Discuss Dentistry » All Posts https://demo.discussdentistry.com/forums/forum/leisure/vacations/feed/ Sat, 06 Sep 2025 07:08:09 +0000 https://bbpress.org/?v=2.6.11 en-US https://demo.discussdentistry.com/forums/topic/tarkarli-and-amboli-konkan/#post-12736 <![CDATA[Tarkarli and Amboli in Konkan]]> https://demo.discussdentistry.com/forums/topic/tarkarli-and-amboli-konkan/#post-12736 Sun, 11 Jan 2015 10:06:16 +0000 site_admin
A vacation was long overdue and so this time we decided to go to Tarkarli, Sawantwadi and Amboli in Konkan. Konkan is a good place with plenty of greenery. The green cover is becoming less as the place is urbanizing at a brisk place.
Tarkarli is a good place to relax and unwind. Make sure that you book a resort which is near the beach. We stayed in MARINE OASIS which is very close to the beach. It is a quiet and a small resort and fairly well maintained (Maintainance requires some improvement although). The food was homely and not very spicy. The food service was slow. But visit Tarkarli only if you went to unwind and relax and if you are not in a hurry. Water sports are an attraction in Tarkarli. The sea water around Tarkarli was clean. Water sports are good fun although slightly expensive. If you are going for water sports make sure you know the exact price and be sure that you know what you are going to get. Our experience was fairly good except with para-sailing. Only after we entered the boat for para-sailing were we told that if you want a dip in the water you will be charged extra. We didn’t opt for the dip anyway. It just did not make sense except it was a method to extract some more money from tourists. However the scuba diving operator was very rude to my son.
Overall the exploitation of tourists in Konkan is less than many other parts of India. It is difficult to say how long this would continue as the place is getting rapidly commercialized. The locals and the Gram Panchayat are taking care to ensure that the beaches do not turn into places of debauchery and do not become beaches like Goa. Hope they are able to maintain the beaches not only physically clean but also free of nudity, drugs, alcoholism and debauchery.
From Tarkarli we went to Sawantwadi and we spent a night there. We stayed in a place called MANGO 2. It was not a well maintained hotel at all. Housekeeping was sub-standard. Food was good but service was slow.
From Sawantwadi we went to Amboli and checked in JRD resort. It is a fairly well maintained place. The resort is spacious with a garden and a swimming pool. Amboli is not very crowded. The locals told us that the main tourist season was monsoon. We were told that the resorts are full during monsoon.
Overall Amboli is a place where you can just go unwind and relax in the resort.
To all of these who are reading this blog I would like to offer the following guidelines
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Make thorough enquiries from multiple sources. The more research you do the better it is for you. Tarkarli and Amboli are not very commercialized but by the time you actually read this blog things might have changed.
The places are developing rapidly. The tourist season is a few months in an year. The peak tourist season is when school children have holidays. So during the peak tourist season everything is expensive.
I hope the above few lines help all ye dentists.
Regards,
Veerendra Darakh
        

]]> https://demo.discussdentistry.com/forums/topic/speech-by-chetan-bhagat/#post-14674 <![CDATA[Speech by Chetan Bhagat]]> https://demo.discussdentistry.com/forums/topic/speech-by-chetan-bhagat/#post-14674 Sun, 16 Oct 2011 07:56:05 +0000 Drsumitra Book Summary of Revolution 2020

Once upon a time, in small-town India, there lived two intelligent boys.
One wanted to use his intelligence to make money.
One wanted to use his intelligence to create a revolution.
The problem was, they both loved the same girl.

Welcome to Revolution 2020. A story about childhood friends Gopal, Raghav and Aarti who struggle to find success and love in Varanasi. However, it isn’t easy to achieve this in an unfair society that rewards the corrupt. As Gopal gives in to the system, and Raghav fights it, who will win?

From the bestselling author of Five Point Someone, one night @ the call center, The Three Mistakes of My Life and 2 States, comes another gripping tale from the heartland of India. Are you ready for the revolution?

        

]]> https://demo.discussdentistry.com/forums/topic/speech-by-chetan-bhagat/#post-14673 <![CDATA[Speech by Chetan Bhagat]]> https://demo.discussdentistry.com/forums/topic/speech-by-chetan-bhagat/#post-14673 Sun, 16 Oct 2011 07:55:37 +0000 Drsumitra Latest book released by chetan bhagat REVOLUTION 2020
aNYONE READ THE BOOK??reviews not out still…

        

]]> https://demo.discussdentistry.com/forums/topic/speech-by-chetan-bhagat/#post-13539 <![CDATA[Re: Speech by Chetan Bhagat]]> https://demo.discussdentistry.com/forums/topic/speech-by-chetan-bhagat/#post-13539 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 07:12:08 +0000 sushantpatel_doc typical chetan bhagat….thts the way to live..

        

]]> https://demo.discussdentistry.com/forums/topic/speech-by-chetan-bhagat/#post-8626 <![CDATA[Speech by Chetan Bhagat]]> https://demo.discussdentistry.com/forums/topic/speech-by-chetan-bhagat/#post-8626 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:18:05 +0000 Don’t just have career or academic goals. Set goals to give you a balanced, successful life. I use the word balanced before successful. Balanced means ensuring your health, relationships, mental peace are all in good order.

There is no point of getting a promotion on the day of your breakup. There is no fun in driving a car if your back hurts. Shopping is not enjoyable if your mind is full of tensions.

“Life is one of those races in nursery school where you have to run with a marble in a spoon kept in your mouth. If the marble falls, there is no point coming first. Same is with life where health and relationships are the marble. Your striving is only worth it if there is harmony in your life. Else, you may achieve the success, but this spark, this feeling of being excited and alive, will start to die. ……………….

One thing about nurturing the spark – don’t take life seriously. Life is not meant to be taken seriously, as we are really temporary here. We are like a pre-paid card with limited validity. If we are lucky, we may last another 50 years. And 50 years is just 2,500 weekends. Do we really need to get so worked up? …………….

It’s ok, bunk a few classes, scoring low in couple of papers, goof up a few interviews, take leave from work, fall in love, little fights with your spouse. We are people, not programmed devices………” 🙂

“Don’t be serious, be sincere.”!!

Cheers!!!!

        

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