cellphone, I will call you, ok?”

“Ah! But, I’m also going somewhere out so I’ll be driving that time…”

“Ok then be on handsfree na? We can talk”

“Alright!” 

Monday, afternoon, 1′o clock, more than 16 hours later :

I’m sitting in the office & so far she has not called me, I mean just imagine if I would have really equipped myself with handsfree all the way since she has told me, I would have looked so stupid. I mean how can I sleep whole night with my handsfree on, how can I get ready for the office with my handsfree on?

So moral of the story is “When a girl calls you & ask you to follow something suddenly & unexpectedly, don’t really follow them, take them seriously only when they are crying. Most of the time, I mean not all the time , they say exactly opposite of whatever they actually have on their mind.”

May be in this case she wanted to say “Rahul, don’t wait for my call, I’ll be busy till tomorrow”

I’m very sure by the time I finish writing this, she will call me & she will be all cool, completely forgotten that she had kept me waiting for more than 16 hours and guess what? Dare I mention it , I’ll be virtually killed

Ok jokes apart, I don’t really mean to offend girls here, it’s just that; proabably that’s how God created them. Trust me, if a guy does the same to a girl, he will not be forgiven for any damn excuse, even if he says, “I just survived a car accident & was in the trauma”

P.S. See as I said above, she is on call with me right now & so far she has not at all mentioned anything about yesterday? I’m just imagining what will happen to me once she reads this article, God save me

“Girls, have you ever thought that even boys have secrets?”

Yes, they do… Though, guys are not as complicated as girls upto certain extent they have few things which I’m sure very few people might have noticed. To be very honest when for the first time this thing came to my mind I started searching some refernece data. So here is the list final 50 secrets which I could collect from those various resources & some of those are derived or expreinced by me with my special comments Of course, being I guy I know lot of things about myself

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1. Guys don’t actually look after good-looking girls. They prefer neat and presentable girls. 
If you are a female & have ever meet me once then I must have mentioned this.

2. Guys hate flirts.
Especially the guy next door flirting with his girlfriend.
 
3. A guy can like you for a minute, and then forget you afterwards.
I doubt… At least not applicable to me.
 
4. When a guy says he doesn’t understand you, it simply means you’re not thinking the way he is.
I know you are smiling, I completely agree.
 
5. “Are you doing something?” or “Have you eaten already?” are the first usual questions a guy asks on the phone just to get out from stammering.
Oh my goodness! This is the first thing, I always ask when somebody happens to pick up my call.

6. Guys may be flirting around all day but before they go to sleep, they always think about the girl they truly care about.
Hope you believe it.
 
7. When a guy really likes you, he’ll disregard all your bad characteristics.
Just to be more precise, Probably he will mention those things only when you are together but he will never ever mention it when you are in public.He strongly feels, you are the best.
 
8. Guys go crazy over a girl’s smile.
Especially, of the girl they love to be with.
 
9. Guys will do anything just to get the girl’s attention.
Yeah! they can…
 
10. Guys hate it when you talk about your ex-boyfriend.
Absolutely right! We don’t care about your eX, y or z
 
11. When guys want to meet your parents. Let them.
You know why I smiled.
 
12. Guys want to tell you many things but they can’t.
That’s how they are biologically designed, can’t do much, just regret.
 
13. Guys cry!!!
And when they do, they are really upset, support them.
 
14. Don’t provoke the guy to heat up. Believe me. He will.
Not necessararily always.
 
15. Guys can never dream and hope too much.
I strongly disagree because at least I can…
 
16. Guys usually try hard to get the girl who has dumped them, and this makes it harder for them to accept their defeat.
Yes they do have feelings…
 
17. When you touch a guy’s heart, there’s no turning back.
But first & foremost you should realise that you did.
 
18. Giving a guy a hanging message like “You know what?!..uh…never mind!” would make him jump to a conclusion that is far from what you are thinking.
Ahhhh!!! You got it right!
 
19. Guys go crazy when girls touch their hands.
It means a lot to them.
 
20. Guys are good flatterers when courting but they usually stammer when they talk to a girl they really like.
May be butterflies in the stomach
 
21. When a guy makes a prolonged “umm” or makes any excuses when you’re asking him to do you a favor, he’s actually saying that he doesn’t like you and he can’t lay down the card for you.
This is true.
 
22. When a girl says “no”, a guy hears it as “try again tomorrow.”
And he comes with new strategy next day
 
23. You have to tell a guy what you really want before he gets the message clearly.
It would be so easy for him to take actions accordingly.
 
24. Guys hate gays!
I do
 
25. Guys love their moms.
Hmmm! I miss my Mom!
 
26. A guy would sacrifice his money for lunch just to get you a couple of roses.
Or a pair of sandals/chappals too.
 
27. A guy often thinks about the girl who likes him. But this doesn’t mean that the guy likes her.
Ahhh! This is bit tricky but all true!

28. You can never understand him unless you listen to him.
so moral here is, do listen to me.
 
29. If a guy tells you he loves you once in a lifetime. He does.
Though he might not have expressed it ever before or earlier.
 
30. Beware. Guys can make gossips scatter through half of the face of the earth faster than girls can.
I’m not sure so no comments!

31. Like Eve, girls are guys’ weaknesses.
And contrary to that , the girl they are in madly love with, is their strength.
 
32. Guys are very open about themselves.
Oh! Yeah! They need to be controlled!
 
33. It’s good to test a guy first before you believe him. But don’t let him wait that long.
Or else he will start exploring other opportunities.
 
34. No guy is bad when he is courting
Not really… I disagree.
 
35. Guys hate it when their clothes get dirty. Even a small dot.
And hairstyle too
 
36. Guys really admire girls that they like even if they’re not that much pretty.
So don’t even doubt him if he compliments you, just accept it, it will make your day wonderful!
 
37. Your best friend, whom your boyfriend seeks help from about his problems with you may end up being admired by your boyfriend.
I cannot comment, as I’ve never experienced this.
 
38. If a guy tells you about his problems, he just needs someone to listen to him. You don’t need to give advice.
This is simply true vice-versa. Human mind!

39. A usual act that proves that the guy likes you is when he teases you.
Never take his teasing as a criticism, if he loves you, he never mean to criticise you. He wants the best out of you. Just smile, even if he says “You have put on some weight than that of our previous date”
 
40. A guy finds ways to keep you off from linking with someone else.
May be!
 
41. Guys love girls with brains more than girls in miniskirts.
 Not sure if at all.

42. Guys try to find the stuffed toy a girl wants but would unluckily get the wrong one.
So I never go for it. Better stick to sandals or roses
 
43. Guys virtually brag about anything.
No idea.
 
44. Guys cannot keep secrets that girls tell them.
Really? I don’t agree. Guys can… seriously! I mean I can but nobody tells me the secret
 
45. Guys think too much.
No doubt about it.
 
46. Guys’ fantasies are unlimited.
Hmmm, let’s not get into this. They can think about any damn crazy thing.
 
47. Girls’ height doesn’t really matter to a guy but her weight does!
I’m laughing loud,rolling on the floor.
 
48. Guys tend to get serious with their relationship and become too possessive. So watch out girls!!!
Hmmm, that’s true…
 
49. When a girl makes the boy suffer during courtship, it would be hard for him to let go of that girl.
Never tried but I still agree.
 
50. It’s not easy for a guy to let go off his girlfriend after they broke up especially when they’ve been together for over the years.
Hmmm! That’s so true!

One of my friend called me today in the morning :

“Hey Rahul, what are you doing in the office today? It’s Valentine’s day man…”

I was like “Yeah but do you know,to me, everyday is Valentine’s day & today for a change I thought I would give her some space, come on man she needs a break” 

Just imagine what would happen to a boyfriend even if he just tries to think of giving his girlfriend some space exactly on the valentine’s day Awwww!!! Guys, don’t even think of trying this…

Anyways jokes apart, today I celebrated my independence day one more time & I hope this is my last Valentine’s day as a Single & to be more optimistically as a bachelor, too

“Come on baby, where are you? I’ve been waiting for you since so long…”  Anyways, I forsee myself to find her by this year end itself Let see how it goes…

By the way, I wish all my readers, a very Happy & Wonderful Valentines Day!!! Have a nice time with your loved ones & your partner, too! Hope you don’t fight with each other at least today!

And trust me, it’s a nice feeling to be in love!!!

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Recently somewhere I read that as per the research analysis it is found that men do take more time to move on or come out of a break up as compared to women. Even I do feel so. I mean hold on before you start opposing me; let me brief. I completely agree that almost every woman is very emotional & that’s how God created them but still I’ve strong feeling that guys don’t express frequently or probably they have an art of suppressing their feeling which unusually explodes when they reach the super-depression point. I mean they don’t express instantly & try to handle the situation as much as they can do independently. They take more time to get emotionally involved or attached as compared to women but once they are in, they can’t get out of it so easily. I know there have been more significant incidents on-screen & off-screen too, where you must have come across a situation when your female friend is left upset by her boyfriend but still I feel it isn’t the case always.

In case of boys, their personal as well as professional life goes side by side, we have seen several cases when after break-up boys could not get hold of their career also. For example, you must have heard about Chatan Anand, where is he now? While his counterpart, Jwala Gutta climbing the ladder of success. I really appreciate her hard work & in fact I’m a big fan of her, whatever she has achieved today, probably has nothing to do with personal life. It doesn’t really mean that she has not faced the reality but she could stand strongly & bounce back. Where is Mohd. Asif & by the way you know where is Veena Malik now a days?

Do I really need to mention anything about Kareena & Shahid?

Apart from these celebrities, I personally know couple of guys who are very close to me; could never got out of their breakups (atleast till date). Even after their girlfriends got happily married or engaged, they are still killing themselves day by day. Everytime they watch any sentimental movie, their facial expression says it all. Trust me this is all I’ve seen. Even after trying to console them or convince them to face reality, they could never be able to come back on track. Inspite of being scholar & toppers in their schools & colleges, even after successfully climbing the corporate ladder, all of a sudden as soon as their lady luck left them alone, they shattered like, nobody could have imagined. Sometimes they even end up, destroying their professional as well as person life which was far better when they were with their lady. Now, you must be thinking then why in the first place they could not be with her for whole life? When this question was asked, answer was weird & beyond our understaning. “I could never decide when I was with her & when she is gone, I am unable to stay without her.”

By saying all this, I seriously don’t mean to say that girls can quickly get up & move on, I do agree that even girls are also equally & severely hurt, in most cases take long time to settle down but it seems they are slightly stronger than boys in this case.

Trust me, boys are also very emotional, its just that they hold it back before they destroy themselves. And of course I would like to clarify that ultimately it depends from person to person how he or she reacts to the personal affairs.

P.S. Trust me, the guy who might look tougher or the one who sounds rude, can be emotionally weak & you can’t even imagine how much he would be loving you so please keep this thing back of your mind, “Though guys are not that good in expressing their feelings,they do love you & they too miss you, it’s just that they don’t speak up”

P.P.S. All the views expressed here are completely my opinions & it may differ from  individual views. I’ve no intention to disrespect any gender, especially I really respect women & I know that they are very sweet & understanding, too.

I don’t know how many of you have heard about this. If you have not, let me share my experience with you. But before I start let me clarify that these are purely my experiences & my views about this place. Those might be conflicting with others.

So after long wait of almost 3 months finally we decided to go for outing this weekend to Sula Vineyards, a place nearby Nashik. We were supposed to leave Mumbai by 7.30 latest but unfortunately things didn’t happen as expected.

Since we have decided to hire a car instead of taking our own cars, we were waiting for the car.But unfortunately,we came to know that car sent by the travel company was 6 seater while we were 7. That was just the start. We sent the driver back & the hunt begins for alternate car. Myself, Himesh & Vinay started dialling all our feasible contacts who can provide us with the car. Somehow Himesh could hire a car, by the time all this drama was going on, we had a good breakfast with a cup of tea at Himesh’s place.Thanks to Auntyji! Best thing was playing around with little Swara, Himesh’s daughter. Oops! I think I’m diverting the topic, that’s obvious since the captioned topic itself is very boring. Anyways let’s go back to the Sula Vineyards.

So finally our car came by 10AM. That’s already 3 hours late. We headed towards Nashik but hardly after 5 kms, we stuck up in traffic. That was disappointing, since we were running low of energy after the cab hassle & now this traffic. Thanks to Pallav atleast he was trying to cheer all of us saying  “Be positive….” (But come on how can I be, I’m O positive… Oops! I know that was real bad PJ) After almost half an hour we could get rid of the traffic. Driver was the different species on the earth, probably just another type of person, he was continuously on the phone inspite of being aged. Yes, while driving also, he was comfortably attending all his calls. He reduced his number of calls, only after Himesh warned him not to do so, but he reduced, he didn’t stop.

Somewhere around 2′o clock, we reached our destination. All we could see, was a huge area covered with plantation of various types of grapes. (Obviously, you can’t identify various types but atleast that’s what the guide told us). Four of us registered for tasting wines. Then, guide took us on a walk, told us about the history of vineyards, who started this vineyard & why is the name so? Interestingly, SULA (SULAbha) is the name of Owner’s mother. He decided to pick up only first four letters.

After the tasting session was over, we headed for lunch. Half day is almost over. Now, you must be thinking, what I’ve enjoyed in this half day? Nothing… absolutely nothing… I don’t drink, so I didn’t taste Wine, furthermore it was saturday, so I couldn’t even eat non-veg. Oh! come on dont even ask me how was the crowd, because there was no crowd. We were the crowd,nobody was there except 7 of us. Even our driver disappered after sometime Thank God, we didn’t take our own cars, otherwise I would have been one of the most frustrated as well as exhausted person after driving 400Kms just for a veg lunch. In fact, thanks to Divya, the well-wisher of our team who actually suggested to hire a car & thanks to Pallav as well, who took efforts to hire a car.

Post-lunch we had a mandatory photo session. Come on, we were on weekend outing, we have to convince ourselves. Then as expected, 4 of us had some wine & that’s all; we were done for the day & we left for Mumbai.

Ok I understand those who drink, had nice time but guys tell me very honestly, going all the way 200 Kms just for a glass of Wine (Trust me that was not even full, I should say half glass of wine), spending 7-8 hours in travelling, is it really worth?

Come on guys, let’s go to my farmhouse, hardly 90 Kms from Mumbai, that’s 2 hours drive. Just imagine, you can have wine there too (I think even SULA your branded wine as well). Just imagine, 4.30 in the evening, on carrom board, with a cup of tea or wine whatever you like, sounds good right?

Think about it!

For me Sula vineyards, is definitely thumbs down. But even those who drink, why to go 200 Kms,for just a half glass of wine?

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Ok before I start writing my review, let me tell you one thing, if you guys are pretty much interested in psychology & human mind, you should watch this movie. The way they have justified the theme of the movie is really appreciable & convincing. In simple words, its not just typical bollywood style. After Bhul-Bhulaiya, I think this is the second movie, which tackles around the human mind & psychology.

Ok, I know guys you are more interested in the review, rather than the suggestions so let’s get back to topic. So by this time, even if you haven’t seen this movie, you must have guessed that this movie is based on a guy, Karthik (that’s Farhan) who is one of the least confident guy, always harrassed by his boss, staying alone as a bachelor & always left unnoticed in the office. He could never express his feelings to his collegue & hottest girl in the office that’s Shonali (Deepika.)

Everyday he drafts a mail to her with his feeling or how much does he miss her but could never do beyond just saving all those mails in his own mailbox, just imagine more than 1300 mails in his drafts. Ummm!!! Interesting….

Karthik, always keeps on blaming himself for the death of his own elder brother who actually doesn’t even exists on the earth. One day, he reaches the stage of super-frustration & decides to commit sucide, but just before he is about take his overdose of sleeping pills, his phone starts ringing, & he found his own voice on the other end which claims himself as Karthik. Wooooo!!! That’s where movie starts picking up, the person on the phone knows all the secrets of our very own Karthik, even including his ATM card’s PIN number. Obviously scared Karthik, could not believe this thing, he starts investigating where these calls getting from, but no clue found in the telephone exchange as well.

Next day again in the morning, he gets the same call, this time caller wins the Karthik’s trust & starts instructing him towards the better life & Karthik’s life changes overnight, he gets his same job again with the promotion, also his dream girl falling for him.

The calls keep coming daily early in the morning & Karthik finally becomes confident , happy for his better changed life but the unidentified  Caller, warns himself not to mention about this call to anyone as nobody will believe him & everyone will consider him as the mentally unstable. But in a weak moment with overflowing emotions, Karthik makes mistake & reveals the secret to his girlfriend Shonali.

And as very much expected,she doesn’t believe this, she asks him to consult a psychiatrist, one step further she insists on not picking up the calls anymore. And here is the twist, this makes the caller furious who, in turn, destroyes Karthik’s life exactly the same way he has made it better.

Overall very nice movie with strong & convincing justification based on the human conscious & subconscious mind. Worth watching once. Honestly speaking music score is just not bad, better than average, I mean obviously from my perspective. I liked songs “Hey ya!”, “Uff! teri adaa”, others I don’t even remember

P.S. By the way, I’m slightly confused with the term “Safe Guy” in this movie :-) Girls could you please explain us what do you actually mean by “Safe Guy”? I mean, should guys take it as a compliment or as an adjective?

He inspired me to post here once again…As you can see I could not post any articles in past 3 months due to my odd & hectic schedules but he made write once again, I really could not resist myself from appreciating his innings & his dedication. Yes I’m talking about none other than “Aamcha Sachin” (Our Sachin). He has been inspiring me since my childhood, may be right from my early teenage.

So far Saeed Anwar & little known Charles Coventry shared the highest ODI individual record of 194 but trust me I always wanted Sachin to owe record for the highest one-day individual score in his pocket & yes it’s like dream come true today. I feel myself lucky & proud that I witnessed this amazing inning live. I remember one of my close friend has put his punchline on Orkut, which goes something like this :

“Cricket is our religion & Sachin is our God”

I believe this is applicable to every little fan of the cricket. One more time Sachin I salute you, really hats off to you  Sachin!!!

I wish God gives you all the strength to stand tall against all these stupid people who criticise you! I remember in past few years when Sachin was struggling with injuries & bad patch on the field one of the commentators has suggested that Ricky Ponting would eventually take over his records. I guess Sachin has already answered their critics with his bat & yes! I’m one of the happiest person, you did it Sachin!

Check out these some of the creative punchlines, I’ve seen around after this Sachin’s amazing performance on Feb24th.

“I have seen the God, he opens batting for Indian Cricket Team”
             —A hoarding in the center of the city Thane, Mumbai.

“Commit all your crimes when Sachin is batting, they will go unnoticed, because even lord is watching him bat!”
              —A banner held in Sydney by an Australian fan.

“Commit all your crimes when Sachin is batting, they will go unnoticed, because the Lord himself is batting!”
              —An Indian fan sitting besides these Australians.

Before I start telling you something about this movie, let me tell you why did I shortlist this movie on my watchlist? Actually, no special reason but only thing I considered that its a Ashutosh Gowarikar film & definitely the theme sounds interesting. I thought movie will be a sensible & worth watching atleast once. So with these minimal expectations I went for the movie. But trust me, it was so pathetic that I could not even imagine that Mr. Gowarikar can make such a non-sense movie. Seriously no sense at all. If you are bachelor & expecting this movie might help you to see different types of girls mapped to respective rashees then, its going to be a big fiasco.

Movie is stuffed with 13 hindi songs. Ohh! Man… just imagine 13 typical bollywood songs. Let’s suppose if an average song lasts for 4 & half minutes that means you are made to listen only songs for more than 58 minutes i.e. almost one hour. No need to mention, very ordinary songs…Ahhhhhhh!!! And guys in the multiplex you don’t have option to switch to the other channel like the one on your TV. At the max what can you do? Just close your eyes…Yes I did

I’m still wondering why Mr. Gowarikar could not find 12 different girls to represent 12 different rashees? In the whole movie, you will see the same well-known face of Priyanka Chopra with different hairstyle, different make-up, different costumes. Come on man, we are here to see how the rashee has influence on a person’s behavior, not how the same girl can be made to behave differently,look differently? And personally I could not a find match between the on-screen girl & a real-life girl with the same rashee.

If somebody bets with me, I can see this movie entirely with no smile on my face with complete serious look, such a bad comedy. Harman’s Nanaji, keeps on giving him the same funda “Beta, tumhare umr me sab ladkiya ek jaise hi dikhti hai, jo tumhare sapno ki rani hoti hai (Son, at your age, all girls look the same, which actually resembles to your dream girl) ” Come on Nanaji!!! Be practical, if all girls look the same at our age, I guess all my bachelor friends would have been married by this time, perhaps me too

Harman better luck next time, I don’t think Priyanka, alone can save this movie & Someone should tell Mr. Gowarikar, please try to pick up with the fast age, its 21st century, stop making lengthy movies, 4 hours is simply nothing but a mental torture. 

P.S. All the opinions are explicitly my view about this movie, with no influence of any external or third party.

P.P.S. I’m wondering why Lara Dutta has started giving bold scenes these days, is she scared that she is at the end of her career?

There are certain things in life which are unexpected & definitely surprising too. If you’ve checked Thoughts section on my site, you’ll find one pretty similar article which I drafted almost 3 years back.Sometimes these surprises are pleasent but sometimes, very confusing & we start searching for the reason , why it must have happened? Ya ya I know I know thinking too much is not good for your health, atleast not good for your mental health, but thinking sometimes is just so spontaneous that you have no hold at all.

I’ll tell you a story about a boy & a girl. No no dont worry I’m not going to tell you damn old typical so called lovestory, in fact its a very practical day-to-day life simple story. How things get bad unexpectedly & how confusion takes over? Ok, let’s get back to the point, a boy & a girl who used to be friends as you must have guessed by this time now (Really, were they? sorry guys but I’m not sure whether they were friends or not? …. Anyways lets not get into that now) But, all I can say is that they used to enjoy talking to each other atleast when it comes to pulling legs of others or commenting on how funny people behave in our day to day life, both used to laugh together & talk a lot about such funny creatures. In fact, girl had a habit of laughing so loudly that sometime even guy had to remind her about their presence in public places. so in short actually it was a good healthy relationship amongst them.

One day as usual they were discussing something funny & in that trans, girl passed some comment on this guy which somehow put this guy on the toes. He felt that why was that comment passed on him but still he did not react. He was upset but he could not figure out what was the logic behind that comment. Sorry guys but I’m not aware of the comment which girl passed on so almost for next 2-3 days guy did not talk to girl & but finally after few days guy told girl about this stuff & thing he was upset about. Girl who was not sure how to explain that it was purely unintentional comment but still she told this fellow that, she did not mean to hurt him, also guy confessed that he wasn’t hurt but slightly upset with the unexpected comment. So issue was over by that time, was that really?

No, it was not. Next day onwards, they never talked with each other, like they used to, they never laughed together & interaction between them became absolutely formal.

Now, if I start thinking about the misunderstanding which actually led to complications, I’m confused. Ok lets consider if it was the girl who made a upsetting comment on the guy then she has already explained that it was purely unintentional so guy should not have mind it as that was a part of fun but then if it was a guy who mistakenly took this comment personally then he has also confessed that he did not take it seriously but its just that made him upset with the unexpected comment. Now, the question is who’s fault was that which actually spoilt a nice healthy friendship?

Ya I know guys by this time, you are also confused. You must be thinking, What message exactly I’m trying to convey when I’m narrating this piece of story. All I want to say is that sometimes some unexpected things can spoil some nice relations. so I will say “Dont think much”, definitely thinking moderately is accepted but make sure it doesn’t complicate the problem. Take the life the way it comes & live life every moment…

 So finally we decided to go for weekend out to Alibaug. Frankly speaking Alibaug is a familiar place to me as its my native but still I preferred to go there with friends. Alibaug is something like neither a full fledged city nor a village. You will easily get all basic essentials here with even few luxurious options. And alongwith that you can visit some really nice places. I’m very sure that nature lover will like this place. Surrounded by beach from 3 sides, roads with the view of nice hill areas. Both sides of the road with greenaries especially in the monsoon.

Tinvira Dam

Anyways so getting back to the topic, our weekend trip. so including me, we were 5, Himesh, Keval, Sanjay, Vinay & offcourse Me. We started from Mumbai somewhere around 8 in the morning. Though saturday morning 8 AM is too early for all of us, we all were fully charged & nobody was ready to miss a single chance to tease one another. At Karnala, we had our breakfast before heading towards Alibaug. For those who don’t know, Alibaug is approximately 90 Kms from Navi Mumbai. On the way we halted at Tinvira dam & finally somewhere around 10′o clock we reached Alibaug.

After getting refreshed,we straightaway went for lunch. But guys that was a real fiasco as restaurant was not at all good, atleast food was of average quality.so I will suggest while choosing restaurants in Aliabug be careful. You might get a nice hotel but you have to be very choosy. Then we headed towards the first beach of our mission that’s Varsoli beach. Actually we had decided to spend little time here as we were eager to go to Kashid beach which is somewhat 35 kms from the Alibaug. So quickly after taking few snaps we started our journey to Kashid.

Without stopping anywhere we directly went to Kashid beach. To my surprise, beach was not at all clean. May be because of heavy rains or dont know for what reason. But seriously trust me, I’ve been to this beach so many times earlier as well, I always found it very clean. Not sure what went wrong this time. But I will recommend not to visit Kashid beach in the monsoon. You can try in winters. We played on the beach for sometime & obviously followed by a brief session of photoshoot. After this somewhere around 6 PM we went to Birla Temple which is hardly 3 Kms from Kashid. A Ganesh temple on the hilltop, completely built up with white marble… After spending more than 2 hours there we returned back to Alibaug,where we had dinner.

Mandwa-jetty

After dinner, instead of going home straight away, we went to Alibaug beach, it was already somewhere around 10:30 in the night. Guys, I’m telling you, trust me that was the one of the best part of this trip.  The cool breeze, calm atmosphere & only thing you can see everywhere was the darkness & water. It was really awesome. We returned back home after spending one hour on the beach. Then,  we planned to watch the movie but as expected everybody was so tired that all slept by 1:30AM. So that’s how we spent day1 at Alibaug. Next day morning Sanjay was the first one to get up, (obviously he slept first so no wonder ) Anyways so after having morning breakfast, we played cricket till we get tired & felt like bathing again. But obvious we all were so enthusiastic that could not control. Then we headed to the Mandwa jetty, this is the place, from where, you can reach Gateway of India(Mumbai) within 30-45 minutes by ferry.

 After a brief photosession on the jetty, we went to Karmarkar museum where you can see nice sculptures. I’m not sure about the history but you will like these. This was my second visit to this museum. It used to be in a big hall initially but it seems now they have kept only one hall open for visitors, not sure why.

By the time, we had lunch it was already 4′o clock so we had to pack-up & start for our journey back to Mumbai. So that was all about our weekend trip to Alibaug.

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