hidden treasures of pune : Hanuman Tekdi and Vetal Tekdi

Even with all the urbanization there are still some gems in Pune. Hanuman Tekdi (tekdi == hill) is one such place. From where we are currently staying, Kanchan Galli (galli == street) one can easily walk to the trail. Comparatively, hanuman tekdi is pretty small. I can jog up to the top in less than 6 minutes! But then one can continue behind it and go all the way up to the Vetal tekdi (vetal==ghost) The entire round trip from our place to observation deck takes less than an hour and is my current attempt of keeping in shape! There is an observation deck on top of the vetal tekdi that gives you 360 degrees views of Pune and it's urban crawl. Very few people go up all the way to the observation deck so it is a nice place to sit, meditate and worry about global warming :-)

Here you can see the observation deck from a distance.

We also did a small family hike the other day and took Rhea/Roma all the way up to Hanuman tekdi. Both girls were so happy to get some open space to themselves and enjoyed quite a lot.