Blogs from Maharashtra, India, Asia - page 13

This trip to India, was not like any other trip I have ever done for two reasons. One, I was not with Chris, and two, it was for work. To get to Pune, I flew Cairns to Brisbane, Brisbane to Singapore, Singapore to Mumbai, then a 3 hour drive from Mumbai to Pune. Most of the flights was with Singapore Airlines which was pretty comfy and I love airplane food! I love the little compartments and little drink cups. I also really like Singapore Airport. It's the prettiest and most fun airport I've been in, but this time my stop over was only 1 hr. I think from door to door my trip was about 25 hours ... needless to say ... it was a long trip. Pune is 560m above sea level so it's not ... read more

I am not a big fan of Chinese Food, but yesterday I was bored of routine food...wanted to try something new. So I asked Rahul if we can have Chinese for Dinner today. Rahul hates Chinese food, but he somehow agreed to go. Shraddha, my teammate who is big fan of Chinese had suggested me to try Sudit Su. So we left from home walking towards dahanukar colony. Suditsu is a decent place for having Chinese food… It is located at starting of lane 3 in dahanukar Colony, Kothrud. It’s a simple outdoor seating place with no ambiance and facilities. The seating is of simple tables and plastic chairs. Food is amazing, yet hygienic. Taste is very nice…and not just artificial flavors or coloring. Service is also fine, much better than expected from a Street Food ... read more

Tranquil Weekend Road Trip to Dive Agar from Pune Synopsis of Dive Agar: (Source: Wikipedia) Diveagar (Dive Agar) is a locale in Shrivardhan Taluka, Raigad district in the Indian state of Maharashtra, approximately 170 kilometres south of Mumbai. The area includes a fishing settlement, a beach, a temple, local businesses engaged in coconut and bettle nut tree farming, and some resort businesses such as restaurants, cottage rentals and motels, and six villages (from north to south): Velās, Musalmāndi, Agar Panchaitan, Diveagar, Borlai Panchaitan, and Kārle. The golden (suvarna) ganesh murti (idol) of Diveagar Ganpati temple was allegedly stolen by thieves on 25 March 2012. The murthi was later allegedly melted. The golden idol weighed 8.0 kg. The thieves before taking away the golden idol killed the two watchmen who guarded the temple. The idol has since ... read more

Well today turned out to contain more than we bargained for! We asked the hotel concierge to get us a taxi to go to Lower Parel for no other reason than I had read it supposedly has 'little plazas of activity in one of most up and coming areas of Mumbai. The former cotton mill exported to England...and is now transformed to a relaxed and trendy development'. I should have stopped when the first concierge we asked had never heard of it! But a more experienced one said yes he would get a taxi and it would cost 600 Rupees ...so off we went. An hour later we were still crawling through honking traffic when the driver told us it would cost 80 rupees to go over the Ravi Gandhi sea bridge...which was actually quite a ... read more

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