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A day in nature’s lap – Girivan
From last couple of weeks i was thinking of going for some long drive nearby Pune. After planning for some spots i finally decided to do one day outing with my family and friends at private hill station named “Girivan”.
About Location:
Girivan is approx. 40 Km away from Pune city and is cuddled in the bosom of Shayadri’s. The location is in village named “Hotle” in Mulshi. The chairman of this hill station is famous marathi actor “Vikram Gokhale”.
Things to remember while visiting this hill station:
Starter:
As I was going on a day trip hence have planned to move early in morning by 6.30am. I have given a thorough wash to my Grand and made it ready by loading the things needed for one day picnic. Thanks to 256 liter boot which swallowed all my luggage and still there was a room for more.
Journey:
I started by 7.00am and with the speed of 40 Km/Hr I was out of city limits within 20-25 minutes. My fuel needle was on the last quarter of the gauge so made a tank full (Rs.76.02 / litre), my grand has drank 34 litres of petrol and now was ready to fly. I liked the promptness shown by that BP petrol attendant in asking twice whether to fill diesel or petrol and without asking he even given me the receipt. I was simply
With this pleasant mood I made my way towards Chandani Chowk. Apart from my Grand and my family I was having rain as my companion till Chandani Chowk, after this i took NDA route and was again pleased to see that the Toll booth on it was permanently closed, thanks to govt. I headed towards Pirangut and along with me were some cyclist who were heading towards Lavasa, I waived towards them and taken a way towards Nanegoan.
At Nanegoan I was in a bit hesitation about the way so I stopped at one house which was it seems last house on that road and asked about direction. To my surprise I was on wrong road and has to take a right turn which I left few meters behind me, I reversed my car and reached the intersection where I have to turn, stopped there and noticed that there were no signals or signs of direction
Anyways, now I was knowing the way so I started to head towards village named “Hotle”. The condition of the approach road towards this village was terrible and it was merely checking my MacPherson strut suspensions
This is the house where I stopped.
The terrible road
After crossing this bad patch of few kilometres i was on sensible roads which were literally awesome to drive, I maintained the speed to 60 – 70KM on them. The roads were having a beautiful scenery along with them and the rains have literally added more colours to it.
Continued..........
From last couple of weeks i was thinking of going for some long drive nearby Pune. After planning for some spots i finally decided to do one day outing with my family and friends at private hill station named “Girivan”.
About Location:
Girivan is approx. 40 Km away from Pune city and is cuddled in the bosom of Shayadri’s. The location is in village named “Hotle” in Mulshi. The chairman of this hill station is famous marathi actor “Vikram Gokhale”.
Things to remember while visiting this hill station:
- Only IDEA & BSNL network operate fully in entire area.
- The roads are very steep and narrow hence for group travels you may take 25 / 35 sitter bus. There is a strict no-no for 50 sitter bus.
- This hill station serves ONLY veg food.
- Please carry enough cash as they accept only cash payment
Starter:
As I was going on a day trip hence have planned to move early in morning by 6.30am. I have given a thorough wash to my Grand and made it ready by loading the things needed for one day picnic. Thanks to 256 liter boot which swallowed all my luggage and still there was a room for more.
Journey:
I started by 7.00am and with the speed of 40 Km/Hr I was out of city limits within 20-25 minutes. My fuel needle was on the last quarter of the gauge so made a tank full (Rs.76.02 / litre), my grand has drank 34 litres of petrol and now was ready to fly. I liked the promptness shown by that BP petrol attendant in asking twice whether to fill diesel or petrol and without asking he even given me the receipt. I was simply
With this pleasant mood I made my way towards Chandani Chowk. Apart from my Grand and my family I was having rain as my companion till Chandani Chowk, after this i took NDA route and was again pleased to see that the Toll booth on it was permanently closed, thanks to govt. I headed towards Pirangut and along with me were some cyclist who were heading towards Lavasa, I waived towards them and taken a way towards Nanegoan.
At Nanegoan I was in a bit hesitation about the way so I stopped at one house which was it seems last house on that road and asked about direction. To my surprise I was on wrong road and has to take a right turn which I left few meters behind me, I reversed my car and reached the intersection where I have to turn, stopped there and noticed that there were no signals or signs of direction
Anyways, now I was knowing the way so I started to head towards village named “Hotle”. The condition of the approach road towards this village was terrible and it was merely checking my MacPherson strut suspensions
This is the house where I stopped.
The terrible road
After crossing this bad patch of few kilometres i was on sensible roads which were literally awesome to drive, I maintained the speed to 60 – 70KM on them. The roads were having a beautiful scenery along with them and the rains have literally added more colours to it.
Continued..........