lonavla
instead of taking the 2 hr trip to bombay via NH4, this was a more pictureque route.
country roads, forests, rock formations, tel baila pics, sudhagad fort. not a bad road except 20 kms of gravel :-). if camping is on cards, mulshi lake is calling.
cloud 9 cafe
take right at this fork .. left takes you down to pawna lake via tungi, essar horticulture and javan village..
tea stall
turn right here. straight goes to sahara and ambavne village.
saltar dam
saltar dam and lake.. did boating here
telbaila phata
fork for telbaila village with a signboard, so u cant go wrong
telbaila village
camp site
ask the tea shop owner at village for this campsite
telbaila village
tel baila phata
taking a right turn here takes you to the twin peaks of tel baila
bhambarde village
pimpari dam
nice place to camp
valley point
lovely view of the gorge from here. nice spot to camp on, with a lake nearby
SH60
turnoff to lonavla on SH60 (connecting NH17 at kolad to pune via tamhini ghat, mulshi lake and paud)
tamhini ghat
NH17
entering NH17 (mumbai-goa) and 127 kms to mumbai from here.