12 in midnight, eyes about to catch sleep n "BEEP..." my cell lit up.
Another msg4m vibha asking me2join tunareshwar picnic; this time with NEW IMPROVED KILLER line
"kal 8 ke 8 ja sakte hei,pata nahi future mei fir kabhi chance milega"
...aaand my oppose to an adventure less picnic melted away.
"Next morning 8.30am dadar station." vibha's last msg yday night. As usual I reached just 10min late than
nikhil's standard time! So punctual i am
(REF:
nikhil's standard time =actual time + 30min)
haha...
Finally all of the 8 WIERDOS had united for 'THE' picnic, awaited over 2years!
At the station itself we started taking photo. public was staring up as if we were some JAPANESE tourists! :p
Took train to vasai which is 1hr travel from dadar.Train was crowded enough so, we couldn’t do much of our regular non sense tricks!
Lucky crowd...
:-))
it was almost 11am when we got down at vasai.Sun was harsh, no sign of single cloud in the sky.Wow..Its gonna be a nice TANNING TRIP!
Got our hungry stomachs Filled at 'Tungareshwar fast food' near the station. Food was nice & shopkeeper was smart!
(before we could sneak out clean, he realized that he forgot to charge for 1extra lassi)
daaam it!
Sun was so much that we all drenched in sweat while walking till bus stand.
"What stupid plan is this, so much time waste, such a loose planning..." i was cursing every one.But other 7 folks completely familiar to my usual 'kit-kit pit-pit' kept cool...
To pass time i did everything from padmasana to shavasana on 3 horizontal bars of the bus stop!
Finally, A photo session... A bus change... 20min journey, and we got down at sativali;village at 2km from base of 'tunga'.
(doesnt Tunga sound sweet?? Courtesy: manny)
Ok,reader now hold your breath!
The 2km journey was a circus performance Starring
_ a/1/one/single riksha
_8 kanjus miser WIERDOS(myself being the king miser)
_a happy rikshawala (ready to screw his riksha,which was probally a hired one.)
_ a/1/one/single passenger who had no problem traveling with us.
Me n manny smartly caught the seat in front. Its always better to sit on a quarter seat than to carry 50kg in your lap!
:)
despite of this mammoth load, the riksha ran at its regular speed.
Ride was bumpy. At bump,riksha would knock and the knocking sound would be followed by robin's "AAAUCH".Thanks to 65kg weight in his lap!
Haha...
Finally we reached tunga base.
See this is what you call a WIN WIN situation.
We just paid 5rp per head n had a great ride, the riksha wala got 40rp in just one trip.
:p
(Still feel pity for the poor vehicle!)
tunga comes under protected forest zone. we got down from the rik. Inhaling that cool, pollution free air was very refreshing. And i think clouds had heard our prayers. They had covered the sun nicely, making the atmosphere very very cool and soothing.
It was 1 in the noon, we started walking. Trail passed through tall forest. Dense tall trees covering the trail.Wonderful bird chirps.
A very small river welcomed us. There was a narrow bridge built over it. but we preferred crossing it through water. Needless to say, it called for another photo shoot!
:) 
there were to tapori looking guys sitting on the other side observing us. And by now everybody had noticed that they were following us since we got down from rik. So although not afraid ,we were cautious. The trail was extremely beautiful, but in some corner of mind, every one was thinking about those two. At one turning, Again we heard grouped voices at our back. Our brave girls immediately picked up handful of stones just in case!
:-
hussh, it was some other group coming. Since then we never saw those guys.
Another water stream was waiting for us.
” my Goldfishes will love this place!" said manny.
Nice cool knee deep water. 
U must have guessed, what it calls for?
"YES", photo shoot!
This is the only problem with digital photography. One really stops thinking before taking photos.(including myself!)
now me and nanny were in front. The degree of the trail had increased. Also Sun was out.So everybody's walking speeds lowered. Me and manny stopped when, we heard pumba calling us ,and every one nicely settling their bums down the slope. The for water break! There also sumi,nishi and robin began with another...
we again started climbing. A small water stream was crossing road,and flowing down the hill.A small water fall had formed. Place was slippery and robin made his début!
:-)
we heard a "dhupp" sound, and next moment, robin was pampering his hurt bum.
Saved by few feet. Otherwise he was surely to be found down the hill tumbling with the waterfall...
10mins walk and we reached the tunga...
No no,the tungareshvar temple. 
Temple is very beautiful. Because of the marble flooring, inside is much cooler. In the dark silence of the GABHARA one can hear the calm sound of the neighboring water stream.And in this enchanting surrounding, head bows at the lord shiva's idol.
I noticed few sadhu's sitting in the temple with some kinda small stensils of with designs of OM,a shiva's snake.With those,they would make a holi design on person's forehead.I had a sudden urge of getting that design done. So i sat infront of him. He was whispering some chants; he made the design on my forehead. That touch felt very cool...
After relaxig for a while,we left the temple and took took the stairway on a neighbouring hill.Just 5 min 
of climb and we were at the holi cistern! Mountain Water flows into it through a stone carved GOMUKH.Actually this is a place where one can take holi bath before going to temple.But never mind,we took it after ter visit.Other hesitated a bit,but i being totally Hydro philic,enjoyed the pla to fullest!
Wooosh.....
The refreshing cold water bath had amplifide the signals from empty stomach. And the aroma from the opened tiffins,spreaded in the air.
As usual i had not brought any food !
Totally parasitic category :-)
my kind pals,wont u feed this ever hungry baby?)
:p
nishita had brought the special south Indian curry.!
Oh boy someday i would like to swim in that!
Stomachs were pack, so few of us made an unsuccessful attempt to take a nap!
Haha ...Thank you jungle mosquitos
"A PERFECT PICTURE DOESNT COME SO EASY" IT TAKES HRS OF SET UP!!
AUR KISKO SHENDI LAGANA BHI BAHUT DIFFICULT HOTA HEI... :-
! 
Now it was time for a group photo. Places changed with every click. Only common thing was the bond of friendship,expressed through the joyful faces.
(Surprisingly an antelope named suman also joined our group photo!)
4 pm we started the the back home. The earlier was better, as we had spotted some TP areas to spend lots of time.
Descend was obviously much faster than ascend, and in no time we reached that beautiful water 
stream. Nice water and cool tree shade. What else one needs for an hour long halt..
Had lotsa fun in the water. Best part was, almost everybody, including hydro phobic members had joined in!
Shiny sunrays were leaning horizontal.5:30 pm. And we had long journey to go.
Everybody bought speed and at6pm we were at sativli. Coincidently meeting the same rikshawala!
We were about to say "whaaat a nice picnic.." butt these words were gulped when we saw heavy traffic jam non the road. Vehicles were stuck over2hrs,said the villagers.
Oh my god situation.
Only the happy potter's knight but could have taken us home...
So i suggested that we better start walking out way. Ahead We might get some transportation where traffic is moving. All agreed and the march started. Girls were terry tensed by the thought of getting late. After walking a mile, we noticed the traffic there was little bit in motion.
"try for lift ???", i asked pumba. She agreed. We spotted a single manned tata safari! To increase the chances of getting lift just3girls went ahead. And to our surprise, the vehicle took a swift turn, and Halted!
Wow, it was a 2.4 ltr, turbo intercooled,4x4 tata safari dicor!
All 8 easily got in. Half hour sweaty walk in traffic and now speeding to vasai in a superb AC vehicle... Truly unbelievable!
All thanks to mr.Dilip za ,the kind vehicle owner!
Just half hour drive and we reached vasai station. From bottom of heart everybody thanked dilip for the lift...
We were perfectly on time for the vasai-diva shuttle train!
Since morning all the things had fallen perfectly at the place...
All 8 again may or may not get chance for a picnic together, but am sure today's picnic memories will be cherish able for ever...
