Blogs from Kune, Maharashtra, India, Asia

Woke up at 7 for a breakfast of spicy omelette, bread and ketchup - not my usual choice, but actually quite tasty! After eating we took a short hike up a nearby mountain, to see an old temple/shelter, and then hiked up further to see the ruinous structure of an old fort and look-out post. After rain overnight, and for the past few months, the rocks were quite slippy so we had a few hairy moments where feet did not exactly grip, and had a tendency to fly out form under you - not very comforting three feet from a rather rocky tumble back down the mountain! The view from the top was amazing - we could see the temple we'd just visited as an inch long spot through the mist, and could barely make out ... read more

Today was the first of three days of outdoor activities and trekking, near Kune, which is about hour away from Lonavala, where we're based. We had breakfast, jumped into our minibus, then headed off to the place where we'll be spending tonight. We arrived at our "bungalow", which was more of a villa with one large open plan room, a small bedroom downstairs, kitchen, and 2 rooms upstairs, with marble floors throughout. It was located on a plain along with maybe half a dozen other bungalows, and surrounded by lush green fields and mountains, looking beautiful now we're at the tail end of the monsoon season. We unloaded our daysacks, then had some team-building activities in a nearby field, including name volleyball - 2 teams stand opposite each other in a line, and shout the names ... read more