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Dinosaur Park - Lonavala

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I have seen that most of the kids are fascinated with Dinosaurs. For instance, my daughter since she was very little had a craze for "Barney the Dinosaur". The huge gigantic purple Dinosaur and its friends. She would sing and dance with him on all his songs. Her favourite one was "I Love you, You Love Me, We're a Happy Family with a great big Hug and a Kiss from me to you wont you say You Love me too" and we would sing it everyday as a routine before bedtime. The best part was that due to her fondness every year till she was 5 Barney visited her on her Birthday to wish her and sing and dance with her (Her Mystery Friend). So, to cut the long story short, my point is although big and scary they never fail to impress the kids be it in a movie or in real. Oh! did I say real? as in real ?? How about touching them and seeing them in real life size . If this excites you then head out to Lonavala to visit the Dinosaur Park. Lonavala , is a popular hill station nea

Fireflies and Camping trip to Kachurli Village - 9th June 2018

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So I have been wanting to visit this fireflies festival at Purushwadi since a long time. Had seen a lot of pictures online and read a lot from Internet. But never really made it here as one main reason was that the cost per person was very high. Thankfully I found out a new place to witness the same in a much economical way. Therefore, I convinced some of my friends (first-time campers) and planned to go to this village called Kachurli  . We were a group of 10 people including 4 kids. As the date approached, everyone got a little apprehensive about the plan upon hearing on the monsoon weather alert. But still agreed to go ahead as I hated the idea of waiting for another year to witness this event. Kachurli  village is located in Nashik district about 11 km away from the famous Trimbakeshwar temple. We left Mumbai in the afternoon and followed the Google maps to this destination. This was our biggest mistake. As after driving for more than 4 hours, Google says "you have reache