Vapi to Kapurthala in My 2wheeler Odyssey

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The rain that had blessed our departure from Mumbai soaked to the skin and blessed us for a few more days with few and infrequent breaks. It was like a long wet dream (pun intended). From Vapi to Kalol, it's no different, except for the good highways of Gujarat, which are nice to drive on wet roads. We got to Kalol in the evening and skipped the turn to get to the "Hotel Planet" booked by H.V. Kumar and his team. But H. V. Kumar warned us of the wrong turn and escorted us to the hotel like wet crows hiding in a hiding place. We had a quick dinner and hit the road to ensure a brilliant start to the next morning.

Departure from Kalola

Luckily it didn't rain when we left Kalol. Our target for the day was Barmer in Rajasthan. A very suggestive recollection of this journey is the passage through "Unjha", which is called the "City of Spice". It lives up to its name because we can inhale the strong aroma of various spices when we drive around the city, even if we wear a closed helmet.

We stopped for tea at one of the "iconic" restaurants, which also had clean bathrooms.

Our lunch was a typical Rajasthani thali at a dhaba near Sanchor. It was delicious. Fresh roti tava is drizzled with plenty of ghee. The aroma of the ghee in the roti and vegetable curry was heavenly and made us want to take as few naps as possible in the hatias provided.

Then it was a smooth journey to Barmer where we checked into the Kalinga Palace Hotel. We install

We wiped all our wet clothes all over the room, ordered room service for dinner and slept through the night.

The next morning we left for Bikaner. We deviated a little from the often traveled route and climbed

the road is less traveled actually. There was hardly any movement and it was quiet. There was no one around for miles, no tea house, no dhaba. We eventually spotted what appeared to be a tea shop in the distance and immediately threw in a cup of tea to cheer us up. And yes, even in this "desert" the rain managed to get wet with rare stops. When we parked our bikes, we saw a little boy sitting on one of the charpoys, we got up and ran inside. We thought, happily announced the arrival of two buyers, went to the stand and waited for someone to appear to place an order. Since no one showed up, Aditya went to check and found herself again running after the hut with the young man. Aditya follows her to see what she is doing.

Meanwhile, a jeep appeared, the driver got out of it and almost ran to the taxi, stopped when he saw me standing and asked what I wanted. I told him we were here looking for a refreshing cup of tea and he laughed. When she stopped laughing, Aditya also appeared in front. Slowly the man told what had happened. The guy who saw us all in black thought we were thieves/terrorists and ran after us to tell his uncle about us. And as soon as he answered our call, he rushed to save his grandson from two harmless knights! Tea was brewed for us and immediately served, but they refused to take money from us. "Savior" said that this was his contribution to our trip, which he hoped to make someday in his jeep.

When we got to Bikaner it was dark, it was raining and the streets of Bikaner were flooded. On the way we saw what looked like an inn, and as we didn't feel like going any further, we left.

Went up and found it was actually a haveli hotel! The room was huge and the owner promised us the famous homemade Rajasthani "Lal Maas" for dinner! We had no choice but to agree and it was one of the most delicious meals since we left the house.

After a relaxing break, we went to Sri Muktzar Sahib Gurdwara in Punjab.

It was almost evening when we entered the Punjab, and the smell of hot samosa hung in the air. We stopped and followed our nose to delicious Punjabi samosas. While we devour, couple

The locals spoke to us and were impressed with what we were doing, saying that the samsa and tea that followed was a surprise to them! What a wonderful introduction to Punjab!

We booked a room at Gurudwara, dined at Langar (blessed food) after paying homage to the Guru Granth Sahib - the Sikh holy book - and praying that the rain would stop chasing us.

Our prayers seemed to have had an effect as the next morning, as we set off for Amritsar, the intensity of the rain eased. It rained all the way to Amritsar, and when we entered the guest room of the most sacred temple of Gurudwara, the rain stopped. We left with relief

Enjoy the beauty of the Golden Temple. It was amazing. The next morning we also visited the temple, prayed and went to Kapurthala to visit and spend time with Aditya's cousin Dolly Dhindsa and her family.

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