Young Forever..

Let’s dance in style, let’s dance for a while

Heaven can wait, we are only watching skies

Hoping for the best, but expecting worst

Are you gonna drop the bomb or not?

Let us die young or live forever

We don’t have the power but we never say never

Sitting in a sand pit, life’s a short trip

The music for a sad man

Forever young, I wanna be forever young

Do you really want to live forever , forever and ever?

Forever young, I wanna be forever young

Do you really want to live forever , forever and ever?

Who doesn’t want to live forever young? Watching this video on VH1 sung by Jay-z feat Mr.Hudson made me think to live forever young. The young blood flowing through your veins in the age of 20 is more gushing and takes along with itself all the joys and sorrows with it. The blood gets roughed up easily with the thick walls of our veins and flows vibrantly. The blood flowing at the age of 40 has thick dirt on its wall and roughing up against the thick walls causes more pain than in the age of 20.

The craziness, the energy, the enthusiasm, the will to try new things is experienced by all of us only at young age. Once this golden period is gone with the wind, the routing bore schedule of adulthood starts which takes away the desire to try new things. Being young gives you freedom to try new things which your elders have never tried.

Failure at a very young age can pinch you more than the teacher who used to take it in school. You will 

stumble along an untraded path many a time but that is a learning curve for you. Failures make you wonder about all the hardships you have taken and still you are a ground zero. Digesting a failure and coming across a new idea is more palatable at young age. But after we go in adulthood, is it possible?

Responsibilities grow as the age progresses. We don’t have time to think about ourselves. We are cared what the world is doing and try to follow the world.

Running down the street of your neighbourhood at a very young age with joy overflowing over a small reason to make you happy arouses curiosity among neighbours. Try this now. Neighbours will be ready to dial 102 to take you to mental asylum.

Life changes so quickly in a matter of years.

Live it!  

   

     

Trek to Tunga fort

They call it ‘tunga ’, ‘tung’, ‘tungi’ killa causing confusion between us and the locals between us and the locals but i have to say that I had an awesome experience while trekking the Tunga fort.

Traveling by ‘Indaryani’ express train and tasting the immortal Karjat’s ‘Vada-pav’ is a must do on a trekkers list while going from Mumbai to Lonavala. They taste really good in the rainy season. Get down at Lonavala and catch the state transport bus to Bhambarde. The bus takes you through cloud kissed roads with a deep valley on one side. The mist makes you feel as if you are on a plane to Heaven. On the way you will INS ‘Shivaji’ and a Tata dam. Get down at a tiny chowk named as Ghusalkhamb and take a left turn to start the trek.

Walk the 7 kilometers paved village road to Tungvadi. Always, keep trying to get a lift from vehicles going on the way. Though the vehicles are few you must always try your luck. On the way you will see sylvan surroundings and you can easily pass the time by admiring the nature around you. Just before the start of Tungvadi you will see Tunga Killa. A tapering mountain facing south, you will have to take a left turn from the road. Landmark for turning left is Maruti’s(Hanuman’s) mandir. The trekking path starts from here.

The way to the top is of medium difficulty and first time trekkers should avoid this trek. First time goers have ample option like the neighbouring Lohagad fort. The path is steep at some places and you reach the first door of the fort. The fort has a peculiar characteristic that it has lots of banana trees on it. A second Ganapati temple awaits you after you cross the second door of the fort. You will still have to climb a little further to reach the pinnacle of the fort. Time taken to reach pinnacle is roughly one hour and forty five minutes. The view from the fort is breath-taking. On one side you have the Pawana dam while on the other side you can see Sahyadri range facing the Konkan. The hide and seek of the mist continues all the day. At one point you can see only one side with the twin forts of Lohagad and Visapur starring at you. Tikona fort is also clearly visible down to the south. We got a rare chance when the mist in both the sides cleared and we took many pictures from our digital cameras. The view can never be forgotten!

We started to descend after having a small lunch that we had carried. Don’t expect stalls around this fort selling snacks. This fort is devoid of picnickers and is quiet place unlike Lohagad. The descend took one hour and the tedious walk began towards Ghusalkamb. After being denied a ride by a truck driver from the base of the fort and after covering three-fourth way, we got a ride at a back of a lorry truck. Climbing at the back of lorry was a gruel some task but I managed it with a few bruises on my thigh. The lorry driver drove it like an F1 car and we got a perfect view of the mountains. The cold air, bucking to avoid get hit by branches of trees was really thrilling experience that you would expect at the end of trek. We got down at Lonavala after paying the driver 50INR for a ride of three. Paisa-vasool!

One of the few treks that I will cherish throughout my life.