Kalote Waterfalls, Karjat

A friends bday and  a plan for a trek the next day..with barely any sleep (cldnt get any due to the adrenaline and excitement) dat grips me bfre ma football matches, outing/trek, or any event that puts me in the driver’s seat... 

So here i was up n awake, leaving home with ma gal at around 5.40am on a cold,wet,rainy Sunday morning.. the plan was that everyone needed to assemble by 6.15am at Dadar Stn, knowing that we have alot of punctual (heavy sarcasm here) individuals in our group , including me at times..bt nly Amit being the one to turn up, as we had to catch the 7.03am fast bound train to Khopoli (which is after karjat)..we missed dat n hence had to wait until 7.53am for da next train (u see the time frame – huge gap)..so we treated ourselves to some vada/samosa-pav and chai, along with a small photo-shoot as well.. Frgt to mention it was 9 of us in total (6 guys n 3 gals)..so here the train arrives and within just 7sec it gets full, and dat too on a Sunday morning dint really expect dat though (hence, NEVER travel by train post 7am)..we somehw managd to catch seats for the women to sit and aftr awhile i got place myself to sit n relax,sm slept; we reached Karjat by 10am (aorund 2hrs journey)

We stocked on sm water, cold-drinks n ate at a small shop sme tasty n spicy Missal Pav, Poha , Kanda Bhajiya n Vada-Pav..n mind you dnt even think of drinking any water frm anywer bt a packed bottle pls.Once done here we caught the bridge to the east n den reached for the Tum-Tums parked outside , we had sm drivers rush to us, n as we told them Kalote Village, one said `200 (dats lyk `15/20 per head) decent enough ;we agreed, adjusted ourselves n wer on our way to the Village which was a kool 25min drive n a beautiful n scenic one dat too, so photo enthusiast keep your camera’s handy..On reaching we asked sm vilagers the route, there was a straight path to follow n it was a walk in the park till the waterfall, the most easiest iv done so far..on route we see some small streams n rivulets on the way n also reach a lake with sm Awesome Bunglow in the middle of it, connected by a metal bridge.. If your accompanying women along, there is a stretch dat deviates from the path that they can use to lighen themselves and have an Open –Air toilet dat comes to the resuce without prying eyes, hehehe(rather funny i mentioned this, but every women/gal faces this issue as its all open fields everywer,u just gotta find a gud spot n so the ladies are comfy as well while trekking n continue having a gud time)...

So we now reach the waterfall at last, lotsa ppl already having a gud tym njoyin and gettin beaten up by da fall, which i must tell u is pretty dirty, as some mud/silt n other stuffs are washed along with it as it flows down (jst a heads up)...so while i was njoyin takin pics n a video, 2 pals of mine went to the top of the falls, bfre goin on top i had to experience the flow of the fall, and as i sat under it, i felt whips of a 1000 nails hitting ma back n den ma head..i had to sit under it in breaks,hahaha..WoW!! dat was gud, now to reach on top, and we did just dat, now this section felt lyk a trek bt for lyk just 5min or so....so we grab a nice spot under sm trees to avoid the lashes of the rain, and explored the nearby area and also let ourselves on a mini waterfall which felt lyk heaven..no while returning back to the spot 2 of ma frnds (a gal n her byfrnd) had to xperience the force of nature n after losing grip were dragged wit the flow of the current, nly to be helped back in..it was defntly Scary n an Eye-Opener,  never to try smtin lyk dat again.. Just to xpress what i mean here is a small example of what actioned out at kalote, however in this video @ INDORE (Out of 5, just 2 Survived, n 2 Dead n 1 still mising) - http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=242344175784747&comments ..we gt them back in, the gal was bruised and in pain, the guy was calm n kool (which helped)..so we decided now to get down, bt stil the pain was there, so we waited, hd some amazing Cold-Cuts, with cheese n butter in a sandwich (it was tasty and the best lite and easy to carry around meal), add that with some Port Wine 1000 n u got a winner baby!!..so now after all this we headed back down all the 7 of us, oops i frgt to tell you the other 2 cldnt come in the water and hence waited down far from the fall, on a bridge..so we gave them the food and decided it was time to leave and call it a day, just bfre i went o take a nice Dump in the open,i Luv ma Mother Nature, hehehehe, lol

So we walked back n called the driver of the Tum-Tum and on the way stopped for sm chai n freshened up, got to the station for sm more waiting and tanx to sm blunders by the railways for interchanging the train schedules..bt nonetheless,we got into a train, gt place for everyone and i slept back on the ever-helpful shoulders of ma Beautifull Bunnyyyy..So we reached Dadar, exchanged Hugs, Kisses, bid adieu and planned for another outing, another day...How can we let Mother-Nature get away with such beautiful,green,luscious,rainy,wet n monsoon weather..so you will have more of me, until nxt tym CIAO!!!

Destination:  Malad>Dadar>Karjat>Kalote Village>Kalote Waterfalls

Time: 07.03am (Dont catch one after this, lotsa crowd to bear)

Level: Walk in the Park

Amt Spent Apprx: `150(travelling n Eating)

Carried: Food/Snacks/Port Wine/Water/a  T-Shirt/Hand-Towel /First Aid-Kit  (U can carry whatever u want, but alwys keep it lite, nothing unnecessary)

P.S – this is ma very 1^st blog, i may have not used the correct language/spelling out here, however being of the breed of the next-Generation n this is how ma SMS-short forms will take over ma blog.. So im open to feedback/Criticism and need guidance for all ma future thoughts, actions n plans your going to read about....