DRIVE TO TIGER POINT, LONAVLA FROM BOMBAY

Photo Travelogue :

I was taking the wheels on this trip! Boy, was I thrilled. Can it get more exciting than that? Also, a little scary perhaps, especially, for my co-travellers, lol - because, it was couple of years now that I hadn't driven. So, although, a bit nervous..I got right behind them - the wheels :-) This was a sponsored trip. Hats of to the organisers for having the courage in letting me drive, heheh :p


moi in action...


we took the western express highway...takes little over an hour to reach Lonavla.


driving through plains, through hills, through tunnels, through tolls...


is that a carpet or a road?


now, who wouldn't want to drive on this kinda roads? Lucky me :-)

in little over an hour, we reached Tiger Point! Check out its pics below :-)

Our destination! It was breezy & green all around, although, without fencing, scary too...

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a tiny video of the same :-)


drive back home. No, wasn't driving this time...decided to relax instead.
Also known as Tiger's Leap because of its shape that resembles a leaping tiger, Tiger Point in Lonavala is a 650-metre high hilltop offering panoramic views of the lush green valley with lakes and waterfalls.
Lonavala is a hill station surrounded by green valleys in western India near Mumbai. The Karla Caves and the Bhaja Caves are ancient Buddhist shrines carved out of the rock. They feature massive pillars and intricate relief sculptures. South of the Bhaja Caves sits the imposing Lohagad Fort, with its 4 gates. West of here is Bhushi Dam, where water overflows onto a set of steps during rainy season. ( wiki )

Address : Tiger Point, Lonavla, Aamby Valley Road, Dattawadi Rd, Lonavala
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BOMBAY - LONAVLA - PIMPRI ROAD TRIP

A Travelogue :

On 12th Nov'13, at a special invite by TataMotors, we went to Pimpri in Pune to visit their plant and more importantly have a meet-up with Anil Kapoor. The journey was quite an enthralling one - vrooming in a hired Volvo bus - over hills, tunnels, plateaus and plains, not to mention the peculiar black volcanic soil everywhere. I've lived more than half my life in Bombay, but only now I got the chance to visit Pune - though not Pune city proper, but the outskirts of it where Pimpri is located. Pimpri in Pune is a small town, mainly famous for the 800+ acres Tata Motors plant and its picturesque Lake House - and we got to see both. In November it is neither too hot, nor too cold - so its ideal time for a visit.
On our journey, we passed by the tiny hill station of Lonavla too and spotted few waterfalls on the way, meandering through the high rocks. There are tunnels and roads that cut through the rocks and what I noticed was, both sides of these rocky hills are netted with strong iron-nets, so that those huge rocks don't fall on passing cars in the highway. Highly Impressive! Enjoy the picture ride below :-)

THE JOURNEY AND VIEWS


THE DESTINATION



TATA MOTORS PLANT

The journey takes around 3 hours roughly, though on that particular day due to nature of the Event it was delayed and took longer. However, the return journey was pretty quick. There are both bus and train services to Pune, as well as pre-paid cabs.

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