3rd December, 2011.... I am on my way to discovering the outskirts of Maharashtra with Kulasekaran, the official photographer and dear friend and 'chuddy buddy' Sandeep ..... we start at about 5.30am.... take our first halt at Birla mandir where photography is prohibited..... and drive all the way to ford Zanzeer at murud..... on our way we are forced to stop at the breathtaking view of the fort from the top.... and the mud red mountains surrounding it......
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| Myself in the car on the way to Zanzeer |
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| The view of the fort from a distance |
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| A different perspective |
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| The hills at the back drop |
And after reaching the destination we leave our car behind and set on our way to the Zanzeer fort on a sailing boat powered by wind...... We were accompanied by a bunch of unruly school kids and hell...I felt like the teenage days were back....
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| While on the shore the camera could not stop clicking |
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| The overview of the fort from the sailing boat |
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| The sail captured up close |
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A monochrome shot of a sailing boat
On reaching we get access to the age old history of the Moguls through the entrance of the fort and what awaits us is the 'meetha pani ka talab'..(the lake of sweet water).... We chuck the idea of taking a guide and set off to create our own history....:)
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| The historic rubble.... |
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| The meetha talab |
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| A different perspective |
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| No not love birds but love flowers yeah.... |
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| The overlooking hills |
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| Lost in nature |
As we discover the 22 acres spread ford we fall in love with the architecture...... the cannons, the parabola shaped windows, the broad doorways.... each and every minute details fascinate us...... We get in sync with the archival atmosphere... but completely loathe the weekend crowd......
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| And Mumbai never fails to cast the Bollywood spell...:) |
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| Parabola window |
From our way to Alibaug from Zanzeer fort the 'kalakaar' in Kulasekaran spotted the hoards of birds in the shores which looked like speckles of white dots.....'Akshi' beach was our next halt..... the water was sparkling blue.... and the birds were a starling white...and a brown horse made my day......
And finally we reach Alibaug..... before hitting the beach we take a full packed Chinese lunch...... and then for proper digestion we do all kinda exercises..:D.... row row row your boat.....
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| That's Sandeep trying out some thing innovative.... |
And the jet skiing..... loved it..... thanks to Kulasekaran and Sandeep to pursue me on.... it was an experience altogether....
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| Kulasekaran in excited state... |
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And Kulasekaran in ground state.....
And the final destination of the trip.....Kashid beach....the sea here took away the witness of my ups and downs for the past ten years....ven the stigmas of your mind is gone you feel light, u feel free... and so they state it correctly.....the sea takes away but gives away something in return.....the sea here took away the lie I have been believing all these years..... but gave me freedom... gave me the strength to fight away shackled thoughts.... we had great time in the water.....
And then all drenched we get into our car and start back to IIT... on our way we stop at a road side hotel and have tea.... and by 10.30 pm we are back to our so-called-home... the exotica of 3.12.2011 is over literally but will be afresh in mah mind forever....
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