Monday, September 26, 2011

Valley of Flowers, Pune Warriors and Aamby Valley City!

N has his month long vacations going on! (Yes the kids have to be at home for a month!) And so I decided to spend some time out of home with family surrounded by more people so that I wouldn't go crazy!!!
And we have been having an awesome time. Spent about a week in Pune - met family we haven't seen in a long time :) Loved it.

We went to this place called Valley of Flowers near Satara. It is situated on Kaas/Kas Plateau and is nature at its best. It has slopes and fields for as far as you can see, covered with flowers - pink, blue, white, yellow! They grow naturally and look pretty! Supposedly some rare species of flowers grow here. See for yourself -


The lilac/blue velvety flower


The pinkish purple ones


Pretty yellows! We couldn't take too many pictures of the vast expanse of flowers - it started raining and became misty - perfect to enjoy the place but not to take pics :)


The valley, plateau and clouds floating by! Ah! Bliss!



There were fields and slopes covered with flowers like this one above!


Heading back home after a long and mesmerizing day!


The Pune Warriors stadium under construction near Lonavala on the Pune Mumbai expressway.


N wanted to wish them victory! and maybe play here someday ;)


A relaxed boat trip in a man made lake at Aamby Valley City, Lonavala

It was a fun fun trip!! Looking forward to many more such trips :)
Hope all of you are doing great! What plans for the Dussehra holidays?

Linking this in to Patty's Weekly Party. Happy Monday!


19 comments:

  1. The valley of flowers is stunning!! Did you know there is another valley of flowers in uttarakhand? this one is really beautiful...wish i could be there...sigh ...;((
    We are going to amritsar in 10 days..yaay...:)

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  2. Wow ! This place is absolutely stunning... And the photographs are lovely... Beautiful shots Simran... Guess you can frame it or have it for some cards/calendar... Please watermark (copyright) your snaps so that others don't copy... After all its your hard work... !!

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  3. No I didn't know Aparna!! Wud love to go there too if I get a chance :) Have fun in Amritsar!! Enjoy!!! :)

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  4. Thanks Emreen!! and Great idea :) wud love to do that for next year's calendar. And yes i should watermark these - lot of privacy issues here! Thanks!! :)

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  5. Wow, what stunning, stunning shots Simran. Looks like a great time was had by all:):)

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  6. hey lovely snaps simran..makes me want to go there NOW!..:-)
    glad that u had a gr9 holiday!!!

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  7. Gosh! What a stunning place!! I'd love to see the valley someday! You guys seem to have a lovely time :-)

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  8. I lived in Pune for an year and for me it is one of the most beautiful places in India. The freshness in the breeze takes away all the tiredness.
    These pictures are beautiful and bring back some old memories :) Thanks for sharing... and all the best to N. May he go on to join Pune Warriors and then Team India, if that is what his heart wishes for :)

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  9. Hey whats happened to you? whats happened to your beautiful blog? hope you are well.

    Sarai

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  10. And then you got Busy and no posts...

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  11. Hi Simran...Kahaan Ho?? It's been really a long time since you wrote on your blog. Hope you and everyone at home are doing good. Waiting to read your post. PK

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  12. Thanks a lot Simran, happy to know you had a great time at Aamby Valley City! Come back for more beautiful surprises & boat rides. And do follow us at facebook.com/aambyvalleycity ---- twitter.com/aamby_valley --- www.foursquare.com/aamby_valley --- http://myplus.co/aambyvalley so that you can get to know the best of what Aamby valley has to offer & the latest deals :) Thanks again & come soon! Regards Aamby Valley City

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  13. I WOULD SUGGEST YOU ALL TO VISIT IT ONCE IN YOUR LIFETIME , AND YOU WILL ALSO BE A FAN . IT IS THE BEST CITY I HAVE VISITED !!!

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