Thursday, 15 November 2012

Stay Option...

You can find many options for stay, budget as well as luxury options. You just have to plan 4-5 days before the journey. In our case we planned a day before the journey, we tried all big names in kashid but all were running out of room as it was a festive season, finally we got a guest house named Shree Savli Guest House owned by a local DIVEKAR family. Deal was fixed for 1800 Rs/ day but no payment was made because it was a saturday for a room which has bed, TV with D2H connection and washroom. I had a feel that I am paying big amount for a basic guest house with no luxury. Here comes a twist, as we reached Kashid it was already 9 PM, village was deep slept in dark. I previously visited Kashid so that I identified the beach although there was no single street light, otherwise anyone can miss the village. I called the only number I had of the guest house and I heard 'THE NUMBER YOU ARE CALLING IS NOT REACHABLE'. It was a great shock for me, immediately we found a small homestay called PICNIC Resort which was very near to beach but was a complete mess. Now the deal got fixed for a lesser amount, I was about to pay the advance when I got a call from the guest house I booked before.Now I was aware of the actual rates there for stay. Here begins the negotiation. After 2-3 minutes of negotiation we saved about 40% and moved to Shree Savli Guest House which was not very near to beach but was very clean and really a nice place to stay as a budget option. Food was excellent if you love homelike food. 
If you go for this option I would suggest you to contact the owner directly and negotiate(9226238448). Posting some images of the guest house.














Pune to Kashid Road Map


If you are travelling from Pune then this blog can become a decision maker for you. We had a plan to start our journey at about 1 PM but we finally made it to start at bout 3 PM. You can follow following 2 routes, both routes are about 171-175 KMs from pune.

1. Chandni Chowk - Paud - Mulshi -Tamhini - Kolad - Roha - Chanera - Phansad -Supegaon - Nandgaon - Kashid
This route is full of scenic beauty, nice green top everywhere , you will be travelling parallel to Mula river which makes you feel like heaven. This route is not preferred during summer. A big *BUT* for this route :D, the road is nowhere stands for travelling more then 50+KMs, you have to find roads between path-holes. We made a blunder to opt this route and end up travelling about 6 Hours to reach kashid. The journey was pathetic. We reached kashid at  9 PM.
If you have no time constraints then you can follow this route.

2. Pune – Khopoli – Pen – Alibag – Kashid

This route is faster than the first one, roads are good, not as beautiful as of first route, but I will advise you to go for this route which we decided for our return journey and we realized our wise decision later.


Wednesday, 14 November 2012

About Kashid....

KASHID, one of the finest beach in Konkan. I like most about kashid is its cleanliness where everyone enjoys. Kashid is still an untouched beach so you won't find much of crowd there.You can enjoy water sports such as sea scooter, rafting & banana ride. It is a white sand beach unlike all other beaches near by e.g. Alibagh which makes far better than other.