Come monsoons and we have a lot of outdoor activities shutting down or limping to a slower pace. A very few which remain active for at least some days is parasailing.

Getting ready on table top, Panchgani.
Enjoying parasailing in

It was last weekend of July, rainy season in Maharashtra and we, a group of 11 people (extended family) went to three days trip to Mahabaleshwar and Panchgani. You can read in details about that visit here, here and here. It was my second visit to these small hill stations amidst the heights of the Sahyadris mountains.
Only eighteen kms from Mahabaleshwar, the hill station of Panchgani is no lesser known to tourists. It is a frequented hill resort and is an ideal base for some good trekking, hiking, biking and …

Only eighteen kms from Mahabaleshwar, the hill station of Panchgani now is no lesser known to tourists. It is a frequented hill resort and is an ideal base for some good trekking. Situated at an altitude of 1334m in Satara district, it gets its name from the five plateaus around it.
panch = five
gani = plateaus
Though it is only 38 m below Mahabaleshwar, it takes eighteen kms of breathtaking spectacular view offering of the river Krishna that wanders through the farms and hamlets on one side & the coastal plains on …

Can you guess where I had been to recently ? No, the place in first photo is not as scary as to make a horror story. Till the time I am ready with the post, keep guessing.

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