Tried to organise some breakfast but the restaurant was still closed. Managed to get 2 chai and 2 portions of veg. Pakoda (fried and battered veggie slices). I’ll see tomorrow if eating that was a good idea. Still felt hungry afterwards and had the feeling that I might not make it to Vapi unless I find more food.<\/p>\n
Electricity comes from a generator here in the hotel that is switched off during the day.<\/p>\n
Started cycling around 10.45am, hungry. Ride was ok. However, soon I realized that Jawhar would be a better target for the day. Traffic was considerably less. After about 24km I arrived in Kudan and bought a cola and biscuits. Turned out that wasn’t a good meal. 2km further I cracked, much to the amusement of the local youth that checked in on me at least every 30 minutes for the following 4 hours.<\/p>\n
After some puking I finally managed to hitch a ride to Jawhar on a truck. Sat in the back with my bike and got shaken quite a bit. But it was definitely better than spending more time standing next to the bike puking and waiting for I-don’t-know-what. Vomited a bit from the truck, though, and had to be careful not to hit innocent people on the road. Hilarious.<\/p>\n
Jawhar turned out to have more than one hotel. I just grabbed the first one I came across and checked in. A cold shower and a short nap fixed me to some degree. Had a chai and a lemon tea, and went for some food. Will stay here one more night to get loads more food down me and to sort out my future diet.<\/p>\n
Ordered veg. Pulao again, but that was a bit too spicy for my already upset stomach. Went for plain rice instead. I didn’t expect the concept of ‘take-away’ food would be known here, but to my surprise the waiter offered a ‘parcel’ for the Pulao. Et voila, they even put it into an aluminium box you would expect to find in a ‘pro’ take-away shop.<\/p>\n
Did I mention that I always had mobile reception and GPRS, even though the places here feel quite remote?<\/p>\n
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