WE. DID. IT.
Most likely our last stop for a chai on the road...
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Getting ready for one last HURRAH
Day 13
Right before lunch time, we stopped at a restaurant next to the highway for a tea. It seems like the other guests there were all policemen working for the local traning school. They invited us for a short visit. After some explanations and photos, we could continue our trip to Tumakuru.
Day 12
Again, we enjoyed breakfast at our hotel and started a bit later than usually. We enjoyed the sunny morning and headed to the town called Davanagere. Later in the evening, we went to the local cinema and watched the first screening of Aatagalu in Telugu. We have still some questions about the story...
Day 11
We started a bit later than usually into the day. The goal was reaching a town nearby the main highways in the interior. We arrived there without any breakdowns, but the street conditions were challenging enough. Last but not least, we saw the first rainbow in India.
Day 10
Finally, we had some major technical problems with our rickshaws. During the first 50km, we lost our exhaust and had to fix it twice. Not everything was a challenge on our way to Goa. We also passed the iconic Amboli waterfalls.
Day 9
We wanted to wake up early to hit the road at six. But there were some difficulties with Bernie again. We tried to push-start the engine but nothing happend. So we phoned Sanjay (the indian dude from the last night) and oh wonder, he helped us fix Bernie in no time. After a very rainy day through the mountains of Chiplun with loads of monkeys chilling on the roadside, we arrived in Kolhapur.
Day 8
We started our trip pretty early in the morning from Pune and headed to the village of Chiplun. Along the way we had our first breakdown in the race. After 2 hours we were off to Chiplun again to stay in the red roof guesthouse. We asked for the right directions to the place and met a friendly indian dude called Sanjay, who showed us the way to the Guesthouse in no time.
Day 7
Somewhere around sunset we arrived in the city of Pune. A bit later than estimated because pretty insane traffic along the way made us stop every once in a while on the highway. But we did it. We had our first propper pizza around nine o'clock and finally fell asleep in the Backpacker Hostel Panda Pune.
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