Blogs from Alibag, Maharashtra, India, Asia

Konkan - January - 2023 1: Alibaug/Nagaon, Janjira, Harihareshwar Konkan is not very common on the bucket list of most of the tourists especially those who are from outside Maharashtra. Konkan is the coastal region of Maharashtra, between Sahyadri ranges on one side and Arabian sea on the other, extending south of Mumbai up to Goa. Mythology says that Konkan is the land reclaimed from the sea by Lord Parshuram as he had donated everything that he had and had nowhere to go. Some say that Kerala is the land of Parshuram. Whatever, there are a lot of similarities between the ‘Konkan’ - ie between Mumbai and Goa, and Kerala - terrain wise. Idea of going to Konkan occurred to me after watching ‘Konkan tour’ by Harish Bali (a You-Tuber). Of course we did not do ... read more

For quiet few days, Nam has been talking about being to Alibaug.Agenda - Take their beloved Ashok kaka to Pali Devsthan & enjoy a family holiday.So when we got a office holidays worked out on office front, we executed what we have already planned. Worst plan was only both of us travelling & best plan was to have all..namely Vinayak, Mahesh, our Sasubai, Balakaka & Kaki.We settled for something inbetween.Previous day when Nam called up all of these folks,to check their availability,all confirmed except Balakaka who confirmed conditionally.He was travelling from Satara the previous day & while approaching Mumbai, he got stuck up, only to reach home very late that night.So he has withdraw. So on Christmas Day, December 25th, we left home around 10.30 pm.Thanks to our late arrival at home the previous day from ... read more

On the last weekend of February, Afshan and I decided to go to Alibag. Needed a break from the noise, crowd and pollution of Mumbai. Since we were not keen to traveling too far, we were looking at options close to Mumbai itself. After a lot of surfing and contemplation we finally short-listed on Alibag. It was a last minute plan and we decided to travel to Alibag even without reservations there. We knew we'd figure out something once we reached. Also none of the options of the internet looked too promising and we dint want to pay for something we dint like. Alibag is a coastal town and a municipal council in Raigad District in the Konkan region of Maharashtra. It is situated 35 km south of Mumbai and was developed in the 17th century ... read more

Ahhh finally I get decent website to write my view about this beach ... First trip to Kashid : Kashid beach is approx 130 kms from Mumbai ...Well this was the first time I went out with my friends on bike for a long trip ... you won't believe we made this plan @ 10 PM on Saturday night... We(myself, sid and Jinesh) had just decided that we are going for this plan .. we did not think about the time we are leaving, whether we would get accomodation or any other shit ... We waited for Nikhil @ mini seashore Vashi till 11.30 to join us since we had 2 bikes .... Journey started .. I must tell you the road to Alibaug is pretty fine .. but when it is dark it is wise ... read more