By Alap Parikh.
In mid March, a friend together with I decided to tin dismiss our Goa plans together with motility along the beaches of southern Maharashtra instead. We knew that tourism has non even together with therefore constitute the coast of Maharashtra, but trivial did nosotros know what lay inward shop for us - pristine bluish waters, soft golden sands, together with dolphins! ***
1. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 SNEAK PEAK OF MAHARASHTRA'S COAST
We couldn't believe our eyes when nosotros saw this thought from a pocket-size hillock at Vengurla jetty.
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2. OUR ENTIRE TRIP WAS Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 JOURNEY
We had no fixed route or plan; nosotros drove, slowly, safely, soaking inward the virgin beauty that lay inward our backyard from Bombay, similar this thought from the Amboli Ghat.
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3. NO TOURISM, NO PROBLEM. YOU STILL GET COCA COLA!
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 sure-shot sign that rural Republic of Republic of India is catching upward on indulgences.
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4. SEA, SUN AND SWIMMING
On our agency to Vengurla jetty, nosotros saw this grandfather-grandkid duo, lazying inward the waters inward the hot afternoon sun. Scenes similar this are mutual along the coast.
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5. MANGO SHOPPING AT VENGURLA MARKET
Our hunt for the season's get-go mangoes brought us to Vengurla market. It was hot together with the route was crowded, but that didn't halt people from flashing us smiles equally our bulky Innova lumbered piece of cake downward the narrow top dog road. Coming from Mumbai, nosotros were bewildered.
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6. THE VILLAGE OF DEVBAG
Sandwiched betwixt the gently flowing river on 1 side, together with the shimmering Arabian Sea on the other.
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7. AN UN-SPOILT BEACH AT OUR DOORSTEP
With locals going most their chores.
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8. WHO KNEW SUCH SERENITY LAY JUST HOURS FROM BOMBAY?
We indulged inward Malvan seafood together with spent hours swimming inward the ocean; our ain mortal paradise.
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9. AND IN THE EARLY MORNING, WE SAW THEM - DOLPHINS!
On a boat ride off the coast of Devbag, nosotros felt only equally carefree together with playful equally these likable creatures.
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10. DRIVING ALONG THE GHATS AT SUNSET
This could've been our picture-perfect entry for an Innova photograph challenger ;-)
Are you lot packing your bags for the coast of Maharashtra yet?
Devbag is located 500 km from Mumbai.
Route map for this drive: Mumbai - Amboli - Devbag - Chiplun - Mumbai.
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AUTHOR BIO: Alap enjoys everything adventurous, hold upward it a sport or only setting out downward a route without whatever aim. He is a shortly to hold upward educatee of information science, together with harbours huge dreams of relentless locomote inward the future. As a large fan of writing together with literature, writing most his travels seems to him a natural affair to do.
Photo Credits: Alap Parikh together with Tej Mulgaonkar
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