My stress buster. Review on Suruchi Beach, Vasai

If  you can't afford to go to goa for lack of  funds or time, I will say come to suruchi beach .

Everyone has  their own ways and means of countering stress . Many like to watch movies, some like  to dine with wine . To me a visit to a  place  like suruchi baug aka suruchi beach manages just  that .

This place is 20 minutes drive from Vasai west station . Being born at dehra doon taught me to be very close to nature, I always find solace with nature . This beach is at vasai gaon, which is a very clean and green place especially during monsoons. My brother says  that it reminds him of kerala, though he says kerala is greener much greener .

The beach and the nearby area will also remind one of Goa . This beach gets its name from the Tall suru trees all over the beach .  This place  is so cool and so heavenly during monsoons . What makes  this different from other nearby mumbai beaches is  the fact that its really a very clean place   and yet not so commercialized  like lets say a juhu beach, which means that its still more peaceful and serene .

Oddly on a sunday its so jam packed   as then it becomes the no 1 picnic place for  everyone . Somehow I come  here to escape  the crowds and hence  a day which isn't sunday makes me feel better . I usually visit here with a friend of mine and we  take long walks along the beach .

Sometimes we  just sit ashore and listen to  the  waves close our eyes and meditate . many a times at the risk of  catching attention we do some pranayama . The cool breeze cools me from outside while the anulom vilom cools me from inside . Guys I have said this many times and will say it again, every place  his its own vibration. I will go to the extend of saying those in need to heal, especially emotionally should come often to such places . Focussing on the sounds of  the waves or  just watching them in  itself is a kind of meditation . Walking barefoot on the sand is  reflexology and very soothing to the mind .

But recently this place  is being more and more commercialized, it's also getting more and more crowded  . The peace component is being sacrificed . People eat and litter the place like they never did before .

Sometimes it even difficult to walk along the beach on sundays as its being turned into cricket strips and football grounds .which is only fair as  mumbai lacks big grounds .

I see many young lads practising gymnastics here . Of course you will get the usual beach  fun of horse riding, bhuttas, bhel puris, vada pavs and coconut water here.

Despite all this it remains one of  the best beaches around mumbai . Do also visit nearby vasai fort and vasai port which is  just 10 minutes from this place

Vasai fort is a place where many movies  do get shot, we also have a couple of  temples there .