My Big Escapade - Destination Unknown...: Day 154 - Aug 9

Aug09 at EveryTrail

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372 KMs Trip Meter 21015 KMs

Had spent the whole of previous day resting and updating the logs and had not visited Mt Abu. So wanted to do a small round in the morning before i leave for baroda. It was a welcome break from heat. Started by 9am and thought of going towards Gurushikhar, which is the highest point in Rajasthan. It was pleasantly chilly in the morning. Had to ride around the Nakki lake in the beginning. There are lot of points of interest. Well a place that crowded with tourists needs plenty to visit. Thought of riding till the end and checking out what ever possible on the way back. Luggage on the bike was as usual a handicap. Had not left them in then hotel due to an argument with the hotel staff regarding their behavior favoring foriegn tourists. Had already experienced with a couple of other lonely planet suggested hotels. Any way it was getting more and more chilly as i rode up. The views around were great. There was quite some traffic as well. Went almost near the top and it was literally a traffic jam. Just wanted to get out of there. Rode down leisurely. Could feel the chill reduse and the heat pick up as i lost altitude. Enjoyed the mountains road till the plains.

Then on it was just cruising along the GQ towards Baroda. Looked like a small road on the map but it was a 4 lane road till Ahmadabad. Dr Bharath had invited me to stay over at his place in Baroda. Get back to GQ mode with music in the ears and riding around 90 to 110. Reach Ahmadabad by 4.30 and went to expressway to give a try and i was promptly stopped by guards from entering the expressway. When lumbering trucks could enter, why not me i thought. Any way searched around for the deviation and it was two laned road with lot of traffic. Knew it would take more time to get to Baroda. Made it like 6 pm and Dr Bharath was kind enough to come till the outskirts to receive me. Then i fallow his car to his home. Glad to know that he had traveled ladakh this season and the wee days of the passes getting opened. He also gave me a generous tour of Baroda city and it felt like developed place and traffic was easy going. Then on it was a great dinner at his place and travel talk for quite some time. Getting to pune is the target for tomm.

A stroll to the Nakki lake the previous night...