A Voyage to Pirambet

                                   
                                                   Report writing on trekking to Piram island

On 23rd December 2017 Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University arranged an adventurous trekking camp to Piram island. our journey started with a cup of tea with the professors of  University at 7'o clock at Shamaldas college gate. After take little breakfast and too much waiting of vehicle, one Eicher comes with alarming horn like ship, all students feel wonder and have a little fun to listen this kind of funny horn. Our journey to the vehicle started with noises and jokes, after half an hour we reached at Gogha port there we are thrilled to see beautiful boats and ships. We all students departed in three group for boat riding then, me and my classmates start a voyage to Piram island under the captainship of Dr. Dilip Barad and Dr.Dilipsinh Gohil. 

Journey through ocean always exciting as well as adventurous. This is my first landmark voyage with memorable moments, we all students enjoyed boat riding with too much photo shooting. Distance between Ghogha port to Piram island is around 5km, we all students and professors have much enjoyed a little but remarkable voyage.

After an hour coastal journey, finally we climbed beautiful 'Piram' island. The situation very ridiculous when students jumping from crossing the boat and fall in the water. After arrival on the island all students and professors are going towards one small temple and there trekking guide Vasudevsinh Sarvaiya talk abut the history of this island that seven hundreds years ago around 1309 to 1347 King Mokhdaji Gohil ruled on this beautiful island, Piram island was the first capital of Bhavnagar state. This island also witnessed of battle between king Mokhdaji Gohil and Sultan of Delhi Muhammed Tughlaq.

Furthermore, we have seen the destroyed wall of Mokhdaji's castle but in present time there is no any colony or population.

"अब तो खंडहर भी नही कहता के कभी इमारते बुलंद थी"

Although, the beauty of Pirambet is great, Vasudevsinh also talk about the geography and about various insect like Crabs, Lobster, white Snake, Dolphin all are living around this wonderful island. This is such a natural sight which I ever seen.

After that informative and knowledgeable speeches by trekking guide Vasudevsinh and convener of Board of  Sports Dr.Dilip Barad, then we all moved to the light house. On the way to lighthouse we have seen wonderful rocks and destroyed wall of castle then finally we reached at lighthouse where we can see the real beauty of entire Piram island from the pick of lighthouse and we grab knowledge about Fresnel lense, the function of this lense is, when this lamp reflect on such kind of glass around the pick of lighthouse so with the help of this lamp seamen or sailor can easily see far from 30 km or more to know their direction.

Beautiful view from the pick of lighthouse

Fresnel Lense

After the visit of lighthouse we moved to wonderful mud trekking under the tree of mangroves. It was great experience to walk in the knee deep mud, we all have great fun with Vasudevsihn and Dilip Barad during the trekking in this kind of surface .It is such a great natural sight with combination of different landscape like forest of mangroves, mud ground, tough field and ocean.

After this memorable mud trekking all students and professors feel much hungry and moved to take lunch, lunch box fully overloaded.

Slowly and steadily this camp going towards the end, although, after took lunch all students rest a while and play kabaddi and many other games, then Vasudevsinh bring us to sea shore to see beautiful stone with variety of colors and designs also we have seen one rared ocean insect lobster.

Thus, at 4'o clock all students and professors return to boats to Ghogha, while returning to Ghogha we are very lucky to see passenger ship Ghogha to Dahej at Ro Ro ferry. Thus, we enjoyed the beautiful and remarkable nature of Piram island, unique experience of mud trekking and adventurous of voyages.  Finally we come at Ghogha and remembering Piram island but when we listen to alarming sound of Eicher's horn, all students rushed to the vehicle happily and finally we reached at Bhavnagar around 6 in the evening. It was such a greatest and uniqe trekking in the natural sight.