Driving to Sindhudurgh, in Sawantwadi district of Maharashtra was a great experience... as you see the commercial-ness of Goa disappear.. you get to see and experience the raw nature of rural Maharashtra! Our Xylo, Haliaetus enjoyed the rural outing. Thought Nandan Farms is owned/managed by Amrita Padgaonkar, we did not get to meet her. She was apparently holidaying in the Haimalayas... only crazy people like us would holiday in the heat of rural Maharashtra in the middle of the summer heat. Her brother, Madan and Sandeep Sawant who works with Culture Aangan, the same NGO that Amrita is involved with were around and made sure we did not miss her. Culture Aangan supports the arts and crafts of Sindhudurg. We were glad we had planned for only one night there as the heat was too much
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