What a day that was! Quite surreal! Miles of lovely empty country roads, with dry stone walls, which could almost have passed for the Yorkshire Dales. Crops in the fields, which were their truly startling in their iridesence!
Vast empty beaches, with crashing monsoon waves and black sand that would not look out of place on a volcanic island.
As we passed Rajapur, we discovered a truly eclectic town with a quite novel car wash!!
Moving further South, we found ourselves on a dual carriageway, which bore a remarkable resemblance to the road from the M6 to the South Lakes in Cumbria!
As we were approaching Panaji at some 50 kph, a car pulled out immediately in front of us and I only managed to stop, less than a foot from the drivers door! He looked indignant and simply drive off! This is India, after all! The country where the driving test, (assuming of course, you have not bribed the examiner to get a pass without taking it, which is apparently, quite prevalent), essentially consists of driving in a figure of 8, performing signals and doing a hill start!!
As the first team to complete the 240km Sprint, we were able to get into the Crown Hotel, before another burst of Monsoon rains, which plagued the other teams on their way in, making their last hour, tortuous.
Vast empty beaches, with crashing monsoon waves and black sand that would not look out of place on a volcanic island.
As we passed Rajapur, we discovered a truly eclectic town with a quite novel car wash!!
Moving further South, we found ourselves on a dual carriageway, which bore a remarkable resemblance to the road from the M6 to the South Lakes in Cumbria!
As we were approaching Panaji at some 50 kph, a car pulled out immediately in front of us and I only managed to stop, less than a foot from the drivers door! He looked indignant and simply drive off! This is India, after all! The country where the driving test, (assuming of course, you have not bribed the examiner to get a pass without taking it, which is apparently, quite prevalent), essentially consists of driving in a figure of 8, performing signals and doing a hill start!!
As the first team to complete the 240km Sprint, we were able to get into the Crown Hotel, before another burst of Monsoon rains, which plagued the other teams on their way in, making their last hour, tortuous.
Great pictures and blog. Do take great care tho, accidents happen without any warning and we want you back safe and sound! Keep on posting......
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