Tauli Trek

We went to Tauli on 31 Dec 2006. It was our first google earth trek. Meaning We pored over google earth to find the way, took print outs and found our way to the top. We had planned for a two day trek thinking we might get lost. But we found our way quickly. Its like 10 rs bus ticket from my house, but its was awesome. People walk up to Haji Malang, but almost nobody goes ahead to Tauli. I remember as a child, being told that there was a dense dark jungle ahead of Malangad. Looks like all those sticks the piligrims carry home were a part of that jungle. Its sparse now, like all the jungles on Sahyadris. Ajit, Masture, Ravi and Me. We met a guy called Chand on the way, who stays near a waterfall and serves jaggery tea and medicine to people going up to Tauli. On the top near Dadi Ma's Kabar lives a group of guys (Rambhau and another one) whose houses are built like they have been in 16th Century. The view of the Chanderi, Badlapur hills range is breath taking. There have been many landslides to remind you of the destructive power of nature, giving you a peek into the kind of processes that have shaped these mountains. The only sad part was the dense air pollution due to the brick kilns. Ya, I took these pics.