The sun, the sand and loads of tan... back with another breathtaking beach! 30 kms away from Alibag, the very popular tourist destination in Maharashtra is the Kashid beach. With a lot of beaches in the vicinity what makes Kashid my favorite is its purity and serenity .
The road to Kashid is full of breathtaking views and you feel transported to another world with the green and the black of the trees and the rocks playing hide and seek and trying to catch your attention towards their wild and humanly untouched beauty.
Once at Kashid the first thing you'll notice is the sand.. pristine white as if its there just to compliment the variety of different colours spread across the canvas of your vision. One side of the road is the green cover over a hill and on the other is Kashid. The water is clean and no trip to Kashid will be complete unless you get into the sparking waves and enjoy to your hearts content.
The tiny shacks with their hammocks and hot smell of bhurji-paav (scrambled eggs) great you, the bhurji or maggi with the hot chai (tea) or coffee is simply very tasty and make up for the lack of other snack options.
Laze around on the hammocks or walk down to the beach both are a rare treat of uncountable hues and shades to the eye.
From morning to evening every phase of the day has different combinations, be it the flaming orange and yellows with the black or the violets, pinks and ivories with the green! Like any other beach Kashid too has sand, the sea and a sky to cover the two coupled with the minuscule amount of greenery and rocks, but the shades and colours every different phase of the day and every different season gets along with it to Kashid is worth every bit of praise.
It definitely is a summer weekend destination with its water sport facilities but my reason for making it a monsoon post is that Kashid can be enjoyed in this season as well. The sea is pretty rough and so going into the water is not permitted. Plus not all the shacks remain open at this time of the year, but its the perfect setting for a one-day trip for a group of crazy friends, just lazing around on the hammocks with the rain drizzling around you, the chilled beer or hot coffee and the feeling of being far far away from a world of deadlines, targets, pressures, social niceties and exams is sheer bliss.
You get a lot of rooms on hire and there are various resorts too; a little far off from the beach at Kashid Gaon (village). If you are a bit whacky, then you can buy your meat or fish from the market and ask the cook at your room to do it up for you in whatever style you want, there are a few good Khanaval's too (rural-eating joints).
Keep Travelling!! Keep living!!
Nearest Railway Station: Pen.
Nearest Airport: Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai.
Kashid Beach, Alibag, Maharashtra, India.
The road to Kashid is full of breathtaking views and you feel transported to another world with the green and the black of the trees and the rocks playing hide and seek and trying to catch your attention towards their wild and humanly untouched beauty.
Once at Kashid the first thing you'll notice is the sand.. pristine white as if its there just to compliment the variety of different colours spread across the canvas of your vision. One side of the road is the green cover over a hill and on the other is Kashid. The water is clean and no trip to Kashid will be complete unless you get into the sparking waves and enjoy to your hearts content.
The tiny shacks with their hammocks and hot smell of bhurji-paav (scrambled eggs) great you, the bhurji or maggi with the hot chai (tea) or coffee is simply very tasty and make up for the lack of other snack options.
Laze around on the hammocks or walk down to the beach both are a rare treat of uncountable hues and shades to the eye.
From morning to evening every phase of the day has different combinations, be it the flaming orange and yellows with the black or the violets, pinks and ivories with the green! Like any other beach Kashid too has sand, the sea and a sky to cover the two coupled with the minuscule amount of greenery and rocks, but the shades and colours every different phase of the day and every different season gets along with it to Kashid is worth every bit of praise.
It definitely is a summer weekend destination with its water sport facilities but my reason for making it a monsoon post is that Kashid can be enjoyed in this season as well. The sea is pretty rough and so going into the water is not permitted. Plus not all the shacks remain open at this time of the year, but its the perfect setting for a one-day trip for a group of crazy friends, just lazing around on the hammocks with the rain drizzling around you, the chilled beer or hot coffee and the feeling of being far far away from a world of deadlines, targets, pressures, social niceties and exams is sheer bliss.
You get a lot of rooms on hire and there are various resorts too; a little far off from the beach at Kashid Gaon (village). If you are a bit whacky, then you can buy your meat or fish from the market and ask the cook at your room to do it up for you in whatever style you want, there are a few good Khanaval's too (rural-eating joints).
Keep Travelling!! Keep living!!
Nearest Railway Station: Pen.
Nearest Airport: Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai.
Kashid Beach, Alibag, Maharashtra, India.
