The Matheran Diaries - Day 2 - Matheran at Night , Street photography

a quick run down of the streets of Matheran in case u are visiting this blog for the first time.

• Matheran is a popular tourist hill station situated about 90 km from Mumbai
• vehicles are banned here, rickshaw pullers and horses are popular means of transport
• the place is also famous for leather products, shoes and chikki and sweets. 

the streets of Matheran is filled with people at all times. most of the tourists are locals (Marathi speaking) from neighbouring districts , some from neighbouring states and few foreigners as well. 

The Matheran Diaries - Day 2 - Lords Central Hotel, Matheran + Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

a quick photo series of Lord's Central Hotel at Matheran

Breakfast and meeting Mr Lord

we woke up early and had a lovely pritein rich bread and omlette breakfast. then met Mr. Lord himself, the owner/prop at Lords Central Hotel who was really helpful in planning our next few days travel itinerary. Mr. Lord lives in Mumbai and comes to Matheran on weekends to look after the hotel.

The Matheran Diaries - Day 2 - Parsi graveyard at Matheran

its  pretty spooky at first to find a graveyard in the middle of a forest on a mountain and Niki decided we take a look.

we met a caretaker family thats been living there for 2 generations and most of the graves belonged to the Lord family of Matheran (the hotel we stayed at belongs to the Lords family as well). we also met a dog named Pari which translates to Angel.

The Matheran Diaries - Day 2 - Sightseeing in Matheran

we woke up at around 8 am and after a quick but healthy breakfast at Lords Central Hotel decided to walk around Matheran, a decision that both of us would regret considering it would mean we would be walking for more than 6 km for about 3 hours! the terrain was rugged and we were tempted many a times to hire the local horse rides but decided to walk anyways.

The Matheran Diaries - Day 1 - Checking In at Lords Central Hotel and Matheran at Night

we had booked our hotel rooms in advance so we knew where we were going to stay. the 3 nights and 2 days we spent at Lords, cost us Rs 13,502/-  (we paid the next day), which included breakfast, lunch and dinner with tea and cake being served in the morning and evening.

The Matheran Diaries - Day 1 - Mangalore to Mumbai to Matheran

here i am back with another blog series , this time visiting Magnificent Matheran, which is a popular hill station situated around 90 kms from Mumbai.

this time, i carried my 5dmarkiii + EF 16-35 f 2.8 L II USM and Sigma 35 mm f 1.4 ART lens with me.

the duration of our holiday was from Oct 31 to Nov 10th and the places we visited included Lonavala, Matheran, Pune and Mumbai.