It has been almost a month since we came back from our 10 day trip to France, but I am going through a patch of 'writer's block', so bear with me while I publish those travelogues.
Meanwhile, enjoy these pictures from the Monsoons in Mumbai. We have been driving to the hills every weekend this last month and I can never get tired of the lush green scenery.
A hut with a view
Water drainage Pipe
Train Tracks of the Matheran Toy Train
Lush green hillsides on the way to Matheran
Waterfalls....they are everywhere this season!
It doesn't get more green than this?
On the way to Matheran.....Life goes on!
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Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Monsoon Magic in Mumbai
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Looking at the pictures makes me want to get up and run outdoors. Sigh ...
ReplyDeleteWhat a gorgeous landscape. Those waterfalls are gorgeous. I like the view from the hut.
ReplyDeleteAwesome Vamsee! I haven't been to Matheran in donkey's years, but it's way greener than I remember it! Beautiful pix, beautiful place :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful...simply beautiful! Love the trees, the forest, the greenery, the waterfalls...these pics transported me back to good old days of hiking in Matheran.
ReplyDeleteSimply gorgeous lush greens.
ReplyDeletebeautiful countryside and so like the waterfalls and green green fields.
ReplyDeletehave a wonderful week
Hi Vamsee!
ReplyDeleteWow this green looks much greener than green Iceland... ;)) Great shots!
Blogtrotter is back to the «urban jungle», which Reykjavik is far from being... ;)). Enjoy and have a fabulous week!
Just beautiful! no other word for it. great job with the pictures.
ReplyDelete-Deepa
How lucky!
ReplyDeleteThese are so refreshing to eyes!
Enjoyed the lush green beautiful landscapes. It is nice to see such a green areas. I always cherish the sight of green paddy fields while driving on the road.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! Wow never knew monsoons in India was so out of the world.
ReplyDelete-Anu
Mridula,
ReplyDeleteThat is my motivation to go out every weekend during the monsoons.
Sandy,
Thanks
Sejal,
It is more green than what the pictures captures. We are just spell bound by the scenery.
Kala,
I can't wait to hike there. So far we have just been driving around.
Wow - fantastic shots. The green is so soothing to the eye. I wish I could teleport myself there from the heat and misery of Texas' drought.
ReplyDeleteGreen, green and more green!! Ahh how it soothes the eyes!! Thanks for these wonderful pics, Vamsee...
ReplyDeleteWow - very beautiful! Such eye-candy. I really like #6, very interesting composition - well done.
ReplyDeletewow, the green has a special effect on you. but till now its always been paddy fields that did it, but you brought out something unique. wild grass this lush !! wow, it defn doesnt get greener than this.
ReplyDeletevj
WoW! I love monsoons.. the greenery and the waterfalls are the best during monsoons.. :)
ReplyDeletenice pictures vamsee!
I especially liked the last pic with the two ladies. The colors are absolutely beautiful in that..
LOVE the pix. U must go hiking.....and there's a tree house in Matheran which is adorably wondeful (!!). At least when I stayed there in 1996.
ReplyDeleteWaiting for the blog on France.
Babooshka / Virgina,
ReplyDeleteThanks
GmG,
Thanks. I checked out your Iceland post. Loved it.
Deepa,
Thanks. I love it when you visit my blog.
Indrani,
I agree....the hills are so fresh and pristine this time of the year.
Rajesh,
ReplyDeleteMe too!! I love looking at the light green paddy fields.
Anu,
You have no idea how beautiful the Western ghats are in monsoons.
Bindu,
Wish you could come here.I would love to meet you.
Uma,
Thanks Thanks
Russ,
You have no idea how much my husband and me argued over that photo. I didn't like it and he thought it was great!
I love the green! Wow!
ReplyDeleteaaaaaaaaa..... my favorite hill station in the world... I knew many local people there... there are several ways to hike Matheran, you can do it from all sides. :) Such beautiful pictures... oh man..!
ReplyDeleteThat's monsoon !! So much green it is that one doesn't want to go back after the weekend.
ReplyDeleteWe have been doing the same. Matheran, Mahabaleshwar, Kolad, Lonavala... you name it, we are there.
They are so tempting.
WoW...some very beautifully captured shots!
ReplyDeleteWaaaaow! feast to the eye.
ReplyDeletewow!!! those pics were SO beautiful!! I loved them... when i stayed in mumbai, i never got round to going anywhere... the only place i would go to was chembur market :(
ReplyDeletevj,
ReplyDeleteI agree, it does not get greener than this. On our drive we saw very beautiful paddy fields and even photographed them, but they did not pass Saru's photography standards, so could not post.
Wandering souls,
Yes. Some people think it is a pain, but I love monsoons. Weather is perfect and it is green all around us. I like the last picture too.
Jayanti,
Thanks. Will go hiking this weekend. I am working on the France blog...will try and publish it this weekend.
Vidya,
NOPE...we are NOT going to stop making you miss Mumbai. Luckily for us, we are able to look at the beauty without having to go through the bad parts that you did when you lived here.
As for the roads...rain washed away all the dirt!
Eye for India,
ReplyDeleteWelcome to my blog and thanks
PRIYANK,
What you wrote was outrageous and hilarious at the same time. Saru was rolling in laughter when he read it. He thinks all my blog friends are crazy:)
Cuckoo,
I am so thrilled that you visited my blog!!! I agree...i was to go back weekend after weekend!
Flying stars / Akhila,
Thanks
Harini,
Welcome to my blog. There is always a next time!
The hills here look absolutely denuded compared to the ones you have there in Mumbai. I swear I can see people on the hills from our balcony, in stark contrast to the dry brown grass. Very beautiful pictures Vamsee.
ReplyDeleteawesome pics.
ReplyDeleteits places like these that cause rains and keep the place from poluting further.
thanks for posting them
Stunning pictures - can't believe how beautiful & green it is
ReplyDeleteWow, I didn't know monsoons are so good in Mumbai. Beatiful pictures!
ReplyDeleteWow... What greenery ?? Never imagined that they are so beautiful during the monsoons.
ReplyDeleteA really beautiful landscape pictures, beautiful greenery!
ReplyDeleteBhaskar,
ReplyDeleteThis place is the same as the bay area...only difference is that the monsoons last 4 months here. A month after the rain stops, it is all big brown hills, so I am trying to take in as much as I can in these few months.
Baruch
Thanks
Karuna / Aruna,
Monsoons are awesome here. The hills are covered with a shade of green that you don't see too often. It is just great to drive around.
Marju,
Thanks
I waiting to see when you would do a monsoon post! :) Beautiful Pictures - esp one with waterfalls... I love monsoon and Indian rains... Nothing like it right ? :)
ReplyDelete--Aditi
Aditi,
ReplyDeleteIt is so good to see your comment. Saru has been telling me that all my regular readers will stop coming to my blog if I don't post regularly, but I can't do this like a job!!
Monsoons in India are indeed the best. I didn't realise how much I missed them until I moved here. Rain in California is so cold and dreary and miserable, but here it is loud and beautiful in an uplifting sort of way. My uncle, who came on the trip was lamenting on the fact that rain and fog were obscuring the views, but Saru and I just sat....eating hot corn and enjoying the rain lash out at the hills. 10 mins later, it was over and the views cleared up. Beautiful day!
The greens in these photos are stunning.
ReplyDeleteJust amazing that this is India, its so very green and lush. Wonderful.
ReplyDeletelovely set of images.. monsoon in fully vigour :)
ReplyDeleteHi Vamsee!
ReplyDeleteCame back here to find out that Rural Iceland at Blogtrotter as some greens that can't compare with these!! ;)
Enjoy and have a fabulous week!
its no soothing just to look at the colours..can understand that bit of the writers block..the pics speak for themselves..
ReplyDeleteBeautiful shots and a fantastic location..Really loved the location..Wish to be there some day..Thanks for sharing...Unseen Rajasthan
ReplyDeleteThe ghats do come alive in the rains, don't they. Summer-time, these places are not as pretty.
ReplyDeleteThat first pic looks like our hut in the Swiss Mountains .... I loooove moss! Beautiful photographs!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful shades of green. :)
ReplyDeletehi
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures, Vam...very green...such a contrast to Industrial and dry Gurgaon..:)
ReplyDeleteVery nice pictures. nice green..... Places
ReplyDeleteAwesome photography.................dear
ReplyDeleteGood collection of photos. There are many places to see in matheran . These places are mainly attracts the tourist. Vehicles are not allowed at matheran so the air became pollution free. Visit Matheran for getting relaxed from daily hectic life.
ReplyDeleteAmazing pictures. It'ss such a lovely and adventurous place. Matheran, untouched, unspoiled and unbelievably tranquil, this popular tourist hill-station in Maharashtra is a great getaway destination. When it comes to Matheran hotels, you plenty of options to choose from.
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