It is hard to tell at what point I gave up on closing my eyes but it was light outside. Not long after that the car stopped abruptly with a shout from A and the driver jumped out of the car and opened the boot. A was sick on the roadside, he looked in a bad way but after a few moments to himself asked to get into the passenger seat again and we were off. I guess the ride in the back had become rather bumpy, we had entered the rural state of Banswara even if we were actually still very far away from the town of Banswara. Here the roads were smattered with potholes and the ride was excruciatingly bumpy.
Randomly we stopped, it was by a café in the middle of no where. We could see no civilisation at all around the café/house, it was just this house with a roofed structure out the front, they sold tea, food stuffs and random extras like soap and there were tables and bed-chairs to sit on. The boys had some tea and Ch regretted it for the rest of the day, he felt so poorly, the tea did not settle well that’s for sure. I needed the toilet but decided to hold on , as when I asked A if there was a toilet he said, all around you. I must make note here that his child did not have any nappy on, for most of the journey she was to be half dressed and it was incredible the screams which penetrated from the child when they did attempt to place a nappy on her.
Back in the car we though ‘we can’t be far now’. Nor were we close. We had another unexpected stop in a random town this time, it seemed A wanted to find a hotel room to freshen up in for a few hours. We were reluctant, after eleven hours on the road we really just wanted to arrive. So we all loaded back into the car once again and finally our next stop was the original destination.
After scouting out the best ‘deal’ for hotels, we booked in, used the facilities and freshened up. A was not feeling great so we had about and hour to find ourselves again. Then we went to have lunch. Our lunch spot was to become our main food haunt for the next couple of days, especially as when dinner time arrived and we asked A if there was a McDonalds near by he just laughed and said, we are in the middle of the countryside there is not McDonalds here.
After lunch we thought – finally we will get started on some work. Once again we were mistaken. First we went to a Hindu temple. I’m not sure if we were supposed to be praying for the trip but I wish I had thought about that as it really did turn out to be rather messed up. The boys took ages taking their shoes and socks off that by the time they entered the temple we had already been inside and prayed. We were offered some blessed candy by As wife and Ch and I tried it, it was white and looked a bit like a eight or so little polystyrene balls had been stuck together. It tasted of sugar but with a slight almondy flavour, it was actually quite nice.
Back in the car – we soon realised we would not be asking anyone any questions today. We were driven to a Dam, now this is supposed to be impressive but it was dark, rainy, grey and you were not allowed to take pictures, it was also rather small and we were unsure as to whether or not it was really worth the driving, by now we were all worn out and needed some food and sleep. So we were relieved when A decided to call it a night.
Randomly we stopped, it was by a café in the middle of no where. We could see no civilisation at all around the café/house, it was just this house with a roofed structure out the front, they sold tea, food stuffs and random extras like soap and there were tables and bed-chairs to sit on. The boys had some tea and Ch regretted it for the rest of the day, he felt so poorly, the tea did not settle well that’s for sure. I needed the toilet but decided to hold on , as when I asked A if there was a toilet he said, all around you. I must make note here that his child did not have any nappy on, for most of the journey she was to be half dressed and it was incredible the screams which penetrated from the child when they did attempt to place a nappy on her.
Back in the car we though ‘we can’t be far now’. Nor were we close. We had another unexpected stop in a random town this time, it seemed A wanted to find a hotel room to freshen up in for a few hours. We were reluctant, after eleven hours on the road we really just wanted to arrive. So we all loaded back into the car once again and finally our next stop was the original destination.
After scouting out the best ‘deal’ for hotels, we booked in, used the facilities and freshened up. A was not feeling great so we had about and hour to find ourselves again. Then we went to have lunch. Our lunch spot was to become our main food haunt for the next couple of days, especially as when dinner time arrived and we asked A if there was a McDonalds near by he just laughed and said, we are in the middle of the countryside there is not McDonalds here.
After lunch we thought – finally we will get started on some work. Once again we were mistaken. First we went to a Hindu temple. I’m not sure if we were supposed to be praying for the trip but I wish I had thought about that as it really did turn out to be rather messed up. The boys took ages taking their shoes and socks off that by the time they entered the temple we had already been inside and prayed. We were offered some blessed candy by As wife and Ch and I tried it, it was white and looked a bit like a eight or so little polystyrene balls had been stuck together. It tasted of sugar but with a slight almondy flavour, it was actually quite nice.
Back in the car – we soon realised we would not be asking anyone any questions today. We were driven to a Dam, now this is supposed to be impressive but it was dark, rainy, grey and you were not allowed to take pictures, it was also rather small and we were unsure as to whether or not it was really worth the driving, by now we were all worn out and needed some food and sleep. So we were relieved when A decided to call it a night.
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