Day 3 (Nashik-Ujjain)

Day 3 (Nashik-Ujjain)

Had a nice rest at the hotel. Then we set our stuffs for our adventure to travel the remaining north of Maharashtra then enter the state of Madhya Pradesh. This is NH 3. The highway starts from Mumbai in Maharashtra to Agra in Uttar Pradesh. Around 1200 kilometers. 

It is also apart of the network of Asian Highway, AH 47 starting from Bangalore in Karnataka to Gwalior in Uttar Pradesh through Mumbai in Maharashtra. That is 2000 kilometers. We saw some BMW GS touring bike cruising at 100 km/h with stuffs enough for a camping site, I am guessing from a European country.

What I have realize of Maharashtra it has a beautiful landscape. Open, vast and luscious greenery land with random flat top hills from south to the center of Maharashtra and a bit of desert, not the sandy desert but barren land with few trees for shade at the northern part of Maharashtra.

So enjoy from my eye’s point of view

Kids

More kids. Haha

At last an adult. Looking good there. Hehe

Happy after breakfast. I had the best puri baji in Maharashtra.

Beautiful

Nomads of Maharashtra

A long way to go but it is on a highway

However seeing this beauty, there was a sacrifice. All these lush, untouched greenery and deserts, there wasn’t any small towns for us to stop. We went about 2 hours without water in this searing heat.

Dead tired and exhausted and dehydrated.

The first eating place we stopped, it was uneatable for me. I wound not risk diarrhoea. Not even their bottle of water because it was a refilled bottle. Water taken from a well maybe. The same water I used to wash my face and hands. But Shrikanth ate something. Well, he is an Indian right although the others refused.

Truck with wind turbine propeller.

Then we proceed to a better place, a proper R&R with clean toilets and eatable foods

Dry. Dryness everywhere.

Its so warm and dry no wonder the river shrank.

At last we entered the state of Madhya Pradesh. First impression was good. Still the same landscape as Maharashtra but a more deserted land.

Festive season. We can dance and sing on the lorry.

After a long day of suffering. This is liberation.

We went through the city of Indore, the capital city of Madhya Pradesh. A city not worth mentioning. It was at night. Could not see the city well. Drivers were very rude. Roads were really bad. One of the worst cities I have ever been. Its from here I just hate Madhya Pradesh. Sorry guys if you are from MP. This is my impression on your state. Peace. After a long day, we finally arrived at Ujjain at 8.30 p.m. I was tired. Slept right away at a hotel also not worth mentioning accompanied by Niroop. While Shrikanth and Suhas meet their friends somewhere in the city.

Ujjain is in the middle of the state. A small town famous for its ancient Mahakel Temple. Ujjain is west to the city of Bhopal. 

Bhopal is known world wide for a gas disaster killing thousands of people and causing nearly half million more of injuries and complication. Its considered as the world’s worst industrial disaster.

We rest our body for our torturous journey in Madhya Pradesh in Day 4. God save us.