This is our First Trek as together. In Diwali vacation after term exam, we decided to go to the trek on Rajmachi. our first task is to grant permission for this trek from home and that we got easily but one of my friends knows that he will not get permission from home so, we told their parent as we are going to the farmhouse for one day stay.
Rajmachi is a small village situated in the Sahyadri mountain range of the Konkan region of Maharashtra. Rajmachi is famous for the historical fortress which has two fortified peaks — Shrivardhan and Manoranjan forts, located near two famous hills of Lonavala and Khandala
When we reach their there is a group of people with the guide doing sighting and we are resting aside. And suddenly we heard that guide tell them about tigers I was like what…. he was telling them that there were tigers which roam here and we listen that and then we are looking each other as we planned to stay there itself. but yar “voh sunke itni fatti ki ky batau ab ….”. we settled in the temple and we try to check the gate of the temple because of tigers. It was around 8 PM and me and my friend decided to go to the ubhe vadi (the village situated near base) to bring the the food which we order. while descending my friend hear some sound and tell me like “Adya payal ka aavaj aara hai andhere me kuch dikh nahi raha tha and waise bhi tiger ka sunke pehele se fatti thi ….” So I was like i didn’t hear anything and continue walking within a seconds he again told me again“ adya payal ka aavaj aara hai this time meri bhi fatti I was like bhai hum ye kaal disscuss karte hai abhi filal toh chal ….” and we reach ubhe vadi.
We give orders of food to one of the villagers and we reach there and the man told us please wait for some time he will bring the bhaji. and we are sitting outside his house. I asked that man as uncle is it safe to stay in temple for a night? he told us yes it is safe… then i asked him is it safe to stay in caves ? he again replyed yes it is safe… then i was like thank god but in back of my mind that tigers roaming over there is going continuously. so again i ask him “kaka voh tiger vagera ka kuch scence nahi na ?” his replied as “Nahi nahi kuch darneka nahi aaisa 2–3 baar mere samne se gaya hai……”. I looked at my friend and i was like “uncle majak kare ho ky safe safe bolke ….“ now we are scared because before coming for the trek I read about tigers are presents in this region and here everyone is talking about tiger I was like “ aaj raat lagne wali hai….”
Then we come back to the temple where we are staying. we had dinner and we close the door of the temple because we were scared and go to the sleep. by 3–4 am we woke up and went outside the temple and start looking at sky and the view of star is dam good ..”voh dekh ke tiger ka pura dar nikal gaya….” then we had born fire over there and early morning climb towords top of the shrivardhan to witness a beautiful sun rise. and seriously watching sun rise from any hill is giving peace , positivity to our mind and heart. then we did sightning of manoranjan and shrivardhan fort and decent towards ubhe vadi for breakfast . and we start walking back to lonavla. and by late afternoon we reach lonavla and from local we came back to pune with lots of memories.
