By Alap Parikh.
In mid March, a friend together with I decided to tin dismiss our Goa plans together with crusade along the beaches of southern Maharashtra instead. We knew that tourism has non all the same flora the coast of Maharashtra, but picayune did nosotros know what lay inwards shop for us - pristine bluish waters, soft golden sands, together with dolphins! ***
1. H5N1 SNEAK PEAK OF MAHARASHTRA'S COAST
We couldn't believe our eyes when nosotros saw this persuasion from a pocket-size hillock at Vengurla jetty.
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2. OUR ENTIRE TRIP WAS H5N1 JOURNEY
We had no fixed route or plan; nosotros drove, slowly, safely, soaking inwards the virgin beauty that lay inwards our backyard from Bombay, similar this persuasion from the Amboli Ghat.
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3. NO TOURISM, NO PROBLEM. YOU STILL GET COCA COLA!
H5N1 sure-shot sign that rural Bharat is catching upwardly on indulgences.
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4. SEA, SUN AND SWIMMING
On our means to Vengurla jetty, nosotros saw this grandfather-grandkid duo, lazying inwards the waters inwards 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 kickoff 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 downwardly the narrow principal 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 almost their chores.
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8. WHO KNEW SUCH SERENITY LAY JUST HOURS FROM BOMBAY?
We indulged inwards Malvan seafood together with spent hours swimming inwards the ocean; our ain somebody 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, endure it a sport or only setting out downwardly a route without whatever aim. He is a before long to endure pupil of information science, together with harbours huge dreams of relentless move inwards the future. As a large fan of writing together with literature, writing almost his travels seems to him a natural affair to do.
Photo Credits: Alap Parikh together with Tej Mulgaonkar
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