After wasting 3-4 hrs of day 1 (to know how did we manage to
waste our time click here), we were determined to be extra cautious for day 2 and planning started as
soon as we got room on day 1. So everything was set, when we would leave, what
next then what and so on.
So next day we started at 7:00 AM on a religious note and
visited the Ganapatipule temple. Temple is situated on Ganapatipune beach
itself and was on a walk-able distance from our room. It is Lord Ganesh’s temple
and it is believed some 400 years before, the Ganesh idol emerged from earth.
This temple is covered with hills from all around and people do parikrama as part of their pooja. But we avoided as it is a walk of
around 1 KM. Inside temple premises, one counter is for laddu prasad, and being a laddu
lover, we bought 5-6 packets which were sort of sufficient for 1 week of our sweet
appetite.
After temple visit, we were coming back to room when in
between there was some kind of exhibition going on and which was offering
breakfast also. We decided to have a walk inside and have some breakfast also.
That exhibition came out to be, I guess, an initiative by government which
offers a place to the nearby villagers to sell their product directly to people.
Stalls were having different options ranging from handicraft work, cashew nuts
of really high quality and as I said some stalls for morning breakfast also. We
bought cashew nuts , had breakfast of sambar-vada, and vada pav and chai and
reached our room.
After checking out, we started for Jaigad fort which was 14
KM far. You can take your vehicle right up to the gate of fort. Jaigad fort was
not in very good condition and apart from a boundary wall with wide attached
walking path, which, being on height, offers some scenic viewpoints, there was
nothing much to see. 5-6 staircases are there in entire boundary wall and you
can get on and off the walking path. From one side, Jaigad fort overlooks the
Arabian Sea and because Jaigad port is very nearby, from walking path you can
see the arrangements done by port for their day to day stuff. We make a
quick round of it and decided to turn back. Some pics of Jaigad fort and the view of port from fort.
Jaigad fort might not be as expected but the road to Jaigad
fort takes you through a village and that is very soothing to eyes with coconut
trees, mango trees in road side. Here in Ratnagiri area one can get mango trees
and wide spread mango groves all around. In northern part of India, we used to
see majorly Neem, Eucalyptus, Banyan,
Peepal trees on road side, but
Ratnagiri has mango trees all around even on road side government has planted
mango trees. While coming to Ratnagiri from Pune and also while returning from
Jaigad fort, we noticed many beautiful mango groves.
Ganapatipule beach we have covered on day one, but we found
at least 2 beaches en route to Jaigad. As these beaches were not very famous,
so less commercialized and less crowded also. We stopped at one of those and
spent some 1 hour there. This time I had decided to rest more on beach than
bathing. So I said completely NO to water, and after having some fruits and
snacks I stretched my legs and clicked some beautiful, while my husband and
friends went to water. Some pics of beach.
Happy Ghumakkadi :)
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