Day 36
17.11.2022 ( Thursday )
Morning started my ride from Surat! It is will be good ride. It was nothing special today! As I wanted to go Nadiad around afternoon so that I can have Lunch with Punit (College Mate). Reached Nadiad as planned and met him after a long time. Also my reading in bike turned 1111.1Km. Hehe. Interesting. Got to Punit house and the house was pretty big. The house rent in Nadiad seems to be very low. Also got to meet Punit boss. Well it was a great we talked a lot and slept early.
Day 37
18.11.2022 ( Friday )
Today is a rest day for me as I had planned to reach Nadiad a day before So I could rest a bit as after the Ahmedabad. So nothing much, but we just had the bike a little bit of washing. It only costed Fifty rupees and did some editing work for the website. Just enjoy the morning sun rise from the room.
Day 38
19.11.2022 ( Saturday )
Me and Punith started our ride to Ahmedabad, Gujarat to attend the Polygon Roadshow. I will be also a speaker there! :) Punit helped me documenting my talk. Had great time there! Poor guy Punith didn't understand most of the talk but he was still with me. Met Daxel who is the Ahmedabad guild head. (An awesome guy with full of energy). Had to leave the event early as I had to go to Mumbai the next day. Also had to a little bit of night ride for the first time. It was pretty interesting because in the biker community there are people who are night riders and I can relate why they like it. Night rides are actually fun but safe as it is a night ride than the morning ride.
So one of the craziest thing happened while I started my ride from Nadiad leaving Punith to Surat. So I was riding and it seems a small puppy was hit in the road and there was an another one actually in middle of the road and was eating something. I then stopped my bike and went back to the place, shooed the other dog and went to see the other dog which was laying dead in the road. To my surprise it was not actually dead, so picked it up and kept in the side of the road. There was an another boy near me, I had to put the dog on the other side of the steel fence so I was no able to go that side so I gave the water bottle to the other guy and told to feed him. For the first 5 minutes he was like not giving any response and then he slowly started being normal, I can see it as he started shitting as well. Then he began drinking his water. So I have been in a similar situation few years ago, Whenever a dog is hit they go into a shock phase where they will be like dead not moving. After that they start to regain consciousness so advice giving water as much as possible. So the next crazy part is that the other puppy came again to the road and was roaming. It suddenly came in the middle of the road in between a motorbike which he stopped suddenly but the van coming in the back hit the bike too. The guy was riding with his wife I assume, I think her jaw broke and was bleeding. Then they left in the van itself to the hospital. All these things happened in a span of 10 -15 minutes. ( A advice which I heard from an another Driver, whenever you are coming across an animal during your ride, If you cannot avoid it just don't try put sudden brake or suddenly move. You can escape with a death of an animal but you cannot escape with a death of an another human being )
So continued my ride after this and this was my first night ride. I was somewhere in the outskirts of Surat. Booked a room and crashed there. Planned to leave early morning so that I can reach Mumbai at the correct time.
Day 39
20.11.2022 ( Sunday )
Left early from the room, I almost forgot my Watch which was gifted by my sister in the room. I remembered it when I started my bike. Rushed again to the room and picked it up. It was a little chilly morning ride but was great. Planned to reach Mumbai by 10 Am morning. It was a great sunrise too. Finally was able to reach Mumbai exactly at 9:58 Am.
The event happened at a great place near the beach. Also had a great talk there. :) Once the event got over, next to Zostel Mumbai. My first Zostel experience and also I had to choose zoster after getting the Zo World NFT. It was a great stay, Nice food. Except the few people who were talking so loud in the midnight.
Day 40
21.11.2022 ( Monday )
Woke up a little bit early and got ready to leave Dhule as I have to be in Delhi for the next event one day before so that I can take some rest. Got to take a picture of the Zostel Mumbai with the bike for the zo peeps. :) Anyways started the ride from Mumbai to Dhule.
Stopped for sugar cane juice and saw some people some Vada pav. Gobbled two of them and had some tea. I really like the tea served in Mumbai. Small quantity but I liked the taste. Nice Vada pavs too! So continued the ride also I had like an another hour to spare so wanted to actually use my gas stove to cook some Noodles. My first cooking on the road. Loved it! It was really great. I just need one bottle of water for the cooking and cleaning. Have to start learning more cooking to be honest.
Also while travelling from Mumbai crossed Nashik, around a year ago me and Siva came to Nashik to visit the Mineral museum. We loved the route as it went through a lot of tunnels and right now riding the same route in my bike. It was a nice experience. :) And finally reached Dhule for the next stop Indore.
Day 41
22.11.2022 ( Tuesday )
Got up early and started my ride towards Indore. So had to stop in a spot for some breakfast, surprisingly they had Onion Uthappam. I loved it just didn't like the Oil they used, must be mustard oil. Apart from that had good food. While on the road I was in the Narmada river bridge some few KM's away from Indore and another Biker also stopped to meet me. Met my first fellow biker after 40 days :) Meet Guarav from was travelling from Mumbai to go to his friends Marriage.
Also while travelling from Mumbai crossed Nashik, around a year ago me and siva came to Nashik to visit the Mineral museum. We loved the route as it went through a lot of tunnels and right now riding the same route in my bike. It was a nice experience. :) And finally reached Dhule for the next stop Indore. Met my couchsurfer Rishabh Bhai and his roomate Rajput . :) Also went out to meet an another Couchsurfer Vikas bro. Also helped Rishabh bhai peeling garlic, Learnt how to do it If I have to be honest. Had some good Rotis with chicken and then had a good sleep.
Day 42
23.11.2022 ( Wednesday )
Got up early and started packing things up and a good friend was beside me. That is when I thought I should have a packet of some dog food so that whenever I see fellow friendlies I can share it with them. :) So bought a few chicken pieces which we did not eat yesterday and shared with this great looking guy. :) So then my trip started and was a pretty good ride. Then I stopped in a Dhabha for my Lunch. The menu was in hindhi so just told the waiter just give me whatever you suggest. Then he bought me this, which was actually different. Two rotis which was like different in a way where it was more dry. After serving me he actually tore that roti down and left. Then I had the sabji with it.
While driving saw a lot of windmills as well. So took a small break here and to enjoy the view.
Also was passing through one of the modern beautiful bridges, I had to stop my bike and then take a picture. Then headed to Jaipur so that I can reach before it got darker. In Jaipur I was staying in fellow Couchsurfer Dhushyant. He also said there will be another two surfers who will also be staying in the room. The more the merrier. Met Menas and Sophie. Also got to know that it was sophie's birthday so got a cake for her and celebrated a little bit. :)
