One of our most sucessful driving days so far, we covered some good ground, even if the day started out with a few hiccups.
Bumped into some fellow tuk tukers on the road who were heading to put their little chap on a train down to Goa as she wasn't doing too much more than 20kms an hour. With renewed faith in our zebra we headed onto the express way to Goa...40 mins into our driving we were greeted with frantic waiving to pull over by a traffic officer who happily announced that no tuks tuks were allowed on the expressway and we must get off immediately, after a small fine... We looked ahead at the seemingly no exit highway in dismay, interesting.
Pedra, driver at the time, was hauled over the road to have a talking to by the more senior officer. After some scoulding and head wiggling Ped was given a 100 rupee fine (equivalent of £1, RMB 10, ZAR 15), which the junior officer keep insisting was 200 as soon as he was out of ear shot from his senior officer.
It's far more tropical now, with palm tree's and rice paddi's, looks a lot more like south east Asia now than the desert like north.
Today's drive took us through valleys and mountains and up to the top of a mountain (the konkan hills to be exact ) to Khed, the town is not so impressive but the scenery makes up for it, wedged between the valleys of rice paddi's.
Another great meal (wagers on weight loss may not be in for a hefty bill) and off to bed for an early start that should see us to Goa!
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