NH 7 / Hovedvej 7
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Dag 2. 16.5

I dag gik turen fra Hyderabad til Nagpur. 450 km på ca 6½ time.

Det første stykke var hovedvejen rigtig god og flot med blomstrene træer på begge sider af vejen. Da vi nåede Maharastra var det så som så med kvaliteten af vejen og vi var nået op på 45 grader, så vi ville for en hver pris finde et sted med Air condition til vores frokost, men det viste sig at være sværere end som så. Endelig fandt vi et sted som lovede air condition, udefra så det meget pænt ud, med det viste sig at være et lidt skummelt sted, hvor man kunne leje værelser pr. time. Så Michael fik tilbudt at leje et værelse for 70 kr i 2 timer så vi kunne spise frokost der og hygge os lidt. Nå, det var vi ikke lige i hopla til varmen og forholdene taget i betragtning. Stedet havde kun herre toiletter, så jeg blev henvist til tjenerens værelse, som var fyldt op med løg og kartofler og et ret ulækkert toilet. For at komme dertil skulle man igennem køkkenet og diverse side rum og mange murbrokker. Tilbage i vores lille aflukke bestilte vi nogle snacks, dem spiste vi kun få af inden vi nærmest løb derfra og ud til bilen.

Fremme i Nagpur var vi en tur i en lokalt shopping center, eftersom der stadigvæk kl 18 er 38 grader opfordrer det ikke ligefrem til gåture.

Day 2:

Distance 450 km driving time 6 and a half hours.

Left Hyderabad on national highway 7. The highway from Hyderabad is a fantastic 4 lane highway, upon reaching what they call a integrated border crossing ( we almost had to show our passports) we drove into the state of Maharashtra with great expectations. The road in Maharashtra to Nagpur is what our highway under construction from Bangalore to Hassan used to be 10 years back. The temperatures ranges from 32 degrees at 9 am in Hyderabad and shot up to 45 degrees at 1 pm.

We were desperate for a pit stop and finally we saw this great sign saying A/C – Bar and restaurant, we dashed in there and guys it is the last time I am stopping at a bar on an Indian highway. We were shovelled into a cabin, curtain pulled and a massive fan in the ceiling was what they called the A/C part. The waiter then very boldly tells me that he will give us a room for 2 hours for 700 Rs. When asked, he replied the A/C is better there, and I could relax with the lady as I wanted. My Hindi was not fluent enough to tell the joker that I did not have to pay 700 Rs to relax with my lady. We then asked him where the ladies toilet was and good lord, he took us through the kitchen and broken down rooms into what must be his own bedroom full of onion and potato sacks and left us with a very dirty smell, toilet and looks. Back to the cabin and I was hell bend to get out of here in a flash. We ordered some snacks from the same dirty kitchen we walked through, 2 bottles of water, paid our bill, grabbed the bottles of water and ran to the car in 44 degrees heat.

The rest of the day after reaching Nagpur was spend trying to find the famous Nagpur oranges to dilute our vodka. Came back to our hotel called Flora Inn and found out we had no internet, so drank the vodka neat.