It’s been a wild few days so I forgot to blog haha! The main event being a fire in our hotel room in Udaipur at midnight two nights ago. Luckily Sarah woke up because she couldn’t breathe and alerted the rest of us and the guys we’re travelling with put it out. Was pretty crazy - watching a burning mattress being thrown from a third story window into a narrow cobbled street! We were all a bit shaken up but recovered the next day by exploring the spectacular palace at Udaipur, encountering an elephant as we made our way out of the city and (my personal highlight) seeing a leopard cross the road in front of us as we drove through hills last night :)
Today we made it to spectacular Jodhpur where I experienced the most hectic driving of my life, literally crawling through crowds of people and motorbikes and then lanes so narrow we were almost scraping through!
Sarah, Bec and I finished the day with some great zip lining at the ridiculously beautiful Mehrangarh fort overlooking Jodhpur and now we’re tucking into dinner and beers.
So... goodnight! X
Found WiFi and coffee in Pune - luxury!
On the road to Pune and trying to find a truck to take us to Surat tomorrow to give us a day off driving :)
On the road to Pune and trying to find a truck to take us to Surat tomorrow to give us a day off driving :)
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Absolutely awesome day today. Woke up at 5am and climbed 575 steps to watch sunrise from the top of a rock in the magnificent Hampi (36sqkm of ruins scattered through hills, tumbled boulders, paddy fields and gorgeous waterways). Did a little bit of exploring and managed to avoid the crowds and find someone to take us in their coracle to check out some of the ancient temples. At that time of the morning it was utterly magical, we felt like we’d been transplanted to some magical kingdom as the water was like a millpond,, the mist still covered everything, a coral coloured sun rose over us and jewel coloured kingfishers flitted past.
Then got in 6 hours of driving this afternoon (a relief after the 14 we did yesterday!) and are now enjoying exploring the markets and getting dinner in Vijayapura :)
Made it to Goa incident free except for Sarah trying kill us
Started the day by exploring the incredible hill fortress in Chitradurga, finished it with some night driving on cobbled road in a forest. Stopping the night in a little village. Tomorrow - Goa!
Hi everyone, this a quick blog as good access to WiFi here is pretty sporadic. We’ve survived the first day of driving as well as the NYE celebrations and are having an amazing time
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This is coming with us!!! Marketing didn’t just get me I saw it in action!!
Not long to go! Feeling very excited to get this crazy adventure started!
