Nearly there!

After 12 days of very early starts (up at 5am) and 14 hours of driving each day we have now covered some 3400km with around 500km now seperating us from a well deserved dip in the sea and cocktail on Goa's beaches. Each state we travel through seems to have thier general election takng place and resulting in the sale of alcohol being prohibitd! Not impressed!

The trip has been much harder than any of us could have expected with the long driving days, temperatues in the mid 40's (apparently there is a heatwave just as we are crossing the hot dessert interior and as a result we have been spending more money on water than petrol, food and hotels combined) and burning winds all taking there toll!  Every time we stop a huge crowd instantly gathers around us wanting to know what we are doing and where we are from. Whilst all of the poeolple are so friendly and helpful it is starting become tiring having the same things asked over and over every day! a good nights sleep is needed by all!

Since our last update progess has been good covering over 400km each day passing throuht he cities of Nagpur and Hyderabad. we have been lucky so far and had ony one mechanical malfunction when our breaks packed up! This as quickly sorted with the help of 'the town genious' with the parts labour (2 hours) and an oil change completed for just over one pound!

So far we have all aoided the dreaded Delhi Belly and have only been stopped by the police once! We are living a charmed life!

Given our progress over the last few days, and our state of tiredenss, we hae decided to take a rest day tomorow to exlore the town of Hampi and the extensive remains of a 15th Centrury city.

Take a look at the media section above especially those of the launch day photos and cricket match, there are some good pics of the Top Run boys especially No. 17 on the lauch day photos! 

Hopefully Goa on Friday with an update to follow on Saturday.

Andy