DAY TWENTY SIX… 24.30 miles (39.10 km) Sitting on an antique couch, drinking lemon tea in the vestibule of our luxurious suite of rooms in Rajmahal. The bedroom is adorned…
DAY 25… Bhilwara to Jahazpur
DAY TWENTY FIVE… 54.99 miles (88.55 km) 8.05am… Morning chai by a lake. It doesn’t ever take long before we are noticed and people pull up to stare. Already a…
DAY 24… Deogarh to Bhilwara
DAY TWENTY FOUR… 58.23 miles (93.71 km) We left Deogarth at our usual time, 6.30am. It’s a lovely little town, amazingly clean. At dawn people are out sweeping the dust…
DAY 23… Ranakpur to Deogarh
DAY TWENTY THREE… 40.58 miles (65.30 km) 6.30am Our chai and poha (breakfast) have arrived. It is cold this morning. I can’t believe it. Fleece and jacket are on to…
DAY 22…Ranakpur
DAY TWENTY TWO As we did last time, when we were here in Ranakpur, we try to get into the Kumbhalgarh Wildlife Sanctuary, with a permit. Rising early we walk…
DAY 21… Gogunda to Ranakpur
DAY TWENTY ONE… 32.50 miles (52.30 km) Very lovely ride through remote rocky and then jungle terrain. Tim tells me ‘up then down’. Music to my ears. The ‘down’ was…
DAY 20… Poshina to Gogunda
DAY TWENTY… 36.35 miles (58.50 km) First light of dawn and we are eager to get on our way despite the loveliness of this palace. There is a small ripple…
DAY 19… Poshina
DAY NINETEEN… 12.99 miles (20.91 km) A ‘rest’ day. We take little cycle rides up into the nearby hills to explore the area. The hills are inhabited sparsely by tribal…
DAY 18… Vadali to Poshina
DAY EIGHTEEN… 43.68 miles (70.03 km) We leave our little adobe hut at dawn, enjoying the morning light and the slight welcome chill of the air (only slight chill). It…
DAY 17… Patan to Vadali
DAY SEVENTEEN… 47.60 miles (76.60 km) This morning having eventually roused the hotel lads to let us out of the hotel, we set off on what was to be a…