Dunkibas

Dunkibas, Nov 27, 2011.

69 km.

The weather has been holding up fine. It continues to be warm and sunny during the day, but still gets quite chilly at nights. I stopped along the roadside for chai around ten, and then also took a sizable plate of chaat that was excellent. Having had that I skipped lunch, except for a pack of biscuits along with more chai around one. As I was finishing the biscuits I saw another tour cyclist pass by. I shouted after him, whistled and honked my horn, all to no avail. He wasn't going fast at the time and I thought I would catch up with him rather soon, but I never did.

Around two thirty I happened to spot a Tandoori restaurant by the roadside and stopped. When I asked the man said he also runs a guest house with a few rooms. So I moved in. Now I have had the best dinner so far on this trip. The man has worked as a cook for several years in India, and then for some more years in Israel. Fortunately he has now returned home to set up this Tandoori place.

The road has today been wide and generally good. It does however have a very rough tarmac. I am sure it is fine for trucks and buses, but not ideal for cycling. Had the surface been smoother I think I could have done 20-25 % better speed with the same effort.