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Jetal & Ronak's Travel Diary

It was a long wait for a trek but worth it. Last we went on trek was during Monsoon season in 2005 to Naneghat. In 2006 due to 26/7 (heavy rains in Mumbai) we decided to stay away from trekking. A few cousins were supposed to join us but they backed out at the last moment. Nevertheless we were determined to do the trek all alone. I had read about trekking at Peth fort in Trekking holidays in India (A guide by Outlook traveler – book is def. Worth the money Rs. 225. – in fact all the Outlook traveler guides are worth their money) & also done a bit of research on the net. We set off for the trek on Saturday evening, as we did not want to wake up at 4 or 5 in the morning to catch the first Karjat local. We went to V.T. station to catch a local to Panvel & from there took a rickshaw to Jai hill resort (at Chowk Phata – on the Panvel – Khopoli road). Our experience at Jai hill was very bad as we were offered a very ordinary room (a dingy room) with very dirty toilets. It definitely spoiled our mood. Still we managed to pass the night in the company of mosquitoes & other insects & early morning we left the resort. We took a rickshaw to Karjat station & then the same rickshaw dropped us at a bridge from where we could get another rickshaw to Ambivali village (base of the trek). There we met a group of 5; boys & girls who were also heading towards the Peth fort. They were waiting for a ST bus, which would drop them to Ambivali village. We somehow managed to convince them to share the rickshaw with us. The driver agreed to take all of us at a fare of Rs. 250. So we started our journey at around 8.30 am. In around 45 minutes time we were there at the base of the fort. A small eatery named hotel kotaligad run by Ganesh Sawant is located at the start of the trek. This is the last point where you will find packaged bottled water. It was around 9.30 am, we started our trek towards Peth fort. There is marked road till the Peth village, which is almost at the half way mark.

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