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Newest Review: ... taxi to yourself. The hiking type could take the 3 hour hike from Neral station to Matheran. Even if you did land up at Dastoori Naka, you still have to walk the last 2.5 Km (about 40 minutes) to reach Matheran. You can engage porters to carry your luggage if you like. You can avoid walking too as there are horses you could ride up the hill. Slightly more comfortable are the human pulled carts called RICKSHAWS. It does seem rather inhuman. It worried me too. To begin with you feel uncomfortable by the plight of the people who transport you. Think again. You are their source of livelihood, not a pain in the a**. ACCOMODATION Matheran has p... more

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Matheran: MATHERAN - The queen of the Western Range (1760 words)
by - written on 17/08/01 (Very useful, 1073 readings)
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Matheran is a beautiful hill station close to Bombay. It is at an altitude of 800m. This is the getaway that the people of Bombay think of when they want a break or when they just want to get away from Bombay’s humidity. Literature suggests that Matheran, established in 1850, is located 80 to 105 Km from Bombay. The ambiguity is because it depends on where in Bombay you are starting from. Before I start describing how you get there I will set the milestones and then show you the options. The milestones are: Bombay - Neral - Dastoori Naka - Matheran Next I’ll tell you the best thing about Matheran. NO MOTOR VEHICLES ARE ALLOWED INTO ... Read the complete review

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