The Sai temple
A horse-cart ride through Shirdi and family photos by the Sai statues at the temple precinct.
Our route
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Our journey · 5–10 October 2024
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Open tour map in Google Maps ↗Our family
The four of us — Vasavya, Usha, Adarsh and Spurthi — travelled together with our friend Ganesh Abbireddy and his family: eight of us shared the Lonavala resort. We took a cab from home in Hydernagar on the evening of Saturday 5 October to the overnight bus to Shirdi, went on by cab to Lonavala and Mumbai, and flew back to Hyderabad late on Wednesday 9 October, home by cab in the small hours of Thursday 10 October.
Travel and stays
| Date | Travel | Route | Time (booked) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 5 Oct | Mythri Tours and Travels · AC sleeper bus | Hyderabad (Nizampet X Road) → Shirdi | 7:25 PM pickup → next morning |
| Sun 6 Oct | Cab | Shirdi → Lonavala | afternoon → late evening |
| Mon 7 Oct | Cab | Lonavala sightseeing, then Lonavala → Mumbai | day |
| Tue 8 Oct | Harbour boat ride · Mumbai Darshan coach | Gateway of India · Mumbai city | day |
| Wed 9 Oct | IndiGo 6E-5393 (flight) | Mumbai (BOM T1) → Hyderabad (HYD) | 10:45 PM → 12:10 AM |
| Nights | Stay | Room |
|---|---|---|
| 6–7 Oct | Krushnai ResortLonavala | 1 night · Royal Executive rooms, breakfast |
| 7–9 Oct | Gulf HotelKamal Mansion, Colaba, Mumbai | 2 nights · breakfast |
Our photos show the flight still on the ground at 11:20 PM and airborne over Mumbai at 11:51 PM — about an hour after the booked 10:45 PM departure.
Trip highlights
Tiger Point and Bhushi Dam
The wax museum in town, the cliff-edge view over the Konkan valleys, then the water spilling over the steps of Bhushi Dam.
Atal Setu at dusk
Into Mumbai over the sea on the new Trans Harbour Link, and a late walk to the lit-up Gateway and Taj.
Gateway and the harbour
The Gateway of India by day and a boat ride out into the harbour, looking back at the Taj.
Museum to Juhu
The CSMVS museum, Marine Drive, the Malabar Hill gardens, the Nehru Science Centre, Mahalaxmi Temple and Juhu Beach at night.
Malls and the flight home
R City Mall and Phoenix Marketcity, then out to the plane by bus and the lights of Mumbai below.
Five days
Road distances follow the road route between the places in our photos; the flight is a great-circle distance, so all are approximate. The bus route to Shirdi is the usual road route, as the actual route was not recorded.
| Trip day | Route | Approx. km |
|---|---|---|
| Day 1Sat 5 – Sun 6 Oct | Hydernagar → Nizampet X Road (cab) → overnight bus → Shirdi | 582582 by road |
| Day 2Sun 6 Oct | Shirdi → Sai temple → Sangamner → Pune → Lonavala | 226226 by road |
| Day 3Mon 7 Oct | Lonavala → wax museum → Tiger Point → Bhushi Dam → Lonavala Lake → Khandala → Atal Setu → Colaba | 116116 by road |
| Day 4Tue 8 Oct | Colaba → Gateway of India → harbour boat ride → CSMVS museum → Marine Drive → Malabar Hill → Nehru Science Centre → Mahalaxmi Temple → Juhu Beach → Colaba | 6965 by road · 4 by boat |
| Day 5Wed 9 – Thu 10 Oct | Colaba → CSMT → Ghatkopar → Kurla → Mumbai airport → Hyderabad airport → Hydernagar (cab) | 708624 by air · 84 by road |
| Total | ≈1,800 km≈624 by air · 1,073 by road · 4 by boat | |
Day 1 · Sat 5 – Sun 6 Oct
Hydernagar → Nizampet X Road (cab) → overnight bus → Shirdi
≈582 km582 by road
| Time | Place | About this stop |
|---|---|---|
| 6:45 PM approx. | Google Maps ↗ | Left home by cab for the bus pickup at Nizampet X Road (time estimated; no photos on the way). |
| 7:25 PM – 7:30 PM approx. | Google Maps ↗ | Dropped by the cab for the pickup booked for 7:25 PM below the JNTU metro station, by the Indian Oil petrol bunk, for the Mythri Tours and Travels AC sleeper to Shirdi (pickup point and time from the ticket). |
| 8:00 AM approx. | Google Maps ↗ | Dropped at Hotel Sai Asara, opposite the Shirdi bus stand on the Nagar–Manmad road. The arrival time is not recorded (approximate). |
Day 2 · Sun 6 Oct
Shirdi → Sai temple → Sangamner → Pune → Lonavala
≈226 km226 by road
| Time | Place | About this stop |
|---|---|---|
| 10:17 AM – 10:51 AM | Google Maps ↗ | Our first photos by the Hotel Reddy and Hotel Sai Vatsala signs at 10:17 AM, then a ride in a decorated horse cart. |
| 11:08 AM | Google Maps ↗ | Family photos by the Sai statues and the precinct gates. The darshan time and how long we spent at the temple are not recorded. |
| 4:43 PM | Google Maps ↗ | Back by Hotel Reddy with our luggage at 4:43 PM, ready to leave Shirdi by cab. |
| 6:23 PM passed | Google Maps ↗ | Through the hills south of Sangamner at dusk on the way to Pune. |
| 6 Oct 11:07 PM → 7 Oct 9:40 AM | Google Maps ↗ | One night at Krushnai Resort, Lonavala: two Royal Executive rooms with breakfast for our group. In the corridors by 11:07 PM, and on the lawns in the morning. |
Day 3 · Mon 7 Oct
Lonavala → wax museum → Tiger Point → Bhushi Dam → Lonavala Lake → Khandala → Atal Setu → Colaba
≈116 km116 by road
| Time | Place | About this stop |
|---|---|---|
| 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM approx. | Google Maps ↗ | The wax museum in Lonavala Square Mall on Main Bazar Road, a short walk from the resort (opens at 9 AM). Not in our photos — the visit is from our trip expenses, and the time is estimated between the resort photos and the cab at 11 AM. |
| 11:02 AM passed | Google Maps ↗ | Out by cab towards the viewpoints, past the lake. |
| 11:25 AM – 12:11 PM | Google Maps ↗ | The cliff-edge viewpoint over the Konkan valleys, in the monsoon green. |
| 12:49 PM – 1:08 PM | Google Maps ↗ | The water spilling over the steps of Bhushi Dam. |
| 1:38 PM passed | Google Maps ↗ | Past the lake and its pipeline from the cab. |
| 1:58 PM – 2:15 PM | Google Maps ↗ | A viewpoint over the Khandala ghats, then through the red gate to the Waghjai Mata temple beside the old highway. |
| 6:22 PM passed | Google Maps ↗ | Down the ghats in the afternoon, then from Ulwe over the Mumbai Trans Harbour Link at 6:15–6:22 PM. |
| 8:40 PM – 9:20 PM | Google Maps ↗ | Walking the Colaba streets from 8:14 PM and in our room at Gulf Hotel (Kamal Mansion, Colaba) by 8:46 PM. |
| 9:25 PM – 9:51 PM | Google Maps ↗ | A late walk along the sea wall to the lit-up Gateway of India and the Taj Mahal Palace. |
| 7 Oct 10:00 PM → 8 Oct 9:15 AM | Google Maps ↗ | Two nights at Gulf Hotel, Colaba, booked with breakfast. |
Day 4 · Tue 8 Oct
Colaba → Gateway of India → harbour boat ride → CSMVS museum → Marine Drive → Malabar Hill → Nehru Science Centre → Mahalaxmi Temple → Juhu Beach → Colaba
≈69 km65 by road · 4 by boat
| Time | Place | About this stop |
|---|---|---|
| 9:22 AM passed | Google Maps ↗ | Through the Colaba streets towards the Gateway. |
| 9:55 AM – 10:50 AM | Google Maps ↗ | The Gateway and the Taj by day, with a printed family photo from the photographers on the square. |
| 11:07 AM passed | Google Maps ↗ | Out into the harbour by boat, looking back at the Gateway, the Taj and the moored boats. Where the boat went is not recorded; the photos do not show Elephanta. |
| 11:53 AM – 12:56 PM | Google Maps ↗ | On the Mumbai Darshan coach from 11:41 AM. Through the museum gardens into the domed galleries: armour, swords and a model ship. |
| 1:45 PM passed approx. | Google Maps ↗ | Along the Queen’s Necklace by coach (photos without GPS; position approximate). |
| 2:06 PM – 2:18 PM | Google Maps ↗ | The gardens on Ridge Road at the top of Malabar Hill. |
| 3:26 PM – 3:54 PM | Google Maps ↗ | Optical-illusion rooms and exhibits at the science centre in Worli. |
| 4:54 PM | Google Maps ↗ | The crowded Mahalaxmi Temple by the sea, with its silver-and-gold sanctum — photos and videos at 4:54–4:57 PM, between the science centre and Juhu. |
| 7:45 PM – 8:22 PM | Google Maps ↗ | On the sand at Juhu after dark. |
| 8 Oct 9:45 PM → 9 Oct 11:30 AM approx. | Google Maps ↗ | Back in Colaba after dark (arrival time approximate). The second night at Gulf Hotel; check-out photos in the lobby at 11:19–11:29 AM. |
Day 5 · Wed 9 – Thu 10 Oct
Colaba → CSMT → Ghatkopar → Kurla → Mumbai airport → Hyderabad airport → Hydernagar (cab)
≈708 km624 by air · 84 by road
| Time | Place | About this stop |
|---|---|---|
| 12:00 PM passed | Google Maps ↗ | The CST façade from the car; no train journey. |
| 3:20 PM – 3:34 PM | Google Maps ↗ | After lunch (place not recorded), the atrium of R City Mall and the rain on the plaza outside. |
| 4:49 PM – 7:14 PM | Google Maps ↗ | The evening at Phoenix Marketcity: the jungle-themed restaurant front, an indoor play area and the atrium escalators. |
| 9:44 PM – 11:45 PM | Google Maps ↗ | At Terminal 1 by 9:44 PM, by bus to the IndiGo plane at a remote stand, family photos beside it at 11:20 PM. |
| 12:55 AM approx. | Google Maps ↗ | IndiGo 6E-5393, booked 10:45 PM → 12:10 AM; our photos show it airborne over Mumbai at 11:51 PM, so it landed about an hour late (approximate). At the baggage belt at 1:20 AM, then out to a cab. |
| 2:20 AM approx. | Google Maps ↗ | Home by cab in the small hours (time estimated; no photos on the way). |
Photos from the trip
All our photos and videos from the trip — the map above was drawn from their locations. Travellers and family sign in with their Google account to open the full album.
Open the photo album ↗A night on the bus to Shirdi, the monsoon-green ghats of Lonavala, and the Gateway, the harbour and the lights of Mumbai — five days with our friend Ganesh Abbireddy and his family.