beautiful/strategic lookout point
the fort's parameters
part of the gang
baaaa
top of the hill
Maharasthra boasts 600 some odd military forts. Those of the Portugese, the Marathas, the Moghuls, etc. are speckled across the state. Many of them are still relatively unexplored. After visiting Singhagad and all of its commercialism thereby tons of consumer waste, it was refreshing to see another fort outside of Pune proper that had been left alone. Today we hiked up Marhalgarh Fort, reputed to be the last fort that Shivaji built. After a nice drive on the Mumbai-Bangalore highway we hit Saswad. From here on there was a kaccha path through villages to the fort. It took us about an hour to get to the top and besides some detours…my sunglasses came off with a strong gust of wind and they fell down a ways so I had to backtrack a bit, it was a very smooth, pleasant hike. The weather was just great – slightly cloudy with light rain showers here and there. We hung out on the top for a while, took a nap, and ate some grub. On the way back we stopped for bhajiyas but got Maharasthra’s famous missal pav instead. All in all a fantastic day followed by awesome night out to attend the highly anticipated Bauchklnag concert. Gotta check this Austrian acapella band out, yo.
relaxing, all cool
lunch time!
gotta love Harshita's hair...the winds were crazy, hence the sunglasses also falling off
