Right, we are struggling. Bluey is rubbish - we are up to 11 on the Bluey breakdown tally - some minor like engine falling out, some major like engine seizing and clutch breaking!
I know I keep harping on about the heat but we are near Mumbai and it is mid 40's - we can hardly breathe. Due to the heat and falling well behind, we have started getting up at 4am and hitting the road. the midday heat is battering us everyday and spirits are low by 6pm - we are night driving when we have to but it is scary as hell - some vehicles have lights but lorries don't like them! We are only doing it as we really need to be on the road about 14 hours per day to give ourselves a fighting chance, particularly as we have to factor in a breakdown everyday. Other difficulties continue to be the roads / traffic but we are acclimatising to the these - nothing shocks us anymore: goats, cows, boars, lorries, buses coming towards us at high speed has become the norm. We are even getting used to eating all our meals with our right hand only (curry with no cutlery is easy now) and just our left hands in a field for you know what!!!!! The food is tough going - local food only of course but we are all having belly problems which can be interesting.
Still meeting incredible people and going to some amazing places - these guys will do anything to help us, whether it be lifts in the middle of the night when Bluey has let us down again or driving 5km to a local restaurant and bringing dinner back to our tent! Some of the beaches, mountains, villages, markets we have seen take your breath away and the locals have often never seen a white person.
The good news is we are still standing... just. The bad news is we are well behind and the country is kicking the crap out of us! BAYCB.......
I know I keep harping on about the heat but we are near Mumbai and it is mid 40's - we can hardly breathe. Due to the heat and falling well behind, we have started getting up at 4am and hitting the road. the midday heat is battering us everyday and spirits are low by 6pm - we are night driving when we have to but it is scary as hell - some vehicles have lights but lorries don't like them! We are only doing it as we really need to be on the road about 14 hours per day to give ourselves a fighting chance, particularly as we have to factor in a breakdown everyday. Other difficulties continue to be the roads / traffic but we are acclimatising to the these - nothing shocks us anymore: goats, cows, boars, lorries, buses coming towards us at high speed has become the norm. We are even getting used to eating all our meals with our right hand only (curry with no cutlery is easy now) and just our left hands in a field for you know what!!!!! The food is tough going - local food only of course but we are all having belly problems which can be interesting.
Still meeting incredible people and going to some amazing places - these guys will do anything to help us, whether it be lifts in the middle of the night when Bluey has let us down again or driving 5km to a local restaurant and bringing dinner back to our tent! Some of the beaches, mountains, villages, markets we have seen take your breath away and the locals have often never seen a white person.
The good news is we are still standing... just. The bad news is we are well behind and the country is kicking the crap out of us! BAYCB.......
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