Day 10 - Jaipur

One did bargain for a few hiccups on a road trip, but not for all of them to be packed into one day. How else can one explain driving over 400 kilometres and taking a marathon 9 hours for the same? By the time I reached the hotel in Jaipur – Every muscle was aching and all the bones in my body were rattling.

The Gujjar protests was gaining momentum and spreading thick and fast across strategic locations on highways and rail tracks. We did experience them in a couple of places and had to take detours through villages and state highways. It was indeed commendable the way the Gujjars braved through the rain and the winter chill and parked themselves on the highway. Wonder if they got their innate strength from all the media attention?

While some of the detours were forced…a few were courtesy our daftness. In both the instances we went against google maps and used our own wisdom and paid a heavy price. The detour was endless and bloody tiresome. Should have remembered…In the 21st Century – Google is always right!


The only highpoint of the day was the lunch in Pushkar in a café that overlooked the lake. I have visited Pushkar after 6 years and the lake looks visibly cleaner and definitely a lot fuller.

Distance so far – 2289 km