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…
DAY 16… Modhera to Patan
DAY SIXTEEN… 27.15 miles (43.70 km) Egrets search for frogs in the fields. We sit at the chai shop and drink tea. Thank God for quieter, less busy roads today….
DAY 15… Zainabad to Modhera
DAY FIFTEEN… 34.11 miles (54.89 km) 8.15am chai stop… We left our little tribal house at Desert Courses at 6.30am, a beautiful time of day, cool and the sun a…
DAY 14… Zainabad (Little Rann of Kutch)
DAY FOURTEEN Morning safari. We ride out to the salt plains again in a jeep. This time to catch another sight of the wild ass. We see a lot of…
DAY 13… Muli to Zainabad
DAY THIRTEEN… 45.05 miles (72.50 km) We are sitting in another petrol station, trying to get a lift for the last bit of our ride. Although its only 12.30, and…
DAY 12… Chotila to Muli
DAY TWELVE… 33.37 miles (53.70 km) Who would have thought a petrol station would be a haven of tranquillity? We are sitting in the cool, away from the road, and…
DAY 11… Gondal to Chotila
DAY ELEVEN… 38.94 miles (62.67 km) It was up, up, up today. Hard to keep going as the heat got up, and having achieved the summit, along some dry, hot…