Saturday, October 21, 2006
15 October, 2006
We left Agra and stopped at Fatehpur Sikri which was also an old city with palaces and mosques, similar to Agra fort. We got into the car without any idea that we would stay in it for another 8 hours. It was not only a long drive to our next stop; which was Ranthambhore National Park; but the road was possibly the worst road we had seen in our entire lives. We had 2 full hours on this particular road. It was a single lane for us and the oncoming traffic and on either side was a dirt road. The road itself was hardly a road more like a bit of tar with potholes and bumps. Besides all the animals and usual paraphernalia on the road I guess it was ok. Rich did not stop moaning and he was a bit car sick too. I don’t know how we managed but we did and our poor driver did such a good job considering what he had to deal with. It was like playing ‘chicken’. Whoever didn’t flinch was the one who stayed on the road but most of the time the mightier won. We got to Ranthambhore in the dark, exhausted and really angry because they didn’t tell us about this drive! We changed rooms a few times and then found out there was no hot water until the 20th October. Half of the lights didn’t work and the toilet didn’t really flush but otherwise all was fine. We got to bed early.
We left Agra and stopped at Fatehpur Sikri which was also an old city with palaces and mosques, similar to Agra fort. We got into the car without any idea that we would stay in it for another 8 hours. It was not only a long drive to our next stop; which was Ranthambhore National Park; but the road was possibly the worst road we had seen in our entire lives. We had 2 full hours on this particular road. It was a single lane for us and the oncoming traffic and on either side was a dirt road. The road itself was hardly a road more like a bit of tar with potholes and bumps. Besides all the animals and usual paraphernalia on the road I guess it was ok. Rich did not stop moaning and he was a bit car sick too. I don’t know how we managed but we did and our poor driver did such a good job considering what he had to deal with. It was like playing ‘chicken’. Whoever didn’t flinch was the one who stayed on the road but most of the time the mightier won. We got to Ranthambhore in the dark, exhausted and really angry because they didn’t tell us about this drive! We changed rooms a few times and then found out there was no hot water until the 20th October. Half of the lights didn’t work and the toilet didn’t really flush but otherwise all was fine. We got to bed early.
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