Day 5 - Vadodara to Kasa, Maharastra, not a dry state - let it rain! (320km)

Post alarm wake-up we are waiting eagerly in the foyer to hand over the keys and explain our strife. At 8am said mechanic rolls in, lends an ear to our troubles, wiggles his head, and ensures us he'll be done and back with us at 9.30 latest (lie no. 2). After some much needed Internet time and blog posting we were back in the foyer fully packed and ready to load up our pack horse for the open road to Surat. At 9.30 we call and he says he'll be there at 9.45 (you guessed it - no. 3).. The 10am call ends slightlymore positively with the news that he is in the tuk and on the way, 15min (no. 4), 10.20 - 15min (no. 5), 10.40 - 5min (no. 6)... At 11am some of the team had to think of Nando's 'last dictators' ad so as not to throttle the bugger when he walked through the door..

After a bill of about 150zar and realising Team 'Like a G6' weren't getting their tuk back until '2pm', we hardened up, packed our old girl up, and set to getting out of the chaos and back on the NH8 to Surat..

To our delight the road was great if not very boring, and we ended up getting to a roadside hotel well further than our initial goal. No hot shower, but beds, great food, and.. Beer!!

Shad's our first casualty healthwise, but he assures us he's seen way worse and he'll be right as rain by Mumbai.