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| A beautiful lotus blooming in a pool at the resort ! |
After doing a lot of
research on where should we go, we finally decided on the “Velvett country
resort” and thankfully it turned out to be a wise
decision. Although it’s a little difficult to reach the resort from the main
highway but once you get there, you would get charmed by the surrounding beauty
and the tranquility.
We reached late in the night and were given a warm welcome.
Having sent our bags to our room, we headed straight towards the poolside to
have dinner. Food was great. We were
then led to our room and I instantly fell in love with it as it was large and spacious
which had an equally large adjoining terrace having relaxing chairs and a tea
table.
We spent one evening exploring the surroundings which led us
to the beautifully maintained garden situated at a height. We treaded the steps
cut out on a hill which gave it a look of a terrace garden. On the top there was a large open space covered
with lush green grass surrounded by hedges. It felt amazing to stroll on the
cool grass bare footed, relax and feel the cool gentle breeze, stare at the
sky, look at the clouds, watch the birds fly by, look at the gentle swaying of
the large trees and all this without any crowd of people around.
The breakfast used to be very filling. I noticed the
thoughtful manner in which the dining area was designed. There were comfortable
wooden chairs with an off white nylon mesh at the back. It reminded me of my
childhood days when we used to have such chairs. It was a ritual to call the
mesh weaving man every year who would weave the mesh into the chairs with long
nylon ropes/strings. One doesn’t get to see such chairs nowadays. The dining area had large windows which made
the room airy and filled it with ample sunlight.
I was struck by the dark green ivy which had almost
completely covered the entire walls of the cottages. Apart from acting as a
thermal shield, ivy is so effective in making the buildings awesomely green! I
got photographs of us clicked from the
room service boys as we stood against the green ivy covered walls.
We played table tennis one evening. I hadn’t played it since a long long time. It
was fun. We once hit the ball so far that it landed into the swimming pool at
the back. Thankfully our game didn’t stop as we had another ball to play with!
The reception area was decorated with beautiful abstract oil
paintings of the Gods Shiva, Brahma, Vishnu. Upon enquiry we learnt that the
paintings were made by the resort owner’s son. A large copper vessel filled
with water which had marigold flowers floating on the top gave the entrance a
serene and soothing effect. The staff was warm and the room service was prompt.
But what got etched into my memory were the lovely moments
spent on the huge terrace having the “forest view” (their website mentions about 3 views: mountain view, forest view and garden view. We had the forest view! )sitting on the relaxing
chairs sipping hot tea and admiring the various birds perched on the swaying
branches of the trees. It was a perfect setting to have some relaxing conversation
and to truly unwind myself. It was amazing.
We checked out of the resort after having spent 3 wonderful days. We carried with us some really lovely and
sweet memories of time spent together in such peaceful and lovely surroundings in the lap of nature. It was truly rejuvenating to go away from the
maddening crowd and chaos of the city,the daily grind of life.
For me now ,if anyone makes a mention of khandala, my mind
would instantly think of Velvett country resort instead of the superhit amir
khan song “Aati kya Khandala?” !!!
lots of love ,
Meenal
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