24.11.2022 ( Thursday )
Had a great night sleep waking up to the sounds of monkeys dancing on a steel sheet. Lovely morning and prepared to ride to Delhi. Took pictures with Dushyant, Minas and Sofie. Planned to go to Ajmer fort and then head to Delhi as Siva told to come to the room around in the evening.
Once I reached Ajmer fort, Someone pitched me a Jeep ride. I took the bait and then the jeep driver baited me with a Government guide which again I took the bait too. Haha I was in a bait mode. The guide was not bad, He did share a lot of good information. Regarding the jeep ride, I personally think it is not a necessary one. The guide acted as a photographer, that was the top plus point. During my whole ride, I wasn't able to take good pictures of me. Finally I was able to find a good picture of mine. :) I think you could spend a whole lot of your time here. It is pretty big actually but I left a bit early. As I had to reach delhi.
Once I reached Ajmer fort, Someone pitched me a Jeep ride. I took the bait and then the jeep driver baited me with a Government guide which again I took the bait too. Haha I was in a bait mode. The guide was not bad, He did share a lot of good information. Regarding the jeep ride, I personally think it is not a necessary one. The guide acted as a photographer, that was the top plus point. During my whole ride, I wasn't able to take good pictures of me. Finally I was able to find a good picture of mine. :) I think you could spend a whole lot of your time here. It is pretty big actually but I left a bit early. As I had to reach Delhi. So I had to say Good-bye.
Stopped in a highway hotel for my afternoon lunch and liked the paratha and green chilly. While riding also some amazing landscapes, a geologist can't stop without clicking pictures of amazing structures like the one below. Loved it. Finally then reached Gurugram to Siva's PG. Parked my bike and saw that my mobile had 5G. So tested the speed and Dammmmm! What a speed 6 times more than the Fibernet connection I have in my home. 5G is going to change a lot of things to be honest.
25.11.2022 ( Friday )
Today is a rest day as tomorrow after attending the Roadshow in Delhi will be heading to Agra for a night stay and then leave again the morning to Lucknow. So took a great rest. Also met Siva room mate and he was also vacating the room. So I also took this time to go to a Royal Enfield Showroom to get my bike cleaned. It was just a 90 minute work. I got it done and got back to the room. I still had the Top Box issue where it was titled downwards and was not steady. So I dismantled the whole panniers single handedly and did some tweaks and assembled it again. Truth to be told it was not easy.
Then for lunch I had Siva's Dates pack which served me well. Hehe. So he came a little bit early as his company did not give permission him for leave tomorrow. As we thought we could go together for tomorrow's event. Anyways he tried my jacket. So then we planned to eat out in KFC and went out.
See the happy champ, I was also happy too. I don't usually go out and eat. Always whatever the least I could eat and also due to the fact that most of the things are expensive but today is not the day. Had great food and went back to room after a nice chit chat.
26.11.2022 ( Saturday )
Got up early for the event and headed to it. Had to say bye bye to Siva and head to the event. Got to the event a little bit early and had good vibes. The conference hall was amazing and massive. Probably the largest out of all the Roadshows. Nice food as well.
I had my talk there as well. It went good and the photo came out nice as well. To be honest I was able to meet a lot of Web3 people because of this as the roadshows attracted a lot of other Web3 people. Met a lot of other developers, people who are into NFT's but mostly students. Also Aakash said about the expressways from Delhi to Agra and then an another expressway from Agra to Lucknow. So Planning to head to Agra from Delhi a little bit early but I am sure there will be a little of Night ride as well. Had lunch and the food was good too no complaints.
A very interesting happened, during my whole travel I didn't encounter this. Let's say not even in my life. The hotel is too sophisticated for me, Haha. I went to the loo and dammm! I felt like I got myself a video game console. I was not alone in this, other fellow beside me who went in first in an another room and came again outside to ask how does this work! Haha! Loved it! Even I didn't know. Another saviour who used it told us it will work once you sit on it. Then I went in the other room, to be honest it was completely new and interesting to me. It had this customization where you can change the position, pressure of the water from the bidet.
So got out a little bit early as I had to reach Agra early so that I can start my ride early to Lucknow for the tomorrow's event. So I reached Agra around night and it was chill. The hotel I stayed in, I could see Taj Mahal from the Roof Top. They had a roof top restaurant in the hotel, where I had my dinner and went straight to sleep. The bed in the hotel was sooooo goood! Loved it. Sad that I had to leave the room early.
27.11.2022 ( Sunday )
Just one word for today! Coooooooooooolllllllddd! Got up early from my hotel and started heading out to Agra but didn't expect the climate to be soo cold! I entered the Yamuna Expressway which is a 300km straight road with no stops in between. This is also the first time I had to pay for Toll for my bike. The first hour in the expressway was cold as it can get. Also my petrol was nearly over and it was running in reserve and got to know that there will be a refreshment spots every 100km in the expressway. So stopped there was petrol and also had some hot chai and noodles. Once I stopped my hands and legs didn't stop shaking until like 15 minutes once I had hot tea and noodles. Then again rode it out and reached Lucknow spot for the event at exactly 11 am when it started.
I had a talk here as well! It was the last stop for the Polygon Roadshow. Met a lot of amazing folks here as well. I met Nikhil was able to add me to the ETHindia application and I was able to enter ETHindia. :) Thanks Nikhil! :) So once the event was over went to Sathish house where I met him. Also we went to his senior's home were we had chicken and it became late there. We left at 12. I should have take a picture to be honest. He was cool but I didn't have time. As I had to cover almost 2000 Km in the next three days so that I can reach Bengaluru for the last stop Polygon Connect a day earlier to take some rest.
28.11.2022 ( Monday)
Morning woke up little bit late as I slept late last night! I was planning to cover 800Km but not sure it will be done. My goal was reach Nagpur by today. So started the ride saying Goodbye to Sathish. Also this is my first picture without a spectacles too. My eyes looks its small! So started the long ride to Nagapur.
The ride was actually a little bit long and the expected time to reach Nagpur was like 10pm so I decide to stay in Jabalpur. Booked a room in Jabalpur. It was around 8:30 I reached the hotel and the hotel owners said that It was cancelled and I had to book an another room. Then we had some talk and agreed to pay an another 600 which will include dinner, and tomorrow breakfast. I didn't want to argue after riding 600km. The place was good, it acted like an marriage hall during season times and during the other times as a hotel. Took a good nap.
29.11.2022 ( Tuesday )
It was a good sleep and woke up early to have my breakfast. The hotel owner insisted that I take roti's for lunch as well and they packed me things. It was worth the extra 600 I spent yesterday. So started my ride and the roads were good from Jabalpur because yesterday the roads were not good when reaching jabalpur that is why I had to take a room there. So today is going to be a long ride as I am planning on to complete 800Km today. It was a nice ride.
While having my lunch which was packed from the hotel, a van stopped in the front. The driver was from Tamil Nadu. He said that he horned me a few Km before but I didn't notice, we chatted some time and we left. His name was Sathish interestingly. While driving I was able to see an amazing spot where I could have gone down and took a bath but time was not in my favor so had to just take a picture so that I can do it next time. Then in hyderabad was planning to stay kishore's home. Kishore informed me that he is not there but his mum was there. I reached the place around 7pm I think. Had the shawarma again which I had earlier like two to three weeks back and went ahead to sleep. Have to leave early to reach Bengaluru and buy some vesti and shirt for the Polygon connect.