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Originally Posted by samarjitdhar Very nice pics noops. Looks like a perfect cozy weekend getaway place for folks in and around Pune. What photography gear do you use? |
I lost my camera earlier this year so this is taken on the camera of my Samsung Galaxy Note. It is an 8 MPixel camera and works pretty well in good lighting.
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Also on another note, what concerns did you have with the Vento over potholed roads? I took the Vento to MP recently and drove quite a lot on very average roads with potholes. We were a party of 4 with an overloaded trunk however I found the Vento performing rather well on these roads. In fact on higher speeds averaged sized holes did not cause any discomfort more so when the car was going 40 or above. Only when there was a very large pothole or undulation it gave that huge "thunk" noise. Could you please elaborate a bit?
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That's exactly what I meant (the highlighted part). I have noticed that the alloys which are butter-soft get damaged slightly after each such "thunk"ing. Not cool at all. Have had a word with a contact at VW and he says the alloys have been made ductile deliberately to avoid them breaking. I don't think there is a comparison for the Vento's ride and handling on highways but just didn't want to risk it with these sort of roads involved.
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Originally Posted by Monaro CV8 Diveagar is a little sleepy town in Konkan. Not very touristy. Good thing, you must have had the whole place to yourself, literally. |
Surprisingly, no. I think discerning tourists are now "discovering" the place, even though it has a long way to go to catch with the likes of Alibag and Kashid. And on Saturday we had a lot of unexpected visitors- more on that later
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Where is that coastal road you encountered? Reminds of the Great Ocean Drive ..
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Damn...exactly the parallel that came to mind when I saw it. Cliffs on one side, crashing waves and golden strips of sand on the other.
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Did you get to try the local delicacies there ?
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Food is one of the charms of that region, so let me spend some time axing eloquent on that
The day we arrived we checked in and headed down to lunch at the resort. The Konkan speciality is "gharguti jevan" (homemade cuisine) and we promptly ordered pomfret thaalis for each of us. Daughter wanted prawns so ordered a plate of prawn fry as well. I was hungry after all that driving so we ordered an extra pomfret fry as well. Plus sol kadi, a bowl of gulab jamun etc. Didn't think too much about it but later that day found out that it had cost us 905/-!!
Now we appreciate good food as much as the next person but somehow what was on offer didn't match up to that kind of pricing. So that evening we headed out and found a khanaaval down the road that had much tastier food at much lower prices. Had a good dinner there- in fact their chicken thali was also quite wonderful. Bill came to 330/-!!
On day 2 we actually went to Mhasla for lunch and dined at Hotel Ruchi. Food even tastier and bill came to 260/- I joked to my wife that our meals were getting better and cheaper with each passing day!
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Originally Posted by pratheekkunder Just beautiful! I have promised myself that whatever happens, i will visit this place once in a year. And the result was , i visited Diveagar-Shrivardhan-Harihareshwar 3 times in last 5 months. Latest being 3 weeks back.
The place is very relaxing and beautiful.
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The return trip was uneventful. We were invited to a lazy late lunch at Malaka Spice by some friends but by the time we did the coastal strip and left it was nearly noon. Little one woke up around two and said she was hungry so we took a quick break at the Orchard Cafe at base of Tamhini ghat. Very nice ambience but it was pricey (240/- for a buffet lunch) and besides there was waiting involved and all we needed was a quick bite. Across the road was a Hotel Janaki, rather nondescript looking but turned out to be good in the end. Ordered a biryani that the 3 of us shared. It was insanely hot, temperature in early 40s, and we couldn't wait to be done and back in the comfort of the Swift. 20 minutes there was the only break we took then zipped back to Pune, cut across town to Koregaon Park and reached in time for a very late lunch- our friends were ordering dessert when we arrived.
A couple of pictures that captured the essence of the trip for me:
Sol Kadi- the spirit of Konkan!
One last look back on a wonderful trip