Lohegad Fort-An amazing refresher!!

On the day of our mid-term Accounting exam,few of us excited thought of going somewhere for a relief.We headed towards the Silver beach and made a plan to go on for trekking outside Mumbai.
After coming from Akash's bday,we decided to meet at 4:15am the next day.As it was so early so none of us slept and we 8 soldiers-Manish,Tejas,Nipun,Anuj,Akash,Bhavya,Abhishek and me headed to conquer the Lohegad fort.Manish was dressed in 'Shikari outfits', bas bandook ki kami thi.:D
Bachon ka dedication to dekho..bina soye,khaye peeye chale ghoomne,agar yehi padne ko bola hota to sabse pehle neend aati :D

We boarded the train at 5:40 am and reached Lonavala at 8am.Since none of us slept so tried to sleep in the train,but since general dabba is always crowded..so :(
We reached the base camp at around 8:30 am and after having that "Damn Costly and Bakwas" breakfast started our journey.The wonderful waterfall welcomed us along with a guide(free of cost)who has helped us reach the summit and come back safely..guess who??-A DOG

We all actually kept on asking Tejas,kaunse hill pe jana hai..but he said pata nahi dekhte hain..and we kept on moving for hours.The scenic beauty on our way was amazing and we couldn't believe that some place near Mumbai could be so beautiful.

With little showers now and then and highly slippery route,we reached our second base camp-'Baba Hotel'.Tejas went inside to search the old guard ghost for water but no one inside :)..hence need to move on...
To our wonder, we were still discovering the hill and me yelling multiple times-"wapis chalte hain..bahut dekh liya" but the same response-"ane wala hai..chal nah"

On our third base camp, we saw a small dhaba..a huge relief..had neembu pani and went ahead for the final trek.
On our way,we saw many new things-Vikram Betal tree,Red colored Frog,Small and big earthworms and some creatures jo nahi pata the mujhe.
The stair case was damn slippery.But still we took innumerable poses and lots of fun.
We reached the summit and saw the beautiful lake,Lonavala,a mosque and many other places.The air was blowing so much that we can hear the sound of blow.Finally on the top,saw big snake holes and making our way safely out of that reached the edge of the hill.We all were amazed to see the architecture of the fort.
While returning back-4 soldiers enjoyed the waterfall and when we turned back, we were astonished to see that we went this up to conquer the fort.Then Tejas told that it is 3400 ft high.Agar pehle bataya hota to kabhi nahi ja pate :)
Thanks to Abhishek,the primary motivation factor who everytime running up and waiting for us to come and the dog who ensured that we come back safely.
In short the trip was amazing.After coming to Mumbai, it has been a month haven't seen anything apart from the very near and famous 'Juhu Beach'.Now I have one place more in my kitty :)
I will keep these memory to cherish in my entire life as life couldn't be more fun than this.