INTRODUCTION
Bhivgad is also know as bheemgad Fort, it is like 7.4 Km from karjat station. Vadap is the base village.It is an Very Easy Grade Level Trek ,Fort stands at 800 Feet high.There is not much info available of this Fort on net, neither there are any fortification.To reach Summit it will take you around 5o Minute to 1 Hour.
Village
One will encounter More kids in the village than Adults. What i noticed was Girls washing clothes and picking up vessel while boys playing games with coins early morning.
There is also a Waterfall nearby if one want to enjoy it, i am not a big fan of waterfall specially during weekends time where People get drunk,play loud music and dance,they turned that in to resort.Recently one of the Man died in Mahuli waterfall where he was copying stunt which was inspired by bahubali movie, i mean seriouly damn!
Journey
On Sunday 16th July 2017, Me and Vikrant met near Azad nagar Stop around 5:50 am, Vishesh was supposed to board metro from versova and he was late by couple minute, the reason he was late was because that guy hopped straight in to Medical Shop purchasing Vitamin Tablet since it was his first trek.Finally he boarded the metro, the same metro we boarded from Azad nagar at 6:15 am, the ticket costed us 70 Rs per person return ticket. By the time we Reached Ghatkopar, 6:35 am Train left in front of us, however we purchased karjat Return ticket which costed us 40 Rs per person.In that mean Time we eat Idli and Vada which costed us 30 Rs per person.
In that mean time we discussed like how one of the guy who studied with us in our school time did a suicide recently, i mean he was going through a lot - Various Bike accident, Girl Friend Issue, Drugs Abuse and many more you name it.I still Remember Getting my Ass whooped by this guy in 4th grade, during my childhood day i barely picked hand on anyone so it was obvious.Anyway life is too beautiful to give up your life but i am not here to criticize anyone since i don't know what this people go through, i have never been on that side.
Finally we boarded 7:14 am Karjat train, second class was crowded like crazy so we boarded 1st class as Vishesh said ''Don't worry i got Big connection if we get caught by TC''.We reached Karjat Till 8:41 am.One need to take a walk to shri ram Pul from Station which will take you around 7-8 Minute.From there we asked Rickshawala about fare to vadap he quoted 150 Rs total, somehow we negotiated and got it down to 130 Rs Total.
In 20 minute or So we reached Vadap, the way go through Gali from village ,there are arrows and also villagers are helpful.
One will Encounter Temple on the left however one need to walk straight as you can see in those above waterfall pic, Left hill to the waterfall is bheemgad, it is easy to recognize as you can see flag on the top.On the way two small local kids who were brothers accompanied us, Vikrant had wireless bluetooth speaker switched On - playing Old Bollywood and 90's Pop songs.
Trail turned in to small water stream during monsoon, now it was raining moderately.In 35 minute or So we reached the point where there was a board which showed direction - Right one go to the dhak bhairi and left one to bheemgad.
On the way be little Careful with algae, it gets slippery neither there is nothing to Worry about.After 10 minute or so, we reached the top.On the top we met 2 men who were descending they too were from andheri west.
Tales Of the two Kids
Since it is a small hill, these two kids trek everyday to enjoy the scenic view.When we asked them about their age, they were little confused ,that's how it is in country side.They were not even aware about which grade they were studying. There are resorts and Mansion but no descent school in the village.I asked them about which sports they play? they said ''Cricket near Temple''.
We shared snacks with them, i could literally see happiness on their Faces, at that time these two brothers were Looking at each other smiling while eating. To the max they descend hills by 5 Pm.There was moderate Rain every now and then, every time it rained they used to hide under umbrella with us and sometimes under windcheater.
I could see little hiphop in Bigbrother, the way he was moving and dancing.So we gifted them cap that we had with us.
Scenic View
Scenic view bheemgad offered was beautiful enough after looking at height it stands at.One can view Waterfall, Bhimashankar range which includes many notable mountains and also temple from the top
After resting for couple minute, we started descending and got down at base in 30 minute or so, we said goodbye to two kids and gave them little money, we walked for couple minute then we took rickshaw till karjat station which costed us 100 Rs in total,frequency of rickshaw and tumtum is very high specially during weekend times then we boarded train from karjat station, we sat in the 1st class instead of 2nd class as it was crowded and as vishesh said he got connection.
We were happily taking a nap in 1st class, few station passed by and guess What? TC entered the train, we had our heart in our mouth at shelu station, we were giving a tense look at each other and vishesh was like i only got connection in mumbai only.At vangani station TC checked our ticket which was 2nd class one and told us '' per person will be charged 350 Rs'' we told him we will halt at Next station then he replied ''that he is going to do that anyway,now take out the Fine'' Somehow we negotiated and got the charge down till 120 Rs per person, at next station which was badlapur we got down and boarded 2nd class which was crowded as hell.We reached ghatkopar till 3:45 pm and then metro till our stop.I got down at Azad nagar stop,i was home till 4:20 Pm.
Our expense
Snacks and Breakfast charge - 40 Rs per person
Travelling Charge - 185 Rs per person
TC charge/Fine - 120 Rs per person
Bhivgad is also know as bheemgad Fort, it is like 7.4 Km from karjat station. Vadap is the base village.It is an Very Easy Grade Level Trek ,Fort stands at 800 Feet high.There is not much info available of this Fort on net, neither there are any fortification.To reach Summit it will take you around 5o Minute to 1 Hour.
Village
One will encounter More kids in the village than Adults. What i noticed was Girls washing clothes and picking up vessel while boys playing games with coins early morning.
There is also a Waterfall nearby if one want to enjoy it, i am not a big fan of waterfall specially during weekends time where People get drunk,play loud music and dance,they turned that in to resort.Recently one of the Man died in Mahuli waterfall where he was copying stunt which was inspired by bahubali movie, i mean seriouly damn!
Journey
On Sunday 16th July 2017, Me and Vikrant met near Azad nagar Stop around 5:50 am, Vishesh was supposed to board metro from versova and he was late by couple minute, the reason he was late was because that guy hopped straight in to Medical Shop purchasing Vitamin Tablet since it was his first trek.Finally he boarded the metro, the same metro we boarded from Azad nagar at 6:15 am, the ticket costed us 70 Rs per person return ticket. By the time we Reached Ghatkopar, 6:35 am Train left in front of us, however we purchased karjat Return ticket which costed us 40 Rs per person.In that mean Time we eat Idli and Vada which costed us 30 Rs per person.
In that mean time we discussed like how one of the guy who studied with us in our school time did a suicide recently, i mean he was going through a lot - Various Bike accident, Girl Friend Issue, Drugs Abuse and many more you name it.I still Remember Getting my Ass whooped by this guy in 4th grade, during my childhood day i barely picked hand on anyone so it was obvious.Anyway life is too beautiful to give up your life but i am not here to criticize anyone since i don't know what this people go through, i have never been on that side.
Finally we boarded 7:14 am Karjat train, second class was crowded like crazy so we boarded 1st class as Vishesh said ''Don't worry i got Big connection if we get caught by TC''.We reached Karjat Till 8:41 am.One need to take a walk to shri ram Pul from Station which will take you around 7-8 Minute.From there we asked Rickshawala about fare to vadap he quoted 150 Rs total, somehow we negotiated and got it down to 130 Rs Total.
In 20 minute or So we reached Vadap, the way go through Gali from village ,there are arrows and also villagers are helpful.
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| Reminded me of malgudi days |
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| Vikrant, Way to Fort |
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| Temple |
Trail turned in to small water stream during monsoon, now it was raining moderately.In 35 minute or So we reached the point where there was a board which showed direction - Right one go to the dhak bhairi and left one to bheemgad.
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| Right Dhak Bhairi,Left Bhimgad |
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| Vishesh with Two Kids |
Tales Of the two Kids
Since it is a small hill, these two kids trek everyday to enjoy the scenic view.When we asked them about their age, they were little confused ,that's how it is in country side.They were not even aware about which grade they were studying. There are resorts and Mansion but no descent school in the village.I asked them about which sports they play? they said ''Cricket near Temple''.
We shared snacks with them, i could literally see happiness on their Faces, at that time these two brothers were Looking at each other smiling while eating. To the max they descend hills by 5 Pm.There was moderate Rain every now and then, every time it rained they used to hide under umbrella with us and sometimes under windcheater.
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| Bigbrother with small Brother |
I could see little hiphop in Bigbrother, the way he was moving and dancing.So we gifted them cap that we had with us.
Scenic View
Scenic view bheemgad offered was beautiful enough after looking at height it stands at.One can view Waterfall, Bhimashankar range which includes many notable mountains and also temple from the top
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| View from the top |
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| Waterfall |
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| Bhimashankar Range |
We were happily taking a nap in 1st class, few station passed by and guess What? TC entered the train, we had our heart in our mouth at shelu station, we were giving a tense look at each other and vishesh was like i only got connection in mumbai only.At vangani station TC checked our ticket which was 2nd class one and told us '' per person will be charged 350 Rs'' we told him we will halt at Next station then he replied ''that he is going to do that anyway,now take out the Fine'' Somehow we negotiated and got the charge down till 120 Rs per person, at next station which was badlapur we got down and boarded 2nd class which was crowded as hell.We reached ghatkopar till 3:45 pm and then metro till our stop.I got down at Azad nagar stop,i was home till 4:20 Pm.
Our expense
Snacks and Breakfast charge - 40 Rs per person
Travelling Charge - 185 Rs per person
TC charge/Fine - 120 Rs per person
