Finally on 1st July we were officially introduced to the college management, the Trustees,the Faculties and so the Induction programme commenced...there was a Tree Plantation Programme. The concept being that we were told before plating tree was that - you have to nurture you tree as you take care of your self. The concept touched me .... How different can people think ....
The place around was superb.. As far you can see , you will see only greenery and beautiful Hills of Matheran....after staying in crowded Mumbai and suddenly you are here where u cant see any tall buildings , no nice of honking vehicles, not traffic, the most importantly Nature favors you... what else can you want to be at a place and study, the perfect place for everything...
Well days went by and we were anxiously waiting for the Trek to Matheran that was part of our first Learning By Doing(LBD) concept... So on 5th July we were ready at 7.00am. Everyone was soo thrilled that even the tasteless Breakfast didn't bother anyone.. we got in the cab that was waiting for us in the campus... just before getting in the cab i took a look at the mountains which is directly visbile from our campus.. what a perfect weather it was drizzling rains, wet roads and again the lush greenery all all around.. we got to Dahasturi Naka the place where the cab left us... everyone was totally enjoying the beauty of nature as well as the fun of being on a trek on this rainy day..
it was just 8.00 and the groups in which we were split for some activity had started walking ahead.... My group was the last to move.. so we began with our favorite past time "Photo Session"
we had to reach Matheran Station in half an hour... by 10 we were there.... another photo session and we got instructions from our faculties to go to the Echo Point which was another 1hr walk from the place we were....
so in groups we starting walking towards Echo point
on the way we saw the most beautiful scenery, it was raining by now ... we were all wet but were still enjoying it throughly....
Echo point was an excotic, fantastic one.. I really fall short of words to describe the beauty that i saw there....
i was fully covered with fog. the uncountable big and samll water falls.. the mountains covered with dew dripped grass... oh! man what a place......
as it was echo pint everyone tried to echo their voices.. bt all in vain as the valley was covered with fog and to top it all it was raining... but it was a spledid thing to be...
From there we had another point to go called The Luisa Point..
walking walking here we come.. sometimes stumbling upon rocks sometimes escaping the horse that pass by... at a point there we saw a small stream .. at that point ity stricked me to do something dreative.. we stepped in the stream with our left foot in the circular form.. and there went the pic BRANDED FOOTSTEPS i call it.
we walked and walked for another hour to reach th4 most beautiful place i have ever witnessed.
the whole valley could be seen .. it was then i realised that we were just opposite to the echo point .. we had travlled a semicircular path.... from here on one side was the thane Region which was hardly visible on the other side was the Waterfalls (couldnt count how many they were).
after nicely and peacefully sinking the beauty of environment we played a game called the Famous Tug Of War.
after that all of us came back to the point we had started from to do buy some Chikkis whch is quite famous there and then the Lunch was served.. hot hot Chapattis with Paneer Tikka and yummy Kheer... oh how Tasty lunch.....
we returned to the taxi stand by walking down through the railway line ( it is closed during the rains no trains pass ) and then totally filled with the thrill, we headed back to college...... :) :) :)
i would suggest that every one atleast once should come to this heaven on earth... for adventure as well as total Dhamaal...
