We started our day from Maratha Regency at about 9AM. The
security personnel at the hotel offered Aari a flower just before departure. The next pit stop of Pune was only 250 kms
away or about 4 hours’ drive. We decided impromptu to take a detour and explore
a place called Warandh Ghat. After checking out from our hotel, we quickly
joined the NH4 and headed towards Pune.
About 185 Kms from Kolhapur, we took a
detour on the road that leads to Mahad. The road until this detour is very
good, a couple of toll booths were the only time the brakes were used
(figuratively speaking). We planned to
drive about 66 Kms on this road, that heads towards Mahad. The road itself is
filled with many small craters but the hills around are simply breath-taking.
We
drove, enjoying the waterfalls that were littered all along the drive. We
stopped at some of them to wet our feet and for some photo shoots.
Once we
reached the ghat, we stopped there for a breath-taking scene. It then started to rain, and it rained
very heavily- the rain was so heavy, that Aari categorised it as raining cats
dogs and monkeys. As we retuned back, the heavy downpour continued and we
spotted many new waterfalls too. It was a truly romantic drive in all sense.
We
returned back to NH 4 after a 4 hours scenic drive . NH4 from Satara all the
way until Pune is filled with diversions. Flyover construction work is in
progress and these diversions are in pretty bad shape. We counted about 6 diversions
until Pune, but thankfully we did not lose much time here.
We reached Hotel
Ginger at Pimpri at about 7 PM, and had a relaxing sleep after a truly
wonderful buffet dinner.
Map of day 2 drive.
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