Jit’s travelogue

To Ratanvadi

To Ratanvadi

Painted facade of a village house

Bhandardhara

Bhandardhara

Full moon night by the Bhandardhara lake.

Bhandardhara

Bhandardhara

Evening descends over the Arthur Lake

Bhandardhara

Bhandardhara

Camped for the first night on the shores of the huge Bhanardara Lake OR Lake Arthur Hill. The lake was formed when Wilson dam was built on River Parvara. To the left is the Rathanghad ranges and Fort about 20 km by road or cross the dam by boat

Bhandardhara

Bhandardhara

The Sahyadri Ghats (a range in the Western Ghats) along the Bhandardhara Jalashay (Arther Lake).

Bhandardhara

Bhandardhara

Gone for a swim. They day trip up to Bhanadardhara was really tiring. It being the middle of March the temperatures were soaring.

Bhandardhara

Bhandardhara

Testing the waters of Bhandardhara (Arthur) Lake before taking a dip to wash off the tiredness of the long and not very comfortable journey up.

Bhandardhara

Bhandardhara

This guy cooked our first lunch and dinner. He is in his final year of college completing his bachelors degree in commerce. Has an impressive knowledge of his area. Wish he could have hung around with us the next day as well. Or maybe not.

Bhandardhara

Bhandardhara

We picked up lunch at this shack in Bhandardhara. This is where our guide and cook were organised for the trek up to Ratangad fort the next day.

Asangaon station

Asangaon station

This man cannot use his legs and drags himself across the floor with the help of his hands. He refused to accept charity money from us and a few other fellow passengers who were waiting. Instead he would be happy to be bought a cup of chai from the platform stall. He explained that if he begs for money he gets robbed of whatever he gets since he cannot defend himself.

Jit Ray

Jit Ray has been a member since 11 November 2007 and goes by intothinair.

Currently in mumbai.

I work as a creative director with a magazine publishing house in Mumbai, formerly Bombay. However, my home town is Calcutta, now rechristened as Kolkata.

I have a wandering heart and have realised that photography is one way by which I can earn my freedom from the big city life.

Hopefully one day with all your help, I can fulfill my dream of traveling the world and bringing back the innocence and magic that disappeared over the years of growing up.

You can also find Jit at jpgmag.com/people/Intothinair.