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
at 14kmtake right at this fork .. left takes you down to pawna lake via tungi, essar horticulture and javan village..
tea stall
at 20kmturn right here. straight goes to sahara and ambavne village.
saltar dam
at 26kmsaltar dam and lake.. did boating here
telbaila phata
at 28kmfork for telbaila village with a signboard, so u cant go wrong
telbaila village
at 31kmcamp site
at 32kmask the tea shop owner at village for this campsite
telbaila village
at 34kmtel baila phata
at 36kmtaking a right turn here takes you to the twin peaks of tel baila
bhambarde village
at 40kmpimpari dam
at 52kmnice place to camp
valley point
at 52kmlovely view of the gorge from here. nice spot to camp on, with a lake nearby
SH60
at 55kmturnoff to lonavla on SH60 (connecting NH17 at kolad to pune via tamhini ghat, mulshi lake and paud)
tamhini ghat
at 70kmNH17
at 100kmentering NH17 (mumbai-goa) and 127 kms to mumbai from here.