AnandaValley

One day picnic spot - near pune (51 kms)
Best time to visit: any time during monsoons/winters
Best suitable for bigger groups (atleast 10-15 ppl)
For more information and directions visit http://www.anandavalley.com/
On 23rd July'08 we started 7.40 am from our office (TIBCO Pune http://www.tibco.com/) reached AnandaValley around 9.30 am. Immediately we had nice breakfast (Kanda-Pohe + Upama + shev + chat-masala + tea + cofffe + Russ).

We then started our small eco-tour + hiking.

Best part of this eco-tour was mulberry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulberry (marathi: तुतु , तुती ) we had on the way.






while hiking we had more fun - some dialogues from marathi movie Valu + few ppl named durkya, forest, documantary-Apan-samppatrao :-)).

we ( had lotsa water before :-) ) played some cricket, vollyball, carrom, chess.

mauja-hi-mauja- rain dance :

snacks - small batate-wada + mirchi + tea - was desparate need after rain dance

It was around 7.30 when we finished all our activites and were headed back to pune.As AnandaVally serves only veg-food, we planned to stop at some veg-nonveg dhaba on the way back .

We had lotsa problem while searching for dhaba near chakan (someone suggested Rajratna, but was like resturant + too much crowded). There are plenty veg dhabas (vedant - looks good from outside). And finally we got place near Moshi -वा ! दाजिबा (took hr or so to serve dinner) !!

And thats the end - we reached pune around 10.30-11 pm.