Tikona Jul 2010

Woke up to a sunny day, not gud for trekking, just sweat and no fun.

Got ready with family and again was on road by 7.30 sumthng. Gud enough for a start.

Sun followed us till kamshet, we turned left towards pavananagar and it went straight ahead along the nh4 :)

The weather turned cloudy if not rainy, much to our liking.

Lots of twists and turns on the road, till saw pavana dam in front of us, and turned left from there. Couldnt recognize tikona, as there were too many fort like hills around, must be some forts only, just not too sure, which ones.

As climbed up the hill next to pavana dam, saw the famous tikon of the tikona. It was getting all misty on top :)

Turned left and went into the tikona peth, parked bike at the temple, funny, there is a temple at each and every "peth" at the fort foothill.

Well, parked and started on foot, went 100 mtrs, and wifey asks me to get bike and go a little bit ahead, as road looks good enough to carry a little ahead.

Came back took bike, and went ahead, it was slippery, a word of caution, if its raining, has rained or about to rain, don’t go any further in your vehicle :) 
Start on your foot.

There are multiple choices for you to climb, steep, not-so-steep, and no-idea-about-the-third-one.

We missed the steep one, the working men from the village, were building the not-so-steep pathway, called us from sumwhere above and guided us to the "peepal" tree wala path.

I missed the "peepal" tree, as I had forgot how one looks like, (ab wakad / pimplesaudagar mein ped hi nahin hai to peepal ka ped kaha se dekhu), went a lot ahead and had to turn back.

Anyways, got the appropriate pathway, climbing was easy, even with kid in hand. The pathway was literally being laid out afresh, the soil was loose but didn’t slipped at all.

Went thru the initial phase in few minutes, no issues.
The view of the fort from here was just soooo awesome. The green, the fort walls, the breeze, u get the idea :)

Took a break here, kid ate some biscuits, the snaps as usual were cute and awesome.

few cave like structures, on-the-edge pathway, green grass, and a maruti structure made pretty good pics.

a stopover in between, u can ask for lunch as well, we didnt and went forward, a pond with fishes and a temple with babaji welcomes you for a steep ride ahead.

from here the steepness just gets more steep with nearly vertical steps, was not much of a trouble, apart from carrying the kid, and kinda exhausted a bit, but the view that you get from here is worth all the trouble that you took in life, including marriage :)

the distant tung , the pavana dam, backwater, tikona's side wall, and a deep fall on other side, just made our day.


u climb till here and therz not much to do, as its not really a fort, its a watchtower, and literally, other than few high(really high) points, therz not much for you to see and awe at the structure itself. but the small climbs from here till the last top stop, each turn of your head gives a different scene, the mist gives a bit avatarish feel to it as well.

go ahead and climb more and therz a shiv temple, the guard tells its "jagrut", wifey asks to god, what every wifey asks with one kid, another one :) hey bhagwaan.

the pond at the backside was not clean, dirty people had made the pond dirty like themselves,shame. could hear few peacock cries from the jungle down.

sat there, had food, was thrilled to have conquered another one. took n number of snaps here, the weather kept its promise and was at its best behaviour. clouds, mist, greenery, breeze, hmmmm.

started to climb down(u ask how do i do that?climb and that too down), sat at few more places, just admiring the works of the ultimate painter. the steep stairs were kinda tricky, my legs started to hurt with cautious downward-climb. but as i said its worth. worth everything.

came down, started bike, looked up, tikona was covered in mist, and it started to drizzle. it was a sunny day allright :)