EAST OR WEST VASAI THE BEST

Overcast Sky, Swaying Palms, Raindrops falling and Just Greeenery all around
The beautiful Peacock Pansy with Closed wings

One of the Beautiful constructions of the BAssein Fort. I love those arches.
The upper portion of the Dilapidated Chapel. Rain drops are quite visible in the picture.
We waded through this water filled path. Pretty exciting as last time we visited it was dry and loads of hairy moth caterpillars and mushrooms around.

One of favourite part of the fort to photograph. In the picture captured earlier during dry time we can clearly see the lack of this pool of water.

The arch that took my breath away.
The LIME butterfly which gave me tough time to photograph as it didnt stop beating its wings and neither stopped for a second.
For a while the Rain gods had stopped crying and the roads were not pooled. This path promises a lot of butterflies, a huge congregation of weaver birds nest and leads to the Water front.
The creek end or the water front. THe water level had tremendously increased after the deluge.
Pool of water all around the Fort. Looked amazing.
Indian Palm bob
The lovely dragonfly which was defintiely worth a lense.
The plant always has its flowering drooping and at the ventral end. Cassia tora. Quite common in this season. Belongs to the Family Leguminosae.
Sailor Butterfly with its magnificient Wings open showing of its amazing black and white stripes.
Thats a bird at a very very far distance, perched on the brachch of an tree growing near the boundary walls of the fort. Its actually the Long Tailed Shrike. The distance was easily more than 300 m approx. Also notice the OVercast background.
The walls are almost taken over by climbers, creepers and shrubs.
The highly active nest of the Baya weaver bird. In the picture itself u can easily spot at least 6 weaver birds busy building nests.
The pinkish spots that could be made out in this vast bush are the flowers of the climber Oxystelma esculentes Belonging to the family Asclepiadaceae. Its a very beautiful flower and seen in this season. Could not get a close shot though.
The beautiful Crimson Rose butterfly
The pooled path leading to the Chapel.

The common SUNBEAM butterfly. Has attractive color inside its closed wings. Lifer for me that day.

AT TUNGARESWAR-
Our actual plan was Tungareshwar WLS. Jus a dya b4 the trail it had rained cats and dogs down here in vasai which lead to flooding of the streams and rendering them unsafe to cross and conduct the trail. Though we did get the news on the way abt the condition of the stream, i insisted on taking the ppl to see the sight and also feel the place even if we dont go ahead. We retreated back and went to Vasai fort instead. Even the condition wasnt so good there but with the high spirits and enthusiastic crowd we pulled up a great successful trail there. Wading through feet water and walking through slushy mucky ground was kind of fun. The pictures are the history.

Flooded stream that we decided not to cross!!


At the start.