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This day I started early, but because there was no electricity a little later than planned. It happens quite frequent in Pune that there is no electricity and it doesn’t make the life of an IT minded man any easier.

Around 10 Santosh drove me to one of the forts that are around Pune. There are quite a lot of them to see. It took us an hour to get there, at the base of the mountain of the fort. Santosh had previously drove all the way up to the fort, but that road was closed. The last monsoon rains had destroyed it and it was currently being rebuild. This meant we had to climb the mountain in other to get to the fort. It was only 4 km to walk so I didn’t expect much problems. Boy was I WRONG.

It took us nearly two hours to get from the car to the main entrance of the fort. It might have been 4 km but with an incline of about 60%. It was a real tough job to get there, but the harder the work, the bigger the reward. Climbing this mountain was a lot of fun and I believe we did in a very high speed. We past a lot of people.

Pictures of the mountain slope.

When we were on top there was less of the fort left then I had hoped. Although I was not disappointed at all. The sight from the mountain was really spectacular. I posted some pictures, but it doesn’t do it justice. There are so many details a picture does not show.

Pictures on the site of the fort (Santosh is resting and having something to drink with me)

Pictures of the spectacular view

After walking here for about two hours we started the descent back down again. And as Santosh had problems keeping up when we climbed to mountain, this time I couldn’t keep up with him. The slopes are so slippery and my shoes are clearly not build for that. I slipped out a couple of times and when Santosh hadn’t stopped me, I would have fallen a long way down. In the end we made it down safely in about one hour. A lot quicker than going up and a lot less tiresome. After this adventure Santosh wanted to show me a other temple, but a was beaten. We drove to my apartment where I first ate some lunch (at 17.00 hours my first lunch) and then I took a shower. After that I fell on my bed and fell asleep for 45 minutes.